PICS-Sweet little Plumb saddle axe and a few I've picked up recently.

FortyTwoBlades said:
There's a little word bubble with a plus next to it next to the Reply With Quote button. That's the Multiquote button. Press that to add that quote to your list, and do so for all other quotes you wish to add except the last one. Just hit Reply With Quote for the last one and it'll open a reply box with ALL of the quotes selected this way. :)
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thanks! ive always wondered how to do that to... i'll probably still screw it up... im pretty much computer illiterate... or a 'techno tard' as my friend penny says:D
 
M3mphis said:
We know...you are from Montana afterall...
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very funny...ha!ha!ha!

well...all your axes are ugly:p:D

seriously; maybe that rockaway would work well on a 36" haft... im going to put a 4Lb kelly perfect jersey (an old one) on a 36" straight haft... heck, give her the old college try;)
 
bearhunter said:
very funny...ha!ha!ha!

well...all your axes are ugly:p:D

seriously; maybe that rockaway would work well on a 36" haft... im going to put a 4Lb kelly perfect jersey (an old one) on a 36" straight haft... heck, give her the old college try;)
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You left that one wide open. I couldn't pass it up.

There are no 32"ish handles around here that I can find. I'll have to order some. Maybe for that Rockaway, haven't decided.
 
So what size constitutes a saddle axe? I know we talked about this with cruisers - how about a saddle axe? Or can anything I can attach to a saddle hence be called a saddle axe?
 
I've always taken them to mean something like a double-bit boy's axe? But I may be totally off the mark there. I'm admittedly not an expert in this genre.
 
I was with the understanding a saddle axe was 6 inches max, on an 18 inch or less handle.

However, this is just me, and I could see where a cruiser, say as the one pictured, could be deemed a saddle axe.

Always much confusion on this topic, saddle, cruiser, etc. I like to talk about it because someone from NY will call the same axe something totally different than someone from NM will, and vice versa, which is one of the things I really enjoy about axes. Geography means a lot when talking about them, and it should. To me it represents that the tool made its way west with the people as a valuable asset, and when people settled it was a vital piece of their life, and names will change of course, which to me shows the overall importance of the tool.
 
Operator1975 said:
I was with the understanding a saddle axe was 6 inches max, on an 18 inch or less handle.

However, this is just me, and I could see where a cruiser, say as the one pictured, could be deemed a saddle axe.

Always much confusion on this topic, saddle, cruiser, etc. I like to talk about it because someone from NY will call the same axe something totally different than someone from NM will, and vice versa, which is one of the things I really enjoy about axes. Geography means a lot when talking about them, and it should. To me it represents that the tool made its way west with the people as a valuable asset, and when people settled it was a vital piece of their life, and names will change of course, which to me shows the overall importance of the tool.
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Especially when a particular pattern originates for a particular task, migrates to a new area, and is found useful for a different application. The name then changes to reflect its adapted use.
 
I called it a saddle axe for two reasons, first it is small than any cruiser I've had in my hands. Second, my buddy is a cowboy. He calls it a saddle axe and has packed it on a saddle numerous times. Before he let the handle get all rotted years ago. ;)

I need to weigh the head and go from there.
 
M3mphis said:
I called it a saddle axe for two reasons, first it is small than any cruiser I've had in my hands. Second, my buddy is a cowboy. He calls it a saddle axe and has packed it on a saddle numerous times. Before he let the handle get all rotted years ago. ;)

I need to weigh the head and go from there.
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Nah. If your bud is a cowboy, and that is what he calls it, then that is what it is. Doesnt matter what a book says.
 
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