I bought another axe today......
I was in my local hardware shop (Mica hardware, St Andrews, Scotland), to buy some gas for my camping stove. I saw they had the Wilkinson Sword axes (mini hatchet, I think) that are barely more than 9 inches long (overall).
£14.99 I paid, very happy !!
I bought a similar size small hatchet on ebay recently (less than £5, delivered), but the WS axe is in a different league. It's made by Fiskars, so that makes it about the same as the Gerber range of axes, and we all know how much it costs to put a 'Gerber' label on a Fiskars axe....
Came with the 'carrying handle' head cover. The real revelation was when I got it home... The edge is sharper than many good knives I have owned, it is truly 'shaving sharp' right out of the shop !
I think they sharpen it, then spray on some kind of dull grey low friction coating, as the edge wasn't bright, but it was definitely there, under the coating.
In fact, at the moment, I could keep this axe sharp with a ceramic rod, it's a beautiful edge on a nice little axe.
I was in my local hardware shop (Mica hardware, St Andrews, Scotland), to buy some gas for my camping stove. I saw they had the Wilkinson Sword axes (mini hatchet, I think) that are barely more than 9 inches long (overall).
£14.99 I paid, very happy !!
I bought a similar size small hatchet on ebay recently (less than £5, delivered), but the WS axe is in a different league. It's made by Fiskars, so that makes it about the same as the Gerber range of axes, and we all know how much it costs to put a 'Gerber' label on a Fiskars axe....
Came with the 'carrying handle' head cover. The real revelation was when I got it home... The edge is sharper than many good knives I have owned, it is truly 'shaving sharp' right out of the shop !
I think they sharpen it, then spray on some kind of dull grey low friction coating, as the edge wasn't bright, but it was definitely there, under the coating.
In fact, at the moment, I could keep this axe sharp with a ceramic rod, it's a beautiful edge on a nice little axe.