http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Axe.jpg
I bought this at a garage sale as a present to my son. I already have
a perfect Russian made carpenting axe, but this one seemed like it was
made for actually using it, was in a good shape and the price was
right. So it is a present to my 6 y.o. son, whom I will teach to use
it safely. I already sharpened it on a bench grinder.
My question is, do you have any idea who may have made it and what is
its intended use. My guess is carpenting but I do not know that too
well.
thanks
i
On 2 Sep, 15:14, Ignoramus20336 <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Yes, looks like this is "it". Thanks a lot. That's exactly what I
> wanted. It is a very multi-purpose axe.
It's quite different to those Gr=E4nsfors axes.
Firstly, this is a carpenter's axe not a carver's axe. A carver's axe
has a prominently curved edge, a general purpose (or carpenter's axe)
has a straight edge, or a straight edge with crowned corners.
Secondly the shape of the eye is different. Swedish axes usually have
a flat top edge here, so the head is asymmetric and the top of the
handle is nearly flush with the neck of the blade. A Kent pattern is
symmetrical, so the neck is some way below the handle and the cheeks
of the eye are raised up above it. Kent cheeks are also triangular,
so the handle is usually left quite some way above the eye.
On 3 Sep, 16:06, Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2 Sep, 15:14, Ignoramus20336 <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes, looks like this is "it". Thanks a lot. That's exactly what I
> > wanted. It is a very multi-purpose axe.
>
> It's quite different to those Gr=E4nsfors axes.
>
> Firstly, this is a carpenter's axe not a carver's axe. A carver's axe
> has a prominently curved edge, a general purpose (or carpenter's axe)
> has a straight edge, or a straight edge with crowned corners.
>
> Secondly the shape of the eye is different. Swedish axes usually have
> a flat top edge here, so the head is asymmetric and the top of the
> handle is nearly flush with the neck of the blade. A Kent pattern is
> symmetrical, so the neck is some way below the handle and the cheeks
> of the eye are raised up above it. Kent cheeks are also triangular,
> so the handle is usually left quite some way above the eye.
I agree with you,Andy!
on 9/1/2007 10:21 PM Ignoramus8581 said the following:
> http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Axe.jpg
>
> I bought this at a garage sale as a present to my son. I already have
> a perfect Russian made carpenting axe, but this one seemed like it was
> made for actually using it, was in a good shape and the price was
> right. So it is a present to my 6 y.o. son, whom I will teach to use
> it safely. I already sharpened it on a bench grinder.
>
> My question is, do you have any idea who may have made it and what is
> its intended use. My guess is carpenting but I do not know that too
> well.
>
> thanks
>
> i
>
That's what we here in the US would call a Tomahawk. :-)
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
Ignoramus8581 wrote:
> http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Axe.jpg
>
> I bought this at a garage sale as a present to my son. I already have
> a perfect Russian made carpenting axe, but this one seemed like it was
> made for actually using it, was in a good shape and the price was
> right. So it is a present to my 6 y.o. son, whom I will teach to use
> it safely. I already sharpened it on a bench grinder.
>
> My question is, do you have any idea who may have made it and what is
> its intended use. My guess is carpenting but I do not know that too
> well.
It looks like a copy of the axe young George Washington used to chop down
the cherry tree.
I'm quite proud of the fact that I own Washington's axe! Passed down to me
through eleven generations. In the intervening 267 years, the axe has had
seven new handles and two new heads. Other than that, it's the original.
"Ignoramus8581" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Axe.jpg
>
> I bought this at a garage sale as a present to my son. I already have
> a perfect Russian made carpenting axe, but this one seemed like it was
> made for actually using it, was in a good shape and the price was
> right. So it is a present to my 6 y.o. son, whom I will teach to use
> it safely. I already sharpened it on a bench grinder.
>
> My question is, do you have any idea who may have made it and what is
> its intended use. My guess is carpenting but I do not know that too
> well.
>
> thanks
>
> i
======>And what's your six year old son planning to make with this axe?
Seems a tad young to be handling such a potentially dangerous tool.
Leif
"willshak" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> on 9/1/2007 10:21 PM Ignoramus8581 said the following:
>> http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Axe.jpg
>>
>> I bought this at a garage sale as a present to my son. I already have
>> a perfect Russian made carpenting axe, but this one seemed like it was
>> made for actually using it, was in a good shape and the price was
>> right. So it is a present to my 6 y.o. son, whom I will teach to use
>> it safely. I already sharpened it on a bench grinder.
>> My question is, do you have any idea who may have made it and what is
>> its intended use. My guess is carpenting but I do not know that too
>> well.
>> thanks
>>
>> i
>>
>
> That's what we here in the US would call a Tomahawk. :-)
>
> --
>
> Bill
> In Hamptonburgh, NY
> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
See
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=20129&cat=1,41131,43408&ap=1
It looks like a
B. Swedish Carving Axe
The carving axe, with its design based on traditional Swedish carving
techniques, is good for roughing large carvings and architectural work. It
has a 4-1/2" single-bevel face, a 14-1/2" long handle and a 2 lb head.
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:21:59 -0500, Ignoramus8581
<[email protected]> wrote:
>http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Axe.jpg
Looks like a fairly-common English-made axe with a head of the "Kent"
pattern. If it's old, then it might be of iron, forge-welded to a steel
insert for the edge. The handle is a poorly-shaped replacement which
puts the edge in the wrong position relative to your hand.
It's a general purpose axe, rather than a specifically shaped one for
carpentry.
It's not a tomahawk. A tomahawk head is of quite a distinctive form.
On Sun, 2 Sep 2007 00:04:12 -0300, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> See
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=20129&cat=1,41131,43408&ap=1
> It looks like a
> B. Swedish Carving Axe
> The carving axe, with its design based on traditional Swedish carving
> techniques, is good for roughing large carvings and architectural work. It
> has a 4-1/2" single-bevel face, a 14-1/2" long handle and a 2 lb head.
>
>
Yes, looks like this is "it". Thanks a lot. That's exactly what I
wanted. It is a very multi-purpose axe.
i
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 19:10:46 -0700, Leif Thorvaldson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "Ignoramus8581" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Axe.jpg
>>
>> I bought this at a garage sale as a present to my son. I already have
>> a perfect Russian made carpenting axe, but this one seemed like it was
>> made for actually using it, was in a good shape and the price was
>> right. So it is a present to my 6 y.o. son, whom I will teach to use
>> it safely. I already sharpened it on a bench grinder.
>>
>> My question is, do you have any idea who may have made it and what is
>> its intended use. My guess is carpenting but I do not know that too
>> well.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> i
>
>======>And what's your six year old son planning to make with this axe?
> Seems a tad young to be handling such a potentially dangerous tool.
>
He will use it under adult supervision at first (my
supervision). An axe is a tool that one learns how to use, by doing.
i