The axe thread - Best Made Co.

[suited]

Originally Posted by Benzito

Bullshit. I can't imagine picking sesame seeds from between my teeth with a seven pound axe head. It's hard enough slipping a shiv in the prison showers, how do you realistically expect a fella to sneak in an axe with handle? Up his ass?

ha. Anyhow, an axe is the most important tool you can have for survival in a wooded area. It's the equivalent of a machete in the jungle.

 

[mtechnic]

Originally Posted by lefty

Other axes to check out are Gränsfors. A little more rustic but well regarded. The Swedes know wood cutting.

lefty

that throwing axe is amazing

 

[lee_44106]

good thread Lefty.

I saw a show about axes. Truly nice ones are real pieces of art, working art that is.

 

[lefty]

Originally Posted by mtechnic

that throwing axe is amazing

The double bit axe is a handy tool if you have to fell a number of trees. You can let one bit take some abuse on the rougher parts of a tree (the swell or roots) and still keep a keen edge on the other.

Check out the sharpness on this Gränsfors:

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Tomahawk Guy has some mad throwing skills:

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Originally Posted by lee_44106

good thread Lefty.

I saw a show about axes. Truly nice ones are real pieces of art, working art that is.

Bingo.

lefty

 

[robin]

They just put up some smaller hatchets for sale: http://www.shop.bestmadeco.com/categ...?categoryId=15

 

[username79]

Originally Posted by robin

They just put up some smaller hatchets for sale: http://www.shop.bestmadeco.com/categ...?categoryId=15

I was wondering when they'd release a $95 hatchet with a pink paint job. Now I know.

 

[Redwoood]

No doubt an axe is a very useful tool in a woodland survival situation.
But when you pack an axe, it's quite a commitment in terms of weight and size which may force you to compromise in other areas in order to manage your load(-out).

Opinions?

 

[fredfred]

Originally Posted by Artisan Fan

I get nervous about Leftys running around with axes.

Yeah, especially if he's buying them in Tribeca. Damn.

 

[lefty]

Originally Posted by username79

I was wondering when they'd release a $95 hatchet with a pink paint job. Now I know.

Everyone needs an axe and a little pink in their lives.

Originally Posted by Redwoood

No doubt an axe is a very useful tool in a woodland survival situation.
But when you pack an axe, it's quite a commitment in terms of weight and size which may force you to compromise in other areas in order to manage your load(-out).

Opinions?

This forest axe is 1.2 kg. That's 2.6 lbs of live-saving tool. Leave the blow dryer at home.

lefty

 

[Gus]

Originally Posted by crazyquik

An axe company in Tribeca selling $200-400 axes

Wow, hipster axes.

 

[lefty]

Lost in the woods with nothing but an axe . . .

Stranded man cuts power poles to draw attention.

The man reported he had been on a boat on the lake when he hit bad weather. He ended up stranded in the bush, with no way to communicate with the outside world, Parker said.

But he had an axe and he knew SaskPower would have to check the downed line, so he went to work.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewa...#ixzz0q6DINk8E

lefty

 

[robin]

^ not a bad idea.

 

[CMJTperry]

I thought this was a thread about Guitars when I opened it.

 

[Pezzaturra]

Originally Posted by lefty

Lost in the woods with nothing but an axe . . .

Stranded man cuts power poles to draw attention.

The man reported he had been on a boat on the lake when he hit bad weather. He ended up stranded in the bush, with no way to communicate with the outside world, Parker said.

But he had an axe and he knew SaskPower would have to check the downed line, so he went to work.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewa...#ixzz0q6DINk8E

lefty

I see a market niche for an axe-shaped cell phone...

 

[lefty]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/garden/01peter.html

lefty