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Posted: 11/4/2012 2:57:44 PM EDT
I have absolutely no need for one, but I want to buy one.
What do you guys recommend? Don't have a hard set point for price, but I don't want to spend a fortune.  |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:03:45 PM EDT
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Snow and Neally makes a quality axe for a decent price.
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:04:48 PM EDT
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Pricey, but the best axe you and your children and their children will ever have...
http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:05:53 PM EDT
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Go to Ace, or Lowes, or Home Depot or Walmart and buy one.
Doesn't should like you need one that will have much useage. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:08:21 PM EDT
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Estwing. Home depot. American made, all steel, 'nuff said.
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:09:00 PM EDT
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If you want a really nice one to eye and fingerbang, as well as great to use, you can't go wrong with Gransfors-Bruks. Shaving sharp out of the box.
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:12:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:15:36 PM EDT
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If you want a really nice one to eye and fingerbang, as well as great to use, you can't go wrong with Gransfors-Bruks. Shaving sharp out of the box. Also, 100 bucks minimum. Nice if you want to spend that much. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:18:03 PM EDT
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I want this pocket ax: http://www.agrussell.com/ag-russell-pocket-safety-axe/p/AG-AXT1/ I have absolutely no immediate need. I have a nice Nicholson "house" ax, a man's double bit, and a roofing hatchet. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:21:24 PM EDT
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Estwing. Home depot. American made, all steel, 'nuff said. Except.... Buy it a Lowes, they don't allow Illegal Aliens to mill around the parking lot insisting you hire them, Fuck Home Depot. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:22:30 PM EDT
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I like this one for when I have a fresh cut.
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:23:15 PM EDT
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If you get one :
Don't chop anything with it! (Obscure Patrick F. McManus reference!) |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:23:22 PM EDT
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Estwing or Fiskars if you want it to last a lifetime.
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:24:08 PM EDT
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I remembered this company from the last I want an axe thread that I think Aimless started ,anyway they are a thing of beauty.http://www.bestmadeco.com/collections/axes
Edit - I want this one but no way for $250.00. 
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:24:09 PM EDT
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Gransfors Bruks
Gransfors Bruks American Felling Axe http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM6244635205P?sid=IDx20110310x00001i&srccode=cii_184425893&cpncode=31-46623703-2 Whenever I hold one I have to do a tool man grunt 
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:24:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:27:15 PM EDT
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Pricey, but the best axe you and your children and their children will ever have... http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html In this instance, the first post was close, but the second post nails it I really wish Granfors made a pulaski. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:30:29 PM EDT
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Quoted: Pricey, but the best axe you and your children and their children will ever have... http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html QFT. I would add, however, that if Gransfors is out of your range, Wetterling makes a fine axe that is second only to Gransfors and is made in the same factory. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:36:53 PM EDT
[#18]
Great AXE. 
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:37:14 PM EDT
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Depends on what you intend to use it for but my favorite axe has to be a regular Les Paul Standard..
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:44:34 PM EDT
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Just go to any garage sale or farm auction and buy one for three bucks.
You have absolutely no need for one, so why wrap up big bucks? If it has to be shiny, go to Menards or whatever and spend $30 $3- character (that "thrown down the driveway" look) $30- shiny toy |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:46:07 PM EDT
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Taylors are Sweet
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:49:51 PM EDT
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Have a double bit that is about 40 years old. Still works fine.
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:50:59 PM EDT
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made in the USA and a great value, http://www.vaughanmfg.com/shopping/Departments/Hatchets-and-Axes.aspx
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:51:42 PM EDT
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Pricey, but the best axe you and your children and their children will ever have... http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html My uncle got me their Forest Axe for Christmas last year. It's really nice. Old school, hand-crafted. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:54:12 PM EDT
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Pricey, but the best axe you and your children and their children will ever have... http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html This is the correct answer. I've got a small forest axe. It's big enough to get the job done, and small enough to lash to a backpack. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:54:30 PM EDT
[#26]
Gränsfors
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:57:24 PM EDT
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Hit yard sales, estate sales, and shops that buy estates. Buy classic, American made tools. Restore them. I am currently working on a 1934 Sager Chemical Axe, 3.5 pound double bit, cruiser axe head.
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:57:27 PM EDT
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Be careful with that axe, Eugene
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Posted: 11/4/2012 3:58:23 PM EDT
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Quoted: Mine GB Small Forest Axe busted on my second outing about 2" of the blade broke right off in colder (40's) rainy conditions. They did send me a brand new one, but for that night I had to try and use a busted axe. One of those outings where all I brought was my GB axe thinking it would be fine, wrong... Great axe, but it can break.Quoted: Pricey, but the best axe you and your children and their children will ever have... http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html My uncle got me their Forest Axe for Christmas last year. It's really nice. Old school, hand-crafted. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 4:02:37 PM EDT
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Quoted:
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Mine GB Small Forest Axe busted on my second outing about 2" of the blade broke right off in colder (40's) rainy conditions. They did send me a brand new one, but for that night I had to try and use a busted axe. One of those outings where all I brought was my GB axe thinking it would be fine, wrong... Great axe, but it can break.
