oddity: keech racing axe with grease port

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I am staying at a fellows house who has a large collection of axes, and I noticed one very strange axe out of the bunch. This keech racing axe actually has a nipple to connect a grease gun. the axe has a hollow adjacent to the eye where that you inject with grease. the striations in the cheeks allow the grease to flow down the blade. this axe has a fairly narrow grind for how huge this thing is-- the cutting face is nearly 8 inches long! I am assuming that it penetrates like a sonofagun and it without the grease ports it would be a really "sticky" axe. I definitely wont be hanging this thing and testing it out, seeing as it isn't mine-- so my thoughts are just theory.

Does anyone have any more info for this thing? i have poked around the internet and havent been able to find anything. Sorry for the shite pictures, i cant find my camera at the moment!

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What the....!!!! WOW! Did he tell you where he got that thing? How unusual!!

That thing is a beast! I bet you wanted to swing that thing in a bad way! I know I do!
 
That's a new one! Seems to be Australian make; loggers often use Australian competition axes in chopping contests in BC. I believe they were originally developed for use in chopping hardwoods.
 
I've seen a few variations of those. Quite the unusual innovation.
 
I wonder if it could be for some kind of solvent like alcohol to prevent sticky sap buildup. I don't know, just another theory.
 
halfaxe said:
I wonder if it could be for some kind of solvent like alcohol to prevent sticky sap buildup. I don't know, just another theory.
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It would be nice if it dispensed citrus solvent. Great on sap and environmentally friendly.
 
Wonders never cease. I don't imagine this head would have been cheap (conventional racing axes are costly to begin with) because the grease passages had to be completed after. This one might have been an experimental or then again maybe such designs were disqualified immediately after someone fielded one at a competition. Pretty difficult to live up to strict weight standards (if there is such a restriction) when the darn thing oozes ballast as it heats up. Lead was used as a cushioning lubricant in gasoline engines until 40 years ago which makes me wonder what sort of grease was intended to go into this axe head, and how much material could the reservoir actually hold.
 
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