SHOW ME YOUR AXES

[Kerfed]

Didnt trust the Pine Knot wedge, so I didnt try it.
It was just too rich, you could hold it up to a light & a lot of it looked like Amber, you could see right thru it.
It also needs to be installed dry (no BLO) to be effective from what I've read.

So I made a White Oak wedge.
3" long, 2.75" of it going into the head (deepest wedge I've ever put in).

I'm liking the balance of this Mann Connie.
Just need to sharpen it & give it a workout.
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90deg grain on that handle, nice looking head though

 

[Gullet]

90deg grain on that handle, nice looking head though

Yeah, I know it, just using a handle I had.
Cant find a good handle around here.
I've only had 1 handle break my entire life, a Collins Boy's axe & it lasted 5 years or more.
Wouldn't be a problem for me to rehaft if it does. Lol

 

[Wilhelm]

Another neighbors ax

 

[Wilhelm]

And his maul

 

[chiselbit]

Looks like he mounted the ax upside down. Can you tell what kind it is? Any markings?

 

[Wilhelm]

Looks like he mounted the ax upside down. Can you tell what kind it is? Any markings?

Quite possible the head is not on the right way, it flew off a couple time while I was there bucking his beech logs - he just shoves it back on.

I took those pictures as I was leaving, didn't think of looking for any markings.
Will try to remember when I go back to buck the oak log pile he got yesterday.

 

[ajschainsaws]

And his maul

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these heads split quite well No they don’t cost the world

 

[Wilhelm]

these heads split quite well No they don’t cost the world

I am not a fan of mauls since my Dragon Slayer ax can handle 90+% of what I encounter without wearing me out.
Anything really gnarly gets noodled anyway.

I have an oak log pile to buck up at that neighbor, when I go buck it I'll bring my ax along and compare its performance to his maul.

P.S.:
I tried my ax/maul hybrid in fresh bucked oak two weeks ago, it was so underwhelming compared to my ax I hung it back up where it was "stashed" for the past couple years!

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

You guys are enablers

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

You guys are enablers

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[KS Plainsman]

You guys are enablers

I like that.

 

[Gullet]

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Rare bird there.
Old stamp Flint Edge rafting pattern.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Rare bird there.
Old stamp Flint Edge rafting pattern.

Estate sale no $ on it. I offered $10. You would have thought I offered a hundred from the guys reaction

 

[Puget_hick]

I have a bunch, but this is the strangest: 2.2 kg Bavarian pattern made by Hults Bruk and has a standard eye. There were remants of blue paint.

 

[Puget_hick]

Collins 5# rafter on top and Council Tool 5# rafter on bottom

 

[davidwyby]

Hey, another puget hick!

 

[ajschainsaws]

Gotta thanks Tim @Cat 525 for some lovely heads this one fitted a nice handle
I’ve picked up put down for the last 2-3 yrs never had a head it would fit and this Kelly
was the match

 

[ajschainsaws]

I will clean these up this week haven’t got any handles until tomorrow PM

 

[ajschainsaws]

it was raining like hell this morning so I went and got some handles
and done a few axes this afternoon and evening

 

[Chainmale]

Nice.. what's the spike used for?