I feel like I should know how to deal with this, but this is new to me....

I needed a hatchet for something, so my Father gave me one that he does not use.... This is from Sears, probably in the 70's or 80's, but I am guessing.

hatchet_side.jpg

I used it today, and the head started pulling off. This is the top view

hatchet_top.jpg

I looked here (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment..._publications/) six down is "An Ax to Grind, A Practical Ax Manual".

Also available as a set of HTML web pages

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment...232823/toc.cfm

Couple of things that I noticed were:

I should not use metal wedges, but it says that I should use something called Swel Lock (bottom of this page https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment...823/page13.cfm). And I see that it is still available.

Just trying to decide what I should do with this thing.

My gut reaction is to simply pull the head then install a new wedge.

I am a bit unclear on what to do with that swel-lock stuff. It looks like you dump it in where the wedge will go and then drive the wedge.