Two-sided axes will hang well straight up and down, with two screws placed on either side of the handle near the blade. A one-sided axe will hang best slightly on its side, blade facing down, with one nail beneath the axe head and another beneath the handle, closer to the bottom.

How do you hang an axe on the wall?

Two-sided axes will hang well straight up and down, with two screws placed on either side of the handle near the blade. A one-sided axe will hang best slightly on its side, blade facing down, with one nail beneath the axe head and another beneath the handle, closer to the bottom.

How do you Rehang an axe?

“Hang” the axe by fitting the head onto the handle and, while holding the handle in a free hanging position, pound the butt of the handle with a mallet. The inertia of the metal axe head causes it to climb up the handle with each blow of the mallet.