What did you rehang today?

quick and dirty hang on a no name axe eye 8lb maul, re-profiled it pretty heavy,flat face and a thin convex secondary bevel, loving my new grizzly grinder for this. Put it on a 28 inch handle, I prefer a short handle on my splitters. Next to a fiskars x25 and a helko saxon splitter, and some of the work load these folks have ahead of them. I used it a bit tonight, love it, maybe if it was 2-3 inches longer it would be perfect.
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Untitled by Ian Hockensmith, on Flickr
Untitled by Ian Hockensmith, on Flickr
 
disduster said:
quick and dirty hang on a no name axe eye 8lb maul, re-profiled it pretty heavy,flat face and a thin convex secondary bevel, loving my new grizzly grinder for this. Put it on a 28 inch handle, I prefer a short handle on my splitters. Next to a fiskars x25 and a helko saxon splitter, and some of the work load these folks have ahead of them. I used it a bit tonight, love it, maybe if it was 2-3 inches longer it would be perfect.
Untitled by Ian Hockensmith, on Flickr
Untitled by Ian Hockensmith, on Flickr
Untitled by Ian Hockensmith, on Flickr
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Are you splitting maple there? Nice job on the maul! I agree with your last sentiment that a longer haft would work better. It does for me anyway.
 
disduster said:
Yankee Josh Yankee Josh its hickory I think and my ideal handle is 30-32 inches. I like being closer to my work. A little father back and I have to step forward to pick up halved rounds. It's nice to just bend or squat to pick them up.
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I find peoples individual preferences interesting. I prefer 32"-36" for falling, 28"-32" for standing chop and 36" for splitting. We have hickory in Maine but it grows 2-1/2 hrs south of where i live so i haven't even seen one. I guess that's why i didn't recognize it. The grain looks somewhat like maple but the bark doesn't.
 
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Yankee Josh said:
I'm getting close to hanging a couple axes. I have a S&N cruiser and an old, quality single bit that I'm making hafts for. I'm doing a little experiment... The single bit haft is white ash and the double bit haft is green ash. Both are 32".
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No one ever mentions green ash. I can tell it's softer than white due to how easy it works. It's not a huge difference but it's there. I like figuring things or for myself though so I'm going to give it a try! I'll post em up once i get them done. Take care!!
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Very nice!
 
Yankee Josh said:
Are you splitting maple there? Nice job on the maul! I agree with your last sentiment that a longer haft would work better. It does for me anyway.
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Looks like silver maple to me.

Maul looks great! the final overall length must be less than 28" though right? My Fiskars x25 is maybe 28 1/2 inches and your maul is clearly shorter than the fiskars.
 
FLINT77 said:
Looks like silver maple to me.

Maul looks great! the final overall length must be less than 28" though right? My Fiskars x25 is maybe 28 1/2 inches and your maul is clearly shorter than the fiskars.
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Having Yankee Josh Yankee Josh say something about the species made me check it out this morning in the snow. I looked at a couple silver maples in my forest. I'm on the fence now. The trees at my place were easily half the age of this one. The one waited to split has much broader and longer furrows and scales then my maples. The wood is harder then maple as well. I think it might be a mockernut hickory?

And yes the overall length of the handle was 28 before I hung it. so it is a little shorter. Came off a baileys faller axe.
 
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@Brian Rust used some of that walnut you sent and a chunk from a broken ratchet for the wedging.

i picked 2 of these little knob end handles back in... i think september. over all i have $14 in it, 5 on the handle and 9 on the head
 
I made this haft from ash about 6 months ago. It wasn't fully seasoned yet(i thought it was)so it shrank and the hang became loose. I recently acquired a Chinese made s&n. I'm pleasantly surprised of the quality in all respects. I hung it closed on purpose planning to use it for standing chop/juggling.
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I'm happy with it. Feels good in hand. I'll let you guys know how it holds up to use. Have a good one!
 
Yankee Josh said:
I made this haft from ash about 6 months ago. It wasn't fully seasoned yet(i thought it was)so it shrank and the hang became loose. I recently acquired a Chinese made s&n. I'm pleasantly surprised of the quality in all respects. I hung it closed on purpose planning to use it for standing chop/juggling.
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I'm happy with it. Feels good in hand. I'll let you guys know how it holds up to use. Have a good one!
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Beautiful job on that :)
 
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