Knives

[Timelord]

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.

[Nemesis]

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.

[Tonka]

[Timelord]

Tis v.true what you say & Practice makes perfect.

[Biter]

[James Jackson]

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

[BrixhamBadger]

[Scythe13]

[Biter]

[Tigs]