Vintage haft, opinions please.

I love old handles, even if they are a little twisty. Your body will account for the twist with little to no effort, and I feel it adds to the axe in the end. Count me as a vote against straightening.
 
Axe Master '94 said:
I love old handles, even if they are a little twisty. Your body will account for the twist with little to no effort, and I feel it adds to the axe in the end. Count me as a vote against straightening.
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Gotta agree with you. I've only ever started inspecting tool handles for 'slight deviation' (curve or twist) over the past year and most of the axes I've blithely been using for the past 30-40 years don't seem to feature 'perfectly true' handles and by golly in all those years I never noticed. If you start looking really closely at everything in life looking for perfection you won't ever marry, buy a new car nor will you vote in an election.
 
300Six said:
Gotta agree with you. I've only ever started inspecting tool handles for 'slight deviation' (curve or twist) over the past year and most of the axes I've blithely been using for the past 30-40 years don't seem to feature 'perfectly true' handles and by golly in all those years I never noticed. If you start looking really closely at everything in life looking for perfection you won't ever marry, buy a new car nor will you vote in an election.
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You guys don't think it affects aim?

Now that you bring it up this haft and my wife do have some things in common :)
 
rockman0 said:
You guys don't think it affects aim?
Now that you bring it up this haft and my wife do have some things in common :)
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Perfect, twisted or just crooked? Whenever you wield a new or another tool it always takes a few swings to get accustomed to and adjust for point of impact. Minor deviation off dead true is readily incorporated while doing this. If absolute symmetry were a necessity the talented folks that used offset handled broadaxes would have had a real battle in maintaining their composure!
 
300Six said:
Perfect, twisted or just crooked? Whenever you wield a new or another tool it always takes a few swings to get accustomed to and adjust for point of impact. Minor deviation off dead true is readily incorporated while doing this. If absolute symmetry were a necessity the talented folks that used offset handled broadaxes would have had a real battle in maintaining their composure!
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She isn't perfect but she is a bit warped. A keeper though.

Makes sense, my aim isn't perfect anyway.
Thanks
 
rockman0 said:
She isn't perfect but she is a bit warped. A keeper though.
Makes sense, my aim isn't perfect anyway.
Thanks
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Hang on (tightly) to that one. 'Dime a dozen' and 'fish in the sea' are products of folks that haven't made it. What is life anyway?
 
300Six said:
Hang on (tightly) to that one. 'Dime a dozen' and 'fish in the sea' are products of folks that haven't made it. What is life anyway?
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Dead on and i plan on hanging on to her, life is what you make of it, happiness is a state of mind. :thumbup:
 
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