GBA vs Woodslasher

[Hickory n steel]

I had some axe work to do, and I was using the TT woodslasher boys axe and an old GBA 3.5lb that came from my uncles house.

I grabbed a file to sharpen both and I was surprised just how much easier that GBA is to file.
I always knew the GBA axes were the budget imports of the day, but I figured they had to at least be as good as a 60's woodslasher.


I don't think the steel has been burned or anything.

 

[Duriensbane]

Oddly enough of the few TT's i have, they were generally the easiest to sharpen. You might have gotten a good one, but i guess it is also subjective.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Oddly enough of the few TT's i have, they were generally the easiest to sharpen. You might have gotten a good one, but i guess it is also subjective.

Use could have something to do with it.
This woodslasher boys axe didn't appear to have been used all that much when u got it off Ebay.

 

[garry3]

Them newer TT's are harder than a lot of vintage axes. If we are to judge a "good" axe by the hardness of the steel well then the modern GB's are going to be as good or better than any axe ever mass produced.

The swedish axes were right inline with their competition of the time. I don't believe the price difference had anything to do with materials or workmanship.


Not sure why Americans like to knock the Swedish axes both modern and vintage but it's been a common thing around here for years.

I've had my say.

Carry on.......

 

[Hickory n steel]

Them newer TT's are harder than a lot of vintage axes. If we are to judge a "good" axe by the hardness of the steel well then the modern GB's are going to be as good or better than any axe ever mass produced.

The swedish axes were right inline with their competition of the time. I don't believe the price difference had anything to do with materials or workmanship.


Not sure why Americans like to knock the Swedish axes both modern and vintage but it's been a common thing around here for years.

I've had my say.

Carry on.......

I have nothing bad to say about the vintage swedish axes based on my limited experience, I was just surprised by the hardness because I've always been told older axes were harder and expected the 60's woodslasher to be a bit softer.

I had never sharpened the woodslasher at the same time as another axe and figuring it should be on the softer side I was even more surprised that the vintage GBA proved to be softer.
If the 60's woodslashers are generally on the harder side, than I suppose the GBA would likely be on par with my other axes if I file tested them all.

I was not talking about the modern stuff, but since you brought it up I will say that I dislike the look / pattern of the heads, and I do not like the handle shape either on the modern GB axes.
They have lost touch with many design elements that were common in the heyday of axes.