Stihl Felling Axe

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I was in town on Wednesday and was at an Ace Hardware looking for a boy's axe handle. I noticed that they had one of these in stock!

http://www.stihlusa.com/products/hand-tools/axes/pa100/

Man is it sweet :cool:
If I would have had the $ I would have bought it on the spot! It's basically a German boy's axe. Memphis... you would it ;)
It felt really well balanced, the handle was nice and thin, it just felt 'right' :) I think they wanted around 75 bucks for it.

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yeah, they're pretty nice. rebranded Oxhead axes, so you know the steel is good!
 
If it was 75 than that might have been a deal, the splitting hatchet I saw at the Stihl dealer last week I think was 50 or 60 bucks alone. Those axe heads are real heavy and thick - but made for more logging/wood processing work than conventional axe work, which is ok. They are not for everyone, but being a Stihl guy myself I would hope and assume they are of good quality.
 
the splitting hatchet is great for making kindling. the profile is just about perfect for that task.

I ended up buying my wife one after she kept digging in my toy closet and messed up a few handles!
 
Operator1975 said:
If it was 75 than that might have been a deal, the splitting hatchet I saw at the Stihl dealer last week I think was 50 or 60 bucks alone. Those axe heads are real heavy and thick - but made for more logging/wood processing work than conventional axe work, which is ok. They are not for everyone, but being a Stihl guy myself I would hope and assume they are of good quality.
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Yeah Operator, it was around 75 bucks. I liked the fact that it was more of a 'boy's axe' size with a wide bit, the balance felt incredible and seemed to be of high quality. The fit and finish was top notch. Who knows, maybe that perticular one was just that nice, being it's the only one I have ever seen. Either way, I was impressed :cool:

Being a Husqvarna man, I would have to sand the ugly Stilh colors and name off of it before I could bring myself to use it :p
 
I have One.Thin OK limber. Bear you have better axes , But if you must have one pm me and i will check $, My family owns a stihl shop. Could not ship it but I will be in Missoula in Jan.Stihl or Husky they are both good saws, more important is a good dealer in your area.
 
moosecreektrails said:
I have One.Thin OK limber. Bear you have better axes , But if you must have one pm me and i will check $, My family owns a stihl shop. Could not ship it but I will be in Missoula in Jan.Stihl or Husky they are both good saws, more important is a good dealer in your area.
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Oh yeah Moose, their are plenty of good Husqvarna and Stilh dealers around town!

Thanks for the offer too BTW :) I'll have to think about it, I don't have the $ right now anyway.
 
bearhunter said:
Yeah Operator, it was around 75 bucks. I liked the fact that it was more of a 'boy's axe' size with a wide bit, the balance felt incredible and seemed to be of high quality. The fit and finish was top notch. Who knows, maybe that perticular one was just that nice, being it's the only one I have ever seen. Either way, I was impressed :cool:

Being a Husqvarna man, I would have to sand the ugly Stilh colors and name off of it before I could bring myself to use it :p
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Well, if you are going to first admit you are a husky man, well, I will leave you be then. You have enough on your hands already!! :)
 
Operator1975 said:
Well, if you are going to first admit you are a husky man, well, I will leave you be then. You have enough on your hands already!! :)
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Well now... here we go again, the old Husqvarna, Stilh depate :D

"enough on my hands already"... I'll take that to mean a superior top quality workhorse that has never let me down after years of work and god only knows how many cords of firewood. She has kept us warm through a many of Montana mountain winter without complaning so much as once ;)

-I did have to replace the spark plug once and the fuel line, because it developed a small pin hole- :p
 
Yeah I hear ya, my Stihl, I had to get adjusted and spark plug switched out - she wouldn't maintain an idle. Supposedly the small engines in chainsaws and other similar tools/machines are susceptible to the ethanol in the gas nowadays, and this can hurt the fuel lines, carb, etc. I have no idea if this is 100% true, but couple guys have told me that. I use a stabilizer now, seems to work ok, but hard to tell.
 
The ethanol in the gas definitely does damage to the fuel lines. I had to replace the fuel lines on all of my small engines from the weed eater up to the tiller and riding mower. I bought a cheap Poulon right before Hurricane Ivan hit in 2004. It worked well until this year because of the bad fuel lines. It is now my backup saw, got a new Stihl for the main saw. Most stabilizers don't help much unless they are made specifically to counteract the ethanol. Since I am on the coast many gas stations and marinas have what they call "marine grade" gas which is just ethanol free gas. Most boat owners don't use the ethanol gas unless they have to. They charge a little more for the ethanol free stuff. It is all we use anymore for the yard equipment.
 
Operator1975 said:
Yeah I hear ya, my Stihl, I had to get adjusted and spark plug switched out - she wouldn't maintain an idle. Supposedly the small engines in chainsaws and other similar tools/machines are susceptible to the ethanol in the gas nowadays, and this can hurt the fuel lines, carb, etc. I have no idea if this is 100% true, but couple guys have told me that. I use a stabilizer now, seems to work ok, but hard to tell.
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Yep, they are right about the ethonal in the gas.
There is gas station right outside of town that has non-ethanol premium, so we have started getting our chainsaw gas there and also, we put seafoam in our gas now too.
We would like to put the non-ethanol in our snowmobiles, but it's pretty spendy, so we just put seafoam in the gas for the SM most times we put gas in them...
That ethanol is bad news for small engines. And 4 strokes too :(
I've been told by several mechanics that the seafoam really works wonders with the ethanol!
 
Operator1975 said:
Yeah I hear ya, my Stihl, I had to get adjusted and spark plug switched out - she wouldn't maintain an idle. Supposedly the small engines in chainsaws and other similar tools/machines are susceptible to the ethanol in the gas nowadays, and this can hurt the fuel lines, carb, etc. I have no idea if this is 100% true, but couple guys have told me that. I use a stabilizer now, seems to work ok, but hard to tell.
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Ethanol is a huge Problem(go in any boat or saw shop and ask them what there #1 problem is). Use only ethanol free if you want your saws to last.If you must run it, before you store, empty tank, refill with Ethanol free mixed gas with stabilizer and run to fill carb, If you cant find Ethanol free in your area, shops are selling mixed gas in sealed cans, after its opened its good for 2 years, Kind of costly but beats buying a new carb and gas lines.
 
moosecreektrails said:
Ethanol is a huge Problem(go in any boat or saw shop and ask them what there #1 problem is). Use only ethanol free if you want your saws to last.If you must run it, before you store, empty tank, refill with Ethanol free mixed gas with stabilizer and run to fill carb, If you cant find Ethanol free in your area, shops are selling mixed gas in sealed cans, after its opened its good for 2 years, Kind of costly but beats buying a new carb and gas lines.
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Yep Moose, I've heard the same thing at the saw shop and snowmobile/boat shop. Those folks as well a few mechanics (one who owns a marina over in Idaho), are the folks that told me to use the Seafoam.
I had to replace the 'seat and seals' in my snowmobile year before last because of the damned ethanol. I was able to do it myself, but it was still a pain in the a$$, especially when we depend on them to get us back and forth in the winter!
 
moosecreektrails said:
....Stihl or Husky they are both good saws, more important is a good dealer in your area.
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That rivalry may be why they both import quality European axes rather than cheapy Asian import axes. You'd hate to lose a good reputation for selling a junk item that isn't even your main line. Better to sell a few nice ones than lot's of lousy ones that diminish your hard-earned reputation.
 
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