Beverages and Axes, Hatchets and Hawks

put an edge on this surplus hatchet,what a spark shower on the belt sander.grain belt premium the only thing I like about minnesota

 

FatUnicorn by Agent Hierarchy, on Flickr

 

This is just a beautiful axe.
I always find myself hanging a little longer on your picture here when I come check out this thread.
I don't have a DB of any kind yet but on the look out with my ear to the ground.

 

We vacationed in Germany back in 2008, Munchen - Oktoberfest, to the Bavarian Alps to Dachau, pre-children...
I fell hard for Spaten and have been searching for Lowenbrau here in CT recently with no luck!

Today's revisit to these two handles for reshaping work is capped and continued with a Coppola Cabernet Sauvignon tonight.
I like to drink my wine from this canning jar when out in the garage...it drives my wife nuts so I know I must be doing something right.



I wish I had a Dunkel straight from Munchen now

 

This was bare steel that I put black walnut juice on a while back,can't remember which one of yall posted about it but thanks .

 

Sadly I don't have the right axe to go with this beer.

 

Equally, or more so valuable, though.

 

depends, sometimes they're 190, sometimes they're over 2000

 

Did they cost the same when new?Both look delicious,is that the original paint?

 

The Flint Edge doesn't have near the value of a Black Raven today. The old catalogs had them at the same cost. They're probably the same steel.

I kept this one over a really sweet Perfect (which I flipped). It's almost unused and on its original handle. I've always loved western pattern double bits. The long toes do it for me.

The edge angle is 25 degrees at the very edge rolling to 22.5 degrees 1/4" from the edge. That's just how I file my choppers. This one is in my to-do pile for the time being.

 

One, more reason to visit Olympic National Park

 

This is the hardest thing that I drink. I've never had a beer.

 

I like everything on and the bench itself.
I am interested to know what you do/use the vise on the right for?

That's knot your axe man
Great handle! Must be great to bring that out for new guests

 

That axe is Hole new ball game

 

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I use it to hold wood longbows when I'm building them. It clamps vertically instead of horizontal like a normal bench vise. It also works great for axe/hatchet handle work. A friend made that for me. He makes a larger version and sells them. I requested the smaller size and find it much more useful for what I do.