The axe handle is just in rough design phase right now being made from a piece of apple. I am going with a shorter around 10 inches of working handle total length is just about a foot. I tend to choke up on it more anyways when carving and with the light head it will do just fine. This is strictly a carving hatchet. The head is a craftsman to those wondering have not weighed it but guessing just around a little over a pound. Also a birch spatula for my kit
“I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life.... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.” ~Frank Sinatra~
" Nessmuk " says:
" We do not go to the woods to rough it ; we go to
smooth it — we get it rough enough in town. But
let us live the simple, natural life in the woods, and
Bit of an update todays work just some rough axe shaping and a bit of detail shaping started with my Moras
“I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life.... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.” ~Frank Sinatra~
" Nessmuk " says:
" We do not go to the woods to rough it ; we go to
smooth it — we get it rough enough in town. But
let us live the simple, natural life in the woods, and
did some test fitting on it today working the neck down for head fitting so far so good. got a lot more work on the main handle but she feels really good well balanced to.
“I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life.... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.” ~Frank Sinatra~
" Nessmuk " says:
" We do not go to the woods to rough it ; we go to
smooth it — we get it rough enough in town. But
let us live the simple, natural life in the woods, and
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