Well, I finally got around to getting back to this project. What I got was an old Plumb Boy Scout axe I found on eBay for what the cheapest Estwing sells for. I like restoring older more traditional stuff when I can. The patented screw-style "take-up wedge" dates it to the 1930s-1940s before they went to the synthetic "Permabond" sometime in the '50s. It looked good on eBay:



Just needed a new edge and some cleaning:

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