Cheap Axe + Home Sharpening = Good Usable Tool

As long as you keep your axe sharp even a cheap one can be functional...

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Education

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• tool
• edge
• axe
• chop
• chopping
• splitting
• wood
• firewood
• cutlerylover

[nickbownz]

how often do you overstrike? damn.

[cutlerylover]

@nickbownz twice since I wrapped it, Im hitting the wood very hard, lol

[seattle0002]

Video pop-up ad stated "The AXE Effect For Men". Coincidence? I think not.

[masterpeanut08]

get a battle axe

[Benny1581]

Lets smack the edge into some rocks - DUDE!? Really? I expected WAY more from you....

[The177Hunter]

lol, i got a 60 dollar usa forest axe from garretwade dot c om andafter about three logs split, the handle got loose and i tried to fix it. only problem is that the wedge that they put in the handle was made of soft aluminum and was epoxied in place. soooo, i called the company and they agreed to send me a FREE 117 DOLLAR WETTERLINGS FOREST AXE if i sent the broken one back!!!! no charge to me at all. that my friends is a top notch company!!!!!

[icelandicigs]

really need a chopping block man. for someone who loves "cutlery", i find it had to believe you abuse your axe like this. GB or lowes, they dont like gravel...

[billhasher]

what would be a good process to repair a damaged hatched edge on a fiskars hatchet? mine has seem much abuse, and its almost useless now. how can i put a nice edge back on it? main use is are for processing wood while backpacking. thanks and keep up the great work with the videos.

[CanItAlready]

FWIW, and since people are going on about splitting axes, mauls and edges, Fiskars makes a few splitting axes that seem to be a pleasant surprise to people on sites like arboristsite(dot)com and hearth(dot)com. The only real problem with them seems to be in finding them locally. You can see 'em at the Fiskars website.

[baphomet58]

what gloves are those?

[kwakman99]

I seriously suggest you invest in a splitting axe once you're cured from Fundsalow. The axe you have is for felling trees not splitting wood. A splitting axe will save you time and effort. FYI, any axe used to split wood should not be sharp as it doesn't need to cut anything just split the grain hence why splitting axes have wider and heavier heads and are never sharp. Right tool for the right job is all.

[ewtoutdoors]

I found depending on the dryness of the wood a good freeze will take wood that is a little sapy and make it split easier. A real sharp edge is not needed as the weight and shape of the head. The stump is a good idea for splitting, will save the edge from the gravel. You can als use a piece of 2x10 or 2x12 couple feet long. but remember split with the axe rt-angle to the board grain or you only get 1 good hit.

[lobo9er]

+ 1 for not splitting on the gravel use a stump better for the axe and your back