Is it wrong to covet a GB double bit working axe so strongly?
I already have about lots too many axes.
I already have about lots too many axes.
Double bit axe
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Too big daft and dangerous. I had one, scary things. The bits are too wide and too pointy at the tips.
Get a 2 1/2lb cruiser axe fro the states. Best double bits about.
Get a 2 1/2lb cruiser axe fro the states. Best double bits about.
I still have a rusty old Plumb DB I still have to restore. Everybody should have a DB at least once.
Its my most often used axe - brilliantly balanced, scarily sharp. The axe does all the work
Working by British Red, on Flickr
Oh they are nice axes, don't get me wrong.
I was never very confident with it, too used to poll axes.
I was never very confident with it, too used to poll axes.
Oh they are nice axes, don't get me wrong.
I was never very confident with it, too used to poll axes.
They are a very sharp nasty choppy thing without doubt. The Double bit does take some getting used to - but I like the balance in use, the sweeping curve lets it bite deep and the straight helve works well.
Its all taste though - I think the GB "splitting axes" are a very poor compromise tool - not a maul, not a sledge, not an axe. Others like them.
When it comes to "pretty" axes, they sit indoors nowadays, I just process too much wood to care. The Double bit does work for me though
So it should what they cost Russ got mine when i sold it on here. It wouldn't get used as i had the GB american felling axe too, which i was much more comfortable with. I think it was the length of the handle, and i was used to the curved affairs. Where i do bits of felling, it tends to be quite tree heavy and crowded. Too many too close together. The straight handle didn't have room to do its thing, the others can swing in a tighter arc, so are more suitable.
Saying that, i'm gonna put a handle on that Valley forge DB and see how that does. Also having a mooch on Ebay US for a 2.5lb double bit cruiser and db Hatchet.
I only use a maul for splitting larger stuff. Got a nice one from Bahco
Russ got mine when i sold it on here. It wouldn't get used as i had the GB american felling axe too, which i was much more comfortable with. I think it was the length of the handle, and i was used to the curved affairs. Where i do bits of felling, it tends to be quite tree heavy and crowded. Too many too close together. The straight handle didn't have room to do its thing, the others can swing in a tighter arc, so are more suitable.Saying that, i'm gonna put a handle on that Valley forge DB and see how that does. Also having a mooch on Ebay US for a 2.5lb double bit cruiser and db Hatchet.
I only use a maul for splitting larger stuff. Got a nice one from Bahco
go on David!!,..put a pic of your Reeves up,....
you know u want to,....
come on,...lob it out,..
...it is a gorgeous chopper though
Nessmuk Trio 1 by British Red, on Flickr
Nessmuk Trio 2 by British Red, on Flickr
Nessmuk Trio 1 by British Red, on Flickr
Nessmuk Trio 2 by British Red, on Flickr
ooooooh aye!!
thats a beautifully themed set of tools there Red,
i do hope theyre not in a drawer somewhere,..
i think Daves is ever so slightly stripier though,....
thats a beautifully themed set of tools there Red,
i do hope theyre not in a drawer somewhere,..
i think Daves is ever so slightly stripier though,....
