Do I need to buy an axe now?

[David]

This is my favorite thread on the internet.

 

[Bowmaker]

Great video.

There is some interesting froe work in that vid also. I can never seem to pull off what they are doing, I just get a run out but they are working with a shorter log.

The term "hack" an insult usually leveled at a carpenter came from tie hacks. It's a down and dirty form of hewing and these guys were paid by the tie that had a liberal demission specification. No string lines here just eyeballed and a witness mark on the axe handle.

 

[Bowmaker]

This is my favorite thread on the internet.

 

[rideon66]

Ah good old DB

 

[thp001]

There is some interesting froe work in that vid also. I can never seem to pull off what they are doing, I just get a run out but they are working with a shorter log.

The term "hack" an insult usually leveled at a carpenter came from tie hacks. It's a down and dirty form of hewing and these guys were paid by the tie that had a liberal demission specification. No string lines here just eyeballed and a witness mark on the axe handle.

Another goodie:

 

[Bowmaker]

To be honest I haven't tried this stone on an axe yet, but I like it really well for my small carbon steel pocketknives.

It's a Pike Lisbon Chocolate axe stone with a not very good label.

 

[SilverGeezer]

You don't have an axe ?