Axes and forestry tools post your things

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splitting some wood

>>1026330
So what you just bought it and had to take a pic for your bum buddies on Instagram?

>>1026333
Nice to see an axe that's actually used

>>1026362
no, pic's 2 years old now, and i took it for my bum buddies here on /out/.

>>1026366
So you posed your shiny new toy for the cham fags, nice. And before you even used it too.

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>>1026374
yep. :)

this series is breddy gud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcvHo_X3cqw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbUf-TJ9U54

>>1026380
Thanks anon.

>>1026333
Who was the retard who hung the handle on that thing?

>>1026330
Just because they say you can mount an 18" bar on it, doesn't mean you should.

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Dumping some pics of my saws

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The ms362 is a coworkers and the 550xp is my bosses which he lent me since i'm interested in either buying this one or the 545.

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Really neat saw for limbing, felling stuff up to evven 50-60cm in diameter and it's great for forest care light cutting bushes like hazel.

>>1026362
showing off wear and tear and bragging about how much you use your tools is also a form of attention whoring, dumbass

also, any dumbass can take a tool out for a few hours and get it dirty and worn out by abusing it enough or they could just be using their dads tools etc. to brag about how much work their doing. Just don't read too much into how new or old a tool looks, it doesn't mean a whole lot

if someone wants to take a picture of their new tool then that's perfectly within reason

>>1027668
me

>>1027668
I see nothing wrong with the handle except maybe it lacks a palm swell.

>>1027905
>showing off wear and tear and bragging about how much you use your tools is also a form of attention whoring, dumbass
More of being insecure. Sometimes an old and well used tool looks nice despite being used well just because it has an owner that doesn't abuse it and sometimes a brand new tool looks like it's 20 years old just because it has a dumb owner who abuses it and doesn't care for it.

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>>1028541
What is that tractor? Deutz?

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>>1028544

John Deere

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>>1027668
gonna show us a handle* you've hung then?

>pro tip it's called a haft not a handle, cunt

>also, not that anon, but you're insufferable.

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>>1026320
I just use my hands because I bring a tent and rocket stove and there's no reason for anything larger than this.

>>1028554
>you're insufferable.

Maximum irony.

>>1028566

What has camping got to do with this thread?

>>1027724
>shouldn't have an 18" bar
then i guess it's a good thing it came from the factory with a 20" bar

>>1028546
Nice! We use a Massey Ferguson 390 equipped with forestry upgrades.

>>1028675
Only in America. I actually went to my nearest Husqvarna retailer and looked at a few of their saws, the only 400 series saw that had a large bar was the 465 with a 20", the 435 had a 14", the 445 & 450 both had 15" bars which are the best size for their cc range. Hell i intend on putting a 15" bar on my 359 since i don't need the 18" i currently have on it.

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>>1028546
>>1028679
mechanical engineerfag here. I don't know fuckall about farming or forestry or whatever but I'm so enamored by heavy construction and farming equipment and how well that shit is perfected.

>>1028684
I'm still not hugely knowledgeable about tractors but goddamn there is something about the new Fendt, Deutz, John Deere, Massey or Zetor's that always gives me a boner.

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>>1026320
I tow my 6000w generator behind the ATV so I can recharge them.

What protective clothes do you loggers wear? I personally have the Husqvarna technical trousers & jacket, classic light and technical light gloves, treemme 1114 boots and the husqvarna helmet with 3m peltor optime III muffs and visor.

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How sexy are the new Husqy clothes
>inb4 shill
Not paid by Husqy (yet ;)

>>1028680
>hm, some invisible stranger on the internet says my bar's too big, i'd better take his opinion over the factory
or, ya know, yurop and murrica have different needs when it comes to chainsaws so they get equipped differently.

>>1028715

>needs

>>1028715
When they say max, it means it's the absolute max i.e it will take it, but it will struggle if you actually try to cut anything 20" in diameter.

>>1028706
Why not just go with corded versions if you are going to have a generator on hand?

>>1028715
>>1028734
>Needs
So you mean to tell me, you would fell a 20" diameter tree with a 50cc saw? Sure maybe a poplar or spruce, but the saw would struggle with oak, beech or maple.

>>1028707
I prefer protective chaps over regular pants, so if I put the saw down or climb to do some work in the canopy I can pop them off easily. I think my current ones are made by arborwear.

