>>427696>Put it in the oven at like 200 deg. Take it out with a towel and rub with beeswax.>>434505>People say a sharp axe is safer than a dull one. Um...no. You have zero room for error with a razor sharp axe.So much stupidity, so few words. Be proud, anons, and go back to whence you came. Your mission is done here. Our minds are all a little weaker having read that. Heating the axe handle will accelerate drying and loss of the natural wood oils you want to keep in there. Use boiled linseed oil instead. A dull axe or a sharp axe will fuck you up if you miss and get yourself with it, but a sharp axe is far less likely to fail to bite into whatever you're chopping and bounce into some body part you don't want cut.
>>426668OP, a boy's axe is probably a good way to go. 2.5 lb head and the handle length you want. It's not a full size axe by about a pound, but it's very capable and fits on a pack. Pardon the angle of pic related, it makes the blade look a little more crooked than it is and I've sharpened it and corrected that last bit of edge curvature since this picture was taken. Find a nice axe head at a garage sale and put a handle on it yourself if you have some time, a file or some sandpaper, and a hammer. It's not hard and you'll get the exact combination you want.
