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Long Lightweight Axes (Not Hatchets)?

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2022 20:09:07 No.2458012 View View Reply Original Report

Are there any companies that make lightweight almost full size axes like the Estwing 26" that don't use wood for the handle? It's long enough to be used in a full swing like a regular axe, but not short like a hatchet, and lighter than most axes. Is Estwing the gold standard or are there other companies that make similar sized all steel axes?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2022 20:53:40 No.2458047 Report

Quoted By: >>2458094 >>2458109

why though

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2022 21:01:59 No.2458055 Report

Quoted By: >>2458111

>>2458012
I have an all steel double faced axe, heavy.
I like my fiskars axe, it's light and razor sharp.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2022 21:16:44 No.2458065 Report

Quoted By: >>2458113

>>2458012
>that don't use wood for the handle?
you probably don't wanna hear this but the fiskars x10. I think the x7 is more similar to the one with the X on top. the x10 is 17"/45cm long head included

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2022 22:11:53 No.2458094 Report

Quoted By: >>2458110

>>2458047
So you can swing like a man

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2022 23:00:41 No.2458109 Report

Quoted By: >>2458112

>>2458047
Full swing, without the extra weight of a firefighters axe.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2022 23:00:42 No.2458110 Report

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>>2458094
op thinks a wood handle is too heavy, do you really think he's going to be playing lumberjack

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2022 23:01:41 No.2458111 Report

Quoted By: >>2459074

>>2458055
How many inches?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2022 23:01:43 No.2458112 Report

Quoted By:

>>2458109
touch grass

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2022 23:02:42 No.2458113 Report

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>>2458065
I'll check them out. Any particular Fiskar axe you recommend?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 04:26:36 No.2458261 Report

Quoted By: >>2458329

Gerber and fiskars. It's the same shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 05:37:05 No.2458285 Report

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That’s not wood, it’s lacquered leather. Absorbs vibration much better than wood and probably much better than rubber. It’s basically a bunch of dollar coin sized leather plugs about a quarter inch thick that have a slit in the middle. They slide them down over the handle of the hatchet. They are compressed down and then the base plate is fixed on. They smooth it out using a barrel grinder or belt grinder then lacquer it to harden/water proof it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 06:51:38 No.2458315 Report

Quoted By: >>2458317 >>2458536 >>2458620

you cant buck with a full length handle unless you are 6foot3. get a 60cm handle boys axe or forest axe its much more practical and controllable.
the extra power from a longer handle doesnt mean you cut down the tree any faster because you have to lever it unstuck every swing. even if its a wide angle wedge to stop it getting stuck you lose the penetration and all that extra power was for nothing just bonking the tree and wasting energy.
accuracy is important too you've gotta put cuts in accurately to pop out chips and long handles make you less accurate

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 06:56:09 No.2458317 Report

Quoted By: >>2458322 >>2458620

>>2458315
OK manlet

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Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 07:01:15 No.2458322 Report

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>>2458317
even if you are tall a long axe isnt good for bucking/underhand, a lot of the power comes from swinging your torso down too. if its too long you cant go down the whole way

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 07:24:33 No.2458329 Report

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>>2458261
no, Gerber has much worse QC

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 14:38:30 No.2458536 Report

Quoted By: >>2458620 >>2458729

>>2458315
Doesn't sound true. Not sure why you think getting a bigger and better swing isn't going to chop down a tree much faster.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 16:24:28 No.2458620 Report

Quoted By: >>2458628

>>2458315
>>2458317
>>2458536
Shorter is in fact better. 28" is ideal for most people when bucking up to 12" logs while standing on the ground behind it. 36" handles are for felling and bucking large trees and unless you are standing on top of the log they are super cumbersome to use for bucking, less powerful and accurate than the shorter handles. video related is where 'full sized' 36" comes in superior https://youtu.be/OFu87e2bfqE

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 16:33:51 No.2458628 Report

Quoted By: >>2458704

>>2458620
That's why I posted the the Estwing. The Estwing is 26", but am looking to see if anyone has found anything better. I use a saw for cutting once the tree is on the ground. I'm looking for something long enough and comfortable to swing sideways to fell the tree.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 19:13:13 No.2458704 Report

Quoted By: >>2458720 >>2458901 >>2459011

>>2458628
Why are ypu obsessed with not using wood handles for actually felling trees? Do you want tennis elbow or what?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 19:33:17 No.2458720 Report

