Well,
You may have seen a couple of posts of mine recently. You know I like (okay love) axe craft. I recently invested in a Wetterlings mini to experiment with the ultimate in light weight axes (as inspired by Old Jimbo and the no longer available Vaughan mini). The Wetterlings is a great axe (particularly after I reground and re-finished it). Its not the perfect axe though for carrying in your Bergan. Its a damn good "pocket axe" but it needs more handle (about 14" is perfect in my head) and be super light. Somewhere between a Wildlife hatchet and a mini. To be superlight it needs to be polished to maximise penetration and cut efficiency.
I commissioned Cegga to make me one to my own design. This guy is amazing! The head is brilliantly finished, the haft is a perfect 40cm in length. The fit and finish is beyond compare. Total weight is 650g and the bit .s 7.5cm across. Have a look
Anyone trust my opinion? If you do, then understand this is the best made axe I have ever handled. It blows Gransfors Bruks out of the water. As always I have oil finished the handle to my own requirements and polished the bevel out ...but its quibbling with this axe if I'm honest.
If I speak nicely to Cegga involved, it may be possible to lay hands on a small number of this (entirely new) design for a good price. If I can get a deal of about 10 together. Now you need to understand this is hand forged by a Swedish Axe smith as a one off. An equivalent Lee Reeves will set you back over £100 with shipping. I may be able to get these to work out to around the just over the cost of a Wildlife hatchet including shipping to one point in the UK - perhaps even a little less once I know the numbers.
If anyone wants one, put a post on here. No promises, but if the deal looks right (or I can interest a "quality retailer" in stocking them), I may be able to put a "group buy" together
Red
Oh ...just for Spikey da Pikey and for interest - a custom double bit is in the works too
The head will be lighter (around 1000g), the eye will be slimmer and the helve will have a swell on the end...this is a Mk 1 prototype
Red
You may have seen a couple of posts of mine recently. You know I like (okay love) axe craft. I recently invested in a Wetterlings mini to experiment with the ultimate in light weight axes (as inspired by Old Jimbo and the no longer available Vaughan mini). The Wetterlings is a great axe (particularly after I reground and re-finished it). Its not the perfect axe though for carrying in your Bergan. Its a damn good "pocket axe" but it needs more handle (about 14" is perfect in my head) and be super light. Somewhere between a Wildlife hatchet and a mini. To be superlight it needs to be polished to maximise penetration and cut efficiency.
I commissioned Cegga to make me one to my own design. This guy is amazing! The head is brilliantly finished, the haft is a perfect 40cm in length. The fit and finish is beyond compare. Total weight is 650g and the bit .s 7.5cm across. Have a look
Anyone trust my opinion? If you do, then understand this is the best made axe I have ever handled. It blows Gransfors Bruks out of the water. As always I have oil finished the handle to my own requirements and polished the bevel out ...but its quibbling with this axe if I'm honest.
If I speak nicely to Cegga involved, it may be possible to lay hands on a small number of this (entirely new) design for a good price. If I can get a deal of about 10 together. Now you need to understand this is hand forged by a Swedish Axe smith as a one off. An equivalent Lee Reeves will set you back over £100 with shipping. I may be able to get these to work out to around the just over the cost of a Wildlife hatchet including shipping to one point in the UK - perhaps even a little less once I know the numbers.
If anyone wants one, put a post on here. No promises, but if the deal looks right (or I can interest a "quality retailer" in stocking them), I may be able to put a "group buy" together
Red
Oh ...just for Spikey da Pikey and for interest - a custom double bit is in the works too
The head will be lighter (around 1000g), the eye will be slimmer and the helve will have a swell on the end...this is a Mk 1 prototype
Red
