Japanese Felling Axe
Hbk h840064 hults bruk torneo felling axe 1 75 lbs with 26 curved handle.
Japanese felling axe. Add to compare 35drfg council tools dayton axe 3 5 lb with 36 fiberglass handle 35drfg. This technique makes the blade more durable and stronger. The pointed angle of the blade is not designed for that. There is a hard steel insert of 0 45 carbon steel in the middle for the cutting edge and two softer iron laminations to support it and form the rest of the head.
Nowadays axes are used primarily as tools and form three main groups. While its axe head weighs 4 pounds its overall weight is 5 6 pounds with a 32 inch american hickory handle. Japanese hatchet and axe heads from mizuno seisakujo in sanjo niigata province are normally made with a 3 layer laminated steel head warikomi. Since it s from gransfors bruks you can expect quality from the axe s head and handle to the protective blade jacket.
This axe was another step in the evolution of axes with the added weight to the pole of the axe. Gränsfors bruks american felling axe. Way more information than you ever wanted on how to fell a tree. Japanese ono forest axe.
This axe will handle felling limbing and light splitting. The middle layer is high carbon damascus steel and the side layers are made from milder damascus. Add to wish list. The forest hatchet and the splitting axe are made of unlaminated steel.
The carpenter s axe is not suitable for heavier work such as tree felling and log splitting. The axe head that is made using 5160 american forged steel that s rough ground in a robotic work cell. The head on this nicely crafted japanese axe is made from laminating a softer impact absorbing steel that is less brittle and more durable with a high carbon content steel for providing superior edge retention. Hults bruk atran felling axe 3 5 lbs with 32 curved handle.
The long tapered head on this forest axe is 8 1 4 long with a 3 1 4 wide cutting edge and weighs 3 7lbs. Add to wish list. Each of them has 400 layers. It s rare to find defects with their product line and you can use this one right off the box.
The blade for this axe has been forged from 3 layer laminates of pattern welded damascus steel. World s best tree felling tutorial. Have broad axe will travel. This added weight and balance to the pioneer s stroke as he felled trees for his cabin or to send timbers back east or to europe.
Forest axes splitting axes and log building axes. This axe is made to deliver a powerful deep cutting stroke.