I have a Snow and Nealley, have had it for years. Great axe.
Camp Axe Suggestions
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I have a Snow and Nealley, have had it for years. Great axe.
So i picked up a couple used 36 oz plumb hatchets. Their head is kind of an odd design. Very one sided. The blade is only sharpened in one side, and the shaft is actually offset as well. Any ideas why?
Right handed maybe?
That is a Broad Axe, and yes...it's for hand hewing a log. They're made specifically for right handed vs left handed people. The one you have is for a right handed person...
Antique Broad Axes go for big money, hell even the new ones can't be touched for less than $300. Check out a Gransfors Broad axe.
Antique Broad Axes go for big money, hell even the new ones can't be touched for less than $300. Check out a Gransfors Broad axe.
Not a broad axe, a carpenters hatchet. Quick and dirty material removal on lumber. You'd be forever trying to face a log, LOL!
Yea...Not Quite.
Last time I checked a carpenter's hatched have a beveled edge on both sides...not just one.
Get to reading about Broad Axes...
Hewing hatchet. I know I'm not going to use it for that. Probably it's main use will be for kindling...
http://pfollansbee.wordpress.com/tag/hewing-hatchet/
http://pfollansbee.wordpress.com/tag/hewing-hatchet/
NOT a camping axe!
Well, I have a few well used old carpenters hatchets, and they all have single bevels, that's the whole point of a good carpenters hatchet, it's basically a broad impact chisel. And I have used broad axes on timber on more than a few log cabin repairs. So my opinions only come from practical experience. Maybe they're wrong and I should just read about it on the computer... Actually that sounds great! Less work and way less blisters! LOL!
These look to be good axes, but I would still defer to Gransfors bruks--best axes made in my opinion.
QUOTE=D'Animal;4578627]Here are my favorite two depending on what I'm doing.
The blue one is a Collin 6lb. I pin the head on all of my axes. I use this for pounding wedges when felling trees.
The Orange headed one is european design and works great for splitting or pounding wedges. What I don't like about it is the unegue handle design. It is easy to replace the hickory handle but it has round ringed wedges that you drive in. i generally replace all of my handles with Nupla handles and I cannot do it easily on this one with the handle style I like.[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=D'Animal;4578627]Here are my favorite two depending on what I'm doing.
The blue one is a Collin 6lb. I pin the head on all of my axes. I use this for pounding wedges when felling trees.
The Orange headed one is european design and works great for splitting or pounding wedges. What I don't like about it is the unegue handle design. It is easy to replace the hickory handle but it has round ringed wedges that you drive in. i generally replace all of my handles with Nupla handles and I cannot do it easily on this one with the handle style I like.[/QUOTE]
I found a box with my old axe heads.
I guess I will have to make some new handles in my free time.
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I guess I will have to make some new handles in my free time.
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Mace, it looks just like an Iltis OxHead falling axe that I have around here... Somewhere....
I think Oxhead is the winner. the general Forestry axes have the squared off eye. http://www.ochsenkopf.com/en/produc...&oe_opt[list_set]=211078,210854,210857,210953
If it is a small OXhead forestry axe, I got a reasonable deal on it.
And, I have found a new axe handle for it. Hopefully it'll be the right one!!!
I'm late to this thread, as usual, but this side-by-side was amazing to the point of being hysterical. Thanks!
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Wits' End
I guarantee the the logs they keep splitting with that Vipukirves are either kiln dried or very seasoned. It doesn't look like a drop of moisture is left in the log in that last video.
