Advice needed

[Curt Hal]

I just got a Sater Banko 2 3/4 lb head to refurbish. I was trying it out on some of the handles I have. Of all of them it best fit this 28” straight handle that I got from HH. It was one of their standard handles; not hand picked. The axe head slid on there like they were made for each other. With a couple of mallet whacks and a wedge, it’ll be done. The only problem is the grain on the handle is exactly at right angles to what it should be. I have no experience with this kind of grain alignment, but the physics and everything I’ve read say it’s not ideal.

Would you take a pass on this handle or give it a go?

 

[Agent_H]

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I just got a Sater Banko 2 3/4 lb head to refurbish. I was trying it out on some of the handles I have. Of all of them it best fit this 28” straight handle that I got from HH. It was one of their standard handles; not hand picked. The axe head slid on there like they were made for each other. With a couple of mallet whacks and a wedge, it’ll be done. The only problem is the grain on the handle is exactly at right angles to what it should be. I have no experience with this kind of grain alignment, but the physics and everything I’ve read say it’s not ideal.

Would you take a pass on this handle or give it a go?

/that will work just fine

 

[Trailsawyer]

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I just got a Sater Banko 2 3/4 lb head to refurbish. I was trying it out on some of the handles I have. Of all of them it best fit this 28” straight handle that I got from HH. It was one of their standard handles; not hand picked. The axe head slid on there like they were made for each other. With a couple of mallet whacks and a wedge, it’ll be done. The only problem is the grain on the handle is exactly at right angles to what it should be. I have no experience with this kind of grain alignment, but the physics and everything I’ve read say it’s not ideal.

Would you take a pass on this handle or give it a go?

I would give it a go!

I think that the 2 3/4 Sater Banko on a 28" straight haft would make a great "fallers axe" for trail work, especially when accompanying a crosscut saw......

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

Let’s see the two of them paired up in a picture!?

 

[Yankee Josh]

In my experience so far grain orientation such as your handle has performed the same as perfectly orientated ones. I've found them to be a little more flexible. I don't think that's advantageous because it'll absorb energy that should be expended in the cut. I of course prefer the inline orientation but it doesn't really matter as far as I can tell.
Hang it and share!

 

[A17]

Provided there's no runout I haven't had either the "good" or "bad" grain orientation do to terribly better or worse than each other. I say go for it!

 

[Curt Hal]

Let’s see the two of them paired up in a picture!?

All I did was bang it on with a rubber mallet. I’m sure if I bang it on with the baby sledge, it will go on with some nice curl and no gaps. There’s good room for the wedge.

 

[Square_peg]

Half of the grain is continuous through the haft. That's probably good enough for a small axe like that.

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

It looks right at home there!

 

[jblyttle]

Yeah I'd run with it. Nothing to lose but some time if it ever fails.

 

[Old Biker]

I guess I'm in the minority here. But I wouldn't buy that handle, and I certainly wouldn't put it on any tool I expected to do any work with.

O.B.

 

[A17]

He already bought it I believe.