My 4 Favorite double bit axes

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @BuckinBillyRaySmith
    @BuckinBillyRaySmith 8 лет назад +13

    I have a liking for sager and do most my splitting with it , great axe pal

  • @richardsullivan1776
    @richardsullivan1776 6 лет назад +1

    The imperfections and pitting is what makes an axe beautiful. I love my old Plumb Victory, double bit. 4 3/4 lb head, such a wonderful splitting axe.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  6 лет назад

      Ones that big are not too common. I bet it's a good splitter.

    • @mikalhusselo4390
      @mikalhusselo4390 4 года назад

      My neighbor gave me one I just put a handle on it and tried to split elm

  • @ACOUSTIC_4LOVE
    @ACOUSTIC_4LOVE 4 года назад +1

    Love How you’ve left those old gems with their original Handles/patina 👍🇺🇸

  • @Sager-fs9bv
    @Sager-fs9bv 9 лет назад +2

    I have been collecting Warrens and Sagers for a few years and have learnt a bit along the way and still have a lot to learn. I think that 1917 is in amazing condition and I think you will find the one that just has just SAGER on it is from Canada Warren line. The last one is a Warren not a Sager and it is not N33 but W for Warren and the 33 is for 1933. I've watched all your axe videos and you like the same stuff that I do. Thanks for uploading the Axe videos and keep them coming.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  9 лет назад

      +Sager1947 Thanks for the information. I didn't know that about the year. Thanks for watching too.

  • @scottdennison5727
    @scottdennison5727 9 лет назад +3

    The blueing on the Sager came from the chemical tempering, you have some jewels.

  • @frankserra6709
    @frankserra6709 3 года назад

    Just bought a Sager Swamper DB in beautiful condition. Now my Plumb DB won't be lonely. You have a beautiful collection there. Just subscribed.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  3 года назад

      Thanks,. Those Sager swampers are very hard to find. Nice score.

  • @jcflindsay
    @jcflindsay 10 лет назад +1

    I went crazy on eBay myself before I learned what to look for. I'm sure I made mistakes but it is easy to see what the experts look for. Don't be obsessed about a little pitting or light chipping, but beware of mashed eyes etc. It's amazing how people can abuse axes. I am equally astonished by how nicely many of the bits are cared for, especially Sagers etc. even if they were neglected for decades. The old life and beauty can be brought back. Thanks.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  10 лет назад

      I agree. Thanks for watching and good luck searching for nice old axes.

  • @ericday604
    @ericday604 10 лет назад

    I almost wept when you brought out the 1917!! The stories it could tell.....
    Thanks for sharing these treasures.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  10 лет назад +1

      Don't cry when I tell you I bought it at a garage sale for $5! I hope we make it to 100. Thanks.

    • @ericday604
      @ericday604 10 лет назад

      Your killing me!!!!! WOW WHAT A FIND!! Pays to look. There are always treasures out there to find. I don't yet have a sager in my fold, but some day I will.

    • @jcflindsay
      @jcflindsay 10 лет назад

      Mindokwin
      I am going to start picking locally here in SE Tennessee. Not the grand tradition of where I grew up in Washington State but I might get lucky. Lots of logging history here and in N Georgia.

    • @DK-jd8bj
      @DK-jd8bj 5 лет назад

      Still plenty Sagers available. If you want to pay a little more there always for sale on eBay ( $50-$150). I think I have about 50 now. Just added two of the Holy Grail axes. A mint condition Puget Sound Sager Chemical 1930 and a lightly used Kelly Black Raven. Those both set me back a couple hundred each.

