Council Tool Sport Utility Classic Jersey With Phantom Bevels

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I have received a Council Tool Sport Utility Classic Jersey Axe with Phantom Bevels from FortyTwoBlades (Baryonyx Knife Co.)

http://www.baryonyxknife.com/cotocljeha.html

Tis is one sweet axe!
In another thread I commented on the poor grind and finish of the Council Tool 6 lb Dayton Flat Head Fire Axe I got from another seller.

In contrast, the new Sport Utility Classic Jersey has almost a boutique axe appearance.
Mine looks almost the same as the one on the Baryonyx site, but the handle is even nicer:

https://s.yimg.com/aah/yhst-129988217023674/council-tool-classic-jersey-curved-handle-10.gif

If that look is typical, it means that Council Tool had dramatically improved its quality control.

The axe has a 3.5 lb head and a 32" handle.
While technically it is a full size axe, it feels like a smaller axe to me and I would personally prefer it over a 28" long boy's axe.
The phantom bevels are not very deep, but are well formed.

I like the sport utility finish as well.
I think with the sport utility finish axes Council Tool created a line, which could successfully compete with the Swedish boutique axes.:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
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Looks nice, at least as far as the head goes.
The handle I do not like, if it had a nicer more curved haft with a proper fawns foot is probably buy one.

I'm glad there are still classic traditional north American axes made with pride in the USA, this is definitely a proper classic jersey and not one of the distorted form many patterns have become these days.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Looks nice, at least as far as the head goes.
The handle I do not like, if it had a nicer more curved haft with a proper fawns foot is probably buy one.
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Hickory n steel, mine has a more curved haft.
You can ask FortyTwoBlades if he has one with a more curved haft, maybe he can even send you a pic so you can decide if it is to your liking.
 
There's not really any variation in the degree of curvature to the handles, and you wouldn't want more curve in it--that would imbalance the tool. With the factory handle it balances dead horizontal in open hands. The butt end of the handle has enough material there that you could shape it into a a more severe fawn's foot if you wanted to.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
There's not really any variation in the degree of curvature to the handles, and you wouldn't want more curve in it--that would imbalance the tool. With the factory handle it balances dead horizontal in open hands. The butt end of the handle has enough material there that you could shape it into a a more severe fawn's foot if you wanted to.
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If the pic on your website is made by using a stock photo, it could be that the handles Council Tool is shipping now are slightly different.
The handle on mine has a more pronounced fawn's foot. It looks more like the one of the 36" long Jersey:

https://s.yimg.com/aah/yhst-129988217023674/council-tool-sport-utility-jersey-curved-handle-7.gif

Also, both the 32" Jersey and the 6 lb Dayton Flat Head Fireman Axe with 36" handle have more pronounced curves than any of the ones I linked above.
Not much, but noticeably more. Either the handles vary noticeably, or it's the angle of the photos which makes them to appear more straight on those pics.
 
The one on the website was made using a photo I took myself because Council's stock images are...not very good at all. Chances are any perceived differences are just the result of the photo angle.
 
I really like that design and look. Is the head painted or blued? Does it use their traditional aluminum center wedge or is it a wood center wedge?
 
thunderstick said:
I really like that design and look. Is the head painted or blued? Does it use their traditional aluminum center wedge or is it a wood center wedge?
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It is not painted. It looks like they just left the look after the forging was done with some polishing done on the poll and on the bevels and edge.
The wedge is wood with a metal (steel?) tubular secondary wedge.
 
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