where to get a Ft. Meigs double bit?

BarberFobic1992

BarberFobic1992

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i saw a few people around the forums that had one( or more) of these, and i was pretty impressed by them, so i started searching for it in various places but i cannot find one anywhere. anyone know of a store or website that sells them? i think most people got them from ragnars, but he dosent have them any more. thanks in advance.

here is a pic of one hollowdweller posted a while ago:
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I too am looking to get on the waiting list for a Lee Reeves, but does anyone know the steel the head is made from?
 
try dixie gun works or track of the wolf. i don't have a link but google will get ya there.
 
Good luck with the Fort Meigs. A friend of mine on another forum ordered one from Ragnar over a year ago and still hasn't got one. Maybe it's time for him to ask Ragnar for a refund.

For some reason I thought the Reeves were O1...but that isn't the case. They are forge welded out of two steels. The inner core is 1018 and the outer cutting edge is 5160.
 
randytee said:
try dixie gun works or track of the wolf. i don't have a link but google will get ya there.
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The one at Dixie is called the Ft. Meigs but its a single bit with a heavy poll.
Didn't see one at Track of the Wolf either.
But on the plus side they are cool sites that i didn't know about, so thanks!
 
Ragnar told me about a month ago that he might be able to work something out if I'd take one unfinished (i.e. heat treated, but not polished or assembled). I agreed, but haven't heard back yet.

There's a Marbles for around $35 that's a similar pattern. Anybody got one of those?
 
tholiver said:
The one at Dixie is called the Ft. Meigs but its a single bit with a heavy poll.
Didn't see one at Track of the Wolf either.
But on the plus side they are cool sites that i didn't know about, so thanks!
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you may have missed it, right after i made that post i googled dixie gun works. i found two different double bits. one was the meigs.


you are correct i rechecked dixie and that small picture of meigs goofed me. but they do have a small double bit.
 
I have ordered from dixie gun works before. Good guys, ship fast. So buy with confidence.:thumbup:
 
i spent a bit more time looking on the internet today and still nothing, so i would have to agree with hd, they are probably out og business. i will have to look to the second hand market.
dutchV, i have handled one of those marbles and i am really not overly impressed. the handle looks quite fragile.
 
I bought a made in China Marbles Double Bit this summer.
Its actually a good little axe for the money (20-30$).
The profiles are thick but It actually chops pretty good, a whole lot better than i though it would.
I haven't had any problems and would use it for camping but i have talked to 2 or three people here who have had the heads come loose on theirs after some limited chopping.
So when i bought mine i expected i would have to re-handle it but luckily i've had no problem with it so far.
I am going to refinish mine and make sure the wood in the eye is well soaked in tung oil to make the fit extra tight.

I also bought a U.S made Vaughan sounding-axe/sub-zero around the same time and sadly the fit and finish on that was inferior to the Chinese Marbles.
:confused:
The Vaughan handle was skewed off to the right about 10 degrees or so and i had to do some major file work to make it sharp enough to use.
I expected to have to file it but the skewed handle was a bit of a surprise.
However i managed to mostly correct the handle problems by a fair amount of reshaping. It works now but its flatter because of the reshaping.
Post-modifications I rather like the Vaughan, its so small you can carry in a cargo pants pocket. 11 inches long and only 10 ounces total weight.
(I still may re-handle it sometime though.)

And of course its still not a double bit , lol!

The best new single-bit axe i've bought in recent years is the U.S made Snow and Nealley Penobscot bay Kindling axe from 3Rivers Archery (only 35$).
Its the best made axe i've seen in many years, perfect fit and finish, straight grain, ready to go out-of-the-box!
I love my Wetterlings but the Snow & Nealley has them beat on on fit and finish.
S&N make a full sized double bit but unfortunately they don't make one as small as the Fort Meigs.
 
Never did understand why you guys go for the double-head axes. :rolleyes:

Aussies use single sided axes as these can also do double-duty as a wedge if necessary - but then our hardwoods can be mongrels to chop or split. I remember one old ironbark stump that my 4Kg axe just bounced off and blunted 4 chains on my Stihl. Had to hire a 8HP Stumpgrinder with tungsten carbide teeth to get rid of it in the end

Even the termites wore dentures! :D
 
antonio_luiz said:
Never did understand why you guys go for the double-head axes. :rolleyes:

Aussies use single sided axes as these can also do double-duty as a wedge if necessary - but then our hardwoods can be mongrels to chop or split. I remember one old ironbark stump that my 4Kg axe just bounced off and blunted 4 chains on my Stihl. Had to hire a 8HP Stumpgrinder with tungsten carbide teeth to get rid of it in the end

Even the termites wore dentures! :D
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Why limit yourself to one style of axe?
:D
My single-bits outnumbers my double-bits 10-1.
But really I like axes PERIOD, lol.
Hatchets and hawks as well, actually...
:)
 
Both of the double bit hatchets I have seem to be slightly lighter than my single bits of the similar size. I guess besides the cool factor that would be my other reason for liking them, although I have and like both types also.
 
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