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I found a similar 5lb in the same pattern got a 36" handle from wood smith experience. A 5lb is heavy enough you would've needed some muscle to swing a 7lb all day, nice work

For me it would be 2 blades, main fixed blade either a TBS Boar, Mora companion or a Helle BraKar and a Boker techtool 3. Also alway have a axe with me but that's it as for cutting tools

That file work is magic, probably the best i've seen on a knife.

It'd be nice to have a shop full of power at my dispense but I think being limited definitely forces me think outside the box and I think that can be part of the fun. So thanks I can't wait to get some proper use with it.

Cheers!

Thanks, yeah not the best looking but It'll definitely get used. The kiridashi was the pervious knife I made there's a hyperlink to the post where it says "(here)" but it might be hard to see

Thanks!

So I had a go at making a kiridashi as my first foray into making knives (here) and used the blade from an old stanley plane, well I had another piece of steel left over with the intention of making a small carving/utility knife. Here's what I came up with: Length is 6.25", Edge is 2", 2mm...

I had a head with poll damage like that with the first axe I restored I just used a file and a lot of elbow grease at the time but now I've got an angle grinder I wouldn't go back and tbh the axe doesn't get too hot unless you really go hard on it.

That's very true, my most used axe is a £10 brades i restored for carving and splitting small fire wood. That being said I was having trouble finding something in the 2-3lb mark as a middle axe, I've got a heavier 5lb welsh pattern but I wanted something shorter/lighter for packing and I didn't...

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That's good to hear, there is definitely an allure to GB axes but so far I'm not displeased I chose the cheap HB axes

Sounds very charaterful, hoping to use mine too soon

So over the last few weeks I've been looking at getting a larger axe to compliment my smaller HB hunting axe with something a bit more powerfull/leverage for small felling. Anyways I was originally looking at getting a Gransfors either a wilderness or scandinavian forest but they are never...

Not sure about GB axes but I was chopping wood with my hultafors hunting axe, glanced the piece and hit the bit into a slab on the floor. It chipped the slab and all I had was a slightly flattened edge. Maybe the GB axes are harder but the OPs seems like it has a fault HT