double bit axe with 2 different grind angles

ONEBIGBOWIE

ONEBIGBOWIE

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i found this axe head in the woods behind my house and i cleaned off the rust, put a handle on it, and sharpened it. but before i sharpened it i thought i might try to make one side for chopping (thin and sharper) and one side for splitting (thick and duller). so i did it tonight with a flap disc on an angle grinder, and just to make sure i remember i engraved a "c" on the chopping edge and an "s" on the splitting edge so here are some pictures. has anyone else done this, i know this used to be the purpose of having 2 sides to an axe but i don't think many, if any, companies do it anymore
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the side circled in red is chopping and purple is splitting
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Yes double bits with two separate grinds are more useful and traditionally were always ground that way. Now days companies have decided it cost to much to have two settings on a machine or it took someone too much time to make two different grinds. I’m sure there are some individuals out there making axes with tradition double bit grinds (Hoffman blacksmithing maybe?) and possibly some Swedish companies? Not sure about them, but it is a great way to always keep a sharp edge on your axe when one side is reserved for cutting roots or limbing and splitting. Good job. Is that an Ames axe? 2013 I assume?
 
You found a 2013 true temper true American DB axe head in the woods behind your house ?
That's strange for such a recent head to end up behind your house, I wonder how that happened ?
 
i think it might have been mine at one point. i gave it to a neighbor to chop some stuff with and he told me the head flew off the handle on an over strike (last time he used one of my axes)!
if its the same one i had, i bought it at lowes in 2014.
 
ONEBIGBOWIE said:
i think it might have been mine at one point. I gave it to a neighbor to chop some stuff with and he told me the head flew off the handle on an over strike (last time he used one of my axes)!
if its the same one i had, i bought it at lowes in 2014.
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A double bit no less, and probably sharp. Glad I wasn't there! And happy for him not to have been flailing away in front of his kids, a picture window or a new automobile. Heads usually show signs of becoming loose long before they fly off though.
 
I have a Kelly Perfect, True Temper double bit axe and I have sharpened it in the same manner for years. 19-20* for limb work on one edge and 21-22* on the other side for splitting. It's weight and face is made for limb work. Still, it splits a number of rounds each year. DM
 
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