SHOW ME YOUR AXES

[Gullet]

Looks like a Rhineland styled ax.

I've had it 4 years.
Basically a Hudson Bay Hatchet.
It's the best I've ever owned & I've had some of the best.

 

[Gullet]

I love my 3.5lb True Temper Flint Edge western-pattern double bit axe and I'm not sure why they are "more dangerous". My first axe was a 4lb Kelly Woodslasher on a 36 inch stick and aside from one bad experience while bucking, which I've also done with a single bit, I haven't hurt myself with it. I feel just as safe swinging an axe with two bits as I do swinging an axe with one, but maybe that's just me.

Not sure why they are more dangerous?
2 sharpened edges opposed to one maybe?
One ricochet & you have a 100% better chance of striking a foot or shin.

 

[Gullet]

Rule of thumb is longer handle than your pants jeans length.

DONT EVER THINK a double bit is less dangerous than a single bit.
If you do, you sir are sadly mistaken!
Double bit is the most dangerous axe in the woods.

 

[Woodslasher]

Not sure why they are more dangerous?
2 sharpened edges opposed to one maybe?
One ricochet & you have a 50% better chance of striking a foot or shin.

I would think that if the axe ricochets towards you, the bit would probably be coming towards you regardless of whether it is a single or double bit axe. I don't think I've had the poll end of the axe violently ricochet towards me, but I'm more of a casual user of axes so I probably don't have as much experience as some folks.

 

[Gullet]

I would think that if the axe ricochets towards you, the bit would probably be coming towards you regardless of whether it is a single or double bit axe. I don't think I've had the poll end of the axe violently ricochet towards me, but I'm more of a casual user of axes so I probably don't have as much experience as some folks.

No offense Dan, but the math is telling.
2 bits are twice as likely to bite you as a single bit.

 

[Woodslasher]

No offense Dan, but the math is telling.
2 bits is twice as likely to bite you as a single bit.

I would think most ax-idents would occur in the direction the bit is moving (like the red line in the image below), and not with the axe bouncing back (like the blue line). If that is correct, the number of instances where it would be more detrimental to have a 2nd bit as opposed to a poll are pretty negligible, correct? If you miss, glance off, etc, the bit is coming towards you regardless of whether it's a single or double bit. Like I said, maybe other people in other temps (such as below freezing) or with different woods may have the axe bounce back more, but all the axe-injury stories I've heard involve misses or "I shouldn't have tried this, but...." scenarios.

 

[Gullet]

Math is KING.
2 edges versus 1 edge.
Which is most dangerous?

 

[Gullet]

I'd suggest you rest your case Dan, cause you cant win this one.

 

[Gullet]

LOVE MY SHINNY 695 DAN!
It likes the BIG STUFF!

 

[Championlurcher]

No offense Dan, but the math is telling.
2 bits are twice as likely to bite you as a single bit.

Axe is like a gun both not dangerous they can't hurt anything but in the wrong hands can be very dangerous

 

[ajschainsaws]

A no name vintage axe is still 100% better than 95% of axes made today!

very true can’t argue with that there are some very nice no name heads out there
And Tim has got me some beauties

 

[ajschainsaws]

Nice AJ!

Thanks Jeff got a couple more done this week

 

[Ron660]

3.5lb & 5lb

 

[Cat 525]

Good job on those!

 

[Ron660]

LOVE MY SHINNY 695 DAN!
It likes the BIG STUFF!
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Red oak?

 

[ajschainsaws]

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3.5lb & 5lb

beautiful axes nice job

 

[ajschainsaws]

A pair of Kelly’s turned out well

 

[justoldsaws]

Newest addition, got this from my father, Estwig No1.

 

[Gullet]

KING of the fire pit!

 

[Gullet]

When I hold wood to split with that hatchet, I hold the wood with TONGS!

It's that SHARP!

Skin a Deer easy with that one.