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Originally Posted by Worth1
Hellmanns who makes your axe and hatchet heads?
You as well as I know the ones they sell now are junk for one reason or another.
Some of the steel is so hard it will ruin a file.
Others are just ground wrong.
I am in the process of reshaping a hatchet right now to better suit my needs.
I also dont want to pay 200 dollars for an axe. 
I was also looking at axe handles and none of them were worth a darn.
Sort of like the gun stocks they have now with the grain running the wrong way at the grip.
I wish I still had my old Plumb hatchet I had when I was a kid. 
Worth |
All I have are vintage axes and hatchets from the heydays. That old steel, and american craftsmanship are still unequaled today in my honest opinion.
I love the old Plumbs, and own several. My favorite Plumb pattern is the "cedar pattern", I have several of these in various weights. Here is Plumb boyscout hatchet in the cedar pattern. I just made the handle for it a few months ago.
Here is another cedar pattern Plumb from around the 1920's or 30's. The pattern was actually invented in Kerrville, Texas in the 20's to eradicate cedar.