  • @paulie4x1
    @paulie4x1 9 лет назад

    Hi, watching these double bit ax go me interested in a double bit hatchet, it just makes sence for me to have a chopping bit and a splitting bit, I don't need to do big jobs so a compact seemed to be in order, I searched alot on forums and videos, I finally pulled the trigger in a 2Hawks Double Bit Hatchet that is made similar to the Nessmuk specification, my knives vary from different manufactor's and sizes and the type of carry from one knife-4 knife carry it just all depends on the seriousness to lenght of a trip, but most recent I've been enjoying a nice cup of coffee on a open fire and sometimes a nice baked potato to booth, I got pretty used to my Rodent 7 which I paired off with my Rodent 4 both have choil's and are very versital, in the winter in my area daylight goes pretty fast so I started using a saw to get things done quicker, then the double bit hatchet became part of the set up, with the warmer weather the hot cup of coffee and a baked potato is still a treat for me, now I scout the area for fatwood too, so I lightened up sgain, I ordered a Rodent 6 but I had it thinned down and the top gaurd taken off and now it look's like a beefy Ratmandu on steriods, but it's still a pretty robust knife that is a much better slicer, if I need still a smaller knife which most of the time I don't especially with my 3 blade Camillus Silver Sword Canoe I can get by very well although I can pair it off with my Rodent Solution which is a Lil Tank, anyhow it's these videos that gave me the idea and I'm sort of grateful for that, Spring is finally here and through it all I got some good tool's to enjoy it, all of my Spring Tool's are what I consider compact and easy to carry especially with my Backpack which I molle carry all of them except for my larger knife that stays on person, it amazes me why more people don't get into the Double Bit Hatchet's as much the advantage is better IMO, and especially my 2Hawks it's a very lite hatchet, infact it look's like a children's hatchet but it's defenetly not a toy, it's a great tool, Thanx for sharing your Double Bits they certainly look like their good ones and it seems your very happy with them, but for what I do mine is just right, compact but they get the job done, by the way my saw is the Wicked Tough Saw made by Wicked Tree Gear it's a good one I got the combo though and no regrets.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  9 лет назад

      I do have a small double bit made by Collins. It's nice but sometimes I miss the poll for pounding when I use it. It sounds like you have a good system going. Thanks for watching.

  • @HabeasJ
    @HabeasJ 2 года назад

    Great axes. Sagers are always great. Gotta mention though, my favorite splitter is an AmericanAx double bit. Split 4 cords with it last year. Something about the weight and shape work really well for me personally

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  2 года назад

      You found a good one it sounds like. Those AmericanAx axes were nice. I have a single bit that is one of my favorites. It looks beautiful too with interesting sculpted convex cheeks.

  • @ryanb1314
    @ryanb1314 2 года назад

    On a side note. You’ve got great clothes. I too wear lots of wool here in Nh and those look like tin cloth pants another fine staple

  • @Mindokwin
    @Mindokwin  12 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the comment. Yes they are Filson double tin oil-finish. That's why they are dirty, you are not supposed to wash them. I love them, especially in the fall.

  • @anthonyjacinto2622
    @anthonyjacinto2622 5 лет назад

    Love the vintage axes. I got my hands on one that has W with 48 under it and on the other side it looks like 2 fangs and ideas on the brand ? Somebody said Warren but I cant find a stamp that even looks close ....

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  5 лет назад

      Not sure but if there are ridges in the eye it might be a True Temper. They sometimes had a letter and number stamp. All I've seen had ridges in the eye too.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  4 года назад

      @Dave Gutknecht The Flint Edge axes were some of the best.

  • @davesalling8990
    @davesalling8990 11 лет назад

    I"m an old timer who loves to be in the woods and have found many old tools and Native and Native American artifacts. I found a double bit ax some years ago and it is very rusty and pitted. I can only see the end of a name, possibly, ending in "SEN" and the numbers under it of "_ 805". The _ I believe was a "1" because of the area around it and what these old eyes can vision a 1 being there. Any idea of what the name of a possible manufacture that would end in SEN?

  • @DK-jd8bj
    @DK-jd8bj 5 лет назад +1

    Still plenty Sagers available. If you want to pay a little more there always for sale on eBay (usually $50-$150). I think I have about 50 now. Just added two of the Holy Grail axes. A mint condition Puget Sound Sager Chemical 1930 and a lightly used Kelly Black Raven. Those both set me back a couple hundred each but if you just want a good user you can still pick them up for around $50. If you ever see a used one at the flea market/garage sale for under $30, get it. There's only so many of them out there and they're going to keep going up in value.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  5 лет назад

      It sounds like you have a nice collection.I haven't kept up with ebay axe prices since I have plenty. I wouldn't mind a Sager Cruiser but those were going for more than I wanted to pay and not seen too often. I buy any nice vintage axes at flea markets or garage sales if it's less than $10 but I don't like mushrooming on the poll or a lot of wear. Those are getting hard to find.

