You might be a redneck...

[Idaho45guy]

If you have antique tools as wall art...

I found an old axe that my grandpa had owned and used in the Idaho woods for decades. The handle was broken so I replaced it with a nice hickory one. The head is a Kelly Works model called The Red Warrior.

I have a bunch of axes so I didn't need another, but this one was special, so I hung it on my wall.

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[OS OK]

You might be a redneck if . . . you usually find a couple broke down cars up on blocks when you mow the front yard!

https://i.imgur.com/VwPxlu8.jpg

[jsizemore]

Or you have a couple sets of antlers attached to the outside wall by the front door.

[osteodoc08]

I think the axe is cool
And not only symbolism of time gone by but also a nod to your father.

[jonp]

Yesterday I bought my wife and I matching Welding Helmets with auto dimming.

[Taylor]

I think the axe is cool
And not only symbolism of time gone by but also a nod to your father.

I'm good with that.

There was a trailer park on my mail route. Truck in front yard by the porch. They moved,took truck. Dead deer laying on the ground.

[country gent]

How about a 8 ft cross cut saw on the wall and an old buck saw under it. Pieces of history that need to be remebered

[Goatwhiskers]

You might be one if you vacuum the bed instead of washing the sheets. GW

[RogerDat]

If your wife ever told you to clean up your WW or brass head stamp sorting operation in the living room on account of company is coming over and it ain't family.

[kens]

Didn't Jeff foxworthy have an entire routine of " you might be a Redneck if......."

[nicholst55]

You might be a redneck if . . . you usually find a couple broke down cars up on blocks when you mow the front yard!

https://i.imgur.com/VwPxlu8.jpg

That doesn't count; both cars still have their hoods (and presumably engines), and there isn't a tree growing up through the engine bay.

[Outer Rondacker]

I see three cars.

[gpidaho]

You might be....... if you throw a beer can over the cab of a pickup truck from the drivers side and your wife shoots at it from the rider side window. Gp

[Hogtamer]

Jack Nickleson had one just like it in The Shining.

[crowbuster]

Seems normal to me ?

[Blackwater]

If anyone enters your home and is offended or thinks the axe is "inappropriate," kick them out IMMEDIATELY! And never let them in again. Life's too short to waste on folks like that!

[samari46]

Dad didn't leave much after he passed. Not that I was looking for anything from him. Anyway, did get some hand tools and a wooden bodied short plane. Edge on the blade was badly chipped. Took the better part of a couple hours with a plane blade guide to get it in nice shape. Will now cut shavings you can almost see through. Will treasure that plane until they shovel the dirt over me. Frank

[Thin Man]

I remember the Foxworthy series. He had a lot of really pointed captions. A local store started selling T-shirts with his quotes on them. I spied one that said "You might be a redneck if you have more dishes in the sink than in the cabinets." Showed it to SWMBO and she gave me "THE LOOK." I hope somebody got that shirt, 'cause I didn't.

[OS OK]

That doesn't count; both cars still have their hoods (and presumably engines), and there isn't a tree growing up through the engine bay.

YaKnow...excellent point about the tree...you may be right! Those may be 'guest rooms' for out of town company, or...sometimes the Mother in law lives with...I don't see any chickens so they prolly ain't roosts...

"You might be a redneck if you skim the green stuff off the pool before the weekend pool party beer fest?"

[Hardcast416taylor]

You might be a RedNeck if your hound dog`s dog bed is more comfy than your own house one!Robert

[shootmore]

The axe is cool. I have my grandfather's machinest level on my wall along with the leather and wood case he made for it. He was a millwright for McCloud River lumber.

[marlin39a]

When I was a rural propane delivery driver, I was invited into a rednecks kitchen to collect payment. He had drilled his kitchen counter, and mounted a reloading press.

[mold maker]

Are there really folks who don't have the familiar three holes somewhere in the house?

[15meter]

I still use my grandfathers double bit axe and he died in 1958.

[country gent]

15 meter The older double bits were true double bits not double edges. One edge was slightly thicker and sharpened for splitting the other was thinner and sharpened for chopping and cutting. I have the family axe that was passed down from great grand father, to Grand Dad to Dad and then me. This is a axe head that was made my a blacksmith. It out cuts out splits the new ones by a long shot.

[Gtrubicon]

I don’t think the hanging axe is redneck, it’s a symbol of hard work, hard work that was to keep his family warm and possibly fed, if they had a wood fired cooking stove. I think we need more reminders of the way our ancestors did things. I have quite a few tools from my great grandfather and use them also. I like being reminded of how much better we have things than way back when, but I think nothing is more redneck than a couch on the front porch!

