axe info

grumpyvette

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On one part of one video I found it rather amusing that when the guy testing the one axe found that the wood handle started to get loose he was clueless that axe handles generally use a wedge thats driven in to expand the handle in the axe head eye socket, but the typical cure was simply to set the axe head with its handle in a bucket of warm soapy water for an hour, the water soaks into the handle expanding the wood significantly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq5vpqHug7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqVOVebR_Y0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZYtTXz5m7Y
 
Sadly most people these days a clueless about most things. Really sad with axes, these tools being the most useful survival tool of them all in my opinion. Anyway there is a product called Swel-Lock that permanently expands the wood's fibers. Good stuff!
 
yes even finding a high quality axe any more is a challenge,
simply because crap quality cheap import axes cost significantly less,
and most people that have any need to cut trees buy a chain saw.
that and most people have no clue as to what constitutes a decent axe.
your typical $30-$37 hardware store or big box store axe is basically only marginally useable


https://www.bestmadeco.com/products/hudson-bay-axe?option_values=1224
https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/506860?

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https://gearpatrol.com/2013/11/20/get-da-choppa-5-best-axes/
 
The best finds are always at yard sales or the like. My truck axe is a hand forged Swedish limbing axe. High quality small enough to carry on adventures yet still big enough to get a tree off the road in a pinch. They never run out of gas or won't start or any of that aggravating stuff that seems to happen when you need your saw the most.
 
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