  • @Mindokwin
    @Mindokwin  11 лет назад

    Thanks for the info. Yes,I've been told that but the 1917 is a 2-piece lamination done by the overcoat method. I'm not sure of the others. I've seen confirmation in an old Warren axe and tool catalog where they describe the 2-piece method used in the manufacture of their axes. (not the 1937 catalog). I can't find it online in a quick look. See Klenman's's Axe Makers of North America. for a picture of this process. The method was used well into the 20th century.

  • @YankeeWoodcraft
    @YankeeWoodcraft 8 лет назад +1

    I have that Kelly Cruiser. Nice piece.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  8 лет назад +1

      +Damn Yankee Thanks they are getting hard to find.

  • @bristleconepinus2378
    @bristleconepinus2378 Год назад

    Nice, I have a Sager Chemical dbl. bit from 1931 in real good shape. got for $ 4.00. I like the way you show the heads carefully so us aficionado's can i.d. the axe. The head I'm curious about just says W 45 on it, and it looks pretty well used but in good shape?

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  Год назад

      That was a good buy, they are getting hard to find at a decent price. Thanks for watching and the good comment.

  • @LIF1395
    @LIF1395 4 месяца назад

    My old plumb double bit has two profiles. The thicker side is an excellent splitter

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  4 месяца назад

      Often the old timers would profile them that way just for that reason. One side for cutting and the other for splitting.

  • @johnsommerfeld6889
    @johnsommerfeld6889 8 лет назад

    Very nice axes! What camera do you film with? When you do a close up, the background starts to "float" and the image is crystal clear! Is the video in 4K?

  • @crosstimbers2
    @crosstimbers2 11 лет назад

    I agree with the 2.5 to 3 lb double bit being a nice size. It is good to delimb a downed tree.

  • @AntoniusRome
    @AntoniusRome 12 лет назад

    I like your axes, Im a big fan of double bits myself. Tell me something, are those Filson pants your wearing?

  • @loadeddog8015
    @loadeddog8015 7 лет назад +4

    I love the double bits. we never saw them here in Australia. I an wanting to get get Buckin Billy Ray Smith in Canada bc, to build me a custom handled double bit, not sure what style as yet , but he also loves his sagars ( has his own y/tube channel , which is highly, highly recommend) thx for the video lovely axes mate 😎🖒

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  7 лет назад

      I love the Tasmanian axes you guys have down there. Thanks for the channel recommendation and for watching. Good luck with getting a double bit.

    • @zachmeyer2718
      @zachmeyer2718 7 лет назад

      Billy does make some beautiful axes

  • @Forester1994
    @Forester1994 8 лет назад +1

    I found a 1941 sager chemical double bit for 25 dollars at an antique store. Needless to say I snatched it right up

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  8 лет назад

      +Jacob Rybloom That's a good find on a fine axe.

  • @IanHannaBlacksmith
    @IanHannaBlacksmith 11 лет назад +3

    Idk if anyone has already pointed this out, but those dark lines on the axe head are the quench lines, not lamination lines.

  • @tacratt6091
    @tacratt6091 6 лет назад

    I have a bunch of Sager chemical axes from the the 30-40’s, I have hung three double bit Chemicals this week! Lol it’s a sickness!! Lol. My wife asks me what are you gonna do with all those axes!

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  6 лет назад

      It might be a sickness but think of the joy you get when you find a nice old axe for a few dollars,

    • @DK-jd8bj
      @DK-jd8bj 5 лет назад

      I've got over 50 now. Hard to find good axe handles for them.

  • @DrGurple
    @DrGurple 3 года назад

    My double bit Sager has the same pits/dents on its side. Do you know what those are from?

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  3 года назад

      I think was rusted and pitted then cleaned up before I got it.

