Secure? Or re-hang my Hudson Bay?

[SR69]

Or...
One can just buy a brand new quality Hudson Bay style axe and not have to worry about hanging it for years.
(depending on how much a person actually uses their axes of course)

 

[BG_Farmer]

It just reinforces that you have to really know your stuff before you attempt to rehang one because of it's eye.
But, it also shows that if you keep at it and work it out, it's worth the effort. I know this, it's the best camp axe
I've used and blows the Swedish wonder I used to have away for what it was meant to do: Woodcraft chores.
That's all one can ask from a tool after all. If I want to process firewood for a fireplace, I'll use a maul. If I want
to chop down a Redwood, felling axe or better yet a chainsaw. But for chopping up small diameter trees and
processing firewood and making tent stakes and processing game (I used this one to quarter a 6 point buck
about 6 weeks ago), it is the one I'm going to always use which means it'll be my mainstay. 1 week later,
still beatin' it almost daily, still goin' strong.

Glad you added this! It seems like there might be a slight technical disadvantage to the pattern in terms of hanging, but it has been arounda while. Hard to believe it would persist this long with a fatal defect and no good points!

 

[SR69]

Glad you added this! It seems like there might be a slight technical disadvantage to the pattern in terms of hanging, but it has been arounda while. Hard to believe it would persist this long with a fatal defect and no good points!

Well from what I've read regarding their failures, it's been due to improper
hanging or user error (applying it to a task it was never meant to do).

All I can do is to share my first time experience in dealing with it's issues.
Before the head came loose, it got "good" to me swinging that thing.

One can't expect a 1# hatchet to split a 12" stump or a 3 1/2#to carve well.
These issues have probably been addressed with the newer models
especially by companies who warranty their axes. At least I would hope so.

I'd like to pick up 3 more, but all brand new; A Snow & Nealley,
a Council Tool standard HB and of course, their Velvicut HB.

I'll re-hang it again in the late winter with a 26-28" handle and do a proper job.
But at least this time I know what to expect and how to secure it well.

[BTW: Correction in the wedge I crafted for it. It wasn't oak, it was walnut.]

Had it out tonight doing a little splitting for a One Stick Fire in the rain...