Thread: A word to the wise. Quality axes

I have done paracord wraps on my axes the one that lives in the jimny and on my little camping trailer easy to do

I bought the foresters / limbing axe after reading this thread. There were only two in the store to choose from and I grabbed the one with the better handle.
What I did notice was that the cutting edge was slightly out of line with the line of the handle - just the way that the head was ground, not the casting. Anyway it took quite a bit of work to true it up, probably an hour on top of the shaping work. I am very happy with the end result - even mixed a little stain into the linseed oil and rubbed some blueing paste over the draw-filing.
If I was buying another I would take a couple of lengths of 4x2 timber and a G clamp with me and sit each short-listed axe's cutting edge in the crack between the two boards to check that it is true to the line of the handle before making the final choice.