Axes!

[AngrySquirrel]

Hi what sizes/weights/Types/Brands are recommended? Was looking at an Adler 1.25kg 700mm it's for sort of thing like cleaning bits off likes of Conifers.

Have an Estwing Hatchet Thing which is good sharp as F cuts well also have a 4lb felling axe but handles bit long for close quarters combat!

So the 700mm handle looked to me a bit more suitable between short and felling axe length.

Found in 1250g and 1600g

Edited November 9, 2020 by AngrySquirrel

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, AngrySquirrel said:

Hi what sizes/weights/Types/Brands are recommended? Was looking at an Adler 1.25kg 700mm it's for sort of thing like cleaning bits off likes of Conifers.

Have an Estwing Hatchet Thing which is good sharp as F cuts well also have a 4lb felling axe but handles bit longer for close quarters combat!

So the 700mm handle looked to me a bit more suitable between short and felling axe length.

Found in 1250g and 1600g

Got em all . At 68 I let the mechanical advantage take the strain .  ( 2 X splitters ) ?

[breffni]

6 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Got em all . At 68 I let the mechanical advantage take the strain .  ( 2 X splitters ) ?

Only 68! Christ I thought you were way older!!!?

[Stubby]

9 minutes ago, breffni said:

Only 68! Christ I thought you were way older!!!?

You bar steward  ! ?

[william127]

2 hours ago, AngrySquirrel said:

Hi what sizes/weights/Types/Brands are recommended? Was looking at an Adler 1.25kg 700mm it's for sort of thing like cleaning bits off likes of Conifers.

Have an Estwing Hatchet Thing which is good sharp as F cuts well also have a 4lb felling axe but handles bit longer for close quarters combat!

So the 700mm handle looked to me a bit more suitable between short and felling axe length.

Found in 1250g and 1600g

I’ve got fiskars X axes in about 5 sizes, from the  x10 hatchet up to the x27. The x27 and x21  get the most use, living in the log shed. The rest live in various toolboxes and vehicles for using on sites. I use The x27 for breaking down the big/hard stuff and the x21 for most splitting. The X21 and x25 are probably the best sizes for felling and delimbing, but it’s been a long time since I used any axe for that!! 
 

[AngrySquirrel]

14 minutes ago, william127 said:

I’ve got fiskars X axes in about 5 sizes, from the  x10 hatchet up to the x27. The x27 and x21  get the most use, living in the log shed. The rest live in various toolboxes and vehicles for using on sites. I use The x27 for breaking down the big/hard stuff and the x21 for most splitting. The X21 and x25 are probably the best sizes for felling and delimbing, but it’s been a long time since I used any axe for that!! 
 

Hi what do they hold there edge like?

[william127]

1 minute ago, AngrySquirrel said:

Hi what do they hold there edge like?

I couldn’t really tell you to be honest. For splitting and the dirty site work that mine get used for it’s not really necessary for them to be that sharp, as long as the are roughly the right profile! ?
I do know that when I have sharpened them they certainly take an edge nicely, knife sharp with out much effort ?

[trigger_andy]

Got a X27, a Husky S1600,  a Husky hand forged hatchet, a Stihl Forest Axe and a bunch of generic's that you just seems to acquire after growing up in the arb world. 

[gary112]

I must be getting old,still using the old Elwel?

[trigger_andy]

Oh, bought a Plumb Octagon Head extra damascus steel Hatchet from the US mid West a few years ago. Made in the late 1880's as far as I can tell. Lovely bit of kit.