This is the axe this forum was made for!

[Grant Lamontagne]

It's not often that the perfect anything come along, but I think I have a pretty good contender here- the be all, end all axe.

Better pics soon, but I really needed to share this with some people who I knew would appreciate it like I do

My neighbor who is downsizing gave Megan a bunch of gardening stuff yesterday and he handed me this absolutely stunning Estwing camp axe, with the old tooled leather sheath.

I believe these now come with a nylon sheath?

The balance on this is amazing!  I'm not sure I've ever held a better feeling axe, and I am very much looking forward to using it.

Anyone else have one of these?

Def

[old Lefty]

That looks very, very nice! Especially the sheath looks amazing!


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[nate j]

I have one, except mine is the standard version and yours is the long-handled version.

It is an excellent small axe.

Mine is probably 8-10 years old, so I got the leather sheath but it doesn’t have the neat design.  You’re correct that they now come with blue nylon sheaths.

[Grant Lamontagne]

My father has the old version of that hatchet with the stacked leather handle.  I hope to inherit it someday, long in the future.  My father and I have both been given stitches by that hatchet, which makes it a heck of an heirloom!   

I'm really excited to play with this one.

Def

[Barry Rowland]

I like that Def! 

[ThundahBeagle]

Nice one Def.  Not really the camp axe,  that's a big'n.  Love Estwing for thier forged one piece made in USA designs.

I have the camp axe with stacked leather handle and unfortunately have beat the smurf out of it.  I'll pi k up another to stay in the workshop

[Grant Lamontagne]

On my recent visit home I managed to get the old Estwing hatchet from my father.  Unfortunately he had misplaced in in the woods around his house for a while and when he found it again (years went by) much of the leather handle has rotted away.

As soon as I can figure out how to remove and replace the butt cap without damaging anything I will be ordering some new leather washers and rebuilding it, adding to it's appeal as a family piece even more.

For those that don't know the story of that hatchet, my father slipped while cutting kindling when I was very young and came dangerously close to lopping his fingers off with it.  Several stitches later we had a quiet night in the trailer.   

Then a few years later, I was playing with it and introduced it to my shin bone.   

This hatchet has blood bonded with both myself and my father, and soon will have a new handle by me.

It doesn't come much more heirloom-y than that!

Def

[ThundahBeagle]

On my recent visit home I managed to get the old Estwing hatchet from my father.  Unfortunately he had misplaced in in the woods around his house for a while and when he found it again (years went by) much of the leather handle has rotted away.

As soon as I can figure out how to remove and replace the butt cap without damaging anything I will be ordering some new leather washers and rebuilding it, adding to it's appeal as a family piece even more.

For those that don't know the story of that hatchet, my father slipped while cutting kindling when I was very young and came dangerously close to lopping his fingers off with it.  Several stitches later we had a quiet night in the trailer.   

Then a few years later, I was playing with it and introduced it to my shin bone.   

This hatchet has blood bonded with both myself and my father, and soon will have a new handle by me.

It doesn't come much more heirloom-y than that!

Def

Y-yikes!  Once they taste blood...

Had mine with us up in a log cabin on the Ellis River in NH a couple years ago.  Went outside to -like your father, cut up some kindling...bloodied my hand pretty good.  But I've seen worse, so I gather the kindling and the hatchet to go back into the cabin.

I didnt realise the picture I was to those sitting calmly by the fire as I kicked open the front door with a bloody hatchet in my hand in the dead of night.  Raaarr!