Show Your Favorite Axes And Hawks

[JK Knives]

Let’s see them, I’ll post mine later.

 

[JK Knives]

From top to bottom:
Early Collins
Estwing I bought in 1977
Snow & Neely
ATC Spike Hawk
Wetterlings

 

[fishiker]

Here's my vintage Wetterlings head on a Thrane laminate handle. I keep it sharp and don't let others use it when we're camping.

 

[Chrissc698]

Nothing fancy here, but they work very well to keep the house heated in the winter. A gransfors bruks splitting axe and a garage sale special I gotbinto working order with a good bit of filing and a new handle. Both are kept sharp, in the dry and used often.

http://imgur.com/a/dsvVSVw

 

[Tetsujin 140.6]

My one and only.

 

[JK Knives]

My one and only.

You have good taste!

 

[bikerector]

I enjoy the rinaldi milano but I really like the trento patterns. I recently picked up the trento boys axe and it's great. Took forever for baryonyx to get them in stock and it seems like what's available is in their "B" quality area, but it's a great working axe size and I'm glad I finally picked one up.

Milano after some customizations.

Trento felling axe

I was building a rideable feature on the mountain bike trails in the latter pictures. I used the wood chips as a landing bed.

 

[fishiker]

Everything I've read about Rinaldi has been positive. I keep thinking I need to give one a try.

 

[bikerector]

Everything I've read about Rinaldi has been positive. I keep thinking I need to give one a try.

I've been enjoying them but they can be really hard to get. I think it took baryonyx about a year to get them back uo on the website as it seems like he's been working on the kingfisher orders non-stop since last fall. I really like the slip-fit design but I like my council tools and older USA-made bits as well.

One plus for the long edge of the trento pattern is that it makes a nice brush axe for clearing up areas around the work area. Thw Rinaldi steel also seems pretty hard but still tough enough. It can be a butt to sharpen because it doesn't file nicely. Luckily, I haven't had to reprofile them.

I'll have to put a group photo in here soon as I've started getting the axes out for fall.

 

[fishiker]

I've only got one JK hawk and it's a beast. Cuts well beyond it's size and weight.

 

[JK Knives]

I've only got one JK hawk and it's a beast. Cuts well beyond it's size and weight.

If I remember correctly, that was the first of that design I made.

 

[jds1]

Here are most of mine.

Jeff

 

[greatscoot]

A couple of mine, I'll have to round up the rest for pictures.

 

[JK Knives]

A couple of mine, I'll have to round up the rest for pictures.

Did you get the one on the left from me?

 

[Centuriator]

Question....how do you guys get them razor sharp? Does it start on a bench grinder and then progressively with stones?

 

[JK Knives]

Question....how do you guys get them razor sharp? Does it start on a bench grinder and then progressively with stones?

I start with a belt sander and go from there, finishing up with a 3M fiber belt.

 

[greatscoot]

Did you get the one on the left from me?

Yes, that and the Norlund (which I love). I’ll post up a pic of that one.

 

[fishiker]

Question....how do you guys get them razor sharp? Does it start on a bench grinder and then progressively with stones?

If I'm starting with an axe I've never sharpened before I use various files to get the edge where I want it then smooth it with a fine belt sander. I'll finish it with a piece of fine grit emory paper on a mouse pad. I may even use a strop and diamond spray to get the final edge.

 

[glennbad]

I don't have much need for axes/hatchets, but I still have a couple anyway, LOL. I won this a few years back from Carl's (jackknife) GAW, it is a prized possession. I even had Darkmatter make a jacket for it!

 

[greatscoot]

Here are a couple more.