    • @DrGurple
      @DrGurple 3 года назад

      @@Mindokwin as I watched more I saw they were all Sagers😂 and I did a bad job describing it, the marks at 1:36 are what I'm referring too

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  3 года назад

      @@DrGurple Oh those someone hammered on the side with something sharp. Or used the side of the axe to hammer something sharp. The steel in the center is a lot softer than the bit. Only the edges on these older axes are hardened or tempered. So if someone used the side as a hammer it gets dented.

  • @ShaneHerrick
    @ShaneHerrick 8 лет назад

    Another good vid... love the old cruiser.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  8 лет назад

      Thanks for watching, I subbed your channel.

  • @doug9418
    @doug9418 7 лет назад

    Great video, btw do you know anything about the (DEMON) by Kelly Works?

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  7 лет назад +1

      Thanks. I don't know but there is a lot of information on axes at the website Yesteryears tools.

    • @doug9418
      @doug9418 7 лет назад

      Mindokwin thanks

  • @FrankChristopherOutdoors
    @FrankChristopherOutdoors 10 лет назад +1

    nice video man, very good job. I just have a 3.5lb double bit True Value axe. I am definitely looking to upgrade soon. Thanks for the video; you got my sub

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  10 лет назад

      Thanks for watching! I checked out a couple of your videos so far. Good job.

    • @FrankChristopherOutdoors
      @FrankChristopherOutdoors 10 лет назад

      thanks ! I will have more videos to come. Feel free to subscribe to my channel!

  • @Mindokwin
    @Mindokwin  11 лет назад

    I like that size for camping too.

  • @Mindokwin
    @Mindokwin  11 лет назад

    I like the woods too, and I'm not so young myself. I don't know who made your axe. There were hundreds of axe companies throughout North America in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Also it could be part a name of an individual blacksmith or town.

  • @rickz7657
    @rickz7657 6 лет назад

    F, arrow, and B stand for what ? anyone know ?
    thanks Mr.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  6 лет назад +1

      I don't know. F stands for Forestry maybe? I think the axe came from Canada.

    • @coschroe
      @coschroe 5 лет назад +1

      @@Mindokwin I have seen that arrow, called a "broad arrow", on government items from the British Empire, such as UK, Australia, India, and Canada. I'm guessing Canadian Forest Service. To me, that suggests it was government issued and has its original haft. All four are very desirable! T-A

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  5 лет назад

      @@coschroe Thanks Colleen for that info. The axe came from Canada so that makes sense.

  • @QuantumMechanic_88
    @QuantumMechanic_88 6 лет назад

    Decent for felling and lousy for splitting , BUT your video is appreciated .

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  6 лет назад +1

      I agree, but some people pop the wood by twisting the axe when it hits the wood. That only works in straight grain knot free wood. I use a maul for splitting. Thanks for watching.

    • @QuantumMechanic_88
      @QuantumMechanic_88 6 лет назад

      Mindokwin - Yep ... I use a maul - wedges and cheat using a hydraulic splitter . You have some sweet looking double bits .Thanks for your reply and all the best to YOU .

    • @DK-jd8bj
      @DK-jd8bj 5 лет назад

      I always use a double bit sager for splitting even in knotty wood. It's all about speed, power and I pop it a little sideways at the end of the stroke. Sometimes it takes a couple hits but it's a lot more fun. I usually split first thing in the morning and it's basically my daily exercise. You get the blood flowing and by the time you're done splitting for half an hour, your properly woke up and ready for breakfast.

  • @Master...deBater
    @Master...deBater 8 лет назад +1

    Those aren't "lamination lines"...they're temper lines. The darker steel of the bit were quenched to harden them while leaving the eye area relatively soft.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  8 лет назад +1

      The 1916 Sager is laminated by the "overcoat" method. The others I believe you are correct.

    • @Master...deBater
      @Master...deBater 8 лет назад

      Thanks for the reply...I don't believe there was any lamination of different steel...what Sager did was to dip the steel into a chemical solution then hammer the steel impregnating it with the chemical. Then they would heat the steel to quenching temp and quench it in the same chemical...producing a very durable surface that was more impervious to oxidation. www.yesteryearstools.com/Yesteryears%20Tools/Sager%20and%20Chemical%20Axes.html
      Thanks for the video...those are some beauties!!!

