Recently my girlfriend and i did a tour along the Australian east coast, and i always keep my eyes open for quality cutlery.
Now i didn't find any of that, practically only cheap Chinese imported junk, but i got into an interesting conversation with a retired butcher who used to be a logger in Tasmania in his younger years.
So we talked about knife sharpening as well as Gransfors Bruks and Sandvik axes, but he told me the absolute best he had encountered when he was a lumberjack were axe heads from a Tasmanian brand called Plum.
In his opinion these were the absolute best axes for felling the extreme hardwood trees they seem to have in Tasmania, and capable of holding a sharp edge for longer than any other brand he used in those days.
He also told me the firm who made them was no longer in business, but he always kept an eye open for those old Plum axe heads.
Later on during our tour i found a rusted Plum axe head in a antique store, priced at 35 AUS dollars.
Didn't buy it because i found the price too high, but does anyone know this Plum brand ?
Now i didn't find any of that, practically only cheap Chinese imported junk, but i got into an interesting conversation with a retired butcher who used to be a logger in Tasmania in his younger years.
So we talked about knife sharpening as well as Gransfors Bruks and Sandvik axes, but he told me the absolute best he had encountered when he was a lumberjack were axe heads from a Tasmanian brand called Plum.
In his opinion these were the absolute best axes for felling the extreme hardwood trees they seem to have in Tasmania, and capable of holding a sharp edge for longer than any other brand he used in those days.
He also told me the firm who made them was no longer in business, but he always kept an eye open for those old Plum axe heads.
Later on during our tour i found a rusted Plum axe head in a antique store, priced at 35 AUS dollars.
Didn't buy it because i found the price too high, but does anyone know this Plum brand ?
