>>1804076Generally around 20-25dps (40-50 degrees total). I just measured the 4 axes I have on hand that I sharpened. The CRKT Tomahawk and my Hults Bruk Kalix (too right) are just around 20ish dps.
The larger head in the middle is Thicker and heavier, more for splitting, that one is 25dps. The head in the bottom right is a Snow&Neally Hudson Bay ax that is about 19dps. I sharpened it at 15dps just to see how it would handle it and the edge was rolling and chipping really bad, so I put that 19dps secondary bevel on and it has not had any issues yet.. granted I only used it a few times before the handle I put on it broke because I did a bad job mounting it.
Getting the angle exact is not that important. In general, for most non-Swedish axes/hawks you can just take off a lot more material than you think you need to because they are way too thick from factory. If you notice the edge is getting damaged often, just sharpen at a bit thicker angle on the stone, and see if that works out better. With that Hudson Bay ax I sharpened to thin, the bevel was strong enough, but the actual edge apex was too thin and did not have enough stability to support the leading edge so it failed. But I can keep the thin bevel, just had to put a thicker edge on the bevel, this is called a microbevel.
Sorry that turned into a rant
