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GuruBushHippie
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Looking For An Axe/Maul Combo
#17043544 - 10/16/12 05:42 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm in the market for a new axe, my old school wooden handle broke and the head is really dull by now. It was ten years old. I want to get an axe/maul combo so I no longer have to deal with the wedge and whatnot. I'm hoping someone here has suggestions on what to look for. It seems fiberglass handles are where it's at these days, but I'm not at all against using a hickory handle if it'll last me another ten years. I have a Gerber hatchet and I love it, it's incredibly rugged, but obviously too small to split large logs with ease. I know they make an axe that comes with a saw which locks magnetically into the handle, but I don't think they make one with a splitter head on it.
I digress, but anyway, what kind of axe do you all use and could you give me a price range and brief review of it's strengths and/or weaknesses?
Thanks in advance
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GuruBushHippie
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No one? Eh, well, never hurts to try asking around. I'll try asking at SurvivalistBoards
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passifloracaerulea



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get a wedge and an estwing hand sledge of your desired weight.
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GuruBushHippie
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passifloracaerulea said: get a wedge and an estwing hand sledge of your desired weight.
The wedge is just so clumsy though, i've been using one for years, i want to try something new.
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passifloracaerulea



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big and heavy, yes. it's the most practical tool i've found to split logs though.
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GuruBushHippie
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UPDATE: I ended up buying two axes. One is a standard axe head on a hickory handle (I have a wedge already) and the other is a Fiskar's fiberglass with a flared head, kind of a hybrid deal that's made for splitting and chopping. It was probably overkill to get both, but winter is fast approaching in the high country and i want to be ready for some snow day fires
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Shroomism
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I guess it's too late, but I was going to recommend you check out Gransfors Bruks http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html
Some seriously respectable axes. Hand-made in Sweden, 20-year guarantee. Next time you are looking check em out. I got the small forest axe and that thing is brutal
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Re: Looking For An Axe/Maul Combo [Re: Shroomism]
#17080858 - 10/22/12 06:40 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
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Shroomism said: I guess it's too late, but I was going to recommend you check out Gransfors Bruks http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html
Some seriously respectable axes. Hand-made in Sweden, 20-year guarantee. Next time you are looking check em out. I got the small forest axe and that thing is brutal 
Wow they look kick-ass! Maybe it has to do with the history of northern Europe, but feel like I would automatically trust one of their axes, especially a battle axe
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Re: Looking For An Axe/Maul Combo [Re: Shroomism]
#17083873 - 10/23/12 07:27 AM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
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Gransfors Bruks makes some bad ass axes, even Ray Mears uses them!
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Re: Looking For An Axe/Maul Combo [Re: Khrushchev]
#17083911 - 10/23/12 07:46 AM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
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i miss axe touch...used to make me smell like a mixture of jimi hendrix and a freshly bathed simba from the lion king
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passifloracaerulea



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Re: Looking For An Axe/Maul Combo [Re: Dork]
#17084944 - 10/23/12 11:42 AM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
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if you mean the smell of intense cat piss, then yes, that's what that shit smells like. let me guess, you stopped wearing it because you had alot of bad headaches...
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Dork
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nah it's like extinct unless you order it for a hundred bucks a can online
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Looking For An Axe/Maul Combo [Re: RedSnapper]
#17085785 - 10/23/12 02:07 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
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RedSnapper said:

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passifloracaerulea



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Re: Looking For An Axe/Maul Combo [Re: Dork]
#17085800 - 10/23/12 02:10 PM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
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i'd seriously pay people in my presence to not wear the shit, perfumes and scented soaps too.
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Dork
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idk man I have some fucking dank cologne for those fancy moments that I think you have to give a wiff
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Shroomism
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Quote:
GuruBushHippie said:
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Shroomism said: I guess it's too late, but I was going to recommend you check out Gransfors Bruks http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html
Some seriously respectable axes. Hand-made in Sweden, 20-year guarantee. Next time you are looking check em out. I got the small forest axe and that thing is brutal 
Wow they look kick-ass! Maybe it has to do with the history of northern Europe, but feel like I would automatically trust one of their axes, especially a battle axe 
Ya they are very bad ass. Those swedes are hardcore about their knives and axes. Mine was the sharpest axe I've ever freaking seen when new, And ya I definitely trust it. They hand stamp the name of the smith who made yours
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