I have axes done with the water soaking method by my great grandfather that are are just fine today, decades later. I never have to soak them repeatedly to reuse them. I broke one of them 10 or so years ago, bought a new handle, drove a new wedge, and soaked it. I used it last weekend and it was fine.
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