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i realize an axe requires more skill,than a big hefty blade and am willing to learn-i watched a few vids and read a little bit,----safety is the big thing i get it----. can anyone recommend any good vids or reading. i dont want to chop down trees or build a log cabin,i live where it gets really cold and worry that even a hefty blade would get brittle and crap out somehow. is there an area that an axe has uses that may be overlooked by a newbie such as myself...thanks

an axe newb
 
Get on youtube and search "the axe is back" and you will be presented with a lot of GREAT axe information.
 
Shotgun, that is a good link. I will include that in the "how to use an axe" thread.
 
I may be wrong, but I don't think axes make you immune to the cold/brittle issue. The last I heard it was still recommended to at least warm your axe if it is really cold outside. Right now I'm working on a winter anorak and am thinking on making a harness to wear a small axe underneath it.


God bless,
Adam

PS: I found The Ax Book to be a really handy book.
 
Thank you for that link, it's making the debate between Gransfors and Wetterlings much easier. It will take a little more research on importation though first.
 
I don't want to make this into a sale-spotting thread, but if you enter a US address the VAT will be dropped from the order. You just pay the UK price for axe and shipping; comes out to less than what recent used GB SFAs are going for on 'the Bay'.
 
I just got mine in the mail Saturday, Ray Mears Gransfors ScFA.. Instead of the GB logo it was a Ray Mears Bushcraft logo.. but I buy for utility, not prestige. I was worried that because it was Mears name on it, it might not be as good ATD, but my doubts were laid to rest the second I got it out. Grain is about the straightest I've seen yet, almost perfectly vertical set on the pole.. Everything about it was top knotch.. if you can handle his logo on it, it's well worth it. Also it was one of the only ones I've seen that wasn't a KS, but instead an AS..

forgot I wanted to mention, the head of the axe is only gransfors stamped.. the haft is the only part with the different logo
 
jumpmonkey said:
I may be wrong, but I don't think axes make you immune to the cold/brittle issue. The last I heard it was still recommended to at least warm your axe if it is really cold outside. Right now I'm working on a winter anorak and am thinking on making a harness to wear a small axe underneath it.


God bless,
Adam

PS: I found The Ax Book to be a really handy book.
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aye it is true
 
blademaster01 said:
i realize an axe requires more skill,than a big hefty blade and am willing to learn-i watched a few vids and read a little bit,----safety is the big thing i get it----. can anyone recommend any good vids or reading. i dont want to chop down trees or build a log cabin,i live where it gets really cold and worry that even a hefty blade would get brittle and crap out somehow. is there an area that an axe has uses that may be overlooked by a newbie such as myself...thanks

an axe newb
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Lots of info out there, as I am sure you have figured out by now. People who know what they are talking about, and people who talk to make themselves feel better.

Beast advice I can give you about an axe is, it is a partnership. Man and axe together. Without one, the other obviously can't go anywhere.

Just remember that.

Thanks.
 
Operator1975 said:
Lots of info out there, as I am sure you have figured out by now. People who know what they are talking about, and people who talk to make themselves feel better.

Beast advice I can give you about an axe is, it is a partnership. Man and axe together. Without one, the other obviously can't go anywhere.

Just remember that.

Thanks.
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will do, i`ve been practicing,i have a lot of respect for it as a tool,thanks,
 
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