Axe collection pics

[Sparky415]

Ummm A few? 
Swampy, Big ol ugly, Wobbly, Lofty, Billy     They don't all have names yet

It is a biggish bucket 




Oh and there are one or two 'works in progress' 

[Freudian Frog]

And why hasn't this axe bucket seen the light of this thread? Being a thread named "Axe collection pics" and all...

[Sparky415]

And why hasn't this axe bucket seen the light of this thread? Being a thread named "Axe collection pics" and all...

You will find them all in here Froggy 

Anyway  Where have you been? 

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,22707.100.html

[David]

Tony swampy`s replacement showed up today. 11 3/16ths of pure TT FE KW  swamper axe. Came from Oregon. Won it off ebay at the first of the week. I`ll try to get a pic up shorty.   

[David]

Here is a pic.   

[Sparky415]

That’s Pretty    but not as nice as my one 

 

[Gareth]

Oooh, that's nice David.

[dks]

There you are:
A collection of 1 axe.
Apparently it is contractor grade... 


 

[Sparky415]

That's a slippery slope you are treading Mate 

Will it be getting the longer handle? 

[dks]

That's a slippery you are treading Mate 

Will it be getting the longer handle? 

No that is my "protection"   

[Grathr]

My axe collection and a little info on them


From left to rigth:
1. Fiskars X5. Tiny little axe. Perfect for light camping and hiking
2.Japaneese splitting axe. (not a very good one.)
3.Hultafors handmade camping axe. The first axe I ever bought. Perfect when I'm canoing.
4. Wetterlings carpenters bile. Razor sharp axe with knifelike edge. Use it for ruffshaping wood before i start wittling.
5. Øyo splitting axe super. Norwegian made axe. Very disapointed with it, especially when I discovered that axe nr 6 vas way better than it.
6. A beaten up old axe that the old owners of my house left behind. Use it for all kinds of dirty work.
7. Granfors Bruks large forresters axe. Brilliant axe. My wife gave it to me for christmas after I cursed axe nr 5 to hell. Use it mostly for splitting chopped wood into firestarting wood for the fireplace that keeps us warm all thru winter.
8. Hard Head cheap forresters axe. For splitting larger firewood when i need more wheigt in the axe. (2,3kg head) and demolising old furniture and such.

[Sparky415]

Nice collection Grathr 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Lovely axe collection there mate

[Gareth]

A superb selection of axes mate.

[Grathr]

I forgot one axe in my collection picture. 



Its a cheap one that have in my work car. Its mostly used for breaking ice in the back of my pickup, breaking padlocks and as a makeshift hammer.

[Gareth]

do you find yourself breaking padlocks a lot?

 

[Grathr]

hehe
Every now and then 
Every now and then some punks has attemted to pick/break the locks on one of the containers at work and broken it or someone has used a non serial lock and lost the key. Its usually a lot cheaper to just break the lock than to spend hours finding the key.

[Waterlander]

Great! I like to join the club! I have a couple of GB (mini, forrest) and Øyo (fireaxe).

I would love to have a carving axe..

Few years ago I forged this little hatchet. It was my first try, with the help from a friendly blacksmith. Sadly it's another unfinished project..I still have to start finishing it! 

Japanese damaststeel:

[Sparky415]

That looks very nice Waterlander, a proper hand made Ax 

[Waterlander]

That looks very nice Waterlander, a proper hand made Ax 

You mean halfway handmade, but thanks anyway! 
This time I will start working on it, too nice not to do.

[Sparky415]

That looks very nice Waterlander, a proper hand made Ax 

You mean halfway handmade, but thanks anyway! 
This time I will start working on it, too nice not to do.

I wasn't counting the handle as they are a transient thing, the head lives on 

It will be good to see it finished 

[Waterlander]

You know what Sparky, I like working leather at the moment, so this is a great change to make a pretty leather mask as well 
Once I start polishing/etching the head, I really hope to find some sort of pattern.
I need a beltgrinder!

[Sparky415]

I have a few 'works in progress' in my garage, lots of things started but not finished 

After you have polished the head will you etch it to find the grain of the Damascus steel? 

Maybe we can see some of your leatherwork aswell? 

[Waterlander]

I have a few 'works in progress' in my garage, lots of things started but not finished 

After you have polished the head will you etch it to find the grain of the Damascus steel? 

Maybe we can see some of your leatherwork aswell? 

Never etched anything yet, we'll see. I'll just shout for help.
I made the black knife sheath below.
Love this mini hatchet around a small campfire. 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I've got a Mini ( ) and there cracking hatchets

Practically disapear into a pocket

[David]

That looking Mini axe there.     Always thought I should buy one but for some reason havent got around to it yet.   

[David]

Here is a pic of an undercutter axe. These were made for a short time when chainsaws first came out. These were used to free up the chain saw when it bound up making the undercut. After the problems with the early chain saws were corrected these axes were no longer needed.
This example is a True American made by the Mann Edge Tool Co. It is kind of rough and some one else tried to clean and polish it. It is still a good example of the undercutter axe and I'm pleased to have it in my axe collection.   

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I've never seen one of those before, thanks for posting it mate

[Sparky415]

I've never seen one of those before, thanks for posting it mate

+1 Thanks David    will this go on the wall or will you re-handle it?

[David]

Tony, I have no plans to rehandle it at the moment. The undercutter axes are fairly rare. They didnt make very many of them. They were only used for a few years mostly in the Pacific northwest. This one came from Oregon.