Neanderpundit

Wednesday 29 Apr 2015

now i am depressed.

17 comments Og | Uncategorized

17 Responses to “now i am depressed.”

1. on 29 Apr 2015 at 7:16 am   Knuckelehead
   
   

   Can’t say I know anything about Granfors Bruks (other than a quick check on Amazon and seeing a $250 splitting axe). Seems a bit pricey but heh, if you got it might as well spend it for what you want or need.

   I do, however, have a pretty extensive collection of splitting stuff. I have an old, ordinary axe which doesn’t get much use since I rarely (as in NEVER) chop down trees. I split stuff cut with, mostly, chain saws. Splitting is done primarily with two tools.

   My favorite and most effective is my Fiskars X27. Love that thing. Cost me $5 IIRC. 4-lbs and blasts through most of what I scavenge better than anything I’ve ever owned.

   There are some rounds, however, which it can’t handle well beyond getting some purchase. For those I break out Big Bertha, and ordinary 8-lb mawl. Can’t even recall the brand. Cost maybe $15.

   But sometimes neither is right for the split at hand and then the choices are between the big ol’ blue Estwing splitting hatchet ($12?) and, when necessary, and an ordinary 2-kb hand sledge or the “wedge” (the head of an old, handleless, mawl, probably a 4-lb one that I found rusted up somewhere) hammered at with an ordinary old full-sized sledge hammer, almost certainly the same brand, whatever that is, as Big Bertha.

   And then, of course, there’s a pair of old roofers hatchets that don’t get much use except for the smallest stuff and even then just to let them know they are remembered and loved (they were Dad’s).

   What I’ve learned over the years is that danged Fiskars X27 is a great value and that is a good idea to work the files and stones to keep an edge on things, even the mauls and wedge.

   What does a typical Neanderthal use?

2. on 29 Apr 2015 at 7:17 am   Knuckelehead
   
   

   That’s $45, not $5, for the Fiskars X27. $$ well spent IMHO.

3. on 29 Apr 2015 at 9:58 am   Scott J
   
   

   Hipster…..axes?!

4. on 29 Apr 2015 at 10:15 am   Ken
   
   

   I’m too old to understand the last 4 words!

5. on 29 Apr 2015 at 10:22 am   Dogzard
   
   

   Are you talking about the ones made in Sweden? That place is on my list of sites to see, when I get to go play tourist. Businesses like that are fascinating to me.

6. on 29 Apr 2015 at 10:24 am   Og
   
   

   Yes, Scott, hipster….. axes.

7. on 29 Apr 2015 at 2:47 pm   Paul b
   
   

   Are those that hot splitting Axe?

8. on 29 Apr 2015 at 8:00 pm   og
   
   

   Knuckle: I have one of the baby Fiskars hatchets, and I like it just fine. It lives, actually, in my tacklebox. I just about bet it will outlive me. It was subject to a recall because it came with a knife in the handle, and you are supposed to take the knife out to use the axe.

   Duh.

9. on 30 Apr 2015 at 12:58 pm   Tam
   
   

   No, Granfors Bruks are “gentleman farmer” axes; Best Made are hipster axes.

   This ties into my “Leica:Axes” post.

   Photojournalist in ’67 with an M3 = some working lumberjack back in the day with whatever axe came from the local manufacturer

   Artsy amateur photographer in ’97 with an M6 = Gentleman farmer or “off-the-grid” hobbyist with a Granfors Bruks

   Some New York City hipster with a Leica M9 in ’15 = Some New York City hipster with a Best Made axe in 2015

10. on 30 Apr 2015 at 1:09 pm   Og
    
    

    Lol.

    Still, this is a guy who should be True Temper or Estwing all the way.

11. on 30 Apr 2015 at 2:09 pm   Tam
    
    

    When [rangefinders/axes] were replaced by [SLRs/chainsaws] as primary working tools, you gotta expect that those who continue to use the old tools as a hobby rather than a vocation are going to be a bit affected. ;)

12. on 30 Apr 2015 at 2:10 pm   Tam
    
    

    (And [film] and [digital] can be dropped in to sub for [rangefinders] and [SLRs] and it will still work. ;) )

13. on 30 Apr 2015 at 2:41 pm   Og
    
    

    Nice. Where does my 96 year old 2 man crosscut fit into this?

14. on 30 Apr 2015 at 8:22 pm   Tam
    
    

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feller_buncher

    :D

15. on 30 Apr 2015 at 8:49 pm   Og
    
    

    Lol. I was thinking, you can do the film 》》digital thing with other media too.Punch cards》paper tape》magnetic tape》magnetic disks》optical disks》solid state. In all those things, what is next?

16. on 02 May 2015 at 8:17 pm   Mikko
    
    

    …Granfors? Are they related to Gränsfors by chance? Well, Gränsfors is supposed to be value for money if you’re into log-size (and up) handcrafts on this side of the pond… not necessarily for splitting firewood.

17. on 02 May 2015 at 9:14 pm   Og
    
    

    No idea nor do I care. It is an affectation among most, and if the individual in question knoew how much he would melt it down.

Leave a Reply

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website