The Big Bad Bruiser! Mann 6 Lb Fire Axe

DarthTaco123

DarthTaco123

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Picked this big boy up for $20.00. The edge needed to be touched up, the handle sanded and oiled but it's good to go now. Dear God this thing hits like a freight train. Any idea on the age of it? I'm not an expert at dating Mann's (don't take that wrong you weirdos) but it appears to be old-er. Got convex cheeks and a thin bit so I'd say pre-60s possibly? The steel was so hard I needed to break out new files, and eventually the belt sander. The Mann is there in the second photo, but it just says MANN in large letters above it in a fairly faint font.
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One thing about a 6 lb fire axe is you can readily accomplish something with one. In the home renovation business I always called my 8 lb sledgehammer a 'finishing hammer': when something got smacked with it it was finished. Folks enthusiastically making YOUTube clips of beavering away with tac hawks on an old washing machine, car or entry door really could benefit from a demonstration of what can be done with a genuine rescue article! Go for it!
 
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I might! I thought the 4 Lber Warren I picked up a few weeks back was a big hoss of a rescue tool, this 6 lber literally dwarfs it. Not much in the way of this thing would be standing after it hits. I know the spike isn't meant for splitting but the one on this bugger is so large I think it might do the job well. The bit bites really deep albeit it ain't my go-to felling axe for sure.
 
I like it DarthTaco. Looks like a "brute". I have a TT fireman's axe head out in the garage that needs a handle- thanks for the motivation!
 
They're a lot of fun! Not sure of practical field work but they're cool looking if anything. I'm with 300 six on breaching etc, it's just funny to watch dinky little SOG tomahawks trying it when this would take the whole door down.
 
You'd have thought new wave techies would have updated fire axes with space age materials by now but a seasoned firefighter will tell you a wood handle minimizes vibration shock, doesn't conduct electricity and doesn't transfer heat. Very difficult to improve upon that!
 
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