Polished GB SFA

Dave

Hill Dweller
Sep 17, 2003
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Great looking axe. What did you use to polish it?

Various grit polishing discs, on a flexible back sander produces negligible heat. Followed by buffing with ashley isles green fine compound. Takes a while though. :)

Generally, polished axes are supposed to give better penetration when cutting. Gransfors don't offer the polishing service.

Others like Cegga do.

I just like a shiny axe....:)
 
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Dave

Hill Dweller
Sep 17, 2003
6,019
9
Brigantia
Thanks. Im surprised its still here. Ive not seen a better example.
I have a few axes now, and have just ordered another one. Which Im sweating, as it weren't cheap, :yikes: so I need to recoup my costs.
 
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British Red

M.A.B (Mad About Bushcraft)
Dec 30, 2005
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Mercia
I'm not sure that it aids penetration as a polished head, but the one thing it does do is remove all the rough scale. You ony have to work on a really sappy tree once with a rough head to know what an absolute pain it is to clean sticky resin off a rough surface!
 

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