Axe Handles available in wide range of lengths

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Whiskey_Jim said:
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After seeing that the Adirondack DB handles are still a standard item made by Tennessee Hickory Handles, I looked to see if there were any retailers that carry it. The answer is yes, but a big surprise was the wide range of lengths currently available for both Single and Double bit axe handles (made by THH).

Single bit axe handles in these sizes: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. 32, 33 , 34, 35, 36, 38 (38!!!)

Double bit axe handles: 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

Also interesting is that there are apparently some full-size single bit (not boys axe) and double bit (not cruiser) handles in the smaller sizes (28, 29, 30...), in addition to the boys axe and cruiser handles.

(The boys axe handles were available in 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.)

The name of the site that carries all these THH sizes is seymour tools online (dot com).
(I didn't look beyond this first site I found, there might be others.)


[Edited to add: you might have to go to the related site
JNS Tools (dot com)
to find all those Tennessee Hickory Handle sizes.]
 
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Baker handles from menards are the closest to old handles i have seen ,horrible grain on most but real slim
 
phantomknives said:
that would be great if they werent baseball bats
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Honestly this complaint has always struck me as funny, as you can always just shave it down. You're going to have to do work to fit the head anyhow, so a little more time spent in slimming the handle down isn't too big of an inconvenience. :)
 
im not as skilled as i'd like to be with wood work, i always mess up DB handles so for me its just better to buy them "good"
 
As a tip, Microplane wood rasps make the job unbelievably fast and the rasps themselves are budget friendly.
 
No, the microplane rasps are Japanese style. I don't think they're as fast at removing material as a coarse European/American style rasp but they leave a much nicer finish than those coarse rasps. For a moderate amount of work they will be faster just because they don't leave so much finishing work. It's a good piece of your kit.
 
Square_peg said:
No, the microplane rasps are Japanese style. I don't think they're as fast at removing material as a coarse European/American style rasp but they leave a much nicer finish than those coarse rasps. For a moderate amount of work they will be faster just because they don't leave so much finishing work. It's a good piece of your kit.
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Huh? Sorry, just don't understand what you mean by this, as Microplane is a US company.

As far as speed goes it's a matter of if you have their fine or coarse blades, and the only thing I've found so far that hogs off material faster is a farrier's rasp, which leaves a much rougher finish and can be difficult to do precise shaping with that the Microplane handles just fine. There are circumstances I still use conventional rasps for, but I mostly use Microplanes at this point.
 
I use my farrier file and like it. One side is very coarse the other side is just coarse. Just a little sanding takes the marks off. DM
 
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