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Outdoor Section => The Axe Hole => Topic started by: NKlamerus on December 27, 2017, 04:41:13 AM
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Santa came this year and brought me "The Cheapest Axe on Amazon"
This axe was reviewed a few months ago by Wranglerstar on YouTube and he really enjoyed it. I need an axe to keep in the toolbox of my truck, and this was the perfect fit.
I finally hit 6'5" and I'm about 270 (plus or minus 10% of holiday weight lol)
The axe is very light, but incredibly comfortable and balanced. I've never liked a hatchet, they feel to small in my hands.
Definitely feel that it'll make an excellent chopper, not so much a splitting axe. All we split down here is oak.
Final photo is the varnish removed, plan to soak it in boiled linseed oil, make a sheath, and get a good edge on it. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171227/767ce7155a89426991730e63d471ffcf.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171227/ad80fe9c9b61dd8170a980f98bdd99b9.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171227/3ec14e5e030980b68b41718260d6683a.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171227/4ce220041e06bc9a58352c394767669e.jpg)
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Nice!
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I like the look of that!
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nice one. will be interesting to see how it holds up (some early ones supposedly had very soft steel)
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I :like: it :tu: The handle grain looks great on that one as well :cheers: Can't wait to see it after you get done tweaking it :cheers: :like:
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Linseed oil application! Of course it cold here in Florida today (~45F)
First rub soaked right in and was dry overnight! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171227/e8ed21233ce2dc60cf3ddbc0f8f51488.jpg)
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result looks amazing
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Makeshift sheath good to go.
Made out of vynl thread/strips that won't hold moisture and definitely let's air through.
Held on with a rubber cable tie right now, would eventually like to use bungee material or rope loop.
Any thoughts on handle protection for overstrikes? Thinking about a 4" or paracord wrap beneath the head. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171228/a040758028e8b62c9cc6ac892cd82530.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171228/8c4d07b71cdcc000b09ac88f55869cb0.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171228/755f781a3b4e2abcc0db2019e5d9aa25.jpg)
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Go chop stuff! :pok: :pok:
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Go chop stuff! :pok: :pok:
Maybe tomorrow if the rain stops!!
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Any thoughts on handle protection for overstrikes? Thinking about a 4" or paracord wrap beneath the head.
Looks good from here :salute:
Also you could wrap the handle with innertube rubber then cover with paracord :tu:
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Nice looking chopper :tu:
I have a real old deer skin (my grandfather shot it) that is probably raw hide, I'd like to give it a go as some axe handle protection as it is thin
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Haven't really touched it much, caught flu for the first time ever and it really knocked me down
Still plan to wrap below the head, and I need to touch up the edge, other than that she's ready for service!
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get well first then worry about the axe. one ill timed cough or sniffle and it could be your leg that it chops
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Handle wrap is done as well as the sheath, the only thing left is to touch up the edge. Should get some good use early February (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180128/42e14bca8f9277e740b3b8ca7c5dd62a.jpg)
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I was about to say still no choppingggg
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wrap came out nice
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wrap came out nice
Thanks bud! It's got a base layer of tennis handle wrap,then paracord, half soaked in epoxy.
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wrap came out nice
And makes it easier to see where you left it :tu:
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wrap came out nice
Thanks bud! It's got a base layer of tennis handle wrap,then paracord, half soaked in epoxy.
that was quite a process then
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I'll be interested to see how it holds up.
My dad painted all his farm tools blue or orange so he could see them if he put them down in the grass
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We used it for a little while this weekend! The 8lb maul got way more use for splitting oak but the cold steel was the way to go for limbing. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180208/b8069e85f0819df2489358630fe04d71.jpg)
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is that bigfoot?
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is that bigfoot?
Basically, it's my "little" brother at 6'6
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is that bigfoot?
Basically, it's my "little" brother at 6'6
so I wasn't far off ;)
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First real use in Oregon, emptying a back yard full of wood debri (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181016/a3356c87c3986bc83ff9c460c4fe900b.jpg)
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It's sticking in a block of concrete? :o
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Very nice. How did the edge hold up?
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It's sticking in a block of concrete? :o
It's just an extremely sun dried chunk of 12"x 8"
This yard has been sitting for 4+ years
BTW OREGON HAS SO MANY SPIDERS
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Very nice. How did the edge hold up?
Edge seems great! Finish is really holding on as well.
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:tu:
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Touched up the linseed oil and burned my name into it since the wood burner was out.
Getting the truck ready for winter up here, secretly hoping one day I come across a downed tree or something lol(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181020/926e74c1e7430dc817227754912564c9.jpg)
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:D
Love the smell of BLO :tu:
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smart to put your name on it
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Put it back in rotation today and finally mounted a decent truck shovel. Tired of the cheap folding ones(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181024/4e7927cdcbd5b69471343bb96c380460.jpg)
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Not sure if this happened in use, or from bouncing in the truck! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190531/4f9a4cc8cfa6c38da51fc31596e5d6b5.jpg)
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Ouch. Seem like a spot where use could be the reason it chipped :dunno:.
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Oooooooowwwwwhhhh!!! :facepalm: Did you hit a nail or a big staple maybe? Normally you'd get that kind of damage on the top of the bit if you'd accidentally hit a stone or something. :think:
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Ouch. Seem like a spot where use could be the reason it chipped :dunno: .
Not that I have that much experience welding an axe, but one time I got careless and chipped my axe like that, when it glaced a grill top. :facepalm:
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Not sure if this happened in use, or from bouncing in the truck! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190531/4f9a4cc8cfa6c38da51fc31596e5d6b5.jpg)
Looks like you hit rock or a nail. It's possible it bounced around a bit to much in the bed of the truck, but I'm guessing you hit a rock.
I recommend a mask for yer axes, especially when traveling! :tu: