Axes

[Alex2507]

It's been a short road so far. There is much to fear ahead. I gotta get the thread going on a laptop to be able to get to the pic on the phone "bear" with me.

 

[highfigh]

What kind of axes, axes for chopping wood? Axes to grind? Axes of evil?

 

[Dude#1279435]

What kind of axes, axes for chopping wood?

Just in case he was looking to hire.

 

[Alex2507]

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[William Lemmerhirt]

This?

Or this….

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

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Splitting mall collection!

 

[Alex2507]

What kind of axes, axes for chopping wood? Axes to grind? Axes of evil?

All of the above! Chopping and splitting to be exact and I was just thinking about a 'what grinds my gears from Rich about those new head lights on cars. Lastly, I thought it was axis of evil but in either case that shoe fitting is more relavent.

Just in case he was looking to hire.
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That's exactly how I'm gonna dress to fell my first tree. Mostly as a disguise though. I know I'm gonna look like an amatuer so ...

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1. What was here
2. What I bought
3. What I really needed

 

[Alex2507]

Splitting mall collection!

That Friskars is I think a splittng axe. A maul I think would be heavier.

I just got a small wood stove and got my first cord of wood, finally stacked. Like I'm 58 and the last time I swung an axe to almost amputate an ankle was like 30 years ago. But I am officially an axe wielding albeit peace loving resident of a place called Greystone.

 

[Eppie]

If your as good with an axe as me, I recommend you also keep a sledge hammer and two steel/plastic wedges on hand for those tough ones with knots in the middle.

 

[Alex2507]

If your as good with an axe as me, I recommend you also keep a sledge hammer and two steel/plastic wedges on hand for those tough ones with knots in the middle.

That was also here when I got here. We put the stove in.

 

[Alex2507]

So the first real strike with the Friskars was remarkably humiliating. I would have felt some real man/ego type stuff if I had swung true but well, it didn't go like that.

However using it as prescribed was like 10X easier than anything I had done up until now. Even the sound is different. Like match sticks splitting.

So the first axe in that line up is a brutalized cheapo that sent shudders up to my teeth.

The second is a 4lb Craftsman head..

The last is the tool of choice for the task at hand. Freakin' love it.

 

[ryanosaur]

I was thinking more along these lines:

 

[ryanosaur]

A maul I think would be heavier.

A maul is more a type of long handled war hammer. In modern times, we would call it a sledge.
(Too much DnD in my college years.)

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I was thinking more along these lines:
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Yes!

 

[Dude#1279435]

Or medieval

 

[Mr._Clark]

So the first real strike with the Friskars was remarkably humiliating. I would have felt some real man/ego type stuff if I had swung true but well, it didn't go like that.

However using it as prescribed was like 10X easier than anything I had done up until now. Even the sound is different. Like match sticks splitting.

So the first axe in that line up is a brutalized cheapo that sent shudders up to my teeth.

The second is a 4lb Craftsman head..

The last is the tool of choice for the task at hand. Freakin' love it.

FWIW, there are quite a few videos on youtube about splitting firewood with an axe. People have come up with a surprising number of ways to make it quicker and more efficient.

 

[lovinthehd]

LOL I've done some wood splitting before....lots harder than I thought it was. I'd probably just get one of these these days if I had a fireplace https://www.homedepot.com/p/YARDMAX-6-5-Ton-15-Amp-Horizontal-Electric-Log-Splitter-YS0650/323678117

 

[j_garcia]

Yes!

That was my instant reaction too, except I figured that wasn't it.

Rather than cut wood, pellet stove They have ones you can install in your fireplace.

 

[Swerd]

Just get 2 subwoofers and forget all that lumber jack stuff.

After all, this an AH thread.

 

[Swerd]

My son is into refurbishing old axes, and then selling them. I went to my garage and found this old ax rusting. I was with my father in 1957 when he bought this at Sears. It’s a Sears Craftsman ax. In those days Sears axes were made by a company called Plumb. My son said I want it! He said if you remove the rest, polish it up and sharpen the edge, you can sell it for as much as $300.

Zoom in on the head of the ax in the photo. Look on the left side, and see the Plumb imprint. Ax collectors want to see the original handle.