Gransfors Bruks Destruction Test!!!

[sketchbag]

http://www.knifetests.com/GransforsBruksMiniAxeDtest.html

Gotta say, I'm impressed as hell. The GB axe turned out to be tougher than the ScrapYard S6 made out of the s7 jackhammer bit steel. And to top it off the axe has a narrower profile too, my small forest axe (next size up from the hatchet they tested) is only 3/16 thick 1.5" from the edge.

 

[barrabas74]

That review confirmed what I already knew. I have several GB's and will probably have some more. I love the Hunters axe and have two of those. They take a really keen edge and hold it, the balance is great and I have never had a head come loose. They are great and I highly recommend them to anyone. The ONLY thing I wish they would change would be to put a better sheath on the head that you could hook to your belt.

 

[tarmix101]

That review confirmed what I already knew. I have several GB's and will probably have some more. I love the Hunters axe and have two of those. They take a really keen edge and hold it, the balance is great and I have never had a head come loose. They are great and I highly recommend them to anyone. The ONLY thing I wish they would change would be to put a better sheath on the head that you could hook to your belt.

Agreed....:thumbup: Nothing new really..... other than if I need to chop cinder block or metal pipe it might roll the edge a little. Good to know I guess.

The sheath is my only complaint really. I always end up slicing the top of the sheath due to the tight fit, and the keen edges I keep on my axes.

You can hook the sheath to you belt though. If you look in your axe book it is illustrated. I don't do it myself, but can be done.

Take a look at page 25 here:
http://www.gransfors.us/TheAxeBook.pdf

 

[barrabas74]

Tarmix I have 6 of those dang books and my father has a few and I have NEVER read that lol.....goes to show you how in depth I am with reading. I will try that, but like you I probably wont do it. They should just make a good belt sheath, I wouldnt mind paying 10 more dollars to carry my axe in better attire.

 

[Thomas Linton]

Any decent axe is made to impact, full power, into hard wood, knots and all. It should do better than most any knife at withstanding impact. Only knife I even seriously damaged lost to the tough, compressed wood inside the V of a branch on a crab apple. The old Marbles No. 9 I own "evened the score."

 

[siguy]

the time on the chopping test i think might have been biased...

with the hatchet there were alot of glancing blows and several blows where only half of the bit was in contact with the wood. with the busse the entire edge was contacting the wood every time. clearly he is more comfortable with the knife. one of the solid reasons that pro-chopping knife types often cite is the fact that a big 10-12" blade is alot easier to place on wood than a 2-3" blade. this is entirely reasonable, but i would like to see the timed chopping test done a couple of times, perhaps with two or more different people to help lessen that variable.

excellent review though, this guy's work is great. it has been very helpful (i forget his forum handle off the top of my head...)

 

[barrabas74]

He might be more experienced with a knife however the results themselves were good. A more experienced axeman might be more proficient with it, thats why everyone should buy a GB and a FFBM!

 

[tarmix101]

He might be more experienced with a knife however the results themselves were good. A more experienced axeman might be more proficient with it, thats why everyone should buy a GB and a FFBM!

THATS ITTTT. Tomorrow morning I'm heading out and chopping up a 2x4 to see how I do. Let you all know tomorrow.

Agreed. The results were pretty good overall. I don't doubt noss might be biased, or more than likely just more experienced with a large blade. But I found most of the test to be pretty good.

 

[flip888]

THATS ITTTT. Tomorrow morning I'm heading out and chopping up a 2x4 to see how I do. Let you all know tomorrow.

Agreed. The results were pretty good overall. I don't doubt noss might be biased, or more than likely just more experienced with a large blade. But I found most of the test to be pretty good.

Thats the same thing i was thinking.

 

[Elen]

Well, that's how things go. Axes are made for impact work. Compared to knives, which are made for cutting work, axes have higher toughness and lower edge retention in general. An axe that isn't tough is an axe that isn't useful.

 

[Brian Andrews]

He might be more experienced with a knife however the results themselves were good. A more experienced axeman might be more proficient with it, thats why everyone should buy a GB and a FFBM!

This is absolute correct. There is a lot of proper technique involved.

I have both of these and a the small forest ax. There is no way my FBM will out chop either.

Another thing to note, for the price of the FBM, you could almost buy 4 axes in the GB line

 

[hollowdweller]

I've broke a GB Hatchet before. I think I posted the pic here one time.

I wasn't even trying to break it. I just happened to be chopping some really hard, dried chestunt oak with a mini and the lower part of the "beard" snapped off.

I sent it in and they promptly replaced it.

Knife requires less placement but in my experience with it a hatchet of the same weight will almost always out chop a knife.

More important for me it seems at least in my experience and I may be wrong but in extended cutting a hatchet causes much less wear on the wrist and shoulder. Not sure the mechanics of it all but the hatchet seems to transmit a bit less shock to your arm and the way you chop with a big knife the weight out there on the end- you hold the knife more straight out to chop, so your shoulder bears more weight.

Now I love big knives, and think they are definately more dual or even triple purpose than a hatchet is.