Axes!
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NorthwoodsKid
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Among my hobbies, I really enjoy working with old axe heads. Its fun to work with one that you get for $5 and turn it into a viable tool. Just finished an old Sager Chemical Double Bit a guy gave to me. Next project will hopefully be a 2.5 lb double bit cruiser axe. If anybodies got one they are looking to part with, let me know! Anybody else enjoy working on and with axes?
If we weren't friends anymore, well I just don't think I could bear it!
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Re: Axes!
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I like old hatchets,I only use one at a time but like buying them as I can.
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Re: Axes!
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jeremy brua
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I love old axes! I have collected a few cruisers and they are my favorites. Axes are starting to get really popular right now and good deals are getting harder to find. Here is a Kelly cruiser I fixed up.
don't worry over the smart ones. catch the dumb ones, they pay the same.
i can do it because i dont know that i cant.
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MnMan
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I picked up a 2 1/4 pound Winchester head at a garage sale a few weeks ago and just put an old handle on it to make it functional. I won't put it to wood but it is pretty cool. I pick up old axes and hatchets and fix them up..pretty fun for me too. Oh, by the way, I paid 50 cents for the Winchester head and two bucks for the handle. I now have 16 hatchets and 5 axes. This is the latest in which I have $2.50 invested:
I'm just happy to be here! Today I'm as young as I'll ever be and and older than I've ever been before!
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What do y'all look far in a good axe? Name, is a good place to start. Kelly, Collins, Plumb, are ones I am familiar with, but there are several other U.S. made axes that are very good. Charlie
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jeremy brua
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What do y'all look far in a good axe? I look for an older one. All of mine are well over 50 years old. If it is a loose head I will hold it up with one finger in the eye and ring it like a bell with a piece of metal. It should have a high pitched long ring to it. This is not a proven method to tell quality of the steel but think it is worth doing. You also need to decide what you are going to use it for mostly so you can pick the right pattern head. I will not buy one with a metal or plastic handel!
don't worry over the smart ones. catch the dumb ones, they pay the same.
i can do it because i dont know that i cant.
Nì òigear leisg bodach brisg
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Re: Axes!
[Re: NorthwoodsKid]
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chas3457
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Go to the thread "Check this Out", I just posted. Lots and lots of COOL traps and AXES. Charlie
Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm.
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NorthwoodsKid
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What do y'all look far in a good axe? It is hard to go wrong with an old American made axe head. They made 'em right back in the day. Swedish and German steel is also excellent. Use a belt sander to get a rough edge, but go sparingly and make sure you don't get the steel hot. Then use a (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) file and a stone to get yourself a good edge. Get yourself a good handle made from hickory or ash. You are set to go!
If we weren't friends anymore, well I just don't think I could bear it!
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Very nice axe, MN Man. Great find
Like mentioned above, older ( pre 1970) US axes can be some of the best ever made, pre 1940's even better.
Marshall Wells, Hickory, Collins, Winchester, many good brands. Even some small chips in the blade and light mushrooming in the poll can be belt sanded away and made like new. Hanging a handle can be an art, take your time fitting a new handle.
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I've worked on a few ole axes. Enjoyed bringing back to life. Last winter I remembered some not so good leather I bought at a yard sale. Figured I make a few sheaths for my axes. Here's a sheath I made for my camp axe... Here's sheath for my camp axe and a friends camp axe... That was fun making the two sheaths for camp axes so I made sheaths for two single bit axes I had in the shed. If anyone has some leather laying around and wants to put it in service, Here's the link that helped me with the sheaths... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6hHgTDMmGo
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Mike in A-town
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Glad to know I'm in good company here. I admit to being an "axeholic".
Don't know much about any of them. But it's fun to collect, handle, and look at them.
Wife asked what I wanted for Fathers Day, Gransfors Bruks axe was my reply. Have to decide between the Scandanavian Forest and the American Felling...
Decisions, decisions, decisions.
Mike
One man with a gun may control 100 others who have none.
Vladimir Lenin
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