My new Axe on a budget.

[axemangler]

How do you take a £2.99 special offer Axe and turn it into a gransfors look alike....like this.....The axe started its life as an 0.6kg standard axe with a quality hickory shaft...reduced in price to £ 2.99 in the sale at Argos...take a marker and one Grinder make a couple of cuts and Voilla you have an axe that mimics the Gransfor type of blade and shaft...in fact it looks very much like my brothers £48.00 axe...pics as follows

First pic with guide cut ready for further work

Second pic is after the cut.

Third pic is finished.

what do you think...I am just about to fashion a guard for the cutting edge and later in the week I am going to fine tune the blade....and all for £2.99.

 

[g4ghb]

......well certainly living up to your username aren't you mate!

looks good though! - how is the balance now, you've removed quite a bit of weight I guess

 

[Mesquite]

Nice change but did you overheat the top corner edge where it's discoloured in the pics?

 

[JonathanD]

Sand the shaft, then use like there's no tomorrow.

 

[JonathanD]

Spooky, thought I'd replied to this. Anyway.... sand the shaft, then use it and abuse it.

 

[Toddy]

The threads are going to be combined.
One posting would have done Axemangler

cheers,
Toddy

 

[axemangler]

Nice change but did you overheat the top corner edge where it's discoloured in the pics?

Every 15 seconds or so we quenched the blade so as not to overheat the edge...after looking at it for a while we realised that it might be the residue of oil on the cutting disk that was burning...but only time will tell...it does not seem to be there after I have cleaned the blade since coming home....must just have been a bit of burn.

 

[JonathanD]

The threads are going to be combined.
One posting would have done Axemangler

cheers,
Toddy

Cheers Toddy, now it just makes me look really dumb

 

[axemangler]

......well certainly living up to your username aren't you mate!

looks good though! - how is the balance now, you've removed quite a bit of weight I guess

Actually not much maybee an ounce and a half and it feels good to swing...like has beed sugested I am going to sand the shaft and add a bit of spit and polish and use...thanks for looking and any touches welcome.

 

[axemangler]

Cheers Toddy, now it just makes me look really dumb

yep I realised it was in the wrong place...sorry.

 

[Toddy]

Cheers Toddy, now it just makes me look really dumb

No it doesn't It just sort of looks like two threads that got combined.
If you want I'll redd it all out ?

cheers,
M

 

[g4ghb]

Actually not much maybee an ounce and a half and it feels good to swing...like has beed sugested I am going to sand the shaft and add a bit of spit and polish and use...thanks for looking and any touches welcome.

sounds good - it's how it feels that is more important than the weight in my book!

I'd sand as has been suggested but oil it rather than use any polish or varnish - I use linseed oil but any thin oil would do the trick

 

[robin wood]

Personally I find that bit that projects upwards the most useful bit of the axe, it's very similar to the £80 gransfors carving axe. These come as blunt as a banana but with a good grind put on them they are an excellent carving axe.

 

[g4ghb]

Cheers Toddy, now it just makes me look really dumb

No it doesn't It just sort of looks like two threads that got combined.
If you want I'll redd it all out ?

or we can all post our posts twice if you like

 

[JonathanD]

or we can all post our posts twice if you like

Yay.. Cheers.

 

[Toddy]

Oh dearie me

M

 

[Everything Mac]

Personally I find that bit that projects upwards the most useful bit of the axe, it's very similar to the £80 gransfors carving axe. These come as blunt as a banana but with a good grind put on them they are an excellent carving axe.

I agree Robin. - it is a handy little axe.

good job though mate.

 

[Ray Britton]

Hi.
I just had a look at the Argos website, but cannot see this axe.
Do you know if it is still for sale, or do you have the catalogue number by any chance?

 

[FGYT]

Personally I find that bit that projects upwards the most useful bit of the axe, it's very similar to the £80 gransfors carving axe. These come as blunt as a banana but with a good grind put on them they are an excellent carving axe.

was going to cut mine off but after Robin pointed tha above out a while ago i left it and jsut cleaned it up as i did want a carving axe

 

[Everything Mac]

Hi.
I just had a look at the Argos website, but cannot see this axe.
Do you know if it is still for sale, or do you have the catalogue number by any chance?

it is entirely possible that the members of this website have bought out the entirety of Argos's stock.

check ebay - there have been several cheeky gits buying several and selling them on at an inflated price.
like this one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Quality-Hicko...asdware_RL&hash=item53e1c9571a#ht_1601wt_1137
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