For me having legit saw tangling pants is the only piece of chainsaw specific safety gear needed. My gloves are just normal leather gloves...pants are either lightweight Kuhl if it is hot or Filson tin if not.

For hearing I go back and forth between over the ear peltors or in ear plugs. In ear plugs just feel better and usually have a higher NRR.

>>1028750

I'm the one who said >needs

I was joking.

For what it's worth I use use a 70cc saw with an 18 inch bar for almost everything including felling trees that are up to 36 inches in diameter because I know what I'm doing and I rarely come across large numbers of trees bigger than that which I need to fell.

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>>1028750
>need
yes. i bought it specifically to bring down and buck a 40" box elder. never missed a beat. and i buck 18-20" fir and pine all the time. it's a hell of a lot easier and faster to do one cut than two. i'm aggressive about keeping the chain sharp and it always runs like a dream.

>>1028708

Not as sexy as the current lot of Stihl ones if you ask me. I didn't rate the boots I had from Husky or Stihl though. My Husky helmet is top tier though.

>>1028684

It's true there are an epic amount of things you can put on a 3-point linkage on a tractor now. If you ever get the chance to drive or be trained on anything like that jump on it. It's a skill for life.

>>1028766
Personally i prefer Husqvarna's orange, gray and black but some of stihl's orange and tan look pretty nice and the XTREEm set looks really nice. As far as boots, Stihls are bottom shelf and suck and Husqvarna the only good ones are the technical ones, i'd rather get Andrew, Meindl or Haix boots for logging rather than Husqy or Stihls.

>>1028679
All I have on my JD is skid plates and forestry tyres. I wish I had the cool guards over the bonnet and roof but we can't justify the price just to put it on the winch tractor. It's on my boss' Valtra and it looks fucking epic.

>>1027668
it's a perfectly good black locust handle. it slides from the top of the axe
tell me what's wrong with it

>>1028772
We got the roll cage metal bar things on the front, cages on the doors and back window and a few other things, the MF is our winch tractor. What brand winch you guys use?

>>1028554
>pro tip it's called a haft not a handle, cunt

Pick up any few axe books written in English and, if you can read which you probably can't, you'll find the "handle" and "haft" used interchangeably with "handle" being most common.

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>>1028777
It looks like an animal chewed it to shape. Do you own a draw knife or a plane? Also, sliding in from the top of the axe is absurd.

Consider the possibility of a shape other than straight up and straight down. I don't like today's swoopy contoured handles but some bit of swell at the end facilitates proper technique.

Also consider trimming the handle flush with the eye. That way it is less covered in debris when you store it as in your photo. That and it will take less damage when you bash it into things, as that ridiculous metal collar suggests you do regularly.

>>1028810
Actually it's better to keep some wood overhang above the eye no matter how you hang the ax since it leaves extra wide material above the eye making it harder for the head to come off.

>>1028747
The generator is loud, so I only like to run it to charge the batteries.

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>>1028810
you must be new

>>1028832

Not any of the queers you're arguing with but that knot looks like it would be annoying as shit.

>>1028859
i've never felt it was there ever
you can actually learn to swing an axe without sliding your hand down the handle

>>1028810
You are fucking dumb. Don't ever comment on axes again. A splitting maul is supposed to have a haft as shown in the picture.

>>1026374
what is up with you my man
its just a /out/ thread, why you haff to be mad

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some pics from the woods

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>>1029545
75cm bar

>>1029545

What's happening here? Distilling pine tar or making charcoal or something?

I don't have any photos, but I have an axe that I got at an antique store for a couple bucks and fixed up, and an old ass Pioneer Chainsaw I got from my grandpa as a gift. I need to fix it up, it needs it's carb cleaned and I need to work on the tension spring

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>>1029597
charcoal

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>>1029606

>>1029545
Ive always wanted to be an angry smoke stack

>>1029543
What tractor is that?

>>1029548
For a 440?

>>1028750
Not that dude but out west I've never needed to cut hardwood, just pine and fir.

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>>1029545
>>1029606
>>1029607
could you combine a smokehouse operation with your charcoal makery and cash in on those big smoke dollas?

