Thread: A word to the wise. Quality axes

Originally Posted by Shelley

I have the biggest of the ones you show, you are right about it being handy and taking a nice edge, I also am in the process of restoring my grandfathers old 1950’s Plumb, handle has long gone and was so rusty I did not even know it was a Plumb when I started, but it’s getting there.

My latest axe is a Tuatahi Work Axe, it has redefined for me what an axe can be, it’s not light (3.1 kg), and came unvarnished so just going through the linseed regime (once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, repeat). The handle is a little on the rough side, but that should aid in grip, if it produces any hot spots I will sand it a tad.
The edge is unbelievable 11 degrees per side, it easily slices paper like one of my knives.

Truely a thing of beauty and power...not cheap though, for the price of this I could get 11 axes at mitre10...of course then I would have 11 crap axes.

I can second the Tuatahi quality. I thought I knew my axes until I bought a Tuatahi!

Funny I was just talking about Vikings and this thread jumps up

Originally Posted by Southcity

I can second the Tuatahi quality. I thought I knew my axes until I bought a Tuatahi!

Saw one of those axes the other weekend by an old axeman and farmer. Never thought an axe could be sharper than a cutthroat razor.

Have any of you fulla's got the large splitting axe? Had a look at one this morning and wasn't entirely convinced. Nice looking axe but didn't have much weight to it and had a rather slim blade. Quite the opposite to an american(?) maul. Looks like it would get jammed quite easily in some of the knottier stuff. Thought I'd ask on here before I forked out for one.