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LOL! Yes.....about time for another "scratch and dent" sale.....

Thanks! I wish you had messaged 2 months ago....my wife and I just visited Switzerland and I would have stopped and visited if you'd have had me. We started in Geneva, drove to Bex, then up to Bern, and to Thun, then Interlaken, Lucerne, Hoffeld, then Chur onto the Bernina Express.

Bern is only 20 minutes from my house Maybe next time !!​@@eastcoastlumberjack

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Sure. Did you see the ones where I split out the bolts from logs? Is that what you are after?

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Awesome...good to hear!

I'd be very curious to see how it splits...do tell once you give it a whirl. Looking at it on the wood database, it is not a ring porous species, so may not be as good for handles in absorbing shock (see my earlier videos on wood for handles) - as well, they say "In terms of mechanical/physical characteristics, Lyptus® has a very high shrinkage rate, and is likely to experience a fair amount of seasonal movement. The wood is relatively hard, heavy, and strong, ) Therefore, don't glue your wedges, because it sounds like you'll be replacing them frequently with all the shrinkage.

@ I just stuck up A(nother) axe/firewood splitting/felling vid that shows a bit about it. It is indeed uniform, hard to count rings. Brittle and doesn’t hinge when felling. Interlocking grain and doesn’t split well….but that is red gum and there are 250 different species of Euc. I recently dropped what I think is stringybark (recent vid). It hinged, the wood is more brown, and it hasn’t checked nearly as bad.

Nicholson is my favourite; Good quality, and company has been around forever.....sign of doing things right. I'm an old school stone guy - I much prefer oil stones over wet stones. Wet stones/pucks do wear fast, and stones like this have a tough time keeping a true edge. I haven't used diamonds much, but my son does, and he can put a razor edge on his axes much faster than I can with those - so I'd try that one if you can't find a good Norton stone. Also - stones depend on your goal - you removing lots of material and reshaping an edge, or putting a finished edge on? On e required heavier grit, the other very fine punjab or Arkansas style Also never tried a Gransfor or Hultafors, but similar to Nicholson, been around forever, so must be doing something right. funny guy.......neeeeeigh!

@@eastcoastlumberjack I'm not into competition, so keeping a hairy sharp edge is not essential. The finer the edge, the more fragile. So I want a good sharp edge, but not going to use the axe to shave :) This being said, the file is for heavy work IF my head is damaged. That's why the puck, or whatever else, will be used frequently to maintain the edge. I want to carry it with me so I can hone the edge from time to time during the day. You said that your son is using a diamond stone. Can you ask him what brand and what model? you guys are way more experienced so I may just buy the same as him instead (unless he's using the Sharpal 216N that I planned to buy...)

Thanks Dave - and right back at ya Brother!

Forestry buddies from sister schools - very neat. A colleague of mine ended up as a professor at Thunder Bay (Matt Leitch). Haven's seen Matt since our days on a UNB Alumni team in the early 1990's. Yes, I am aware of the convex and concave spoke shaves....but have yet to actually try one. I bought a couple of cheap ones at Princess Auto a few months ago, but need to put a real edge on them before I give them a whirl. I have seen them on Lee Valley as well - have you tried them? do tell.....

@@eastcoastlumberjack I've tried the Kunz that I mentioned and pretty soon reversed the blade to bevel up. It works okay, tried it on an antenna I made for a faering boat's sprit sail I built a few years back. I'm sure that with a bevel up you can fine tune it to radii that fulfill your handle needs. Cheers for the prompt response. We're having a 40 year reunion next June but finance will probably not allow me to cross the Atlantic, and would I have been able to I would have surely visit Canada for a minimum of a few months, to make it worth. If you ever visit my country, I;d be happy to show you around. All the best for a new year with more harmony and peace of mind, and more aware citizens and less trudeaus in this beautiful planet of ours. Phaedon

@@fogan333 More aware and less Trudeaus....man - gotta love that thought!!! I will eventually give those spoke shaves a go, so thanks for the intel. We can always look after you for a day or two here in eastern Canada if you come - and Greece is on my wife's bucket list....so hang in there. LOL!

@@eastcoastlumberjack I think that my ancestors stood for sharing knowledge more than being right, so being proud of my past in that respect I am happy to know that this information may be useful to you. Thanks for the invitation, if finance will allow me I'd be happy to visit. Hang loose...

@@eastcoastlumberjack a happy and peacefull new year to you and yours and the whole mankind

I always wondered about the French curve,...made a lot of them for others, but never tried one myself. Actually, a college team in the USA ust ordered one to try in a racing axe - quite curious to see what they make of it in that!

@@eastcoastlumberjack is there any thing advantageous to a curvy handle?

LOL! Yes, you are! Kiwi is almost a hybrid between a Moore, and the Aussie

LOL! I'll take it!

Good point!

Thanks Hugh. Always good to hear from you. Hope things are well on the eastern shore!

Yes. Not mine, but thot I'd pass it along because it worked so slick

Hey Chris - always great to hear from the Wasta Workshop! Too long, no chat, but yes, I have made these errors myself, and come mighty close to beating the blade off the bandsaw when it ruins a piece of work!(LOL!) I understand entirely. That was the goal of the channel from the start, to help others by the blunders I have made myself. I think this is also why Bob (who taught me to make handles) always cut his wood green as well - and if it had lost too much moisture, he had an aluminum tray he would actually SOAK the wood in before he bandsawed it. My problem back in the day with finishing a green handle was sometimes when the wood dried it would move, warp, or whatever. I found this more aggravating than messing with dry wood, so I have taken that path. Hope you guys have a very Merry Christmas, and a joy-filled New Year! All the best from our Canadian family, to your American family. God Bless the USA!

LOL!! my bad....

Thanks Hugh. How did things go on the Island?

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Thanks Chris.

Thanks Hugh. Hope you are well in bluenose land

Yep.....can't believe they hold out as long as they do!

It really is incredible. My last 2 hops have been the best I've chopped a block in yeas!

Good to hear.....that's the intent

Great to hear gray wolf....and yes on the less ftigue. The other thing a relaxed grip prevents is a "scoop" by the axe when a fella has a death grip on it.

Yes....the other three big ones on the lawn were mulit-stem and ugly! Must have been a bit handy to your back yard eh Thom?

@@eastcoastlumberjack I wouldn't be surprised haha

Thanks Johnny!

Thanks Hugh!