felling axe

thin narrow bit designed purely for severing cross grain. The vast majority of axes available have thicker faces to allow use as splitting axes. You can't have it both ways and call it a fallers axe. The GB american might be a good one, I just haven't handled one and I can't find profile pics of the head.
 
yeah, the american felling GB looks pretty good. The Iltis is even thinner than that and I find the steel better than Gransfors too, but I prefer the pattern on the GB head. Something most do not realize is that GB only heat treats a tiny portion of the bit. You cannot get a lifetime of use out of it after you have filed through the hardened bit area:)

Has the op ever felled a tree?.... Its dangerous enough with chainsaws, but with an axe even more so. It takes a lot of experience to know what the wood wants to do.
 
Zombiechopper said:
yeah, the american felling GB looks pretty good. The Iltis is even thinner than that and I find the steel better than Gransfors too, but I prefer the pattern on the GB head. Something most do not realize is that GB only heat treats a tiny portion of the bit. You cannot get a lifetime of use out of it after you have filed through the hardened bit area:)

Has the op ever felled a tree?.... Its dangerous enough with chainsaws, but with an axe even more so. It takes a lot of experience to know what the wood wants to do.
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I fell trees with a crosscut saw and axe. its slower, but I wouldn't say that its more dangerous. On the contrary, I think its easier to cut a dutchman with a chainsaw. it might take 4 times as long with a CC and axe, hopefully that would allow one to catch any mistakes and correct them.
 
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