What axe are you folks using?

**HKGuns** · 01-07-18, 09:24

Alright I was convinced.

Mine is Mattias Blixt forged.

I’m using BLO on the handle.

BLO has driers in its formulation, something Raw Linseed oil does not and can get sticky under certain conditions.

**Tortuga** · 01-07-18, 14:12

Gransfors has quite the following at work. Here's a few prior to being issued to instructors.
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**SeriousStudent** · 01-07-18, 14:15

Nice! I am glad to see they are investing in quality tools that will serve them well.

**Tortuga** · 01-07-18, 14:43

I wish! They were all personal purchase.

We got a discount on them, but they still cost more than they did before the 2007 warehouse fire that destroyed much of their inventory. The only GOV purchased axes are the large Fiskers that we keep at the buildings.

https://blog.woodworkingtooltips.com...ors-bruks-usa/

**n517rv** · 01-07-18, 15:47

+1 on the Gränsfors Bruks Small Forest Axe

**HKGuns** · 01-07-18, 18:25

Why not clean and sharpen them all? I’d say you do indeed have a nice collection started.

You are from MI? Hmmm

**Ned Christiansen** · 01-07-18, 22:50

Originally Posted by HKGuns

Why not clean and sharpen them all? I’d say you do indeed have a nice collection started.

You are from MI? Hmmm

Ay, Yai Yai. You just cost me a half hour, Mister!

I can't find the one I found in the road this summer. I have a handle half-way shoved up it.... the local surplus place had a barrel of handles which were no doubt seconds but by far good enough for a found axe.

Dad grew up and worked in lumber camps in his late teens so Axe 101 came at a young age for me.... not that I'm an expert.

The peavey is what I always knew as a cant hook. I looked up peavey and it's the same thing with a spike at the end. The pick thing is what Dad called a pickaroon, hybrided with an axe. I've used it plenty and always thought it was home made from a double-bit but looking closer tonight (as I carefully and tenderly cleaned, sharpened, and oiled it

), I believe it was made that way. No maker's name. The hook with a handle is what he called a snus hook. This one is blacksmith-made. The hook geometry is such that when you put it in the end of a log, one on each end, the weight of the log sets the hook more.

**tog** · 01-08-18, 09:48

Some fine looking tools guys! I too like the GB axes, but now I'm into the Hudson Bay pattern, especially after using one. Some good deals can be found on all types of ax heads by perusing your local flea markets.