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5 hours ago, sime42 said:

How many axes?! That's just showing off. emoji12.png

 

Sounds like a bit of Axe envy going on here 😄

 

5 hours ago, doobin said:

Did you even read my post?

 

Yes I did ... your comment has just made me re-read it as I wondered if I misunderstood what you were saying 

 

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Angle grinder and a ceramic sanding disc on a backing pad. Cuts cool and won’t blue the edge. 

 

Not being that familiar with angle grinders and the various attachments you can get for them I read it as angle grinder 1st (and thought you meant with a normal disc / blade they come with and which would cause the metal to get hot) and then a ceramic sanding disc on a backing pad as a separate tool but I think I've now realised it's an attachment that goes on the grinder????????

In which case could be an option as I have a small angle grinder so would just need the sanding disc I guess.

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That’s just the ones with handles.🤣
Got boxes of old axe heads and other beautiful old hand tools.
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A man after my own heart. I've got a box of old edge tools, mainly Bill Hooks of various shapes and sizes. They don't make them like they used to do they?!
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A man after my own heart. I've got a box of old edge tools, mainly Bill Hooks of various shapes and sizes. They don't make them like they used to do they?!

That’s the issue!
Modern stuff is really badly made.
For a pound at your local car boot you can get a nice old head.
Yes it’s an art form handling axes.
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That’s why they’re so cheap.
The way I see it though is hand tools never need petrol or charging.
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48 minutes ago, sime42 said:
22 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

That’s just the ones with handles.🤣
Got boxes of old axe heads and other beautiful old hand tools.
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A man after my own heart. I've got a box of old edge tools, mainly Bill Hooks of various shapes and sizes. They don't make them like they used to do they?!

 

If I was going to try and get a half decent Bill Hook ... any idea what I should get ... as I said earlier in teh thread the neighbours just went through the Xmas treee like butter and whilst I do have a really cheap one that I nearly threw away as it was so blunt (not now) but even that I found was way better at chopping smallish very dry logs into kindling sizes than my small axe.

That coupled with when I commented on how good the neighbiurs was he said it has a lot to do with each individual one and you really want one of the older ones ... he's a real tool geek.

 

Just as a passing comment re sharpening tools as well, I thought my file was shot and was looking for a new one when I saw links to file cards which I'd never heard of before. I had an unused BBQ wire brush to hand so tried using that and it totally transformed my file to virtually as new.

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13 minutes ago, Stere said:

What type of files are you using?

 

 

 

Bastard, Second Cut and Smooth.

 

Then theres double cut and single cut.

 

 

 

Same as like having a set of 3 grades of whetstone.....

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm ... Not sure and I don't know how to tell which it is ????? It came with a Stihl chainsaw I bought about 25 years ago as part of a kit with a file guide / raker gauge ... not sure if they had a "standard" and still use the same or if it's changed in that time.

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