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Post by Striderfly on Jan 18, 2017 22:05:15 GMT
Hey bros in arms. Here's another design finished. I was interested in making something with the horizontal digging blade on the other side only instead of the traditional "Pulaski" fireman's axe, I thought it might be cool to give it more of an Adz type, grubber look. Something that might be good for roots and Ice.
Sometimes the idea looks like this in the beginning. _ 
For this style I looked at a lot of different head shapes.
And to buck tradition further, I wondered what it would be like with solid pommel on the end 
When I decided on the shape, I built a CAD model so I could spin it around and see what it looked like. Plus at this stage I was still trying to think of the best way to attach a pommel. Of course the idea came from sword construction and so I put a long steel rod all the way through from one end to the other and tied it all together with a big hex shaped Allen nut.
    
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Post by Striderfly on Jan 18, 2017 22:10:24 GMT
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Post by Jordan Williams on Jan 19, 2017 16:05:00 GMT
How does it feel in the hand? Looks awesome btw
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Post by Derzis on Jan 19, 2017 22:33:51 GMT
It looks great!
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Post by 1776 on Jan 20, 2017 3:18:32 GMT
My gosh. Thats awesome. How did you make it? Forge?
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Post by Striderfly on Jan 24, 2017 4:12:47 GMT
Thanks! Because I had a CAD file I could get a cast mold, and then it also got the crap beat out of it. Then a bunch of grinding. Then more grinding. Then some heat. The edged is left harder about an inch and half back on both blades.
 
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Post by Striderfly on Jan 24, 2017 4:24:56 GMT
How does it feel in the hand? Looks awesome btw Thanks,
It's heavy and weird.
Actually the happy accident is because of the weight behind the swing, it splits wood like a wedge. Like a bigger axe. It doesn't get stuck easy and I've split some pretty gnarly, knotty cherry logs.
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stormmaster
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Post by stormmaster on Jan 24, 2017 8:57:36 GMT
did you also make your own sheath? looks very well made and i like the design, more importantly tho, you take some nice pictures dude, great lighting
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Post by Striderfly on Feb 1, 2017 3:43:57 GMT
did you also make your own sheath? looks very well made and i like the design, more importantly tho, you take some nice pictures dude, great lighting Hey thanks for the kind words Stormmaster. I did not make the sheath. That was done by another guy that's good with leather.
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Post by Striderfly on Jun 4, 2018 21:58:11 GMT
You know you did something when your axe gets on Naked and Afraid. . . Attachments:
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Ifrit
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More edgy than a double edge sword
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Post by Ifrit on Jun 7, 2018 19:55:38 GMT
You made that? Wow! It makes me feel like I gotta step up my game. That looks amazing!
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Post by howler on Jun 8, 2018 4:14:57 GMT
Pretty cool. While only somewhat similar, people might want to check out the Ontario Sp36 sniper spax sold at Knife Center for $45. Same tool concept, but removable spade would only be good for digging and smashing hard soil, while your adz is more wood worker + lighter.
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