new axe purchase

[mikeboehm]

Last year my axe handle broke I love that axe my favorite axe but now I have to buy a new one. What do u suggest

[longstonec]

New handle? What was it? and what size?

[RiverRunner]

Gransfors Bruks

[REMINGTON JIM]

Fiskars ! :biggrin: RJ

[The Dawg]

I rest my case...

[Daybreak]

Get yourself one of those new flexible rubber handles. They allow you to chop around corners.

[mikeboehm]

wow Dawg i thought you would be very knowledgeable about axes seeing how everytime i put a thread you like to cut me or this thread down so would like to know which axe you use

[adriaticum]

Mikey, I will rehandle your axe. You crazy if you are buying a new one. Unless it's one of those plastic shits.
Granfors or Hultafors or Husqvarna or Wetterlings.
Any of those Swedes are good but hard to find.

Or even better you buy the new axe and give me the old axe head and I will rehandle it for myself :mrgreen:

[Bag1]

Fiskars ! :biggrin: RJ
X2 fiskars x27, youtube it

[pin_head]

I've also been very pleased with my fiskars. They lack the aesthetic pleasure of a wood handled axe, but the quality is hard to ignore. They even go on sale now and then at Canadian tire.

Cheers,
Brad

[ruger#1]

X2 fiskars x27, youtube itI have three Fiskas. Guaranteed for life. Works very good on Maplewood.

[BgBlkDg]

Large axe-I have and prefer an Iltis Oxhead

Medium-Granfors is the nicest, but, with careful choice of the handle wood and some file work to re-profile the head, Wetterlings are cheaper and made in the same facility in Sweden.

For rough uses, I also have a Fiskars.

I need a Granfors traditional original "bearded axe" for my sporadic adventures when channeling one of my Viking ancestors, Axel Bloodaxe, but, they cost BIG. Someday.......

[noth615]

Finland made Fiskars splitting axe are the best !

[menace270]

If you use your axe a lot get a gransfors Bruks if you don't use it a lot get one of those fiskars. The gransfors Bruks shouldn't fail you and you can pass it down to your kids. The fiskars you can use and abuse and buy another when it fails.

[RiverRunner]

Love my GB axes… heirloom pieces for sure.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/rodflyrod/IMG_4481.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/user/rodflyrod/media/IMG_4481.jpg.html)

[REMINGTON JIM]

If you use your axe a lot get a gransfors Bruks if you don't use it a lot get one of those fiskars. The gransfors Bruks shouldn't fail you and you can pass it down to your kids. The fiskars you can use and abuse and buy another when it fails.

I have 2 Fiskars and have used them a Fair bit - WHAT fails with a Fiskar ? :confused: Please reply ! thks RJ

[RiverRunner]

I have 2 Fiskars and have used them a Fair bit - WHAT fails with a Fiskar ? :confused: Please reply ! thks RJ

Like ANY axe, they are not indestructible…. search youtube for fiskars fail and some examples will arise.

[BCBRAD]

Hey Mike, I have an axe handle its in good shape only been through three heads probably good for a few more.

[RINO]

Bushcraft Canada (http://www.bushcraftcanada.com/)www.bushcraftcanada.com/

[Good2bCanadian]

I bought the cheap Fiskars weed puller, it bust.
I took a photo, sent it to them via email and voila, brand new one sent to me within a week.
A year later it bust again. They replaced again with no reciept and this time gave me the best one they sell.

I have their axe and hatchet, I'd like to get their splitting wedge next. Good company. Good tools.

[REMINGTON JIM]

Like ANY axe, they are not indestructible…. search youtube for fiskars fail and some examples will arise.

So NO Personal Failures just u tube so far ? Never a GB axe failure ? Just wondering ! lol Thks :smile: RJ

[deerhunter]

Fiskars f27 best axe ever

[menace270]

The fiskars arnt bad with heavy use the handles can fail and the steel isn't as good. They will require more attention then a gransfors Bruks. The fiskars can do everything just fine but more prone to break with heavy use.

[RiverRunner]

So NO Personal Failures just u tube so far ? Never a GB axe failure ? Just wondering ! lol Thks :smile: RJ
Notice I capitalized the word ANY...

[TARCHER]

Iltis is a very good axe

[07blackwater]

What do you plan on doing with it?

Splitting, chopping etc?

[ruger#1]

The fiskars arnt bad with heavy use the handles can fail and the steel isn't as good. They will require more attention then a gransfors Bruks. The fiskars can do everything just fine but more prone to break with heavy use.To bad. Their warranty is second to none. I own three different sizes of them. Split a lot of maple,and birch.

[luckofthedraw]

My group of buds and I chop approx 20 chord/year. We all have owned various types over the years. The Fiskar long handle is slowly becoming the go too for all of us. If your a taller guy, the long handle is a necessity.

