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Rehandled my Husqvarna hatchet

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dizrack420

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Well today I decided to rehandle my Husqvarna hatchet. It always felt a little heavy for a 15" handle and after some research I found that other people have said the same thing. This was my first rehandling and I followed the instruction of an Adirondack Woodsman YouTube video. It is now 20"s long and handle is american hickory. It feels much better to me and chops with more force. Anyways here are the finished photos.

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dizrack420 said:
Well today I decided to rehandle my Husqvarna hatchet. It always felt a little heavy for a 15" handle and after some research I found that other people have said the same thing. This was my first rehandling and I followed the instruction of an Adirondack Woodsman YouTube video. It is now 20"s long and handle is american hickory. It feels much better to me and chops with more force. Anyways here are the finished photos.

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For a first rehanging it looks like a stellar job. Also, it definitely appears to be a more appropriately sized handle. Great job.
 
Awesome...... I have a Husqvarna chainsaw and I'm thinking about getting a husq axe or hatchet to go with it some day.
 
Thanks everyone, I used my Mora companion mg, silky pocketboy and estwing hammer to get the job done. It really does feel like a better sized handle.
 
I wanted to test my rehandling so I had a 12" tall by about 16" block of knotty damp fir lying around. The "husqvarna small forest axe" performed excellently even though it got buried in the wood repeatedly. Whacked through the knots and got about 15 pieces of wood. I now have full confidence in my rehafting. It is a joy to use.
 
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......even though it got buried in the wood repeatedly. .....I now have full confidence in my rehafting.
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That's a good test of a re-haft. If the handle doesn't come loose while removing a stuck bit then you did good.

To remove a stuck axe without testing your hafting job just alternately strike the top of bottom of the poll to work it loose. Use a wooden mallet or brass hammer to avoid mushrooming the poll.
 
That's the beauty of wood-handled implements! You can tailor yours to suit. And I don't doubt this will improve on the usefulness of yours. You'd quickly have discovered if the handle was too long for the weight of the head.
 
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