What kind of husqvarna axe is this?

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Tautvydas

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I bought this husqvarna's carpenter's axe and noticed that it has straight handle. I've never seen straight handle on husqvarna's carpenter's. Should I contact the retailer?
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I Google imaged it and saw a couple with straight handles. Could be that they changed something along the line, like switching to straight handles recently and places are just selling old stock with curved handles or vice versa. If you don't like it, re hang it or send it back for one with a curved handle if you can.
 
Thanks for the reply, I like the axe but I was a little worried if this is authentic husqvarna.
 
Grain and orientation in the handle is absolute first class from what I can see! If you want to fuss around with authenticity (of Husky) and the semantics of curved vs straight on hatchet handles you're flogging a dead horse.
Beautiful tool, enjoy it.
 
Looks like my condor carpenters axe. You would want a straight handle on a carpenters axe because sometimes it's turned around and used as a hammer.
 
Any chance of a picture of the stock edge/grind? I like the look of the straight handle.
 
Just to echo, I don't want a carpenters hatchet with curved handle! Looks great to me. Like Agent_h, I'd like to see more. What is the weight of head and length of handle?

I've fallen in love with my plumb rigging hatchet which seems similar functionally if not stylistically, keep finding new uses for it and it lives in my truck.
 
Hello everyone, so I'm here to give a little bit more information and pictures of this axe.
Lets start with the edge.

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Here I have a better picture of grain orientation.

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And here is the handle fit.

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And here is the thing that I have a biggest concern for, the wedge.

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Wedge in my opinion looks very unprofessional, correct me if I'm wrong.

More info:
Lenght of the handle is 20 inches
Weight of the head is around 1.75 pounds

This axe, egde, wedge and everything is exactly like I bought it from retailer. Haven't even tried it yet.
 
I have seen $15 dollar hardware store axes with a better wedge than that. That's just bad Quality Controll, they have not only cracked the wedge, but the handle too.
 
It's only an issue if it's not hung tight. Sharpen it, oil it, and go use it and see how it does! That head may never come loose, but I'd only worry about it in the event it does. If it's tight, then it's only the aesthetics of a working tool.
 
Nice. I think the wood looks worse than it is, maybe the splits are mostly outside the eye. It might look a lot better if you rasp and file the wood flush with the top of wedge, assuming that leaves a bit of wood proud of the eye. I often put some spar varnish or the like on the end grain, just so it dries out less.... Just don't do anything that might "void the warranty"!
 
Tautvydas said:
And here is the thing that I have a biggest concern for, the wedge.

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Wedge in my opinion looks very unprofessional, correct me if I'm wrong.

More info:
Lenght of the handle is 20 inches
Weight of the head is around 1.75 pounds

This axe, egde, wedge and everything is exactly like I bought it from retailer. Haven't even tried it yet.
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It looks like crap. Accepting these things is telling the manufacturer it is ok. There are certain things that should not be accepted from top end manufacturers. There are some things that should not be accepted from any manufacturer. What you have is inexcusable at any level. If you had hung it yourself then sure, if it is tight roll with it. You paid for this. Demand better quality instead of accepting what probably amounts to a mistake.
 
Thanks for the advice. I will definitely try something to make this wedge look a little bit better. I'm actually kinda looking forward to see how this quality wedge will perform.
Here I'm adding a close up side photo of the wedge. You can decide if it splits only on the outside.

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I totally agree with Woodcraft, this is inexcusable. But there is something about this axe. I haven't even used it yet but I really like it. Worst case scenario I will re hang it myself.
 
My visual premonition about the quality of the handle turned out to be sound. Whoever was in the wood and handle QC department of the Husky subcontract knew what he/she was doing. The fitter/wedge driver, not so much. What you've got there, wedging-wise, may not be pretty but the 'cheater' cone wedge did do it's job and will (very likely, providing the wood was properly cured) not allow the hang to 'let go' or work loose for quite some time.
Simply figuring on trying to re-hang this yourself is not going to accomplish anything because the otherwise perfect handle will be forfeit in trying to remove that %^&*@#$ GD metal wedge.
 
I'm just gonna leave it as it is. Handle is secured nicely, the wedge might look scary but I'm not worried about the aesthetics. I have a good feeling about this axe.
 
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