SHOW ME YOUR AXES

[davidwyby]

I've been lookin' to build myself a nice wedge-banger on a 26" miners handle, and came across this Gransfors Bruk head weighing ~4.25lb.

Do y'all know what pattern this is considered? Ideally I was looking for more of a rafting axe, with the larger Poll for wedge strikes. This specific head looks to be a bit askew/deformed in the poll region though... It does have some meat left, to square everything up, it seems.

That’ll work.

 

[SimonHS]

I've been lookin' to build myself a nice wedge-banger on a 26" miners handle, and came across this Gransfors Bruk head weighing ~4.25lb.

Do y'all know what pattern this is considered? Ideally I was looking for more of a rafting axe, with the larger Poll for wedge strikes. This specific head looks to be a bit askew/deformed in the poll region though... It does have some meat left, to square everything up, it seems.

It looks a bit like a pattern that Gransfors used to call a Yankee axe.

Link to a PDF of the Gransfors Axe Book:

https://snakeroot.net/MTCA/wp-content/uploads/TheAxeBook.pdf

The photos in it are low resolution, unfortunately.