Stumbled across a rusted axe or hatchet at a yard sale and want to know what to do with it? You’re in luck, as there is a mountain of videos on YouTube taking you through the steps. And, it turns out, people really like to watch this stuff! This cleaver restoration video, for example, has 95 million views. And this play-by-play of the process of bringing a gigantic butcher’s axe back to life has been looked at 20 million times. For pure hypnotic effect though (and odd aesthetic choices), we’d have to go with this hatchet restoration video which has 50 million views. One thing you won’t find a lot of is talking: These guys (and they are mostly guys) are more the strong, silent types. No rambling monologues here—you’re lucky if you get an occasional subtitle telling you what kind of sandpaper or wood oil they are using.
