Help me simplify all the info!

[Square_peg]

I posted this link before but here it is again.

http://axeconnected.blogspot.com/2011/05/notes-on-ax-head-geometry-part-2-of.html

There's a photo of the flat cheeks of the Gransfors Forest axe in the article. I don't own that axe but I do own several flat-cheeked axes. They work fine but they're just a little more effort to use. The bit sticks a little more and the chips don't pop out quite so effortlessly.

When I talk about doing 'detail work' with an axe I'm mainly talking about using as what the old timers called a 'stump axe'. That's not an axe for chopping stumps but rather an axe that would be used one-handed on top of a stump for shaping wooden objects like wooden mauls (hammers or batons), tent and tarp pegs or just reducing the size of a piece for some further bushcraft work with a knife. I'm most comfortable with a small broad hatchet or carpenters hatchet for this work but a boys axe or regular hatchet will do fine. And a boys axe gives you other usage options as well.

 

[d.weglarz13]

In that link above, http://axeconnected.blogspot.com/ , can you tell me about what size the axe in those videos of the wood getting chopped by the man and woman are? I know its a double bit, and I am looking at singles, but the size and weight looks pretty much what Im after. Could someone give an educated guess about the size (length, weight) of this axe? Im starting to feel like i have to see the different size axes in hand and in use to get a better idea.. Thanks, and thanks for that great interesting read.