Quoted By:

>>2458704
He's a hipster

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 19:49:47 No.2458729 Report

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>>2458536
because theres a limit on how deep you can cut based on friction and reaction force, you get diminishing returns with heavier more powerful swings otherwise you could just use some 30kg monstrosity and cut the tree in one swing, but you can't so its better to just use something small and accurate and save your body

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 19:59:07 No.2458743 Report

Quoted By: >>2459077

Fiskars 28" chopping axe/thread

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 20:33:48 No.2458770 Report

Quoted By: >>2458777

>SO THAT'S YOUR AXE HUH? DOES THE JOB JUST FINE, HAD IT FOR MANY YEARS, NEVER LET YOU DOWN? YOUR AXE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH, RIGHT???

>WRONG!!!!!

>INTRODUCING
>THE NEW ARCHWOOD SPLITTING, CHOPPING, DO-IT-ALL AXE, SLAMDUNK EDITION
>WITH ITS 65" BENDOFLEX HANDLE, ENSURES MAXIMUM SWING POWER AND RESPONSIVENESS

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Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 20:42:29 No.2458777 Report

Quoted By: >>2458779 >>2458780

>>2458770
It exists, and its called the leveraxe bruh

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Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 20:43:31 No.2458779 Report

Quoted By: >>2458783 >>2458789

>>2458777

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 20:43:53 No.2458780 Report

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>>2458777
WHITNESSED

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Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 20:46:59 No.2458783 Report

Quoted By: >>2458785 >>2458789 >>2459096

>>2458779

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Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 20:48:10 No.2458785 Report

Quoted By: >>2458789

>>2458783

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 20:52:13 No.2458789 Report

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>>2458783
>>2458785
what the kek
>>2458779
AFAIK this one's legit, isn't it?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 21:20:06 No.2458804 Report

Quoted By: >>2458875 >>2458883 >>2458890

I have a Fiskars that I use, it's very very light and I just attach it to the side of my bag. Can confirm it works well; I've chopped down a number of trees with it and also cut my toe in half. Very cool.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 22:47:28 No.2458875 Report

Quoted By: >>2458946

>>2458804
Is that the 28" chopper? Ive got the hatchet and 2 splitters and am looking for a big felling axe, was thinking of getting the garant chainsaw

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 23:03:00 No.2458883 Report

Quoted By: >>2458888 >>2458946

>>2458804
>also cut my toe in half
I'm terrified of chopping into my leg with a hatchet. How'd that happen to you? Is it easy to fuck up or were you doing things wrong?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 23:07:26 No.2458888 Report

Quoted By: >>2458889 >>2458946

>>2458883
Not him but easy if you're stupid. I've see a drunk do it, he got in between 2 toes. The tip of the axe bounces off the back or side of what you're trying to split, or the log splits diagonally. This is why you are supposed to wear steel toes while splitting large amounts

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 23:09:29 No.2458889 Report

Quoted By: >>2458907 >>2458926 >>2458934

>>2458888
checked. does bending the knees and dropping down make this shit safe?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 23:10:05 No.2458890 Report

Quoted By: >>2458946

>>2458804
I'm sold. I'll be getting a Fiskar.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 23:24:17 No.2458901 Report

Quoted By: >>2459012

>>2458704
it's a teenager who's trying to fish on a blue board for vicarious anecdotes to supplement his absence of experience

he read on a forum somewhere that wood handles are bad and is waiting for someone to tell him what he wants to hear

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 23:31:17 No.2458907 Report

Quoted By:

>>2458889
Stand back as far as possible, yes knees should be bending down a bit on the down swing. Look up the propper techniques on YouTube anon, you don't want to hurt yourself innabush

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 00:28:22 No.2458926 Report

Quoted By:

>>2458889
yes https://youtu.be/qDUi_MsWFgk

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 01:11:51 No.2458934 Report

Quoted By:

>>2458889
ideally you only swing down straight from you face to between your legs. people bring it back to far to one side of their head which makes makes it a diagonal swing towards your leg. and when chopping verticals coming from too wide an angle which makes it deflect towards your leg if doing a downwards swing or towards your face if swinging up which isnt recommended for that reason and its not necessary you can fell with just horizontal and downwards swings.
always position your body so its out of the way of swings if you miss or deflect, theres no rush

