Handle thickness

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?
 
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?

It's mostly grip for me. But the thinner handes also absorb shock better.
 
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.
 
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:

"...King and Messer from 1902 to 1906 produced axes, and
probably became the King Axe and Tool Co from 1907 to either
1912 or 1917. It became the John King Axe Company, in
business from 1923 to 1925, then Marsh and Sons from 1926 to
1944. 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

"At the opening of the new century the numerous firms manufacturing edge tools during much of the 19th century were reduced to three; the Dunn Edge Tool Company, Emerson & Stevens, and the American Axe and Tool Company. The last was to be out of business soon after the century began, leaving only two, but in 1907 they were joined by the King Axe Company. With an earlier existence as King & Messer, the company continued under its new name until 1922 when it was sold to others, then some twenty years later was resurrected and survived for a brief time as King Axe and Tool Company."
quoted from Kallop, Edward L. Jr. (2003). A history of the North Wayne Tool Co. manufacturers of axes, corn hooks, scythes and hay knives. Wayne Historical Society, Wayne, ME, page 109, referenced at http://www.davistownmuseum.org/bibToolMe.htm
 
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

I hadn’t seen the operation dates of 1933-1946. Assuming the KATCO stamp actually corresponds to the dates the company was called king axe and tool, this gives us a couple fairly small windows when it could have been made.
 
I have two thin handles both were custom made by the same person and they are amazing. I find them more comfortable to use and it helps me to not death grip the handle like I tend to do on fatter handles.
 
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