Axes and associated items

[Squareground3691]

can you pic/measure the profile angle? Bit/cutting edge.

I got a couple rounds of euc that weren't too bad and split them with my 5lb council axe on my lunch break. Lot less work than a maul. Getting better at finding and exploiting the weaknesses in the wood.

I guessing 25 - 30 included angle, can’t find my bevel finder ,

 

[Wilhelm]

I guessing 25 - 30 included angle, can’t find my bevel finder ,

That's cheeky!!!

 

[Squareground3691]

That's cheeky!!!

Big girl ,lol

 

[davidwyby]

Looks Good!

 

[whitesnake]

I guessing 25 - 30 included angle, can’t find my bevel finder ,

How are you liking it? What watco are you referring to?

 

[whitesnake]

Someone put some work in on some
Ironwood long ago. View attachment 408366

Not sure whether I’d use a chainsaw or my demo saw. Kinda how I feel about locust that’s been down for a while.

 

[Squareground3691]

How are you liking it? What watco are you referring to?

Haven’t put it into real big rounds yet, tried it on some stuff I already had cut worked good ,

 

[JIMG]

Does this count as an associated item?
I found it in the tall grass while working behind the fatherinlaw's barn.

 

[JIMG]

I had some ash on the mill so I sawed a quartersawn stick for a new handle.

 

[JIMG]

Eyeballed a taper with the help of a snap line then freehanded it to round with a carving wheel on a grinder.

 

[JIMG]

Looking good, rolled a log with it already! I will make up a spike for the end the next time I have the forge going.

 

[davidwyby]

Visited the axe guy while back

Got some stuff hung and he added some too…

 

[Gullet]

60 inches!
These are what most axemen used @ the turn of the century.

Vtg Hartwell Brothers Tenn USA 60 Inch Jewel Hickory Axe Handle Store Display? | eBay

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Excellent shape. Some tape residue on backside of the handel (silver strip in pictures) no cracks chips or old repairs. Excellent shape! Huge!!</p>

www.ebay.com

 

[Squareground3691]

60 inches!
These are what most axemen used @ the turn of the century.

Vtg Hartwell Brothers Tenn USA 60 Inch Jewel Hickory Axe Handle Store Display? | eBay

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Excellent shape. Some tape residue on backside of the handel (silver strip in pictures) no cracks chips or old repairs. Excellent shape! Huge!!</p>

www.ebay.com

Hey that good torque whip ,

 

[Woodslasher]

I had to roll a log out to mill it today, so I dragged out two of my peaveys to add to this thread as well. There's an additional 1 or 2 hanging around but I couldn't find them.

The 1st one is an Oshkosh that came off a neighbor's shop wall. He acquired it somewhere and welded up all the cracks from inside of the head to show off it's character and hung it on his wall. I got it, saw a handle would be $60+ at the hardware store and whittled down a maple branch instead, which has been going strong for 5+ years.

The 2nd I believe I got from a retired logger, I bit the bullet and bought a handle for it since the point is welded in and I didn't want to have to build a jig to bore a perfectly centered hole for the point. To keep this somewhat on track, the last pic is of the 1st peavey working and one of my axes waiting to bump the knots on the log.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[Woodslasher]

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Pretty nice looking cold set ya got there!

 

[Chainmale]

Hu

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Husqvarna?

 

[davidwyby]

Hu

Husqvarna?

I don’t think so I think it was something else

 

[davidwyby]

Pretty nice looking cold set ya got there!

Eye is too small…doesn’t seem like 5lb…but yeah maybe be a wood bullet