Just watched this video while taking my dinner break in between grinding and hafting at B&C as we speak! If you’ve got a “T” stamped on the bottom of you’re handle that means I hafted your axe! Thank you so much for the kind words about our product AS WELL as the truly important message about safety in this video! I can tell just by hearing you talk you’re a wise and humble person and it means the world to us at B&C that folks like you appreciate our work! Easiest subscribe hit I’ve ever done! Can’t wait to check out more of your videos!
Good on you for uploading this. You could have kept it to yourself. I did a video on close-calls and tried to urge guys to share their stories and sta6 safe. It’s no joke. We’re playing with really sharp tools, and we’ve got business to run and families to take care of. I think the important thing is that we learn from it.
Kind of a loaded question 🤔 .... in my one video talk about this. My personal opinion is that I would like to have the consistent grain orientation of whiskey river on House Handles octagonal thin handle ..... I used to think that I loved spending 2 or 3 hours on a whiskey river handle to get it where I wanted it but after thinking it, I never loved doing it. I didn't hate it but it was kind of a pain..... other thing is, availability my guy. Whiskey river never has stock.....ever
@@bladesandbows1521 I’ve never used house handles as I have heard mixed reviews. Hoffman and whisky river handles have always been great but limited quantities have had me looking elsewhere and big box stores is only successful 10% of the time.
I more or less agree with what he said in his last video. Whiskey River gives you nice slim handles, but can you ever get ahold of them? Beaver Tooth are real thick and the guy who runs that place is an ass! House handles are decent, cheap, and they arrive fast. I just got a big batch of handles from them: axe, shovels, hammers... If you’re obsessed with grain orientation, you’re going to get some that you’ll want to send back, but if you more concerned with run-out most of them will pass just fine. That said, if you want a premium handle that you have to do nothing to and it will be perfect, check out Killinger’s handles. Same problem though, only in stock once a month and they go super fast. Cheers.
@@bladesandbows1521 not from anything fun like axes or machetes, but seven stitches in my left palm near my wrist from a box cutter when I was working as a teenager, and a few more from somehow grabbing the moving teeth of a battery hedge trimmer. Both could have been worse, but neither were much fun!
@@bladesandbows1521 I use a series of mill bastard files for changing the profile or removing the speed bumps, I always do that work on the bench by hand. Then I use a 1 x 24 in. Belt sander starting with 800 grit then 1000, then 1200, then leather belt with a little polishing compound. I get the sanding belts from amazon, all comes in a sharpening package. The leather belt is 1x24 also not a traditional strop. My wife gets padded emry boards that are really fine grit and i have found those to be very effective for a shaving sharp edge.
Can you please provide the dimensions of the maine wedge axe like cutting edge length and thickness of the poll please
Bit length is 3³/⁸" and butt is 1 ¹/⁸"
Just watched this video while taking my dinner break in between grinding and hafting at B&C as we speak! If you’ve got a “T” stamped on the bottom of you’re handle that means I hafted your axe! Thank you so much for the kind words about our product AS WELL as the truly important message about safety in this video! I can tell just by hearing you talk you’re a wise and humble person and it means the world to us at B&C that folks like you appreciate our work!
Easiest subscribe hit I’ve ever done! Can’t wait to check out more of your videos!
Thank you very much. Ill have to check my axe at my shop next week and i will certainly let you know!
Absolutely love your axes. I made the video for the Lehmans website. I also an saving my pennies for one of your double bits !
Good on you for uploading this. You could have kept it to yourself. I did a video on close-calls and tried to urge guys to share their stories and sta6 safe. It’s no joke. We’re playing with really sharp tools, and we’ve got business to run and families to take care of. I think the important thing is that we learn from it.
Absolutely, one of my first videos i started bucking a log with no shoes on.... my 5 year old corrected me!
What's your opinion on house handles vs say whiskey river, Hoffman, or other axe handle makers?
Kind of a loaded question 🤔 .... in my one video talk about this. My personal opinion is that I would like to have the consistent grain orientation of whiskey river on House Handles octagonal thin handle ..... I used to think that I loved spending 2 or 3 hours on a whiskey river handle to get it where I wanted it but after thinking it, I never loved doing it. I didn't hate it but it was kind of a pain..... other thing is, availability my guy. Whiskey river never has stock.....ever
What are your thoughts?
@@bladesandbows1521 I’ve never used house handles as I have heard mixed reviews. Hoffman and whisky river handles have always been great but limited quantities have had me looking elsewhere and big box stores is only successful 10% of the time.
I more or less agree with what he said in his last video. Whiskey River gives you nice slim handles, but can you ever get ahold of them? Beaver Tooth are real thick and the guy who runs that place is an ass! House handles are decent, cheap, and they arrive fast. I just got a big batch of handles from them: axe, shovels, hammers... If you’re obsessed with grain orientation, you’re going to get some that you’ll want to send back, but if you more concerned with run-out most of them will pass just fine. That said, if you want a premium handle that you have to do nothing to and it will be perfect, check out Killinger’s handles. Same problem though, only in stock once a month and they go super fast. Cheers.
Shame about the cut, but like you said, at least you can sharpen an axe! Thanks for sharing, it's easy to get complacent.
So easy to get that way and how innocent it looked. Have you ever had a big cut?
@@bladesandbows1521 not from anything fun like axes or machetes, but seven stitches in my left palm near my wrist from a box cutter when I was working as a teenager, and a few more from somehow grabbing the moving teeth of a battery hedge trimmer. Both could have been worse, but neither were much fun!
Glad it's not any worse, good eye opener. Nice axes, hella sharp.
Thank you Jeff. Yoy sharpen your own stuff?'
@@bladesandbows1521 yes sir
@@jeffsellars5179 what do you use to sharpen yours? A puck, stone,,? Anything you are married to?
@@bladesandbows1521 I use a series of mill bastard files for changing the profile or removing the speed bumps, I always do that work on the bench by hand. Then I use a 1 x 24 in. Belt sander starting with 800 grit then 1000, then 1200, then leather belt with a little polishing compound. I get the sanding belts from amazon, all comes in a sharpening package. The leather belt is 1x24 also not a traditional strop. My wife gets padded emry boards that are really fine grit and i have found those to be very effective for a shaving sharp edge.