C'mon Baby light my fire - Bonsai Axe Badge ?

[Tomcat_81]

Having grown up on a farm surrounded by forest, I had a lot of use for the different axes  and hatchets.

But the last ten years saw me dwelling in flats, now in the fourth storey of a house in the midle of a city.
S**t. No good area for an axe, but at least we have a fireplace.

Still I can't resist whenever I see an old axe head on a junkyard or fleamarket, and that's how an Angelo - Scure found its way into our household. I had got hold of that thing on an Italian fleamarket for a whooping 2 €. Back then it looked more like something out of the collection of a police department. Worn, rusty and tired, with a terribly dirty handle (which I decided to throw away immediately) it got cleaned and oiled ... and stayed that way because I just liked that look. Even though it might seem differently in the pictures, the grain of the handle sits in the right direction, and the nicks on it aren't too serious.

Since the blade was re-sharpened almost to the point of no return, I didn't want to reprofile it. Instead it got sharpened and now it's a wonderful splitter, working way better in that field than a newer version which I bought a couple of months ago. I was and am fascinated by the philosophy of the scure, a light to very light Italian working hatchet, available down to 350 grams!

The Angelo does the light splitting work for kindlings, the old pulling planer is ideal for wood shavings. Later on, when I lit the fire, I'll post a pic of that as well.
And maybe I'll even get an axe-badge, even though it's just an Italian Bonsai hatchet?

Tomcat

[Poncho65]

A lovely hatchet Tomcat Good read and good pics thank you sir

[Gareth]

I want an Italian Bonsai Hatchet!

[zoidberg]

Awarded.   

[Tomcat_81]

Thank you again, best of all crustaceans!

I was so happy with that old Bonsai that I ordered a new one from Italy - you can see the two of them in the picture.

The new Scure will need some serious re-griding since the workmanship on the new hatchet is... quite rustic, but you can see that both share the same pedigree, and that senora has lost a lot of steel in comparison with the signorina!

Tomcat

PS: German summer.
Good to have a comfy chair, some blankets and a fireplace

[rishardh]

Congrats Tomcat 

[Gareth]

Looking good Tomcat.   Have you got a link for where you bought the new one?

[Tomcat_81]

Of course, thank you for asking- I'll send you a pm with the link.

You will laugh about the price, but please keep in mind that you will get a rough little thing for the almost-no-money (7.25€).

I sanded and used the handle and un-coated the head wit WD40 to give it its current looks. And I'm considering to get the 350g version. Addictive Italians, they are!

Tomcat

[zoidberg]

Only seven stones      no fair!