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  8 лет назад +1

      Sure that was the patented Chemical process. Look at a youtube video called "Pioneer Axe" filmed in 1964 just before the Emerson & Stevens axe factory closed. It shows the process of lamination by the overcoat method used up to the early 20th century. They were the last but most axe companies used the process up to the 1930's. On some old axes you can see the line between the different axe steels as well as the temper line. Thanks for the info.

    • @Master...deBater
      @Master...deBater 8 лет назад

      Ah...I see what you're talking about...thanks for the video recommendation. I've never seen the mild steel/tool steel lamination line on an axe before. I've got a couple of Japanese kitchen knives where you can definitely see the lamination line. However...the dark lines that you're pointing at in the video I believe are the temper lines from the quench. (4:53) I think any visible lamination lines would be much closer to the cutting edge where you grind through the mild steel to expose the core tool steel. Anyway...thanks for the discussion...and of course the videos.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  8 лет назад +2

      Yes you are probably correct. It is well worth looking for the lamination line in old axes. I think of those as a bonus as you would have to pay hundreds of dollars to have one made like that today.

  • @dannydethanos6994
    @dannydethanos6994 7 лет назад

    couldn't you copy the old handles design and make a new one for the newer axes ?

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  7 лет назад

      Yes. Also you can buy a new handle and slim it down, that's what I usually do. Most new handles sold today are too thick for my taste.

  • @robertoeleei
    @robertoeleei 11 лет назад

    thank you for sharing

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  11 лет назад

      Thank you for watching.

  • @Donnybrook10
    @Donnybrook10 10 лет назад +1

    FS stands for Forestry Service They had the pine tree as their logo

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  10 лет назад

      Which Forestry Service? It's not the USFS logo.

    • @HootOwl513
      @HootOwl513 9 лет назад +1

      Mindokwin I'm not an axe expert, but I'll hazard a guess that those markings indicate a British [Pre-war Canadian] provenance. The Broad Arrow is a British Gov't property mark since old Saxon days. It's from the rune of Tyr, the Saxon god of War. Still in use.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  9 лет назад

      HootOwl513 Interesting, another clue to look into, thanks for that info.

    • @MrMisaKulicka
      @MrMisaKulicka 3 года назад +1

      @@HootOwl513 agreed, its the MOD stamp used on military equipment and tools, often called the broad arrow as you say, and sometimes crows foot too. I would put money on FS standing for Forestry Service, though that has never been a government department in the UK - the Forestry Commission was formed in 1919 and that was, and is the department that deals with all things forestry here, though recently that has changed with Welsh and Scottish devolution in the last few years. Great video!

  • @suilekelly
    @suilekelly 12 лет назад

    nice axes.

  • @alejandroortiz6309
    @alejandroortiz6309 2 года назад

    How much do you want for 1917 sager put the price on it now

  • @busycando
    @busycando 10 лет назад

    Long live the axe...!!!

  • @Mindokwin
    @Mindokwin  12 лет назад

    Thanks bud!

  • @Mindokwin
    @Mindokwin  12 лет назад

    Thanks. I like axes.

  • @_BigLife_
    @_BigLife_ 6 месяцев назад

    Very nice

  • @duffweld
    @duffweld 12 лет назад

    beautiful !

  • @jamesgroves5294
    @jamesgroves5294 2 года назад

    Nice!

  • @AppalachianLumberjack
    @AppalachianLumberjack 3 месяца назад

    Sir no axe is made too be reversible 😅😅😅 thats just a peeling pattern its literally not the same size eye you just cant tell w your human eye

  • @ulyssees30y
    @ulyssees30y 8 дней назад

    I have an old double bit axe that I bought at a barn sale for five dollars thirty years ago. It is 5:00 am so I'm not going to dig it out at the moment to see the manufacturer. Except for once or twice I haven't used a maul used a maul in almost thirty years. This axe cuts through the and splits wood like butter. It weighs nothing.i can split firewood with one hand if I choose to. It's as though I'm swinging air. It hits exactly where I want it to every time. I don't understand why today's axes and mauls are such pieces of junk.

    • @Mindokwin
      @Mindokwin  8 дней назад

      They really were made better in the old days.