[bassnbuck]

Yesterday I bought my wife and I matching Welding Helmets with auto dimming.

LOL, Winner of the husband of the year award. My wife would shoot me.

[OldBearHair]

I have my Grandfather's large cast iron Dutch Oven. He was born 1859 era my Dad was born 1899, my Mother in 1909. Dad would say that his Dad could skin a squirrel every minute of the clock. ie: ten minutes = ten squirrels skinned.

[shaper]

I have my grandfathers billy club. He walked a beat in Savannah in the early 40s.

[dale2242]

You might be a redneck if you shoot a rotten oak limb out of the tree the grandkids swing is on to keep it from falling on them.
One shot with the 12 ga. did the trick..dale

[clintsfolly]

I have my great grandmother,s cast iron bean pot. I came to Michigan from Pennsylvania in a horse drawn wagon. The family lived in and under that wagon the first summer on the homestead.

[lightman]

I don't think the Ax is Redneck, but rather cool! I do have some Redneck tendencies, like the one that Roger posted about with brass on the kitchen counters.

[Geezer in NH]

Yesterday I bought my wife and I matching Welding Helmets with auto dimming.
Want fun shoot a handgun while wearing it, it will DIM!!!!!!

[blackthorn]

I once borrowed my neighbors twelve gauge so I could stand on a chair and start a hole through my cabin floor for the drain pipe from the sink. I forgot my brace and bit at home. Necessity really is the father of invention!

[edp2k]

When I was a rural propane delivery driver, I was invited into a rednecks kitchen to collect payment. He had drilled his kitchen counter, and mounted a reloading press.

I don't get it, what's wrong with that?
Where else are you supposed to mount it?
Could use the dining room table.

[Hamish]

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Panel marking gauge. Very handy too.

[bbs70]

You might be a redneck if . . . you usually find a couple broke down cars up on blocks when you mow the front yard!

https://i.imgur.com/VwPxlu8.jpg

I was told once that having cars in the yard was a status symbol.
The more cars, the more prosperous you were.

I guess it meant you didn't need a trade in to get your present car

[shooterg]

Old school friend died - his obit mentioned his "fiancee of 27 years" !

That axe could be a hechuva burglar deterrent tool ! Or sit with it across knees while talking to the daughter's prom date...

[koehn,jim]

I like the axe, I have a finishing hammer that belonged to my Grandfather and Father. When I pick it up I feel like I am shaking hands with them.

[redhawk0]

YaKnow...excellent point about the tree...you may be right! Those may be 'guest rooms' for out of town company, or...sometimes the Mother in law lives with...I don't see any chickens so they prolly ain't roosts...


Prolly not guest rooms...they don't have curtains over the car windows and the house does. Could be the dog's house though....Gotta put those 8 dogs someplace since there isn't a front porch to live under.

To the OP...I think the axe is really cool....you should be (and obviously are) proud to display it. The best part is the memories and the stories you can tell about it and your grand-dad.


redhawk

[mold maker]

My Daughter always called me up from the "GUN" room to meet a potential suitor. Her final choice of 18 years, is a gun nut just like me.

[mold maker]

My Great Grandad was a bridge foreman for the RR. His hands were big as ping-pong paddles and tougher than leather. I have several axes and crosscut saws he and a crew used to build and maintain RR bridges in Western NC, Va, and Tenn.
My Daughter always called me up from the "GUN" room to meet a potential suitor. Her final choice of 18 years, is a gun nut just like me.

[jonp]

I once borrowed my neighbors twelve gauge so I could stand on a chair and start a hole through my cabin floor for the drain pipe from the sink. I forgot my brace and bit at home. Necessity really is the father of invention!

My dad shot a hole in the ceiling for the stove pipe. Took several shots with a 30-30 and then a hammer to get it out.

[Idaho45guy]

When I was 16 and driving muscle cars, I wanted my car to sound like it had a blower, so I took a .22 and shot a hole in one of the radiator fan blades. While it was installed on the car. It put a hole in it but it didn't whistle...

I was brilliantly stupid back then.

[chuckbuster]

You might be a redneck if,,,,

You have ever hauled straw bales home from the feed store on the “Back Deck” of your Corvette,,,,

There might be hope for my Brother yet :)

[abunaitoo]

The Axe looks great.
I luv old tools.
I have a bunch of my fathers old tools.
Some look hand made.