Absolutely agree with the sheath bieng useless, handles are very thick but they do thin down into a nice shape. I use them for a lot of my vintage heads because most replacements dont have enough palm swell. I think once you put a nice chisel grind on it you will see why I reccomend them
'm guessing you'd do this a lot different now. I expect to have to remove some shoulder wood on the back as most stock axe handles, even good ones, leave a lot extra there. A common assertion in old lit is to hang the axe low to the shoulder, but it would be better to state the goal rather than assuming the best way to get there. I don't know how strength and resilience plays out in those long shoulder areas on those axes. It might be favorable, but handling is awful obviously
I dig this style of handle, aside from the curves. The long shoulder means i can buy an 80cm handle but because the shoulder is long i can knock the head down and get a 75-ish cm handle, which is my preffered length. And being so thicc once you thin it down you get an actual palm swell.
😂 love it! My sheath is basically all electrical tape lol. And yea the handles are trash for the most part but you can pull the shoulder up on it them if you don’t want to lose handle length.. It’s a little late now but it’ll be alright haha. We all talk highly of these axes but mostly for them being customizable and having great steel and geometry. I have no doubt it will be one of your favorite limbing/felling axes when it’s fully tuned up. If you want to make quick work of tuning and thinning the handle, use a flap disc on an angle grinder. I didn’t because I’m too much of a pussy but it turned out really well regardless. At the end of the day it’s a tool for professionals thats meant to be customized. What’re you gonna do 🤷
This axe is a multi purpose axe for loggers. It is used to clean all the stuff on the tree stump and around the tree, that potentially can dull your chainsaw. So it removes sandy moss and stones from the foot of the tree, it's used to clean the brush around the tree the loggers want to fell. It hits sand, dirty, stones and the ground. It's for limbing of tiny limbs, the logger didn't get with the chainsaw. So the edge is made to withstand rough use. If you want a sharp felling axe, you need to buy one made for this purpose. These type of axes have inlays of harder steel on the cutting edge and a really sharp edge as well.
You dont have to rehang the axe further down the handle, just rasp away the material upwards
Absolutely agree with the sheath bieng useless, handles are very thick but they do thin down into a nice shape. I use them for a lot of my vintage heads because most replacements dont have enough palm swell. I think once you put a nice chisel grind on it you will see why I reccomend them
'm guessing you'd do this a lot different now. I expect to have to remove some shoulder wood on the back as most stock axe handles, even good ones, leave a lot extra there. A common assertion in old lit is to hang the axe low to the shoulder, but it would be better to state the goal rather than assuming the best way to get there. I don't know how strength and resilience plays out in those long shoulder areas on those axes. It might be favorable, but handling is awful obviously
I dig this style of handle, aside from the curves. The long shoulder means i can buy an 80cm handle but because the shoulder is long i can knock the head down and get a 75-ish cm handle, which is my preffered length. And being so thicc once you thin it down you get an actual palm swell.
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Entertaining as fk 😂
Just thin the handle down. Mine is amazing now that I thined it very very good axe for the money
i just was thinking the same
No need to put the head down, just move the shoulder up. I'm sure you will like it once in the woods
😂 love it! My sheath is basically all electrical tape lol. And yea the handles are trash for the most part but you can pull the shoulder up on it them if you don’t want to lose handle length.. It’s a little late now but it’ll be alright haha. We all talk highly of these axes but mostly for them being customizable and having great steel and geometry. I have no doubt it will be one of your favorite limbing/felling axes when it’s fully tuned up. If you want to make quick work of tuning and thinning the handle, use a flap disc on an angle grinder. I didn’t because I’m too much of a pussy but it turned out really well regardless. At the end of the day it’s a tool for professionals thats meant to be customized. What’re you gonna do 🤷
This axe is a multi purpose axe for loggers. It is used to clean all the stuff on the tree stump and around the tree, that potentially can dull your chainsaw. So it removes sandy moss and stones from the foot of the tree, it's used to clean the brush around the tree the loggers want to fell. It hits sand, dirty, stones and the ground. It's for limbing of tiny limbs, the logger didn't get with the chainsaw. So the edge is made to withstand rough use. If you want a sharp felling axe, you need to buy one made for this purpose. These type of axes have inlays of harder steel on the cutting edge and a really sharp edge as well.
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Oxenkopf: Older than USA 😂