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Pricey, but the best axe you and your children and their children will ever have... http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html My uncle got me their Forest Axe for Christmas last year. It's really nice. Old school, hand-crafted. Sucks to hear. I honestly haven't used mine much at all. When I did, it worked well and seems strong. Typically, If I have small stuff to cut, I use a machete, and for big stuff, I use a chainsaw. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 4:06:29 PM EDT
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its a trick
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Posted: 11/4/2012 4:09:43 PM EDT
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If you do use it, what would it be for? Splitting wood or chopping down trees?
Mauls are for splitting wood Felling axes are for chopping down trees While we are on the subject, what is the point of a hatchet? |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 4:10:50 PM EDT
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I've heard good things about Council tool. Made in America.
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Posted: 11/4/2012 4:10:51 PM EDT
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Quoted: Yeah I was very disappointed. We had about 2" of rain in the Pacific Northwest in February. We cut wood, made shelter etc.. for about 12hrs that day. Chopping a 7" dead standing pine and I felt something wasn't right. I knew their guarantee would take care of it when I got home, but sorta knocked my expectations down a notch.Quoted: Quoted: Mine GB Small Forest Axe busted on my second outing about 2" of the blade broke right off in colder (40's) rainy conditions. They did send me a brand new one, but for that night I had to try and use a busted axe. One of those outings where all I brought was my GB axe thinking it would be fine, wrong... Great axe, but it can break.Quoted: Pricey, but the best axe you and your children and their children will ever have... http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html My uncle got me their Forest Axe for Christmas last year. It's really nice. Old school, hand-crafted. Sucks to hear. I honestly haven't used mine much at all. When I did, it worked well and seems strong. Typically, If I have small stuff to cut, I use a machete, and for big stuff, I use a chainsaw. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 4:12:18 PM EDT
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Pricey, but the best axe you and your children and their children will ever have... http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html This. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 4:15:59 PM EDT
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Made is USA
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Posted: 11/4/2012 4:29:10 PM EDT
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Tuatahi Racing Axe...
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Posted: 11/4/2012 4:31:40 PM EDT
[#38]
Good info, thanks.
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Posted: 11/4/2012 4:36:33 PM EDT
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counciltool.com
1. American Made! 2. Reasonable Cost 3. Great quality Your welcome I have the hudson bay hatch w/sheath and the 6lb mini sledge, they are both great. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 4:58:21 PM EDT
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I Can't help but notice none of the fine axes presented are made in kenya, actually nothing is.
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Posted: 11/4/2012 5:21:20 PM EDT
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I remembered this company from the last I want an axe thread that I think Aimless started ,anyway they are a thing of beauty.http://www.bestmadeco.com/collections/axes Edit - I want this one but no way for $250.00. http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx323/progun1911/SAM_MCGEE_962_1024x1024.jpg Look at the bottom of their web page. They offer the same axe, without the painted handle, and without the fancy box, for way less money. The plain one has the same head, and a properly installed plain handle. I got one and love the heck out of it. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 5:28:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/4/2012 5:57:31 PM EDT
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Great topic. I everyone should have an axe or 3
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Posted: 11/4/2012 5:57:44 PM EDT
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Some good axes here. I'm cheap, and figure as much as I would like a $200 axe, it will mostly ride in the back of my truck, and get sharpened on a grinding wheel, so for the truck box I bought this and love it:
http://www.tractorsupply.com/axes-mauls/truper-2-1-4-lb-boy-s-axe-with-28-in-hickory-handle-4000109 I have some "real" wood getters & splitters, but I really like the $18.99 for occasional roadside emergencies. To me it isn't a "work of art" it is a simple tool and it does it's job well. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 6:12:15 PM EDT
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Pricey, but the best axe you and your children and their children will ever have... http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html I came here to post this. My work is done. |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 6:24:27 PM EDT
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If you want a really nice one to eye and fingerbang, as well as great to use, you can't go wrong with Gransfors-Bruks. Shaving sharp out of the box. This. Wood handles for the win! |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 6:26:56 PM EDT
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Fiberglass handle and ~$40 and you're GTG.
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Posted: 11/4/2012 7:30:52 PM EDT
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If you do use it, what would it be for? Splitting wood or chopping down trees? Mauls are for splitting wood Felling axes are for chopping down trees While we are on the subject, what is the point of a hatchet? A hatchet is for fighting your way back to your axe. Like a handgun is to a rifle. 
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Posted: 11/4/2012 7:38:52 PM EDT
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Quoted: I've heard good things about Council tool. Made in America. I will be buying one of their Hudson bay axes |
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Posted: 11/4/2012 7:40:11 PM EDT
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I want a fiskars but no one carries them locally
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