Making a wooden axe sheath from birch burl, cherry and fat wood

Hand carving a wood sheath for a Billnas 61.1 axe. Open the full video description for more information.

The axe head is one of the smallest of the common mass produced finnish collared axes. Not mass produced any more.

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Materials: Birch burl, cherry wood, fat wood, tung oil.

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I did make the handle by boiling in water and using a snake head wedge - Finnish style... Just like I show in this video    • Finnish collared axe restoration  

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Most asked questions:

1. why use burl and not just regular wood?
Burl makes a stronger sheath - be course it's the oppesite of straight grain wood (regular wood) is it a lot more difficult for the axe to split the sheath by mistake. Burl also just looks great. You can make the same sheath in straight grain wood - no problem, burl is just better. I did use birch burl in this case - you can use all kinds of burl.

2. Why use fat wood for the lock?
It makes the very small piece of wood very strong, but you can use regular wood as well - no problem.

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Location: Denmark - my own properly.

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Video gear: Nikon D7000, Nikon 50 1.8, Røde videomacro, iMovie.

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