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https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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Bob, down at the bottom where it says “Patterns - Standard, Tool Makers.” I wonder what that means.
Parker
HiJust joined. Found this thread doing a Google search on axe handles.
Just saying hi.
I tried posting a photo of the octagon axe I have using two different image hosting services but neither worked.
Mac Mini running Ventura 13.6. Firefox. Tried Pinterest and Imgur.Hi
Hosting services I am aware of provide "share links" for images that can be pasted in a post. What device are you using? Which hosting services?
Bob
Are you able to post on Imgur?Mac Mini running Ventura 13.6. Firefox. Tried Pinterest and Imgur.
Interesting that they advertise "strictly bastard cut" for those handles ( I believe that would be the same as rift sawn with the growth lines at around 45 degrees). Now people think that vertical growth lines (flat sawn, tangential) are always best but historically that doesn't seem to have ever been the consensus.1926 (Hartwell Brothers)
Interesting that they advertise "strictly bastard cut" for those handles ( I believe that would be the same as rift sawn with the growth lines at around 45 degrees). Now people think that vertical growth lines (flat sawn, tangential) are always best but historically that doesn't seem to have ever been the consensus.
You are correct. It is entirely possible to construct a dwelling without the use of a level or string that is perfectly inhabitable.Those are cool, Bob. Thanks for posting them.
I don’t disagree with Quinton’s (and your) method, Bernie. I’m sure some fine hafts have been made that way. But it is not the only option.
When I start with a split billet, I draw a few sharpie lines and do my rough shaping with a small sharp hatchet, then I go after it with a coarse half round rasp. I often work on a 6-8” section at a time, and shape it to about 90% of final.
Then I switch to a fine rasp and sometimes a curved knife to refine it, using a set of elliptical gauges to shape the areas I want oval. Usually a straight knife and a 4-in-hand to form the tongue. Half- octagoning the flats is usually my last step before the BLO and the actual hang.
My other method, depending on the wood and the profile I’m after, is to lathe-turn a cylindrical cross section, then bandsaw two roughly parallel flats down it leaving a kinda “racetrack” shape. Then it’s rasping and the curved knife and gauging where needed.
There’s a wide spectrum of possible handle shapes and methods available to any person who wishes to use them. Those who say “My way is the only way”, in addition to being incorrect, unnecessarily exclude themselves from other possibilities.
Parker