>>944473>passed down to generationsIts a meme, son. Maybe vs. council tools yeah but in general, not great for these high end axes either. You can pass down any axe head that's made of decent steel.
Also the handles are specail. If you have to replace the handle, you either have to make one new yourself or buy one from the company. If in 50 years the company no longer sells this handle, tough luck, you have to make one from scratch.
>GB is the sweet spot for value in that departmentGo to a garage sale and find one marked US or Sweden or something. Those axes are going to be at least 50 years old and will last another hundred years if you want.
I'm saying this having bought a $200 axe. I usually end up using an old swedish axe I got from my grandpa because I don't have to care so much about it. I don't abuse my axes but sometimes its nice to be able to bring a bastard file to sharpen an axe rough in about 30 seconds rather than sharpen it using a stone for 20 minutes for fear of ruining a $200 axe.
Also before somebody says something about using a file to sharpen an axe, I don't have time to waste putting ridiculous amounts of time into my tools to preserve them for a bit longer when I can just go get a replacement every 5 or whatever years for basically no cost. I don't exclusively use a file, only if I can't do the same job with a stone in 1 or 2 minutes and only lightly. If a bastard file is good enough for the forest service, its good enough for me.
