Do you have a "good axe"?

I have an Estwing axe and a couple of hatchets. They’re ok but that’s about it.

Stupid spell check. Jackets for hatchets.

Yep, uncle was a black smith.

And we've been handing them down to keep'em in the family.

Yes, a Council Velvet Cut 4lb felling axe

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I have one of these, too, it’s a short handled fricker though, 2.5lb maybe?

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I have one of these, too, it’s a short handled fricker though, 2.5lb maybe?

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Sounds about right. They made a somewhat smaller model that was very popular. I was given one in Boy Scouts back in the day. Good for chopping and kindling work.

You could spend hundreds on a gransfors

I'll see what models I have tomorrow. I have a splitting maul and a regular 3lb chopping axe. Both are old and abused and still just fine.

They are not sexy like a gransfoes, and there's legitimate arguments that a hardwood handle is better. I personally like the utility and the value of the fiskars much more. They're indestructible. You don't have to wince when you overswing and smack the handle.

Fiskars is very nice for the money imo.

Council tools makes a badass axe for the money. Still made in America I think.

I have this one laying around somewhere. Whenever I bought mine I'd done a lot of reading on them and joined a few axe groups on Facebook. The council tools axe was reccomended a lot.

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I have double bit Michigan Axe from my grandfather in Michigan. I don't use it. I use a splitting maul for splitting wood and other tools for trimming branches. Hatchet for splitting kindling.