Not sure. I'd think if you got a big enough piece it would probably work fine for a handle. It would certainly be unique.
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Not sure. I'd think if you got a big enough piece it would probably work fine for a handle. It would certainly be unique.
Woodcract pax axe. I am truly impressed with this axe. So nice to see product of this qualitiy made in USA!
You making a spoon?
Your photo reminded me of the first hatchet head I re hung. This is the head I found in the woods. I jammed a stick in it and roughed out a piece of oak. Once I got it together I nearly completed a spoon.
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Here it is all rought out and bowl dug out. Now waiting for it to dry so I can finish it.
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Figured I hijack my own thread for a minute for a quick Q. If I understand correctly, stove pipe is sold in whole inches, 5,6,7&8". Which size is this? It's about 5-1/2 at the rim and 5-1/4 at the bottom of the taper.
It relates to axes and mauls...
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6" plus room for a gasket.
I put together this video yesterday sort of on a whim, first part is me explaining what the axe I'm using is and why I put it together. This is my first YouTube video and the quality crap so my apologies there, but still it shows an axe in use.
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This was more fun than work. Last weekend we took off to a friend's place at the coast and I brought some birch and fir to make a fire. The cabin has a fire pit that I don't like to let go to waste.
An excuse to use the tools in the truck to process some firewood.
An excuse to use the tools in the truck to process some firewood.
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I used this pulaski extensively this week but I thought it would be better to share the pictures of this volunteer using it.
This young woman took to this tool quickly. By the time she finished bucking this downed tree she was making strong accurate swings.
We needed to push this trail back a little further into the hill to make it 'full bench', a trail tough enough to stand up to heavy equestrian use.
This young woman took to this tool quickly. By the time she finished bucking this downed tree she was making strong accurate swings.
We needed to push this trail back a little further into the hill to make it 'full bench', a trail tough enough to stand up to heavy equestrian use.
Behind that doe's head stands a 1941 Model '94 with .30WCF stamped on the barrel.
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I know I'm a little late but this is my first time seeing this thread. I have the same rifle, model '94 30-30 from about the same period, I tried looking up the serial number but it only said like 1940-1945 not sure the exact years. I'm assuming they didn't keep as great of records during the war or I just looked it up on the wrong place. But it's a great gun, I got it from my grandfather when I was old enough to get my FID and he was too old to use it. He told me he bought it used in the 50s so the dating on the serial number is probably correct. It's in basically mint condition, I don't shoot it often because I want to keep it that way and unfortunately I've yet to get around to doing any hunting, hopefully next year though. I have a few fairly decent guns but the 94 will always be my favorite, and not just cause it was my grandpas but that does help quite a bit too.
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Bet she complained about your handle and whined about blisters on her delicate little female hands after.. . .
This young woman took to this tool quickly. By the time she finished bucking this downed tree she was making strong accurate swings.
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Bob
BTW, kudos to you and the other volunteers for the hard work.
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Not at all. She was wearing her belay gloves. She's a hardcore hiker and solid as a rock. Not a complaint out of her all day - most of it spent with a shovel and pulaski. She's prepping to hike the PCT next year and I expect she'll complete it.
She loved the axe work. High point of her day. I've seen woman doing trail work who could match me swing for swing. Not many of them but they are out there.
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As a raging feminist, she would've also found someone to blame for her predicament for sure
but glad to hear they still have the old mold lying around to make them tough. That is the kind of woman I want to have around when things get bad and I'm glad to have met mine 
.My wife's little hands are just as calloused as mine (me being a software engineer, one would expect me to have some soft hands with a skin like that on a baby's butt) as we work hard for our own thriving little business. She may be mentally tougher than I am...or at least she makes me wonder sometimes...