[J_06]

Like the quality and feel of my wetterlings. Nice axes.

[M.Dean]

Last year my axe handle broke I love that axe my favorite axe but now I have to buy a new one. What do u suggest Jeez, maybe I'm a tad behind the times here, you know, liv'in out of town and all, but when I break a axe handle, or my splitting maul handle, or hell, even my hammer handle, bout the last thing I'd do is ask what kind'a axe, and or handle I should buy on a public hunting web site? But, hey, like I said earlier in my comment here, I don't live in no fancy town or a big city, so I guess you folk do thing's a bit different than us Backward Ass Country F***'s. Good luck on pick'in out the right handle there. And, you mind if I asked were bout's you work Mr. boehm? Just wonder'in?

[KBC]

It's hard to find a decent handle here (I even started a thread a couple days ago looking for advice on where to go) I've been to 9 different stores in Langley in the past few days and there isn't a handle for my double bit axe head at any of them.

[.264winmag]

Want an axe for a lifetime? Get yourself some solid bar stock aluminum shaped to fit in an axe head, I like the 10# Trojan. Had one built 14 years ago when I was still cutting shake blocks. Can't break it. Back in those days I used to be able to bitch slap them wood handles to pieces at will. Make the handle short too, better aim and less chance of nutting yourself. I prefer 24". Can't remember what I used to shape the handle to my liking but aluminum is very easy to work with, band saw a couple inch slot for wedges to go inside head to keep tight.

[REMINGTON JIM]

Want an axe for a lifetime? Get yourself some solid bar stock aluminum shaped to fit in an axe head, I like the 10# Trojan. Had one built 14 years ago when I was still cutting shake blocks. Can't break it. Back in those days I used to be able to bitch slap them wood handles to pieces at will. Make the handle short too, better aim and less chance of nutting yourself. I prefer 24". Can't remember what I used to shape the handle to my liking but aluminum is very easy to work with, band saw a couple inch slot for wedges to go inside head to keep tight.

Hey Got a picture i would like to see it - THKs ;-) RJ

[.264winmag]

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h325/Doubleheader2/CAE3BB4D-5E74-4A03-8EB1-DAD36347C0B7.jpg (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/Doubleheader2/media/CAE3BB4D-5E74-4A03-8EB1-DAD36347C0B7.jpg.html)
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h325/Doubleheader2/B9D51588-83C8-4BE4-BFA3-10B88F8082BA.jpg (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/Doubleheader2/media/B9D51588-83C8-4BE4-BFA3-10B88F8082BA.jpg.html)
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h325/Doubleheader2/9B08EB74-AF34-4CBA-88D3-66DB7A5D5A9C.jpg (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/Doubleheader2/media/9B08EB74-AF34-4CBA-88D3-66DB7A5D5A9C.jpg.html)

[.264winmag]

Thing has split hundreds of cords, literally.
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h325/Doubleheader2/910634E8-511F-4874-8987-A05A87E8A318.jpg (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/Doubleheader2/media/910634E8-511F-4874-8987-A05A87E8A318.jpg.html)

[REMINGTON JIM]

NEVER seen a handle like that before makes sense TUFFer then Hell fir sure and thats a LOT of wood too ! :smile: RJ

[pin_head]

That's a bad ass piece right there.

Brad

[BgBlkDg]

Very impressed, this is what I enjoy most about HBC, the exchange of experience-based practical info. by those who do things.

What weight is your axehead?

[.264winmag]

I believe it's a 10# head, more of a chopping style axe but it'll power through anything. We used to call em 'Trojan' heads, but mine is stamped 'Hytest'

[TyTy]

Iltis, look at cascade marine and supply in Chilliwack, or order from IRL in prince George. Might find at Lee Valley as well

[TyTy]

Cascade and IRL also carry handles. Home Hardware has good handles sometimes.

[suburbanpat]

Just bought a wetterlings. She's a beauty. Even fits in my day pack which is a huge plus. Handle is well designed. Maybe do some digging and see if you can order a handle from them to put on your axe head.

[lostmind]

Only problem I have with the fiskars is that the head is made of some pretty soft metal. But side by side with other axes and it splits better and is easier to swing...

[Banjo]

Mikey, I will rehandle your axe. You crazy if you are buying a new one. Unless it's one of those plastic shits.
Granfors or Hultafors or Husqvarna or Wetterlings.
Any of those Swedes are good but hard to find.

Or even better you buy the new axe and give me the old axe head and I will rehandle it for myself :mrgreen:

Black bear distributors in langley carries the Hultafors

[okas]

i have a very old estwing /spelling ?/ seen all the cool stuff but no thankyou my dad has one all so, he is 82 and i really do not think anyone has his miles on a axe ..
can not wait to heal up as Netfex and this site are consuming me :roll: