Hung my old Mann

daizee

daizee

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Kinda hard to focus on anything but the storm, so I put one of my new Tennessee Hickory handles on the Mann Knot Clipper Connecticut that followed me home from the flea market two weekends ago.

I decided to leave the handle at its full profile and see how that feels before shaping it further. It's nicely finished, but very thick all around.
This is now a fairly heavy package. The plan was to use this as my wood splitter and keep the Plumb as a chopper. Note the thick edge on this old axe - it's seen a lot of use. I swung it a few times just now before dark and it tosses logs to pieces like they're barely there, but it's too thick to actually stick in the chopping stump! Again, this old axe is much harder than my recent HB purchase, but it's a bit harder to get shaving sharp because of the hardness and the little chips in the edge from its long life. Those will sharpen out in time.

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-Daizee
 
Looks like a good splitter. Which also means you don't have to worry quite as much about the thick handle and mashed poll.
 
I like Tennessee Hickory because they give you plenty of material to work with. But they definitely need some slimming to reach their maximum potential.
 
Square_peg said:
I like Tennessee Hickory because they give you plenty of material to work with. But they definitely need some slimming to reach their maximum potential.
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I need some proper wood shaping tools. I'm thinking of slimming the forward surface of the handle to give it a bit of a taper and index, leaving the back part sort of as-is.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
All I could think of when I saw the thread title was this:
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I've been wondering when this head was made, so be glad I didn't title the thread: "Looking for someone to date my old Mann".
 
hang my old Mann, that's a good one, took me a second to get it,
date my old Mann is even better.

buzz
 
A few splits during the approach of the hurricane were promising, but the two wheelbarrows I just split down... WOW.
This thing goes through oak and maple like they're not there. But it won't stick in the chopping stump!
The heavier, longer handle balances the head nicely end-to-end, and the short, wide blade balances nicely poll-to-bit. This thing is accurate as heck and doesn't need to be swung hard at all! On a lark I took it to the year-old down and wet trunk at the edge of the property and was shocked by the big chips and accuracy! It doesn't bite deeply perpendicular to the trunk, but it's easy to steer and when going for a notch it really cruises. The splitting profile bit and convex cheeks make extrication much easier than the relatively flat plumb of similar weight. Less wrestling! I'm rather in awe of this old timer. No need for a splitting maul anymore... anything too big for this guy gets the sledge and wedges.
 
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