>>1030603
no that smoke is too hot it would cook the meat, and it's toxic and flamable
>>1030294
i have a 064 and i use a 50cm bar all the time. i don't even need a 75cm but i got it in a deal
i have several bars for a 070 i'll post them later
>>1030293
ursus c-360

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>>1030653
wait how is it more toxic than when I smoke in my smokey joe?

>>1028541
What winch you got on that bad boy?
>inb4 Krpan, the shittiest winches ever

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>>1030663
i suppose it's because when you are smoking meat you are burning wood
to make charcoal you don't burn wood, you heat it to burning temperatures but you take the air away. the smoke that comes out is carbon monoxide, water and the other volatile substances that are in the wood including composites of sulphur
if you condensate that smoke you get tar which is not the healthiest substance to have in your meat

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My weapons of choice

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>>1030653
old bars that haven't seen use in decades. for comparison stihl 064 with 50cm bar
my uncle used to hew railroad crossties on the spot with the saw and haul them away with horses

>>1030682
what's wrong with the krpan?

>>1030889
Husqy 365? Nice choice.

>>1030896
Not a bad choice for non-profi use, terrible for a professionals use. Their steel cable is poor quality and they tend to be really weak for their size.

Anyone know what's a good axe to get for a beginner /out/doorsman? I need one to chop wood for my firepit.

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Made this from a thick bar of tool steel one year while working at a summer camp that had a forge. Put an edge on it with an angle grinder, and it has replaced my hatchet and performed wonderfully. It's rude, crude, and effective.

R8 it.

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I have a vaguely axe related question. Are military shovels/entrenching tools potentially replacements for axes in a camping context or is their multifunctionality just a meme? What is the biggest thing i can expect to chop through with one? Are there any particular brands which I should look at if I want to get one?

>>1032783
Looks like poop. You could do a way better handle on it

>>1032978
Those arent made for chopping at all. Are you retarded? They are made for digging and maybe some shitty sawing.

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>>1032783
it's kind of a billhook
get a real one and you won't regret it

>>1032991
The handle is surprisingly comfortable, actually. It's just a thick piece of leather strap wrapped around the bar. the handle is about 1.3 inches/ 31 millimeters across, and .65 inches/ 11 millimeters thick. The leather strap stays in place perfectly well, and hasn't given me any issues with discomfort.

>>1033158
I goofed, it's .47 inches/ 12 mm thick. I just fuckin' woke up

>>1033159
but how did you heat treat it?

>>1033172
Thing is, I didn't. The steel alloy itself is tough as hell, even after forging. I've banged it against rock, brick walls. even iron structures and it hasn't been damaged. D2 tool steel is remarkable stuff.

>>1032993
I don't know which ones you've handled before but I know a few of them to have one side of the spade sharpened into an axe style blade with the other side serrated for sawing. The whole point is that its meant to be axe/saw/shovel/pick all in one.

>>1033243
yea but it's shit at all of them

>>1033247
It is however, much smaller than all of those together. The question is not whether it is a tool better than all of those dedicated ones, that would be retarded. The question is whether it is "good enough". A serrated shovel blade is many orders of magnitude better for sawing than your bare hands for instance. What i'm really asking is can I do all of the tasks necessary for camping/backpacking with this one small tool? Like chopping firewood, sawing branches, digging firepits/shelters/latrines in hard or soft ground. How much more effort /time would it cost me to use this instead of dedicated tools?

>>1033260
no you can't, i wouldn't even bother
if you use it for digging once you will completely mess up the saw which already looks like a shit saw, probably completely dull from the factory and the sheet metal is too soft anyway
you can use it to hack branches with it but it looks flimsy. maybe one of the more robust military versions can be used in case you really need to do it but they are very bad at it and will dull quickly. i have a czech folding military shovel and shoveling is what i use it for, i keep it in my car for when i get stuck
the only good thing about it is that it is compact, lightweight and you can also lock it 90° so you use it as a hoe

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>>1033272
this is the thing i have, it fits all in that pouch
the handle is a hollow metal pipe that unscrews at the middle, you can stick a branch in it eventually so you have a long handle

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>>1033273
>looks flimsy
>looks like a shit saw
What tool even are you looking at? That image I posted? That was just the first piece of shit on google images i saw. My whole point is to look for a quality one, not the multitude of tacticool shit ones like what i posted a pic of. It's hardly fair to compare the shit quality entrenching tools to the good quality dedicated tools. That's like saying all electric cars are awesome compared to traditional ones by comparing a top of the line Tesla to a Lada.

