>>1060695Hudson bayfag here.
If you're having trouble using your axe for carpentry, the best thing you can do is reprofile. The shoulder between the primary bevel and edge is what dictates the angle you can comfortably use the blade at. You can remove metal to convex, put a more acute edge on, or go full scandi/convex scandi. Ultimately you just need a more acute edge, though. Axes can go quite low.
I bought this thing to play around with, mostly because it has plenty of room to mess around reprofiling before the head is useless. I moved the edge back to full scandi and it is an absolute monster at making pegs, feathersticking and the like now. Chops well too, I use it mostly for limbing.
And yeah, after reading reviews online about wetterlings I'm kind of disappointed in what I've ordered. Seems like they don't season their wood before turning out handles, there are hundreds of posts about heads coming off out of the box which can only come from using poorly dried wood. The steel is the same recycled stuff that gransfors uses, so at least the head will be useable. I'll just have to see if the handle falls off when I unpack it.
Might be a bit more work before I can have my every-axe. Have to grab an X15 to get work done until it's ready, I think.
