I was watching Old West High Tech the other night. They were describing how certain hand axes were made about 1850.
A butterfly looking piece was made. Then it was folded over around a shaft or shaped rod to make the pocket that would take the wooden handle. Then the two "wings" were "welded" together.
I am sure this is a blacksmithing term, as there were no welding processes available at that time. Can someone describe how this is done?
They made some incredibly beautiful stuff with the tools they had to work with at the time.
Steve