I remember ages ago seeing that entertaining propaganda video of the chinese military shovel but I'm automatically skeptical of the real quality there. It'd be interesting to hear from someone who's actually handled one though. And if maintaining sharpness is an issue then I could get around that by carrying a whetstone. I'd probably have one anyway for my knife so it's no extra weight/bulk.

>>1033312
They are shit. That's the thing. If you are going to argue with everyone then go buy one and regret it, cunt. Don't ask for opinions/advice then reject all the opinions/advice that people give.

im visiting sweden atm and i kinda want to buy a nice axe, but i also dont have much money. watdo

Ontario or tramontina machete? I live in Florida I'd that influences it at all.

>>1034431
Hultafors, Husqvarna or Jonsered ax.

> going pick up a trailer full of firewood later
fuck you its related

>>1034439
Ontario is thick and rigid and is more like a giant knife.

Tramoncina is a traditional thin and springy machete

Both completely different from one another.

>>1034633
Which is better for florida brush and maybe some thin branches and small trees?

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>>1034555
can second the hultafors
great axe, but the handle might need a bit of work to get it where you want it

been in the woods today
we fell, winched, cut and split firewood in the forest and my job was to split all of it to stove sized pieces
i split about 5m^3

how much can you people split in a day? i think i can do up to 8 cubic metres under ideal conditions

>>1034826
i'm easily bored so i can maybe split 3-4 logs at a time.

>>1034672
In my area brush is hard and twisted so the Ontario works better.
The thinner Tramontina sometimes gets deflected by twisted wood.

The Ontario is also more tiring to use but its not bad.
You can't really pinch the handle and flick it like a normal machete.
You have to use your shoulder like a hammer or when chopping with a knife.

For green vegetation, the Tramontina is the best choice.

Both can handle saplings and small trees but the Ontario is a better wood chopper especially on dry wood.

I've brought down 4" diameter green olive saplings in two or three swings with the Ontario. Same amount it takes my 20" Wetterlings.

Both come extremely dull out of the box and will need lots and lots of filling to work properly.

Anyone ever use a heavy felling axes? Like 6 lbs or more?

I rarely see people using axes over 3 1/2 lbs.
2 1/2 - 3 lbs seems to be the most popular weight.

>>1035092
OK I'll probably go with the tramontina then, thanks for the advice.

>>1035112

I have two, I use one I place of a splitting maul and the other to show off to my gf, when I cut us a Christmas tree every year. It's with noting that Wood is not my primary heat source - just before anyone kicks off.

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Are Kelly axes a meme?

>>1036445
no they are damn good

share some good logging channels?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIFvStf9Oz99GMitW4vD_g
https://www.youtube.com/user/Wadetater0
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfx3SnWOz-RTwjrcD7oFwOQ

>>1039596
Austria Forst, Garden and Forest, Slovakia Forst, Forst & Farming and Human
https://www.youtube.com/user/malbse18/featured
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZoBCkF2xM7Yu1Izncb-skA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq0UXylfB2CI0nPqGTemCsA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYqX1L4RYMkH9zlCpnGrqg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXBtIJBzUZtgaBdVkcCOMnw

>>1039596

I unironically got further into forestry than I was already because of Wranglerstar. I have one of his hoodies and everything. I don't give a fuck.

>>1040147
wranglerstar used to not be shit once upon a time

>>1040148

I know, I'm pretty butthurt. I don't really have the time to watch much YouTube anymore anyway but what I've seen hasn't grabbed me the way it used to.

>>1040148
Care to provide sone proof to go with your audacious claims?

>>1026320
On a hiking trip where you might need fire would a saw be better than a knife? I always bring a knife but only use it for chopping up firewood

>>1040385
You could always go and look rather than asking to be spoon fed. But then, if you're one of those people with more of an issue with with him as a person then it won't matter what we say and you'll just start using the term "wranglercuck".

>>1040468
Don't make assumptions sweet babby child.

I have no issue with wranglerstar.
I just don't find his videos educational, or the least bit interesting so I opt out of watching them.

I am not going to bother with looking through hundreds of videos in the hopes I encounter one that is of value to me.

>>1040477

On the channel screen there's a drop down menu that'll change the viewing order from 'newest to oldest' to 'oldest to newest' or something like that. Give that a go and fill your boots. Admittedly though, it does still rather sound like your mind is made up.

