Lets use those axes for what they were ment for.

Thanks for your words @300Six ,I'll comtinue posting as much as I can. But I apologize to say I think my posts won't be as many and with as much work behind them as I want.

I wanted to try osage orange for a while till I finally decided to buy some wood. I ordered some billets from Thrane, at the beginning I had some problems with him but looking at how he resolved them I highly recommend him. The only thing I have to say about him is he doesn't give the information of when did the cut any given wood, but this is a common mistake of the industry so I don't blame him.

The shipping took long to arrive and it was expensive, quite expensive. Take in account how many did the wood cost, the shipping, customs and an aditional fee customs made me pay :mad:. But it arrived, I made a former champion axeman to shape the billet and hang the axe.

About the wood, bad things it's hard wood and you have to finish it to your taste in order to not to sand your hands (hard wood use to slip more when wet so I use them rougher than other woods, beech for example) and it springs quite a lot when it gets stuck in the wood and you have to hit the poll to free it. Take in account the handle in not a baseball bat, it's thin and this is one of the reason it springs so much. This is weird but I have get used to it.

Good thing, it absorbs vibrations very well. It's a pleasure to use it, it's strong, durable and (why not) beautiful. I like it a lot, but for the next time I feel so brave to try this type of venture again I'll choose another wood, a difusse porous this time.

Thank you J junkenstien for your comment. Those handles use be 70-75cm long, few times they reach 80cm. I have just used, oiled and stored my axes and I have come back to home. It won't be possible in a few weeks to measue the swell. What I can say you is not all the makers use the same type.
 
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Staffing a BSA camp. Did some light splitting with the camp's hatchet, didn't last too long. my S&N Penobscot kindling axe made short work of it though
 
I didn't get any action shots... however my Collins Hatchet (I carry in the truck) was right there for me. Taking the eye poker, truck scratching limbs and vines off, when this birch followed me on my way home this morning from the hardware store.

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A nice supply of green to have for the saws and ax to buck.
Roadside Scores Rule!
 
Went out to take a pic of a pick and hawk. I get distracted easily. I was throwing it, then I thought, "Can I cut down that tree with this one handed?". Played on the tree with a few axes, then bucked it up with a bucksaw.
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mewolf1, Thanks for posting the link to the Brotherhood of the Broadaxe. Complete news to me, never would have thought Wyoming was home to tie makers. As always impressed with the shear amount of hard work involved in making those railroad ties. John
 
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