Zulu Battle Axe

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I happened to see some stuff for sale at an auction house a short drive away from me, and I grabbed this gem (https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWct5TY) for pretty cheap. Has anyone else seen anything like it? I did a bit of research on it before I bought it, but the only other one I could find for sale was for 4500 pounds in the U.K., but that had a lot of provenance attached to it. I know the lot this axe came in on was from an old collector who recently passed away, and I know he collected Boer War, WWI and WWII items (I picked up a couple other of his things too).

I'm super happy with my purchase, but they put a sticker on the hilt, and the remnants of it can be seen in the pictures. Does anyone know of a good way to remove that without damaging the wood? Any help is appreciated.
 
I've had good luck with WD-40 removing label adhesive. There's also a product called Goo Gone, but I've never used it before.

Auggie D.
 
I run into the same problem buying books. Try your best very gently with a fingernail and since it's wood you should be safe gently rubbing the remaining glue with a cotton patch with a dot of ballistol/mineral oil on it. Nice find, it looks like an interesting piece.
 
If the adhesive used on the label is of the sticky/rubbery type use GooGone available at just about everywhere. If its a sticker remains that is water activated just wrap with a moist towel for only as long as needed to unstic things
 
Heat gun or hair dryer. Heat gun from farther away. Practice on boxes with shipping labels. We are cheapskates at my work. :)
 
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Labels, tape, etc that have a sticky face have glue that will swell with light oil and rub off. WD-40 works well as it's very thin. As XRCD011 stated, "If its a sticker remains that is water activated just wrap with a moist towel for only as long as needed to unstick things"

BTW nice find.
 
diopter said:
Heat gun or hair dryer. Heat gun from farther away. Practice on boxes with shipping labels. We are cheapskates at my work. :)
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Same method I use as well. For remaining glue on a wood surface, I use Goof Off or methanol, lightly applied to a Q-Tip to see how easy the crud comes
off and if the solvents pull any stain from the wood.
 
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