Video: Rinaldi "Milano" Axe

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A li'l fun with the "Milano" pattern belt axe/hatchet. No saw was used for making any of the cut sections used in the splitting demo--they were all chopped with an asymmetric notch so that one side was relatively flat.

[video=youtube;U5YHwQOgugo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YHwQOgugo&feature=youtu.be[/video]
 
I like the FF at 4:30 - like a bird trying to crack a nut. So why don't they open up the area behind the heal for your hand?
 
In part because it's really not necessary. You can choke up on it nicely in a pinch-grip almost like a chef's knife. Also, it has a feature you don't often see in bearded axes--the beard thickens as it nears the handle, just like the bit transition into the eye. This passes wood around the handle during splitting tasks. Also, if you really need to get behind the edge, take the head off the handle and grip it by the eye!
 
Head off the handle:

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The shape is *very* reminiscent of axes used for splitting wood in Bosnia. I'd not seen the shape in a chopping application (usually used for splitting). However, yours chops very well.

I don't see a clarifying photo, but is the eye sort of a "U" shape with the poll being at the top of the "U" and the bend in the "U" being towards the edge?

I brought two of these wood-splitting axes back to the States with me and love 'em tremendously! One is 1.6kg (~3 1/2 lbs) and the other is 1.8kg (~4lbs). I like the 1.6kg better, but probably because the handle on the 1.8kg is too wide and thick for me. A little stock removal and the 1.8kg will be sweet.
 
fmajor007 said:
The shape is *very* reminiscent of axes used for splitting wood in Bosnia. I'd not seen the shape in a chopping application (usually used for splitting). However, yours chops very well.

I don't see a clarifying photo, but is the eye sort of a "U" shape with the poll being at the top of the "U" and the bend in the "U" being towards the edge?

I brought two of these wood-splitting axes back to the States with me and love 'em tremendously! One is 1.6kg (~3 1/2 lbs) and the other is 1.8kg (~4lbs). I like the 1.6kg better, but probably because the handle on the 1.8kg is too wide and thick for me. A little stock removal and the 1.8kg will be sweet.
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Good carpenter style axe. It seems good doing its task and it splits well to be so slim.

Next time you try to cut logs, try to not to cut springing ones. They are the hardest to cut. Taking this and we are in front of a carpenter axe in account, it also cuts logs surpisingly well.
 
Definitely more of a challenge to cut! A lot of energy is absorbed by the springing. It was what allowed for the best camera angle, though, so I went with it. Indeed, that little axe is a strange beast in that it's able to chop, split, and hew with surprising ease, although it's (of course) a balancing act between those performance factors. I'm a big fan. :)
 
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