>>1040477
Holy shit it just clicked, he doesn't give a fuck about cattle the "wrangler" part of his name is about fucking a FUCKING JEEP!

>>1032783
>that poorly beaten metal
Yikes

>>1028543
I saw one of these in action on an old plantation which was covered in shrubs. Shrubs were hiding the fact there were loads of limestone outcrops underneath.

Was not pretty.

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>>1040488
w-what is it?

>>1028543

We have a lot of granite here. We used it against vast swathes of gorse we wanted rid of that was hiding the granite and I found if you take two swipes at everything it reveales what's underneith. To be fair though, as long as you don't take the piss, it'll still leave marks in granite boulders like a kids stuck their fingers in a tub of butter.

>>1040492

It's an ork battle wago.. Nah, it's actually called a mulcher. It's designed to grind down large numbers of tree stumps.

>>1040502

Meant for

>>1040488

>>1040462
if you only use a knife to chop firewood, it's better to consider bringing a hatchet or a saw

>>1040477
i have followed him on youtube many years ago. at first he presented himself as a homesteader and frontiersman and was interesting to watch
now that more information about him has surfaced it seems like he has been a manchild all along and his "homestead" hasn't made an advancement in years except buying/receiving machines like a tractor and a forklift, and playing with hand tools and making axe handles
he talked about breeding alpaca on the farm and restoring the structures already existing for this purpose but he didn't do a single video about that, instead we get the same videos over and over again about falling trees by hand, sharpening knives and axes and greasing boots

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>>1028536
I recognize everything else but not this one. What is it?

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>>1040526
it's a pickaroon

>>1034431
Gransfors Bruk.

If you spot a general flea market in Sweden you can usually pick up used old but top notch axe blades with a pocket change.

>>1040538
What makes you think Sweden has flea markets?

>>1040538
i dunno, in america this might be possible, i have lived in italy and serbia and a good old axe head was never under 20-30 euro at flea makets
people here don't like to waste their possessions

>>1040542
Because I'm their neighbor. Loppis is a nice place to visit for all sorts of things.

>>1040544
Taking an item to a flea market is not wasting it. Throwing it away is.

Typical price for a Swedish or Finnish made flea market axe head here up in Nordics is about 5 euros. Billhook goes about the same.

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>>1040533
Thanks. I watched a Wranglerstar video for it.

We like to use pic related up here in the Nordics for picking up small logs.

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>>1040566
we like to use these here

>>1040567
Good. Now pick up a 600 of those from the ground per hour and place them in a splitter.

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>>1040586
i've picked up thousands and thousands

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Just had this drill bit sent over from Russia.

Fitted it onto a pulley, wheel and motor, but we can't get it to split anything. We increased the wheel size as we thought it may have been going too fast. At this point we just think it might be that our Australian wood is too hard for this setup.

>>1040606
why can't it split? does it stop or the threads slip?

>>1040606
Get a Stickler.

>>1040606
You may still have too much rpm in your system. It needs to grip in the wood from the beginning, only after that it can drive through it.

Those are made with lathe in various cone angles, with threading gears to make that very pronounced threaded edge very sharp, and after that it should be heat treated to keep those edges biting in the wood.

The guys in our machine shop have made a couple of those in this way. The typical injury with those is the drill tip poking into the palm of the hand.

>>1040623
In the pic I posted, about 20 seconds after this was taken the drill grabbed and took the log from my mate's hands. But now that we have the new, larger wheel, it just spins in place making a small hole and not grabbing.

>>1040627
I will look into what exactly that is.

>>1040639
We figured the same as you and swapped out the wheel for a larger one. Still not grabbing. Now we are thinking of welding a short drill bit onto the tip of the cone. As you say, that grab has to start at the tip, and it isn't happening.

>>1040650
>we are thinking of welding a short drill bit onto the tip of the cone.

Could work. It needs to be well aligned with the cone axis.

>The typical injury with those is the drill tip poking into the palm of the hand.

I say this again. If it doesn't grab in the beginning then the people instinctively try to force it in by pushing the log from behind. Then it suddenly goes through the log and then through the hand pushing it. This is a well known injury with splitter cones.

>>1040665

Roger on the injury side of things, we try to be careful. I'll make sure the other boys know this.

