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I had two separate orders from Omaha Knife in the last week and both times I had a great experience.
The communication was timely, the orders arrived within 3 business days, the items were securely packed.
Both times I have ordered a Council Tool axe, and used Omaha Knife’s free sharpening service: they put a great edge on my axes.
They tried to accommodate my special request for specific handle grain, and it kinda worked to the extent they had axes in stock.
One of the axes I have received has near horizontal grain, but is very nice in every other aspect.
It seems from several online reviews on different blogs and posts on several forums, the Council Tool extensively uses handles with horizontal or near horizontal grain.
Omaha knife has a nice explanation on its website where it tells potential customers that the horizontal grain is not much of an issue if there is no grain runout:
http://www.omahaknife.com/council.htm
Let me quote it, because it might be interesting to many potential axe buyers who consider buying Council Tool axes:
"...#3 Wood grain direction: You may have first learned of this on a baseball bat. The brand or label that is printed into wood should be facing you, right? That way the grain is in line with the ball for maximum strength. On an axe that same grain direction is preferred. Many people believe an axe handle with the grain not straight in line with the strike is substantially weaker. However, that is a bit misunderstood.
First off, technically the strongest is 10-15 degrees off straight. But that is not my point. We are talking about grain two dimensionally so far, but the real weakness occurs in the third dimension, where you have grain lines that do not run the full length of the bat or axe handle because they run slightly crossways. Don't confuse this with lines that end due to changes in thickness, I'm just talking about the core. You want the grain to run full length. So with full length grain, even if the grain is rotated to the "wrong way" on the end of the handle, it would take a scientific study to show a strength difference and they almost never split down the grain lines because of the orientation. An axe handle that is defective will split down the grain lines within the first couple of uses. If that did happen we would warranty it.
The US Forest Service knows a great deal about wood and axes and does not care about the grain direction when looking at the end of the handle. They only care about the grain running full length…."
This seems to be supported by the experience of quite few people who has used their axes and posted on forums, including our BladeForums.
Overall I am pleased with the axes and I am very satisfied with the customer service I have received from Omaha Knife.
Highly recommend! :thumbup::thumbup:
The communication was timely, the orders arrived within 3 business days, the items were securely packed.
Both times I have ordered a Council Tool axe, and used Omaha Knife’s free sharpening service: they put a great edge on my axes.
They tried to accommodate my special request for specific handle grain, and it kinda worked to the extent they had axes in stock.
One of the axes I have received has near horizontal grain, but is very nice in every other aspect.
It seems from several online reviews on different blogs and posts on several forums, the Council Tool extensively uses handles with horizontal or near horizontal grain.
Omaha knife has a nice explanation on its website where it tells potential customers that the horizontal grain is not much of an issue if there is no grain runout:
http://www.omahaknife.com/council.htm
Let me quote it, because it might be interesting to many potential axe buyers who consider buying Council Tool axes:
"...#3 Wood grain direction: You may have first learned of this on a baseball bat. The brand or label that is printed into wood should be facing you, right? That way the grain is in line with the ball for maximum strength. On an axe that same grain direction is preferred. Many people believe an axe handle with the grain not straight in line with the strike is substantially weaker. However, that is a bit misunderstood.
First off, technically the strongest is 10-15 degrees off straight. But that is not my point. We are talking about grain two dimensionally so far, but the real weakness occurs in the third dimension, where you have grain lines that do not run the full length of the bat or axe handle because they run slightly crossways. Don't confuse this with lines that end due to changes in thickness, I'm just talking about the core. You want the grain to run full length. So with full length grain, even if the grain is rotated to the "wrong way" on the end of the handle, it would take a scientific study to show a strength difference and they almost never split down the grain lines because of the orientation. An axe handle that is defective will split down the grain lines within the first couple of uses. If that did happen we would warranty it.
The US Forest Service knows a great deal about wood and axes and does not care about the grain direction when looking at the end of the handle. They only care about the grain running full length…."
This seems to be supported by the experience of quite few people who has used their axes and posted on forums, including our BladeForums.
Overall I am pleased with the axes and I am very satisfied with the customer service I have received from Omaha Knife.
Highly recommend! :thumbup::thumbup:
