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I look for handles with huge palm swells. It gives you something to work with. Just carve the handle up into the swell and add a good 'hook' for the little finger.
You guys who like the thin handles, is it just a grip thing or is there another benefit too? I can see it dropping the handle weight a little, but it can't be that much, relatively speaking?
I am just realizing I had 2.5 pound old Maine head in my hand today. It was marked KATCO witch ment nothing to me. Now I realize it’s King Axe and Tool from Oakland Maine. I will be going back to get it tomorrow. I believe this was made between 1900-1917.It would be cool to find a old Maine head for it.
I am just realizing I had 2.5 pound old Maine head in my hand today. It was marked KATCO witch ment nothing to me. Now I realize it’s King Axe and Tool from Oakland Maine. I will be going back to get it tomorrow. I believe this was made between 1900-1917.
Some information about King Axe and Tool Co., from a couple sources:
However, King Axe and Tool Company also operated
from 1933 to 1946, and John King Products produced axes from
1944 to 1946."
quoted from Some Tidbits of Oakland History, by Michael J Denis, page 43