G L Drew
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Below are the things that I think are important in a small axe for under the seat of a pickup or in a day pack:
Easy to carry at about 2 pounds
Differentially heat treated with an edge of around Rc 59 so it would hold an edge like my knife.
The peen somewhat softer for use as a hammer.
Thin edge (it's thinner than it looks in the photos) for cutting branches and small trees and thicker in the body for splitting kindling.
A hatchet handle instead of the somewhat round of a tomahawk handle.
Forged from 1 inch square 1080
Differentially heat treated to Rc 58-60 at the edge
Hickory handle
Length of the cutting edge: 2 1/2 inches
Measured from the butt to the top of the axe head: 12 3/4 inches
Length of the head: 6 1/2 inches
Leather edge cover, no belt loop
Three of these axes were hard used this fall on a hunt with more that satisfactory results and I am starting to get positive feed back from some customers who have been using them in the field.
SOLD delivered to the US or Canada. My PayPal account and email address is gldrewknives@gmail.com Please feel free to contact me with other payment methods or overseas shipping costs.
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Easy to carry at about 2 pounds
Differentially heat treated with an edge of around Rc 59 so it would hold an edge like my knife.
The peen somewhat softer for use as a hammer.
Thin edge (it's thinner than it looks in the photos) for cutting branches and small trees and thicker in the body for splitting kindling.
A hatchet handle instead of the somewhat round of a tomahawk handle.
Forged from 1 inch square 1080
Differentially heat treated to Rc 58-60 at the edge
Hickory handle
Length of the cutting edge: 2 1/2 inches
Measured from the butt to the top of the axe head: 12 3/4 inches
Length of the head: 6 1/2 inches
Leather edge cover, no belt loop
Three of these axes were hard used this fall on a hunt with more that satisfactory results and I am starting to get positive feed back from some customers who have been using them in the field.
SOLD delivered to the US or Canada. My PayPal account and email address is gldrewknives@gmail.com Please feel free to contact me with other payment methods or overseas shipping costs.
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