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[Gullet]

"Tangly"?
I'm gonna google that!

 

[Squareground3691]

Went out and tried the Gransfors Brux splitting maul…worked great! Went right through some tough tangly maple.View attachment 361458

Yup that’s some twisty’s nice .

 

[sawfun]

Went out and tried the Gransfors Brux splitting maul…worked great! Went right through some tough tangly maple.View attachment 361458

I have one of those Gransfors and it is a great heavyweight to have along with a Fiskars 27. They both cut over their weight class.

 

[Czed]

A friend gave me this handle it's knotty and warped but luckily it favors me being left handed

That's an old council tools railsplitter.

 

[Czed]

Cool old film

 

[Kerfed]

I have one of those Gransfors and it is a great heavyweight to have along with a Fiskars 27. They both cut over their weight class.

The Fiskars 27 is such a good axe. I love my older/antique splitting axes but the 27 gets 99% of the use. With one man on the hyd splitter I can just about keep up by hand.

 

[Czed]

 

[Squareground3691]

Double Kelly’s and single Plumb bits half’s

 

[ajschainsaws]

Double Kelly’s and single Plumb bits half’s View attachment 362312

very nice thanks for sharing what oil do you use

 

[Kerfed]

Nice!

 

[Squareground3691]

very nice thanks for sharing what oil do you use[/QUOTE

 

[Czed]

Rescued these from going to the scrap yard
No idea on any makers they are unstamped
The single bit is in great shape
The sledgehammer in the middle is stamped made in England.

 

[Gullet]

I guess I should go turn myself into the Police... cause I STOLED THESE!
$25 total for the pair.
Only one of the leather masks is original (the other one is a Condor).
Both handles are original & heads are tight.
Found them at a pawnshop mixed in with cheapo axes, Mexican Collins, Truper, Condor & China axes.
Although I could make a tight profit, I think I'm gonna keep em.

I havent done much research thus far, but I believe they are:
Wetterlings 120 Appalachian Forest Axe 32" Overall, Head Weighs 3 Pounds.



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[Gullet]

$15/ea price tag. Lol
I'll prolly restore the worst of the 2, clean & mink paste on mask, a good BLO soak & sharpen.
I'm a 3# axe fan (regional thing) & have several Plumb, Kelly Works ect.
So the Wetterlings will fit right in my collection.
The one on the right is the original Wetterlings leather mask.

 

[Gullet]

So a couple of years ago a buddy of mine had a hatchet he wanted to refinish himself.
I made a vinegar & steel wool stain for him to bring out the grain on the handle & gave it back to him to re hang.
He left it in a cabinet in a outside tin storage building for 2 years without doing anything to it.

So he brings it to me last week & says "you can have it".
The handle was warped. Lol
Today I rehafted it.
It's a Big Ole heavy hatchet w/18" handle.

The head is vintage & has a pretty good ring to it, I usually just take a car key & rake it down the edge (bare head, no handle) & listen how high pitch it is.
It was worthy of a rehang.
I'll just sharpen it & use it to split around the firepit.

First coat of BLO (after 2 years of bare wood).

 

[Gullet]

2nd coat.
I'm gonna let that head (eye) soak for days as it was in rough shape.
I had to clamp it in vise & resaw the kerf two times to where I felt 1/2 sure it would take a wedge the way I like em.
Eye fit seems pretty good, I'm gonna let the BLO swell it up some.

 

[Gullet]

Turned out to be a Excellent splitting hatchet (which is what I was hoping).
Took a really keen edge after sharpening.
Save the miles on my better hatchets & great for camping (no problem if stolen while hunting).

 

[Seachaser]

Would be a close toss up between a stihl pro splitting axe, and a fiskars X27.

Not my video, but here is a good comparison between the fiskars and the stihl pro splitter. Too bad husky does not make that s2800 with a longer handle.

My all time favorite and most effective maul I have is my sotz monster maul. It's just a brute, it gets stuff split. You don't even really have to round house swing it, just lift it up and let the 17 lbs do the work. Sometimes it's fun to swing it thou.

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@maulhead I have the same one. 40+ years old and still going strong. Good thing is you only have to lift it a couple of feet and it’ll split anything that doesn’t have knots.

 

[Gullet]

Not liking the True Temper "eye ridges" today!
Taking a lot longer to hang a Woodslasher single bit with just 4 ridges than I ever imagined.
I've hung 6 ridge double bits in the past, much easier!
Its gonna be a excellent hang tho.
3.5 # head & thin 34" House Handle, it should be perfect for what I'm wanting.

 

[Squareground3691]

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