In this video, I restore a fairly unique axe that was made by Collins Axe Co. It was made specifically for cutting down small trees/ branches and is essentially a better version of a machete. It had a weird Native American style paint job on it and I entirely cleaned it up. The final product ended up looking better than expected.
Timestamps:
0:00 Start
0:23 Dis-assembly
1:40 Paint Removal
2:06 Into the Evaporust
2:21 Out of the Evaporust
3:07 Removing remaining paint and oxides
3:38 Re-defining/ polishing the bevel
5:14 Refinishing the handle
6:31 Fitting the head onto the handle
9:04 Final head fit up
9:11 Final sharpening of the edge
9:42 Collins stamp
9:52 Sharpness test
10:14 Final Overview

Evaporust: https://evapo-rust.com/