I have never been a huge ax fan, and have preferred a large knife. Then I realized I always had great knives, and cheap axes. So the comparison was not really fair. UNTIL NOW <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I picked up a Gransfors Small Forest Ax, and I love this thing. It would shave hair right out of the box. Hacking at wood is like hitting butter <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

the swedish know how to make an axe. i recently let go of a wetterlings, not quite a gransfors but it was a fine tool.

nice piece.

I like that very much. I have been considering that very axe. Very nice!

looks sharp. i have such an addiction to knives i'm afriad to venture into the world of axes.

I've looked at those several times myself. Thanks for the review. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Another thing to add to my ever growing list... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I've got an Estwing I like pretty good but I've always wondered, what would I do if the handle broke... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> How would one replace a handle on one of these? Has anybody ever run into that situation with an Estwing? Just courious... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Hands down.....the best axes money can buy. I have three myself, excellent choice!

Nice looking axe. My Fiskars has worked out well for me, but I would like to try one of those some day.

That is a high quality axe, Brian. Most axes do not come well sharpened. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" />

The feel of the handle is really cool too. It is obviously hickory, but it is also supposed to be soaked in linseed oil and has a type of beeswax coating, even though it does not feel waxy.

The length is also nice. It is long enough you can get a good two handed grip on it. One handed you can choke up just a bit (3/4 of the length). It is also easy to grip it very close to the head for real detailed stuff. It is sharp enough that I have even made feathersticks gripping it that way. I just dig it.

I just love the traditional look about it.

Of course now I want one bigger and one smaller <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I have always wanted a GB axe ,they really are the best there is. I would probably cheap out and get a Wetterling though as they are almost as good but don't have all the expensive hand finishing that goes into a GB. Whether I take an axe and a small knife or a big chopper and a small knife mostly depends on the type of terrain I am in. Right around my house is a mix of nice hard anfd soft woods so it is axe country but farther north in the canadian shield or in the prairie a chopper is much more useful on the thinner vegetation.

I actually found a Wetterling hatchet head under the seat of an old truck and ground the rust off and putt a long straight hawk handle on it. It has not gotten much use since I finished my CS hawk though.

Nice acquisition <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

I have two Gransfors you definitely can't go wrong with them. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Sweet

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Dan