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Here's my hand axe and hatchet, I haven't been able to get around to buying a whetstone, so they're not as sharp as they could be, but I've at least been able to use a file on them a bit.
The one buried in the wood is my favorite, I got it from a family friend who passed on, lovely ash handle, head was probably made by them too. It's see plenty of use, and is probably 40+ years old, and I hope to keep it in nice enough shape to get the same amount out of it they did.
I had to replace the wedge recently, it actually slipped out when I was preparing a log for a whittling project (the wooden bit resting on the log), I replaced it with a piece of cedar I picked up recently, holds up like a charm. The hatchet in general has a really nice weight to it too.
As for the Truper, it's an alright hand-axe for log splitting, but I haven't been able to properly sharpen it yet, so it's fairly dull. I picked it up for only like $15 though, so that's a steal, in my opinion. It's a bit on the heavy side compare to the hatchet, but considering the bigger and thick axe head, it makes sense. The handle is hickory.
