This is my best axe, bought for me by my dear wife :You_Rock_as a Christmas gift a few years ago
Its solid and dependable, tough yet capable of fine and delicate cut's too. I made a replacement handle because the factory one was all wrong for me. This axe is a proper little power cracker.....
I mostly use a fine norton stone and red stropping compound or solvol to keep it sharp, sometimes I use a fine file on it
This is my heavy duty carving axe, 2 1/2 pound Gilpin. Does what it says on the tin, does the big work that is too strenuous for the smaller roselli
Finally, not strictly axes, but every bit as versatile, possibly even more useful to me than the axes-my 2 main elbow azes
If you never used one, you dont know what your missing....It takes time to practise and get used to their action and feel, but believe me its well worth it!