Ive just purchased a Wetterlings Hunter Hatchet, my first quality axe. Yet to try it out, but it oozes quality, feels great in the hand, and shaving sharp. Very impressed.
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Nothing wrong with their axes. I’m sure with a little love you will become firm friends. Just remember not to introduce it to your soft squishy bits.
A good axe is a joy to use keep it shave sharp by regular stropping. I’d probably wire wool the handle and give it a few coats of boiled linseed and white spirit mixed.
A good axe is a joy to use keep it shave sharp by regular stropping. I’d probably wire wool the handle and give it a few coats of boiled linseed and white spirit mixed.
Im hoping to keep all my bits intact! Thanks for the advice. Also bought a tin of boiled linseed oil with the axe
My last axe was a spear and jackson with a plastic type handle, so this is my first "proper" axe. It was expensive so I want to look after it. Any advice is welcome.
Just to add a little to my post...
I mix my linseed oil 50/50 with white spirit,
There might be a coat of wax already on the handle I don't know how Wetterlings are when they arrive ?
Give it a rub down with some wire wool or sandpaper
I coat my handles until they stop sucking it up
Also dispose of any oil soaked rags very carefully beware of spontaneous combustion
I mix my linseed oil 50/50 with white spirit,
There might be a coat of wax already on the handle I don't know how Wetterlings are when they arrive ?
Give it a rub down with some wire wool or sandpaper
I coat my handles until they stop sucking it up
Also dispose of any oil soaked rags very carefully beware of spontaneous combustion
Sound advice that none should ignore
..........but I've been trying to get linseed rags to combust for years without success
Generally I apply it with the paintbrush that lives in the coffee jar with the oil and spirit mix or just use my hands
Just passing on the info
Just passing on the info
I apply the BLO undiluted with a dmsll rag, rub it on, let sosk, repeat. Until it doed not take in more.
The real experts heat up the wood and oil.
Your axe will last your lifetime. Good buy!
The real experts heat up the wood and oil.
Your axe will last your lifetime. Good buy!
Wetterlings recommend the wood and the ax head is treated with a thin layer of linseed oil ( they do not write if raw or boiled) and the edge protector with bees wax,
If a 'mix' was better than 'pure', would the manufacturer not use the same, and recommend the user to follow?
isn't using white spirit racist...................................lol
The main thing is to put oil on the handle, if its too thick thin it down so it soaks into the wood, if it soaks in in its natural state so be it, just keep it oiled, if I lay mine up for a while, say the winter, I wrap it in a lightly oiled cloth so it doesn't dry out., and regular stropping is essential, keep it sharp and it will save you a lot of time, i dont think Wetterling still make Axes under that name anymore.
The main thing is to put oil on the handle, if its too thick thin it down so it soaks into the wood, if it soaks in in its natural state so be it, just keep it oiled, if I lay mine up for a while, say the winter, I wrap it in a lightly oiled cloth so it doesn't dry out., and regular stropping is essential, keep it sharp and it will save you a lot of time, i dont think Wetterling still make Axes under that name anymore.
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Being awkward all my wood tools get a coating of Danish oil instead
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A good friction grip on the handle is useful = you don't need to have a "death grip" for control.
I used various carving adzes. My first question, all the time, is "If I miss-strike, where will that edge go?"
All my adze handles are wrapped with #18 tarred nylon seine twine. Just a little bit sticky for grip.
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The easiest sharpening system will be a set of grits in fine automotive finishing sand papers: 600, 800, 1,000, 1,200 and 1,500.
The electron microscope pictures show there's no use in going further.
Hone on a hard box card strop with Chromium Oxide (green) + Aluminum oxide (white) honing compound stick.
The stick carrier is some sort of wax that leaves just the right amount on the blade to stop rusting.
I used various carving adzes. My first question, all the time, is "If I miss-strike, where will that edge go?"
All my adze handles are wrapped with #18 tarred nylon seine twine. Just a little bit sticky for grip.
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The easiest sharpening system will be a set of grits in fine automotive finishing sand papers: 600, 800, 1,000, 1,200 and 1,500.
The electron microscope pictures show there's no use in going further.
Hone on a hard box card strop with Chromium Oxide (green) + Aluminum oxide (white) honing compound stick.
The stick carrier is some sort of wax that leaves just the right amount on the blade to stop rusting.
Beautiful video. They were bought out by Granfors in 2017. The Wetterlings axe can still be bought from the factory, though stock is dwindling! The owners of the shop where i bought the axe from were recently over there and bought several back with them. I feel I'm fortunate to own one
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