It followed me home (Part 2)

Abandon your thoughts of weed wrenches and such, nurture and tend that holly and when it matures you'll have a great start in thinking about axe handle material.
 
Steve Tall said:
Could it be a native Oregon Grape or mahonia, instead of an invasive holly?
We need a thread about weed wrenches ;).
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It's holly. It's spreading exponentially in the NW right now, taking a lot of acreage. In the coming decades it's going to cost timberland holders, public and private, a lot of lost production.
 
Square_peg said:
It's holly. It's spreading exponentially in the NW right now, taking a lot of acreage. In the coming decades it's going to cost timberland holders, public and private, a lot of lost production.
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If the darn stuff sprouts from underground runners and has 'waxy' leaves, such as Poison Ivy/Oak and introduced invasive Japanese Knotweed, Periwinkle and Pachysandra (Japanese Spurge), Glyphosate (RoundUp!) is marginally effective unless you apply it over and over again. This is one of those revert-back-to-native-plant landscape 'hobbies' where dogged persistence is a must. You have to make a habit of tangling with another patch daily whether pulling/tugging it out, digging/chopping it up or nuking it with chemicals).
 
phantomknives said:
where is it invasive from? do i have to worry about it in the south east?
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Merely Google 'invasive/introduced alien plants' for the locale or State you're in and guaranteed you'll get an eyeful. Virtually every roadside plant (ie disturbed areas and lawns) has Old World or Asian origins going back for centuries already. Problem is some of them are downright nasty and/or displace native vegetation. Very familiar Dandelion (called Pis-en-lit 'wet the bed!' en Francais) and Ox-eye Daisy aren't even native to north America.
 
300Six said:
Merely Google 'invasive/introduced alien plants' for the locale or State you're in and guaranteed you'll get an eyeful. Virtually every roadside plant (ie disturbed areas and lawns) has Old World or Asian origins going back for centuries already. Problem is some of them are downright nasty and/or displace native vegetation. Very familiar Dandelion (called Pis-en-lit 'wet the bed!' en Francais) and Ox-eye Daisy aren't even native to north America.
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looks like it's native from new york to texas in a diagonal line, native on the side closest to the atlantic
 
The prickly plant is scrub oak, a term that up here refers to all small oak trees, regardless of what their name is. In this case though, its canyon live oak. The real pest is the plants by the base of the stump the adze is in. I believe it is called toyon. It is very invasive, but still preferable over scotch broom.
 
Nice axe Agent_H, but bummer about the haft. What year is it? 1919? 1929? Beginning of derailment. Speaking of nice characters I know a 80 or 90 year old vet/logger?/timber guy. I was at his place once when I saw a Kelly "bowtie" I think and a Kelly puget sitting around calling for me. I mentioned them to him and he made the comment that "Kellys were all that loggers used because they were the best axes around". End of derailment.
 
A17 said:
Nice axe Agent_H, but bummer about the haft. What year is it? 1919? 1929? Beginning of derailment. Speaking of nice characters I know a 80 or 90 year old vet/logger?/timber guy. I was at his place once when I saw a Kelly "bowtie" I think and a Kelly puget sitting around calling for me. I mentioned them to him and he made the comment that "Kellys were all that loggers used because they were the best axes around". End of derailment.
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Kelly was definitely a cut above many.
I bet I can find a handle for this one.

Square_peg said:
That's a sweet Sager. Seems like when they do rust they often develop deep pits. That one isn't pitted at all.
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Square_peg, have you noticed they kind of rust into a similar color as well?
 
Wow I simply love the lines of the puget axes. I have a kelly Vulcan (the only puget I have). I would love to have a Sager. Maybe one day haha. On another note...

This little guy followed me home from the hospital. He was 6 pounds 18” long! I found this little no name hatchet and thought it would make a great first hatchet!! He is going to love him some axes

 
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