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i think we talk about the husky axes if you mean if the are differens betwin the companys so yes they use differens type of heat treat but same steel and the handle are made by the same company the steel is a steel made only for axes and its a steel made in Sweden almost like 01have de spec on it and i think I have write it in some treat before here
cegga
 
cegga said:
i think we talk about the husky axes if you mean if the are differens betwin the companys so yes they use differens type of heat treat but same steel and the handle are made by the same company the steel is a steel made only for axes and its a steel made in Sweden almost like 01have de spec on it and i think I have write it in some treat before here
cegga
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Ok, Ill do a search and see if I can find it. The axe steel is supposedly .5 carbon and O1 is .9, no?
 
It is only a cosmetic difference then? Maybe.
There is still the heat treatment and the obvious difference in finish.
What about comparing similar axes from the companies, the carpentry axes they offer, for example?

E.DB.
 
KingKoma said:
Ok, Ill do a search and see if I can find it. The axe steel is supposedly .5 carbon and O1 is .9, no?
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I was under the same impression.
As for the handles as far as I know Wetterlings make their own handles while GB buys them from somewhere.

Ernest DuBois said:
It is only a cosmetic difference then?
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So same steel, same forging technique, same wood equals only cosmetic difference? Really?
There's a lot more than that in making an axe.

First as you pointed HT can make an huge difference.

Then you have to make things right: for example Wetterlings have had a string of problems recently, from nick in the edge to poorly fitted handle.

Then there's also the design choices you make: GB have a "hollow" grind which is fine for limbing but sub-optimal for splitting. Wetterlings as a thicker bit that many people think splits better while retaining most of the chopping/limbing ability (actually also depends on the type of wood).
 
Wetterling may do some handle but I order some handle from the company that make the handles and the man i order from say that they make the handle to Gränsfors Wetterling Husky Hults bruk Hultafors
and the axes are different they have not the same hardness and the grinding models handle and weigth are different but if you see the forging i say
that its look the same but its not the same as say that its cosmetic differents but the axe are a tool and buy the rigth axe for the job you want to do is more important
cegga
 
Here you have Kingkoma
C- 0.54 Si- 0, 26 Mn- 0, 58 P- 0, 015 S- 0, 024 V- 0, 058
 
cegga said:
Here you have Kingkoma
C- 0.54 Si- 0, 26 Mn- 0, 58 P- 0, 015 S- 0, 024 V- 0, 058
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Thank you, that should clear up some confusion. In your opinion, if Wetterlings uses induction when heat treating and the other makers dont, could that account for the gross edge failures seen in Wetterlings but not in other comparable makers?
 
i am not 100% sure but almost ;-) wetterling and gränsfors use induktion heat treat and the husky hultafors hults bruk use a old heat treat with big potties full with led that i am sure of .and same as before not 100% sure but almost ;-) that gränsfors wetterling axes are harder heat treated then the other company and that can be why the edge gets small cracks sometimes but thats only my opinion and I have had wrong many time before ;;-)
cegga
 
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WOW You have a pencil from HB. How is it to sharpen? How does it hold it's edge/point. How do you like it's feel in your hand?
Have you done a review on it yet?
Just wondering, Tom
 
Read about Swedish boat builders that would have contests sharpening pencils on the floor with their adzes !
 
Double Ott said:
WOW You have a pencil from HB. How is it to sharpen? How does it hold it's edge/point. How do you like it's feel in your hand?
Have you done a review on it yet?
Just wondering, Tom
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A review would be great. I'd also be curious to get your thoughts on the lack of an eraser. For the price I've seen those HB pencils going for on the interwebs, I would have assumed an eraser would be included. Sheath options? :D
 
KingKoma said:
Thank you, that should clear up some confusion. In your opinion, if Wetterlings uses induction when heat treating and the other makers dont, could that account for the gross edge failures seen in Wetterlings but not in other comparable makers?
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I doubt induction is a problem but there can be many other things going wrong in HT.
 
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