Paul Cardin (Never Was An Arrow II)
::: GRÄNFORS BRUK Small Forest Axe…because Genuine Norlands are a distant memory ~
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THE INEXPERIENCED MAN does the same thing every time—he buys a hardware store axe.
If one is going to do any amount of enjoyable camping, or hiking, and one needs to build a fire, or the framework for a shelter, one should be duty-bound to buy oneself a decent axe.
Do YOURSELF a favour.
For once, just this ONCE…buy yourself a quality tool.
A hardware store axe is all wrong.
Blunt, broad bladed, and made of cheap, brittle steel.
Junk. Disposable.
A GOOD GENERAL PURPOSE AXE is made of hand-forged quality steel by a professional blacksmith. He'll have his initials on it likely. It will have a hickory handle with woodgrain parallel to the axe blade. The handle will be long enough to allow for a powerful swing (18-22") but is still short enough to put conveniently in a pack. The blade will have its' own grain-leather sheath. A quality axe is a legacy tool, will survive lots of use, and can even be passed down from father to son.
Above all, a good axe is SHARP, and BITES DEEP into the wood.
You'll work a lot less.
Bushcrafters (survivalists), campers, and hunters, all need to collect and process wood. These small scale activities are ideally suited for an axe. Light hammering is also the default application of axes out in the woods. Nobody brings a hammer.
PICTURED ABOVE is my new Small Forest Axe made by Gränfors Bruk of Sweden. Forged by blacksmith CS (Christian Sjölund). It has a 19" handle and the axe head weighs 1.5 pounds. The handle received several Linseed Oil treatments by Barbara. Barb ALWAYS DOES precision work. Germans, and those descended from them, are naturally precise. Don't get a hack to treat that handle!
NEWSFLASH! The Small Forest is considered one of the best all-round, general purpose axes. Famed woodsman RAY MEARS prefers it above all his axes. The Small Forest Axe can fell a tree, and split wood down but does not specialize in either activity. It also is not a carving or a throwing axe.
The Small Forest Axe is sorta like a all-in-one hatchet, felling axe, and splitting maul. A steal at around $159 Canadian! Comes with the famous Gränfors Bruk Axe Book (a manual).
NOT available in hardware stores—anywhere.
ONLY found in specialty stores.
In the Toronto/GTA/ you'll find them HERE:
TORONTO - The Canadian Outdoor Equipment Co.: www.canadianoutdoorequipment.com/gransfors-bruks-small-fo...
VAUGHAN - Lee Valley Tools: www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=20129&cat=2,4...
::: GRÄNFORS BRUK Small Forest Axe…because Genuine Norlands are a distant memory ~
.
THE INEXPERIENCED MAN does the same thing every time—he buys a hardware store axe.
If one is going to do any amount of enjoyable camping, or hiking, and one needs to build a fire, or the framework for a shelter, one should be duty-bound to buy oneself a decent axe.
Do YOURSELF a favour.
For once, just this ONCE…buy yourself a quality tool.
A hardware store axe is all wrong.
Blunt, broad bladed, and made of cheap, brittle steel.
Junk. Disposable.
A GOOD GENERAL PURPOSE AXE is made of hand-forged quality steel by a professional blacksmith. He'll have his initials on it likely. It will have a hickory handle with woodgrain parallel to the axe blade. The handle will be long enough to allow for a powerful swing (18-22") but is still short enough to put conveniently in a pack. The blade will have its' own grain-leather sheath. A quality axe is a legacy tool, will survive lots of use, and can even be passed down from father to son.
Above all, a good axe is SHARP, and BITES DEEP into the wood.
You'll work a lot less.
Bushcrafters (survivalists), campers, and hunters, all need to collect and process wood. These small scale activities are ideally suited for an axe. Light hammering is also the default application of axes out in the woods. Nobody brings a hammer.
PICTURED ABOVE is my new Small Forest Axe made by Gränfors Bruk of Sweden. Forged by blacksmith CS (Christian Sjölund). It has a 19" handle and the axe head weighs 1.5 pounds. The handle received several Linseed Oil treatments by Barbara. Barb ALWAYS DOES precision work. Germans, and those descended from them, are naturally precise. Don't get a hack to treat that handle!
NEWSFLASH! The Small Forest is considered one of the best all-round, general purpose axes. Famed woodsman RAY MEARS prefers it above all his axes. The Small Forest Axe can fell a tree, and split wood down but does not specialize in either activity. It also is not a carving or a throwing axe.
The Small Forest Axe is sorta like a all-in-one hatchet, felling axe, and splitting maul. A steal at around $159 Canadian! Comes with the famous Gränfors Bruk Axe Book (a manual).
NOT available in hardware stores—anywhere.
ONLY found in specialty stores.
In the Toronto/GTA/ you'll find them HERE:
TORONTO - The Canadian Outdoor Equipment Co.: www.canadianoutdoorequipment.com/gransfors-bruks-small-fo...
VAUGHAN - Lee Valley Tools: www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=20129&cat=2,4...