Who has the best price on Gransfors Bruks American Felling axe model..434-2?

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I'm looking to buy this axe and have found a few places online that has them in stock and a bunch of places that doesn't have them in stock..

The best price I have found is $190.00 with Free Shipping..Anyone know of a place Online to get it any cheaper?? Thanks.
 
I know that Lee Valley Tools introduced these (the brand) to n. America about 20 years ago but I get sticker shock every time I look through their axe wares catalogue or into the glass display in their Ottawa store. Everything about them is "retro" except for the price. Keep your $200 socked away and seriously start reading and studying about vintage and classic axes and start poking around at garage sales/flea markets and even flea bay to see if you can do better on this, and still have $150 left to invest in other things.
When the choice is $200 for a recreational chainsaw or a Yuppie axe and you've got a pile of trees and brush to deal with then for the ordinary Joe the axe comes second. Especially if you're badly out of shape and afflicted with dishpan hands.
 
300Six said:
When the choice is $200 for a recreational chainsaw or a Yuppie axe and you've got a pile of trees and brush to deal with then for the ordinary Joe the axe comes second. Especially if you're badly out of shape and afflicted with dishpan hands.
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I enjoyed your advice overall but that last bit there really stuck out especially the dishpan hands I'm going to use that at work. Thank you:D

Smallmouthchaser- I think $190 is probably the average price for that axe from the snooping around that I have done.
 
Thanks for the advice..yeah I'm not looking for an axe to split fire wood for my home..I have looked at the vintage axes and I do want to start putting them together with my son and we are into bushcraft and we have a few forest axes and hatchets but now my son is wanting a larger axe and he wants a brand new one so we can have it to start passing down to our family and it will have a story and we are going to put together some axes to have a story on that also..Thanks.
 
Don't forget to check the exchange here. They come up every now and then. I picked one up from a fellow member for $150.00 and he even shipped it to me free. Awesome price. Other than here, $190 is about the norm.
 
Ok Thanks..I'm new here so I will have to learn the site and keep an eye out for axes for sale on here..Which one do you have? The 31" straight or curved or the 35" curved? I can't make up my mind which one to get and if I want a straight or curved handle..I have the small forest and Scandinavian Forest axe and they're curved which I like but I would probly like the straight also...what's the difference? Just personal preference?
 
Straight or curved is much a point of preference. Straight excels if the poll is hardened and will be used- even a non hardened poll can be used for wood or nylon wedges. I tend to prefer curved for lighter heads but straight for heavier heads(3.5-6lbs). Not sure why though. At the same time, I had a 3lb Jersey on a 31" straight that I loved.

Bill
 
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