sale of a good quality broadaxe with a hand made handle
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12/15/06 02:36 AM
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this is a family broadaxe of good quality steel and a good quality right handled offset handle.
I am accepting bids like a silent auction, please forward to my Email address. I have a reserve bid and please only serious people please bid. I am now looking at 3 months for this process to continue, and the successful person will be notified at that time.
I reserve the right to withdraw the item for lack of interest
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Re: sale of a good quality broadaxe with a hand made handle
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12/15/06 02:57 AM
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I'm interested enough to ask the weight, size and shape.
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Re: sale of a good quality broadaxe with a hand made handle
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12/15/06 05:00 AM
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Do you have a photo and a starting bid?
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Re: sale of a good quality broadaxe with a hand made handle
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12/17/06 02:49 AM
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Here is some statistics on this broadaxe:
the manufacturer is B Sharp (I am not familiar with this brand name but it sounds English in nature).
The cutting edge is 9" in width, and the axe is 9" in height from the cutting edge to the top of the poll.
There is no pitting on the tool steel inset which is 1"+ in width yet.
The axe rings out well if struck with a metal object, meaning that the tempering is good.
The axe is hung right handed, and the handle is of white oak with a 3" offset, also it is 27.5" long.
The axe hangs nicely if suspended by the handle loosely, and should work well under use.
I will be posting pictures eventually as I figure the proceedure out (again).
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Re: sale of a good quality broadaxe with a hand made handle
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12/19/06 06:54 AM
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Raphael D. Swift
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Originally posted by northern hewer: I will be posting pictures eventually as I figure the proceedure out (again).
I just recently posted instructions on how to do that in response to a question in "Axe Throwing". In this thread: http://www.tfguild.org/ubbcgibin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=47;t=000022
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Re: sale of a good quality broadaxe with a hand made handle
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01/07/07 08:52 PM
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Now that the Holidays are over and time has slowed down alittle, I can return to serious chat about the sale of this family heirloom. If you are interested just give me an Email, and I will post a return email with attached views of the front and reverse sides as well as the hand made handle. The reverse side shows the tool steel inset clearly.
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Re: sale of a good quality broadaxe with a hand made handle
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01/22/07 01:44 AM
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Re: sale of a good quality broadaxe with a hand made handle
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01/22/07 02:02 AM
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Here are two different views of the broadaxe NH
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Re: sale of a good quality broadaxe with a hand made handle
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01/24/07 01:35 AM
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As far as I know my Grandfather Michael who worked in the off seasons in the logging camps, used this hewing axe to put together some of the log frame structures that housed the men who boarded there for the winter season.
He also was a timberframer locally and hewed out and put up many of the 3 bay barns located in this area in the late 1800's. He also built one of the earliest one room log first generation school houses which has long since disappeared.
The amazing thing was that he could not read or write, but was evidently an excellent hewer, timberframer, he farmed, he also excelled at matches where the local men tested their strength against one another, walking away unmatched by any of the contenders, it was noted that he could lift and turn around a full length railway rail and sit it down singlehanded, these rails weighed in excess of 2000 lbs!!.
It appears that he took good care of his axes, and for the books he could chop either right or left handed, and always used a double bitted chopping axe for felling and butting logs.
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Re: sale of a good quality broadaxe with a hand made handle
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01/24/07 01:27 PM
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NH,
Thanks for sharing. Do you know any more stories of your Grandfather?
Gabel
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