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Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 01:31:40 No.2458946 Report

Quoted By: >>2458967

>>2458875
yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the 28"
>>2458883
I was just being a moron desu. Tired after a long day of lumberjacking, I just dropped a tree and was starting to clear the limbs off of it. Swung through a small limb and my stance wasn't wide enough so it went straight into my big toe, cutting down to the bone. I also should've been wearing steel toes, but I didn't wanna hike into the woods and stuff wearing them -- just being lazy. The doctor said it would've gone through a steel toe based on the damage it did, which I kinda doubt, but it certainly would've helped. I now usually wear my normal hiking boots and carry my steel toe work boots in my bag for this stuff. I have pics of the wound and aftermath/surgery but I don't know /out/'s policy on "gore." picrel is my boot.
>>2458888
yep, I was being stupid.
>>2458890
fuck yeah bro. I dig mine. good price, great performance, super lightweight, and it holds the edge pretty well

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 02:12:11 No.2458965 Report

Quoted By:

I also have a Fiskar, hatchet though. Really performs well, guessing the bigger sizes are also good.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 02:14:09 No.2458967 Report

Quoted By: >>2458981

>>2458946
You should look into slip on steel toe covers

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 02:38:10 No.2458981 Report

Quoted By: >>2459313

>>2458967
professionals use chainmail can deflect the axe while still being breathable

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 03:57:24 No.2459011 Report

Quoted By: >>2459045

>>2458704
It’s not wood it’s stacked leather

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 03:58:27 No.2459012 Report

Quoted By: >>2459045

>>2458901
It’s not wood it’s stacked leather.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 04:01:12 No.2459015 Report

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It bothers me how many of you idiots don’t know that estwing doesn’t make wood handled hatchets and that the “wood” you keep talking about is stacked leather. Bunch of larpers screaming at each other about how much they know about shit.

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Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 04:02:30 No.2459016 Report

Quoted By: >>2459020 >>2459311

Anyone got experiences with these schrade axes? Only weights 2lb 19" long

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 04:25:18 No.2459020 Report

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>>2459016
Looks like it's only useful as hatchet

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 06:00:20 No.2459045 Report

Quoted By: >>2459095

>>2459011
>>2459012
Blue cheese has mold in it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 07:28:44 No.2459074 Report

Quoted By:

>>2458111
The fiskars is about 28inces long.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 07:34:18 No.2459077 Report

Quoted By:

>>2458743
This right here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 09:15:43 No.2459095 Report

Quoted By: >>2459114 >>2459121

>>2459045
all cheese has mould in it thats literally how its made. so does bread, beer and anything else fermented

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 09:21:48 No.2459096 Report

Quoted By:

>>2458783
Well that's one way to guarantee a life changing injury while /out/

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 10:37:51 No.2459114 Report

Quoted By:

>>2459095
>joke
>your head
You're also wrong, fermentation is mostly done with bacteria.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 11:01:59 No.2459121 Report

Quoted By:

>>2459095
Is joke buddy.
>all cheese has mould in it thats literally how its made.
No, cheese is fermented with bacteria. Many of them will have mold added afterwards but not all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 16:18:43 No.2459311 Report

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>>2459016
Looks like it has no weight on it for the deep cut. This is why axes have a girthy and weighty end to it to cut deep. It's alright for trimming branches off a tree or debarking a tree or something. You're going to have a bad time chopping something thick though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 16:19:54 No.2459313 Report

Quoted By: >>2459389 >>2459423 >>2459467 >>2459479 >>2459518

>>2458981
Do they make these for over the boots/shoes? Seems kind of annoying to have to wear them underneath.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 18:13:00 No.2459389 Report

Quoted By:

>>2459313
Stop being a pussy

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 19:12:09 No.2459423 Report

Quoted By:

>>2459313
It's retarded to wear them underneath, get a slip on plate and protect your boot too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 19:50:57 No.2459467 Report

Quoted By:

>>2459313
then you would be standing on the metal and have no grip, goes inside so you can still use the soles/spikes of your boot

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 20:00:47 No.2459479 Report

Quoted By:

>>2459313
Just look up safety toe covers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 20:36:34 No.2459518 Report

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>>2459313
I use two XVI century codpieces (milsurp)

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