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RE: Knives - Timelord - 30 April 2012
Hey W&C. I personally would not be using a camp type axe for jobs that needed you to hit the back edge of it to knock it through (unless v.gently making kindling). Bigger axes or a splitting maul would do that nicely. Also a wedge was the traditional method and is why original camp axes had a hammer type or heavy rear to the axe, so it could knock the wedge through. This will avoid damaging an axe designed for lighter duties. You probably know this already I guess & in a survival situation then just the camp axe would have to do. It is interesting info to know the issue you are having with the Gransfor axe. I am sure the axe body would have been left soft on purpose, as most others would be unless they have the hammer back. You could try tempering the back edge to a purple hue whilst being careful to shunt the heat away from the cutting area of the blade. It should be feasible.
I also agree with the comment that the axe is more useful than a big knife for camp/wood cutting duties. That is why they were used as such from the most ancient stone age cultures onwards. Tens of thousands of years. Combined with a sharp small knife it makes an unbeatable combo. A big knife as well, now thats luxuriously better :-)
What is it about the Cegga axe that makes it better than the Gransfor axe? Ta, TL.
RE: Knives - Nemesis - 30 April 2012
The reason mine get so much use and this might seem a bit off is I like to cut in advance kindling for the home fire, or garden fires, and stoves I make, I like to sit down (I built a bush craft area in my garden) have a chat and cut away my dry logs for few hours until I have near on a full 220l barrel of quite thin kindling, I use a ball bearing type weighted rubber hammer to do this now as all others break, would like to get a unbreakable rubber hammer.
I only have ever owned 3 axes and this gransfors bruks is somewhat respected so going by that axe and my cegga I like the hardness of the cegga and it maintains a better edge, it’s a touch smaller handle which is not really something to compare but I like the small handle anyways, the bruks heads are soft by design (at least my model is) there is a reason for this I forget now, I need to sharpen it more than cegga.
My third axe is a tiny German one, not a wood chopper.
RE: Knives - Tonka - 30 April 2012
RE: Knives - Timelord - 30 April 2012
Tis v.true what you say & Practice makes perfect.
RE: Knives - Biter - 3 October 2012
RE: Knives - James Jackson - 3 October 2012
mm knives are a hard thing to pick, i like my axe, cannot really go too wrong with an axe and a mora, easyer to handle then a machete
RE: Knives - BrixhamBadger - 3 October 2012
RE: Knives - Scythe13 - 3 October 2012
RE: Knives - Biter - 4 October 2012
RE: Knives - Tigs - 4 October 2012