Snow & Nealley HB - soft, soft, soft

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At work I sharpened a Snow & Nealley Hudson Bay axe today. This is a new model, purchased this year. It looks like this.
http://www.campfitters.com/sites/default/files/Hudson-Bay-axe.jpg

This is the softest axe I've ever filed, even softer than my import hatchets. A sharp file just blew material off the edge like it was shaving cheese or butter of something. I was very disappointed. It did take a nice edge which easily shaved the hair off my forearm.

We have another one in the shop. I'll put a file to it and see if it's the same or if this one was a fluke.
 
Duh--you weren't using the right kind of sharpener. Use one of these next time. :p

Cheese_Grater.jpg
 
It will be interesting to see what the results are for the second HB you have. I have read many poor comments on the new S&N axes, but no one has ever really gone into any detailed comments to back up their claims.
 
Yup, the new ones arent any good. dont judge the old ones on it though, they are excellent. some of the best as far as Im concerned.
 
I've had, wait, it was four of the new ones, that I hand picked. Soft as a butter knife. But as G-pig said, don't judge the older ones.
 
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It just makes my Maine pride cry a little every time S&N takes another dive. :(
 
Funny my newer S&N double bit was terrible to file. Very hard and impossible to get any purchase.
 
The heat-treating was said to be the last bit that S&N were doing themselves, on heads made in China, wasn't it? Sounds a little uneven.
 
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