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So I was conducting a few tree surveys on the estate here. Just checking the overall condition in case one of them decides to fall over across a road, stuff like that.

ANYWAY.

Pic related is what I stumbled across. I feel like it reminds me of something but I can't quite figure out what...

>>1026330
>>1027726
>>1028708

and here´s me thinking those guys only made motorcycles...

>>1041200
Nope they make chainsaws, lawnmowers and they even used to make guns.

>>1041200
>>1041346

The logo is actually the iron sights of a rifle as if you're looking down them.

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Hey great thread. Thought I'd share a few pics.
This is a new husqvarna I bought a few years back.
Just fell trees for firewood and also make kindling for starting fires.

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Here you can see a ring of timber I chopped into kindling using my roughneck kindling axe
It's good. Was cheap enough to buy. Only real complaint is that it's a fibre glass handle.

>>1041346
I've seen grain grinders made by Husq.
And Sewing machines, I think but not sure.

>>1040546
>>1040544
In Italy and Serbia, tools are in use until they die. Either the tool itself, or the owner.
If the owner dies, it is passed on to the next bastard in line unlucky enough to be born there.
Kids don't leave home until they marry - if at all, etc
You know the story.

The reason it's a "waste" is because the going rate is higher than in Sweden for two reasons.

Swedish people die, or sell their big house for an apartment when the kids move out, they get rid of things for practicality nothing.
In southern countries, people hold on to things and will give them away to family before selling, so there is a smaller supply pool of tools for sale.

The second reason is the por business mentality of sellers in general.
He will look for maximum profit, and ask the highest price he can.
Even if it is way beyond what the market can support, takes three years to sell and he has to load/unload, pack/unpack, and load/unload every time he sets up his stall with the same old shit.

>>1041952
372xp?

>>1041967
kek 10/10 post
i don't regret being here tho

>>1041975
365 special

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I know this thread is not exactly for this, but here i am

Does someone know if there is a way to trace back an axe, I found this old guy in the shed of my father, i want to know if it is worth it to finish the job

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>>1043098
this is how it looks now

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>>1040566
It can be used to pick up a small sawn log but usually it's used for pulling/rolling logs, although the bigger version with a long handle is better.

>>1043099
Only way is to look for any makers mark. Thats a beautiful axe head though.

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Just bought this as my first hatchet for general use. Did I fuck up?

Im pretty happy with it.

>>1043278
Thin the handle, regrind it and you'll have an OK ax, the handle is too curved for my likings as a hatchet.

>>1043278
Great photo tho

>>1043278
It does the job.
If you don't like something about it, you can always change it.

>>1033243
it's meant for cutting small roots as you're digging.

>>1040510
He's a rich baby larping and showing off his toys on camera.

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>>1041199

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>>1026320

How often should i oil a machete?

>>1036445
They are good, if you can find one that hasn't been abused into uselessness. I would stay away from any that look like they have been sharpened with a bench grinder or welded on. I guess that applies to any edged tool.

>>1043099
Mine don't look half as nice as what your holding there, but they all cut just fine. Do some research and learn how to correctly hang and sharpen that head. You will have a fine tool

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>>1026320
Prandi is a good choice between grandsfors bruks and stil.

>>1027730
i got a 362 with 20" bar... my fave saw out of all that ive used...

perfect balance of light weight and power plus the fact that i worked at a stihl dealer for a summer then an arborist for almost a year after that means i blow peoples minds with how sharp i can get a chain with only a hand file and no guide

>>1043607
please respond

whats your thoughts on Hultafors?

>>1040462
Different purposes. You should always have a knife at minimum, and then either a saw or axe or both depending on your style of trip/camp.

Saws are better for felling trees and sectioning logs. Axes are better for limbing and splitting. Knives are for carving, preparing tinder/kindling, etc.

>>1043607
Before you put it away. No need to oil if it's in regular use.

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>>1043627
I know how to sharpen tools, I just need the handle now, this girl is ready to swing.

>>1043278
>Did I fuck up?
it's heavy as fuck and poor craftsmanship, bit it's a piece of sharp steel it will do.

>>1044351
it actually weights 3 times as much as my hatchet wow

>>1044351
>>1044353
Would be great with a 17" straght haft and a good sharpening.

>>1040596
holy shit liam neeson??

>>1044379
oh yeah