American Felling Axe From Northern Europe

John Neeman

John Neeman

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This is my first post here under "Knife Maker/Craftsman" membership. So I am proud of being one of the forum members.
Wished to share with you one of our American Felling Axe prototypes, specially crafted as the donation for The Forestry Forum. At the moment that particular axe in on the auction stage. You can see it here:

http://www.forestryforum.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?category=support&item=1332036284

Here is info about that axe, sharpness test video and few pics:

Hand forged traditional American Felling axe.
Laminated steel. Using W108 tool steel for the blade.
Hand shaped, (linseed oil and bees wax finish) elm wood handle.

Overall length: 32 inches.
Blade width: 5 inches.
Axe head height: 7.5 inches.
Axe weight: 4.4 pounds

Made as a special donation for the Forestry Forum by John Neeman Tools.

[video=youtube;OfN8iUYyFEU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfN8iUYyFEU[/video]

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Who needs..... well.... anything when you have an axe like this.

Beautiful craftsmanship and clean lines! Fine work and welcome to the forum.
 
That's a beauty!
Excellent photography by the way...
How much for a normal production model US$
thanks
 
The chisel video demonstrates that you're very capable at making a good socket...I'd LOVE to see what your take on a billhook would be.
 
Welcome back, John and Jacob!
Great work, as usually!
Then you enable this ax in a serial production?
 
Welcome to the forum John, you do amazing work. That is a beautiful looking tool. Is the rockwell really 60?

Best regards

Robin
 
That is absolutely gorgeous! :eek:

I have been waiting patiently for neemantools.com to open up again. It says the website is under construction.
 
Welcome John and Jacob,
Great looking axes and gear. can hardly wait to get mine from you and put then to the wood :)
 
I'm pretty sure--though I think it would have to be in response to a specific question or topic to be posted outside the Exchange. I.E. not starting a thread in the axe forum going "Hey--these are my prices." :)
 
"Hand forged traditional American Felling axe".

Does this mean it has convex cheeks,high center line? It is hard see the profile from the photos posted.
What makes it an American Style? Quite interested to know.

Also the weight of 4.4 lbs. Does that include the handle?
Is the head weight over 3lbs?

thanks
cattledog
 
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