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Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5063134
05/27/15 11:27 PM
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Right handed at that. Watched a guy square a log with a square, a chalkline, a broadaxe, a regular axe and an adze. The adze impressed me as rather dangerous for his toes. The guy was good he could take a full stroke that stopped just short of the end of his boot.
I can only wish I was that good.


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Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5063278
05/28/15 07:59 AM
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"There's a fine line between a hobby and a mental illness."
Dave Barry

Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5063402
05/28/15 10:51 AM
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Watched a guy at Silver Dollar City hewing these out with a broad axe.

Mike


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Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5063843
05/28/15 06:47 PM
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Well, this post got me to look through my "stuff" to see what I had in the line of hatchets and axes that I had accumulated over the years from various garage sales. I found these. My reasoning for all the cheap hatchets was I often would forget one at the trap site so I thought I should have a few spares on hand. I have only lost one so far so I should be good for a while. I get them cheap so it is kind of fun to find an old one and fix it up so it is functional.


The first axe on the left is a Stro Bro from Sweden 2 1/4 # that I paid one dollar for. The next is the Winchester that I have $2.50 into and the third is an Idunno that I paid $2.00 for and refurbished.

I missed out on a Norlund Hudson Bay axe today at a garage sale. A friend called and said he saw one for $8.00 but he did not get it because he has several and it was pretty rusty. When I rushed over there it was gone (of course). Dang!


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!
Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5063891
05/28/15 07:23 PM
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I see you have the same disease

Re: Axes! [Re: Dale Torma] #5063940
05/28/15 08:04 PM
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North Cass Co. Minnesota
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Originally Posted By: Dale Torma
I see you have the same disease

Probably less costly than collecting traps.....
And I see I ain't the only one that paints my trapping hatchets orange....

Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5064304
05/29/15 12:25 AM
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How do you define a Cruiser axe ? Why were they named this ? I do know what cruising timber means. Were they carried by a timer cruiser ?


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Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5064346
05/29/15 04:16 AM
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Some cool old axes guys..and hatchets too. Thanks for the pics!


Member NTA MTA NRA We live back in the woods ya see...my woman and the kids and the dogs and me....
Re: Axes! [Re: g smith] #5064397
05/29/15 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted By: g smith
How do you define a Cruiser axe ? Why were they named this ? I do know what cruising timber means. Were they carried by a timer cruiser ?

Yes they were. Up here the original cruiser axe is a Hudson Bay pattern axe on a 20-28" handle. That's what I have always been taught in forestry. More widely know is the double bit cruiser axe which is a 2.5 pound head with a 28" handle double bit.

Alex


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Re: Axes! [Re: g smith] #5064400
05/29/15 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted By: g smith
How do you define a Cruiser axe ? Why were they named this ? I do know what cruising timber means. Were they carried by a timer cruiser ?


The timber cruisers preferred to use these small axes to blaze trees because of their light head (+\-2.5#) and short handel (26-28"). The only true way to tell is the size of the eye. 2.5"x5/8" or close to that.


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Re: Axes! [Re: jeremy brua] #5064414
05/29/15 07:58 AM
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Onaway michigan
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I like a double bit axe, don't know why the single bit is so popular.

My dad was the only one I ever saw twist the axe when splitting wood. Never get the axe stuck in the block doing it that way.

Jim

Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5064456
05/29/15 09:13 AM
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Here is a 2 1/2 lb. Plumb cruiser that I keep in my truck.

This is a Collins Hudson bay that I fixed up to keep in the Jeep.


Re: Axes! [Re: james dymond] #5064457
05/29/15 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted By: james dymond
I like a double bit axe, don't know why the single bit is so popular.

My dad was the only one I ever saw twist the axe when splitting wood. Never get the axe stuck in the block doing it that way.

Jim

Never handled a double bit. Never found the need for one. I prefer to have the poll and my axe for driving stuff. I know it's the cardinal sin of an axe but when I'm snowshoeing into beaver flowages in the winter I'm not going to lug a hammer just to drive nails. That's what I have the back of my axe for. I also use it for driving fencing sticks. Also with a double bit axe you can't stick it into the back of your belt and carry it Indian style. I find it very handy to carry that way at times.

Alex


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Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5065234
05/29/15 10:49 PM
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Cruiser axes are also 8 1/2 inches long or less.

Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5067031
05/31/15 03:45 PM
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That's a sweet Hudson Bay pattern Collins, Mttwill!
My very first axe was the same, I bought it for 7 bucks corn picking money in about 1971. My dad had a logging company and lots of cruiser double bits for the loggers, one of them took my Collins. Nobody would fess up and nobody thought it was a big deal except me.

Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5067288
05/31/15 06:33 PM
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Not really an axe, but a hatchet. Forged by a blacksmith near me. Going to look into getting him to make a single bit for use of the hammer as well. The first pic has his last name/mark on it.
Sharp as a razor as well.


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Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5067289
05/31/15 06:34 PM
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I just picked up an Olympia double bit head at a garage sale yesterday and just now put a handle on it. The head was $3.00 and the handle was 3 times that (new).
Is there a cure for this addiction?



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!
Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5068276
06/01/15 01:13 PM
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Northern MN
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It's a terminal disease

Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5068353
06/01/15 02:50 PM
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Anyone know of a source of good handles?


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Re: Axes! [Re: NorthwoodsKid] #5068474
06/01/15 05:04 PM
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I have had mixed results with House brand handles, first few were good then 2 broke off at the eye on axes in the first minutes of use, the hickory was red colored and seemed brittle. The all white wood handles seemed better. And I am very picky about handles and look through a whole pile to find the one I want.
There may be other brands that are more consistent, or my supplier is getting factory seconds and selling them as firsts. Most people think a handle is a handle. But we axe nuts know different.

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