Restoring an Engraved Bearded Axe - Steam bending fail.

Overview

The bearded hewing axe is covered in engravings and just looks amazing. Its from eastern Europe and I am not sure how old it is. I took a crack at restoring this axe and fitting a steam bent purple heartwood handle. While the axe head was cleaned up nicely the handle wasn't a roaring success, but we still learned a lot and had a a lot of fun.