I got an old ax at a garage sale with a wore out handle. Not a whole lot of info out there for folks like me that never hung a new one. Found this video from wrangler star on YouTube, he's supposed to be expert on all things ax... Just ordered a new hickory handle from hickoryhandlestore.com and gonna try his method to get some new life outta this old ax. Here's the video
https://youtu.be/wqgUSbbdJRM