Wetterlings drunken edge

It can be done but it's a lot of work and you have to remove a lot of metal. Send it back for warranty?

singteck
 
singteck said:
It can be done but it's a lot of work and you have to remove a lot of metal. Send it back for warranty?

singteck
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It seems to cut well enough. And for a $30 axe sending it back is probably more of a hassle than it's worth. The main edge appears to line up with the handle. I'm reluctant to take it somewhere to get it reprofiled mostly because I don't trust a lot of sharpening services to do a good job. I'm also not about to spend endless hours myself doing something I've never attempted. I guess I'm really curious if it is that bad, or as long as it cuts just live with it.
 
Dumb question here but you sure it's not supposed too be that way? Looks like an old broad axe profile too me
 
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pretty sure its not right. Here are the best pictures I could find of a good bevel.
 
It's probably only an hour or two worth of work with a file. The axe will work for small branches but for thick trunks, cutting the V notch will be a problem I would imagine.

singteck
 
My Wetterlings has the EXACT same edge. To be honest, I don't mind it as it seems to me that it will work actually better for the finer work, though I worry about glancing when doing heavier chopping...it has not glanced yet.
 
30 minutes with a file or five on a belt grinder although file would be more controlable. If you are ever in the North Denver Metro area, let me know and we'll get her fixed somehow.
 
Do not do anything with the edge. It is a chisel grind for right handed people. Cut of the handle so that it is about 20-25 cm long and you get a nice small and handy hunting axe to butch with. (The line of the edge shall meet the new end of the handle).
You will not get a axe for chopping wood, but you will get a nice butcher axe instead,

Thomas
 
I'm certainly no expert, but I don't believe that edge would have any negative effect on chopping ability of an axe.
 
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