The Ochsenkopf Rotband Collection

Personally I don't like how far down it makes the shoulder. I can see how folks prone to overstriking might find utility in it, though.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Personally I don't like how far down it makes the shoulder. I can see how folks prone to overstriking might find utility in it, though.
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A subtle dig perhaps? I guess you've never had an overstrike? I'll let it slide in good humor as you are a dealer selling his own brand. I'm just a dumb blue collar guy who cuts his own firewood to keep his heating bills down and likes German axes. Thanks for the input.
 
snowballsnowflake said:
A subtle dig perhaps? I guess you've never had an overstrike? I'll let it slide in good humor as you are a dealer selling his own brand. I'm just a dumb blue collar guy who cuts his own firewood to keep his heating bills down and likes German axes. Thanks for the input.
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snowballsnowflake said:
That was rich. Thanks for your opinion. I'll take them out back and burn them before someone gets hurt. Exploding handles are very dangerous and the German engineers are really bad. Next please??
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You know you asked for opinions right? These guys offered them and you have blasted them both for doing so. As for the axes and overstrike protection i have always bought the cheap rubber one or made my own. From what i have seen oxhead has made quality stuff in the past but i feel they are over priced this day and age. But i still have wanted to try out a few of their axes.
 
Snowballsnowflake, it might just be that the sleeve setup isn't the usual - I have no problem with German engineering (I'm a partial product of it myself).

Admittedly, a selling point would be that repeated overstrike would have less effect on the handle than one without.

Before you get too down on input, I have a list going of things that are funny about these forums that might give perspective to comments or it just might make me look like a wacko. Some examples of what I am thinking are:

1. If it ain't American then it ain't a real axe.

2. Having a nice axe is cool but if it wasn't free then you are lame.

3. Selling an axe makes you a shill, buying one makes you a supporter or a dunce - depends on current climate.

4. Centuries of building/forestry (and much of it our own ancestors) with axes are null and void if they don't have cheeks/polls.

5. Providing a service can make you an "asset" or an "asshat" depending on who takes a liking/disliking to you.

6. Finding an axe is better than buying an axe even if you live somewhere where they are scarce/non-existent.

7. Having a lot of axes to share is cool but it's a razor's edge to being a poser - this depends a lot on what other vocal members have access to/have experience with...

There about 25 or 26 others with quotes from members that illustrate the points.

My point is that if you dig them then by all means use them to chop stuff because that it is what is about.

I believe you when you say you aren't a habitual "overstriker" :thumbsup:

Or maybe it's just Cinco de Mayo and a Friday?
 
snowballsnowflake said:
A subtle dig perhaps? I guess you've never had an overstrike? I'll let it slide in good humor as you are a dealer selling his own brand. I'm just a dumb blue collar guy who cuts his own firewood to keep his heating bills down and likes German axes. Thanks for the input.
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Nope. No dig at all. I see them as genuinely potentially useful for folks who do have the tendency to overstrike, which is really the majority of laypersons out there--and I'm most emphatically not trying to imply that you're among them. :)

There are tons and tons of people who will just swing an axe without studying or observing best practices, and they'll overstrike a bunch. This would help them, but overstrikes are rare enough for me that the discomfort of the hyper-extended shoulder would be greater than the benefit provided by the collar. I like German axes, too, and I don't have my own brand of axes. I sell ones by several different makers, and I use and appreciate many more than I could ever hope to carry for retail purposes. There's a lot of great axes in the world and I don't discriminate. I just happen to not find that particular feature appealing. The way that it's done on Gransfors axes is more attractive to me because it's less disruptive of the "normal" lines of the handle. Heck--I catch a lot of flack from certain folks because I'm a fan of a lot of axes that most of us in North America would consider "unconventional". :D
 
Agent_H said:
[...]
Before you get too down on input, I have a list going of things that are funny about these forums that might give perspective to comments or it just might make me look like a wacko. Some examples of what I am thinking are:

1. If it ain't American then it ain't a real axe.

2. Having a nice axe is cool but if it wasn't free then you are lame.

3. Selling an axe makes you a shill, buying one makes you a supporter or a dunce - depends on current climate.

4. Centuries of building/forestry (and much of it our own ancestors) with axes are null and void if they don't have cheeks/polls.

5. Providing a service can make you an "asset" or an "asshat" depending on who takes a liking/disliking to you.

6. Finding an axe is better than buying an axe even if you live somewhere where they are scarce/non-existent.

7. Having a lot of axes to share is cool but it's a razor's edge to being a poser - this depends a lot on what other vocal members have access to/have experience with...

There about 25 or 26 others with quotes from members that illustrate the points.

[...]
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Sticky-worthy material right there. If it was on a t-shirt I'd buy it. :D
 
Agent_H said:
Snowballsnowflake, it might just be that the sleeve setup isn't the usual - I have no problem with German engineering (I'm a partial product of it myself).

Admittedly, a selling point would be that repeated overstrike would have less effect on the handle than one without.

Before you get too down on input, I have a list going of things that are funny about these forums that might give perspective to comments or it just might make me look like a wacko. Some examples of what I am thinking are:

1. If it ain't American then it ain't a real axe.

2. Having a nice axe is cool but if it wasn't free then you are lame.

3. Selling an axe makes you a shill, buying one makes you a supporter or a dunce - depends on current climate.
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Man that cracked me up.
 
Written language doesn't carry subtlety of tone well. That's why we've got emoticons, eh? ;) :D
 
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