An Axe - Seriously?

[Ray Hyland]

Yay, the Axe thread is back! I love this thread, but that just because I am from Canuckistan.

And I need to agree with P.N. Yetti, I think the Pulaski is an awesome tool to carry in your truck.

 

[I Leak Oil]

Ray, don't you mean "I can't believe the axe thread is back".....:elkgrin:

 

[charlieaarons]

I found a pulaski when solo backpacking in North Cascades in 1978. It is on its' second handle, I have carried it my vehicle (first one a Perkins powered FJ40, then BJ40, then 88 F350 camping truck, now U500) ever since. Very useful tool.

Charlie

 

[nutcracker]

Handmade in Sweden! The blacksmithshop is wery nice.Been there several times!

Gransfors Bruks...
Nicest cutting instrument I have bought in a long time...

http://www.gransfors.us/

 

[nutcracker]

And the Fiskars axes are a joke!

 

[java]

My axe stays in my truck all the time. Fits between the back of my drawers and the angle of the back seat. Nice for firewood and tent stakes. And a BFH for the electrical problems.

I will occasionally take the chain saw but not often.

 

[Flagster]

I usually carry a small splitting hatchet when out and about on the town

 

[Honu]

Watching Ragnar on the new Vikings show makes me want to get a axe and go back in time

 

[john101477]

I carry the Collins Style Pulaski myself. Comes in handy for all sorts of things and it fits in an axe holder my grandfather gave me a few years ago.

 

[IrishXJ]

I carry the Collins Style Pulaski myself. Comes in handy for all sorts of things and it fits in an axe holder my grandfather gave me a few years ago.

The Pulaski tool was my favorite tool when I was on the FD like five million years ago. (Okay, maybe four years ago.)

I'm getting ready to buy one to throw on the Nissan for when we go out on off-road excursions, though I'd be the first to admit I'm not quite sure what I'm really going to use it for.

 

[southpier]

....
UP TO 20 never said they were all 20 ? maybe some at 16 ? cant remember but good size maybe they were avg 12 or so ? did not really try to remember...

we sure lost 8" of tree in a hurry

 

[transporterjr]

I found a pulaski when solo backpacking in North Cascades in 1978.
Charlie

That's mine. I'd like it back now.

 

[Honu]

we sure lost 8" of tree in a hurry

yeah whatever

 

[john101477]

The Pulaski tool was my favorite tool when I was on the FD like five million years ago. (Okay, maybe four years ago.)

I'm getting ready to buy one to throw on the Nissan for when we go out on off-road excursions, though I'd be the first to admit I'm not quite sure what I'm really going to use it for.

I use mine for all sorts of stuff. The axe of course is great for chop/split and the other end is ideal for some things but it usually gets used to pry stuff with lol. Makes a better pry bar than a shovel some times.

 

[IrishXJ]

They were great for working on fire breaks. Granted, the "flappers" were usually the most used, since most of our fires were prairie or brush fires. However, a set of flappers isn't quite as romantic as a Pulaski...


I bought a True Temper (Not the best I could buy, I know.) a few days ago from Amazon. Shipped second-day for free, since I'm a Prime customer. Got it yesterday and mounted it to my Nissan's Utili-track today. Used some quick-fists and some fender washers to make it stay put on the track. I wouldn't trust five gallons of gasoline on the thing I built (... which is why I haven't mounted the new jerry can mount, either ...), but it'll ride with just a Pulaski tool on it. I'm also happy as of now with the quality of the tool, too. It isn't some Swedish $500 ax forged in the fires of Mount Doom, but once I take a stone to it, it'll do.