Framing an axe!

[Abacus]

I've been asked to frame a firemans axe along with some other memorabilia. How would you fix the axe?

Melinex?
Cable ties?

Screw through into the wooden shaft? (It's a new replacement axe)

Ta

[pramsay13]

I framed a sword using brass wire around a couple of points that were hard to see from the front.
I then punched a couple of holes in the mountboard behind the item and then put them through a small square of 2mm mdf.
I then twisted the ends together to tighten it.

[Roboframer]

Melinex straps would be great if it's not too heavy, if it is then I'd use a combination of those and formed rods.

Oh, and chop service of course

[GeoSpectrum]

I would have thought that an axe Is going to require something prety substantial. I've not done it but I'd be tempted to propose a rigid mdf board lined with backing board for apperance with screws/thredded rods through the mdf into the shaft of the axe and covered with ally/brass tube to hide the exposed bits of the threads. You can get the tube from B&Q. If done correctly and with the right size screws/thredded rods the whole axe could be made to appear to 'float' inside the frame.

[Abacus]

thanks for the suggestions. so far I've traced the axe in pathtrace and cut a mount which the handle fits into but not the head. I've then made a sink mount behind this. The Axe is now pretty much supported, so I'll use some melinex to stop it falling forward.

I'm also including some memorabilia (dog tag, badges, epaulettes etc).

[prospero]

You should put a nameplate inside:

In Case Of Emergency Do NOT Smash Glass.

[Roboframer]

What you described is fine - as in supporting it whilst doing absolutely nothing to it, but sinking it and using that sink as support, loses dimension and adds distraction (IMHO). It's in a little coffin/grave.

A melinex strap can be as wide or as narrow as you like, could be the whole length of the handle, with or without extra support on the head, allowing you to show the whole thing on a mounting board with no fancy mount-cutting needed whatsoever. An axe - period!

I doubt you'd even need extra support if you did the whole-handle strap, how heavy is an axe anyway? Not so heavy that you can't easily hoss it over your shoulder. A few pounds.

I'm going to mount something heavier, with melinex - to my workshop ceiling - and post it here as a reference.

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[easypopsgcf]

I'm going to mount something heavier, with melinex - to my workshop ceiling - and post it here as a reference.

Morso ?

[Kwik Picture Framing]

Just make sure it's completely secure. You will run into problems if it falls, because it's heavy and could smash the glass in front of it. I would probably suggest screwing right through the handle, but of course that would depend entirely on whether your client would be happy with that.