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 an old pattern that Gransfors used to called an American Felling axe, Ohio Wedge or 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. See page 27.

The modern day Gransfors American Felling axe looks different, with the addition of lugs.

 

[eric4]

It looks a bit like an old pattern that Gransfors used to called an American Felling axe, Ohio Wedge or 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. See page 27.

The modern day Gransfors American Felling axe looks different, with the addition of lugs.

What a great .pdf! Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, from the looks of it, the only option in that catalogue seems to be the American Felling/Ohio due to the weight of the head, and lack of lugs.

 

[eric4]

She's got an edge now! Waiting on a handle... Might take a file to the top and bottom of the axe, to give it a fresh flat surface. Lots of knocks around the eye

Decided against using this for my wedge banger, and instead putting it on a 34" handle. I found a $20 5lb rafting head that'll be the banger!