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Norlunds

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Perfessr

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I have 2 small Hudson bay style small axes the are stamped Genuine Norlund. they are a nice light axe with a 24" handle, has anybody heard of them and how are they rated.

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I have these as my camping/canoeing choppers, the 2 large ones are a Hudson Bay pattern by Norlund and the 2 small ones are a Plumb Boy Scout hatchet and a Craftsman carpenters hatchet.
Anybody ever heard of these Norlunds?
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My buddy has one.A hatchet.I re handled it for him with a Cold Steel Hawk handle.Great little axe.
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Here it is side by side in it's original state with my Snow and nealley Hudson bay.
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Murphyslaw said:
Jeff,

Is that the original haft? If not, where did you get the replacement haft?

I have 2 Norlunds that need rehalving.

Chris
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It's not the original haft. The original was around 28", and just right, but in unsafe condition. When I looked for a replacement I could only find longer hafts that had the proper fit in the head. Since it was all I could find I decided to roll with it. I tried it with the longer shaft, but it just didn't swing right so I cut it down to it's original length. Now the haft is fairly straight along it's full length, but it feels pretty good. The replacement haft was from the local hardware. Just sanded and oiled.

Jeff
 
jds1 said:
It's not the original haft. The original was around 28", and just right, but in unsafe condition. When I looked for a replacement I could only find longer hafts that had the proper fit in the head. Since it was all I could find I decided to roll with it. I tried it with the longer shaft, but it just didn't swing right so I cut it down to it's original length. Now the haft is fairly straight along it's full length, but it feels pretty good. The replacement haft was from the local hardware. Just sanded and oiled.

Jeff
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Thanks for the info.

Chris
 
I re-halved one of mine and I got it fro the local Ace hardware and it is a nice 24", just a mite short but very serviceable.
 
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