The someday Siberian hand-forged Axe
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:04 am
This thread is NOT in competition with the cool-looking 
Gränsfors Bruk axe, which TNman posted in another thread. Rather, it's some info and photos about an axe I'd someday like to own.
What I most enjoyed an axe for was chopping firewood. Years ago when living in central IL, I had a great cooking stove in my house, and each year built up a cord of wood for wintertime. One summer a tornado rampaged through a number of residential home blocks, which had beautiful, mature trees. The folk were glad to have anyone pick up the scattered limbs and downed trunks. I was one of those glad to help them, and help me. Always worked my wood with a chain saw, a full-sized splitting axe, a sledge, and a splitting chisel. My second axe use was with a smaller, hand-held axe for the camping trips we took, prepping outdoor fires and making wood tent stakes, and so on.
I've been looking at this Siberian hand-forged axe for quite a while, but it remains on that someday bucket list. The ancient design is of a traditional, long-bearded Slavic/Viking axe. Axe head is 6" long with a 12" long hickory handle. The leather sheath is treated with oils and beeswax. I like the look of the bearded, rough-hewn axe head. It doesn't carry the smooth, slicker look of many modern-day axe heads you'd see in a hardware store. The more the "old-world" look, the more my glance settles in!
Here are some web photos of this someday axe. Enjoy.
PT7
Gränsfors Bruk axe, which TNman posted in another thread. Rather, it's some info and photos about an axe I'd someday like to own. What I most enjoyed an axe for was chopping firewood. Years ago when living in central IL, I had a great cooking stove in my house, and each year built up a cord of wood for wintertime. One summer a tornado rampaged through a number of residential home blocks, which had beautiful, mature trees. The folk were glad to have anyone pick up the scattered limbs and downed trunks. I was one of those glad to help them, and help me. Always worked my wood with a chain saw, a full-sized splitting axe, a sledge, and a splitting chisel. My second axe use was with a smaller, hand-held axe for the camping trips we took, prepping outdoor fires and making wood tent stakes, and so on.
I've been looking at this Siberian hand-forged axe for quite a while, but it remains on that someday bucket list. The ancient design is of a traditional, long-bearded Slavic/Viking axe. Axe head is 6" long with a 12" long hickory handle. The leather sheath is treated with oils and beeswax. I like the look of the bearded, rough-hewn axe head. It doesn't carry the smooth, slicker look of many modern-day axe heads you'd see in a hardware store. The more the "old-world" look, the more my glance settles in!
Here are some web photos of this someday axe. Enjoy.
PT7
