Ifrit
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Post by Ifrit on Feb 20, 2017 0:12:55 GMT
The heat treat is super good quality. Even after smashing it against an icy log, it was still paper cutting sharp. The geometry was really nice too. Bit into frozen logs like they were fresh cheese
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Feb 25, 2017 14:27:45 GMT
I also got an axe head, and have little to add that hasn't been said. We chopped and split some Locust logs and just generally beat the hell out of the axe. I used it to baton with a splitting maul, we even threw it a few times. The head was a little light for heavy work, but preformed like a champ. I've already mentioned to Fallen the slight cosmetic issues I saw...none of which affected the performance in the least. I was particularly attentive to the forge weld, and it held up just fine. In my case, I used my draw knife to make the handle from ash. I was going to use an old shovel handle, but it just didn't do it justice.
So for what these are, I'd give it a 4/5. My only ding is I suspect the edge was a little hard (tempered). At one point it hit a rock in the lawn and left a small chip, which in my other axes would have been a flat spot. No big deal, just wanted to bring it up as a thing to note. If I can get a decent pic of the chip I'll post it, but its really tiny...and maybe I'm over thinking it.
Good stuff, keep up the awesome work!
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Scott
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Post by Scott on Apr 3, 2017 9:42:26 GMT
My apologies for not getting this up sooner. As I said in my earlier post I chopped some seasoned gum with mine without any issues. Since then I've tried carving with it, worked ok but not great mainly due to the handle I mounted it on. I used a sledgehammer handle and it's a bit long for fine cutting. Then I split some billets with it, hammering on the back with another bit of wood. Once again the weld held up fine. Didn't think this was enough of a test though, so I decided to remove a couple of old stumps in the back yard. Didn't get any photos as I was informed that using an axe in a thunder storm is apparently a bad idea. The stumps were a bit rotten in places but there was enough tough dry wood to require a bit of work. The welds are still fine, it's held up just fine. I'm not sure what else to do to test this. I could think of a few things in the way of destructive testing but I don't really see the point of using a tool in a way it wasn't meant to be used just to make it break.
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Scott
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Post by Scott on May 15, 2017 1:29:27 GMT
Ok, Lyndle said he wanted to see wood chips...
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on May 15, 2017 5:41:40 GMT
What are you making.
Also said I want to see some spoons.
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Scott
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Post by Scott on May 17, 2017 9:15:30 GMT
Im making spoons. Here are some made in the last few days, with bonus extra wood shavings thrown in at no extra charge! The one on the left is black wattle, middle two are mountain blue gum, one the right is mountain cedar wattle.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on May 17, 2017 10:37:36 GMT
Nice work how do you seal them. Have no idea what black wattle or blue gum are. Wrong think I would like the taste of either.
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Scott
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Post by Scott on May 17, 2017 11:56:10 GMT
I use food grade linseed oil. Haven't had any problems with it so far. Taste shouldn't be a problem unless you eat the spoon. It can be with resinous timbers like pine though.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on May 17, 2017 17:04:12 GMT
I was just kidding, I'll carve your heart out with a spoon.
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Post by mrbadexample on Jul 12, 2017 16:01:26 GMT
I finally got around to mounting my axe head on a properly sized tomahawk haft. Now that I can swing the thing without worry, I am even more impressed by what a demon of a hatchet it is. I had a sweet gum limb come down at the back edge of the yard, and the axe just helped me split it up for the wood pile.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Jul 12, 2017 21:34:15 GMT
Thanks for testing it more, good to hear it's holding up. Most people who get one of my axes or hawks it becomes their main ax.
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Ramses1079
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Post by Ramses1079 on Jul 13, 2017 1:24:20 GMT
Think you need a bigger axe for that tree. Lyn, I know that was Forge Welded (Great job by the way!) but have you thought of adding an "anvil shaped" chunk of 5160 welded to the backside of the axe head, to 1. serve as an impromptu "hammer....to bang in tent pins if camping, or even to hammer in nails if necessary, and 2.to add weight to the axe head to aid in chopping "power?" I haven't seen ALL of your past axe heads, so my apologies if you've already made one 😉
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Jul 13, 2017 20:14:01 GMT
I've put hammer polls on punched eye axe heads. Wouldn't be easy to do with a wrapped eye axe head. These were just did to test my forge welding skills, that why they are rough and ugly but perform well. Here you go my person axe head. Just need to get a handle made for it.
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Ramses1079
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Post by Ramses1079 on Jul 14, 2017 5:28:39 GMT
VERY nice Lyn.....now THATS a versatile "axe of all trades!"
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