Co-founder of LAMACA Handmade Axes lamacaaxes.com/ and student of axe science. I find axes incredibly interesting and have lots of them. More coming all the time. I'm hoping to help people appreciate quality axes and have fun using them.
What if you don't have a vice or table to even clamp on?
@brotesser145215 күн бұрын
I don't know how much there is too it but I've heard of shock absorption. The saying is that Ash absorbs the shock into itselfe by being more flexible. I am a stone mason and in every hit we do the stone isn't flexible, the steel isn't either so it leaves the wood and your Hand to give in. And you want the least amount of shock possible in your Hand. Although our malets are made of white Birch. Apparently it tip toes the line between hard enough, Light enough and flexible enough.
@johnclarke664717 күн бұрын
If you want it blue, polish the hell out of it. If you want it black, leave it rough. Since I want my axes to have the hammered forge look. I leave them rough.
@johnclarke664717 күн бұрын
Do remember, felling and bucking is only one part of the equation. Splitting is another part and splitting puts a tremendous load on an exe because of overstrikes. Ash could just break off and throw a head while a stronger hickory would just split.
@johnclarke664717 күн бұрын
You can bet axe manufacturers have done that testing and they balance longevity verses cost and hickory has wine out. Everything, these days, is based on cost. Engineers do not run companies. They are run by the finance department. You can understand that - if they do not make money, they go out of existence.
@johnclarke664717 күн бұрын
They say hickory produced in Missouri makes the best axe handles. I can tell you hickory is tough. I cut down five a few years ago for a friend with my chainsaws. They were about 25” in diameter. They were a load for my MS 360 and 440.
@johnclarke664717 күн бұрын
I have used axes for most of my 79 years and any axe handle that I have broken was my fault. Hickory is a strong, dense wood. Facts don’t lie, but liars don’t figure.
@johnclarke664717 күн бұрын
Most people used what they had. Hickory or ash predominate, but oak is fine if that is all you have in your location. I would not use any softwood because it is to prone to splitting. You are right - chainsaws killed the axe industry but economics and politics played into their demise. We only have one American axe company still in existence - Council Tools. I have several of them.
@johnclarke664717 күн бұрын
You can always rust blue them. The formula is pretty easy. It will give you a better blue than cold blue. My motor oil never gets that black.
@johnclarke664717 күн бұрын
You have to polish any metal you want to blue. The better the polish, the better the blue. Steel wool has oil on it. You must degrease it before using.
@johnclarke664717 күн бұрын
I am a gunsmith. Ran a firearms company for over 30 years. You are correct, you need to remove all grease from any metal before bluing. I found Brownells cold bluing gave me the best finish, but for the best finish I used caustic blue. I could replicate old Winchester rust bluing, so they told me.
@johnclarke664717 күн бұрын
Everything that is done right is time intensive. I used EvapoRust on my about 200 year old broad axe. I scrubbed it with BRILLO, afterwards. I left my broad axe in EvapoRust for a total of 48 hours, scrubbing it with BRILLO, after 24 hours.
@BartleyTroyan18 күн бұрын
Excellent work. You're a great teacher. Love the Spaceballs reference. Thank you!
@vidarye585924 күн бұрын
Damn wish these were still readily available lol
@bombsawaylemay77025 күн бұрын
Black Ravens vs Red Warriors, a clash of titans!
@DevinAkin26 күн бұрын
Awesome video. Thanks!
@AndyGenova-jr9ol26 күн бұрын
I think there should be 2 cutting angles let us know when u do more researich thanks
@simjai100028 күн бұрын
Wow awesome job! Have noticed with linseed oil if you oil the afternoon before, in the morning it can still feel a bit damp, if you chuck it in the rack in the back of the ute then drive, even a couple km up the road at only 60ks a hour it seemed to dry it out a little
@bombsawaylemay77029 күн бұрын
Y'all still making these axes?
@rickhill56Ай бұрын
Hard to believe these idiots have a say how the most powerful country on the planet , should be run. What happened?
@simjai1000Ай бұрын
Awesome video..... the handle on the StuG 111 looks great I love the spotty burn sexy time. What you say about the Dudley Cook Maine pattern being a good splitter, would be interesting axe science to see a work axe special on profiles for splitting firewood, Dudley Cooks beast up against some new & vintage heads
@simjai1000Ай бұрын
Both are beautiful but the Black Raven.... 😍 With just the rusty gold look you showed, a clean & new handle would look great but the work that went Emile put into it. Incredible effort & makes it truly a beautiful axe. Can never be too lame 😂🤙
@simjai1000Ай бұрын
If you can’t be safe just try & think safe 👍👍
@simjai1000Ай бұрын
Awesome video 🤙 Gotta love seeing those axes in the danger zone ( ba ba baa bow ba bow) performing. Have seen & made a great axe rack made from small pallets, maybe one strapped to a hand trolley with big wheels for rugged terrain could be used to help transport many axes in the name of axe science 🧐
@nancyschmidt4223Ай бұрын
There is a story about the bear claws....The 3 grooves on 1 side and the 4 on the other has to do with a legend about a forester in ancient Japan. In the legend, the forester is out and about when he encounters a nature spirit in the form of a bear. The spirit is stuck in a bear trap by one of his claws. After begging the forester to free him, the forester decides to free the spirit by chopping the toe that was stuck. In gratitude, the bear blesses the foresters axe by dragging his claws along both sides of the axe leaving the 3 and 4 grooves.......
@ashleycoups3922Ай бұрын
Brilliant - loved that thank you so much. Context excellent, style super likeable. Thank you
@jgz6989Ай бұрын
I don't think I learned anything here.........just someone's modification journey.
@bombsawaylemay7702 ай бұрын
Kelly for the win! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@bombsawaylemay7702 ай бұрын
Excellent work sir!
@johnclarke66472 ай бұрын
They probably saw their barber strop his razor one time, when they still shaved your neck and misinterpreted what he was doing.
@johnclarke66472 ай бұрын
Farmers used to leave their axes stuck in a log at the wood pile, so it never dried out in an heated and air conditioned environment.
@johnclarke66472 ай бұрын
Handle - user interface. No shit, Sherlock.
@MrSabram072 ай бұрын
What type of axedge do you prefer and what does an axedge do?
@MrSabram072 ай бұрын
Great video! Thank you very much. Exactly what I'm looking for
@JPazer2 ай бұрын
I never check the burr with my fingers. I just sharpen until it starts telling me controversial jokes about women.
@flaviodasilva20222 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot for the video. It was a very good and detailed explanation. I know how to sharpen knives nad straight razors, but axes i'm a begynner. Let's sharpen some axes now.
@andrewmagee16662 ай бұрын
Hey are you still out there??
@N_AUD12 ай бұрын
Wow! I didnt know this video included removing the orange paint from the handle, but thats what i was looking for. Good work. I hate that orange paint on my gloves and pants
@gumboot652 ай бұрын
That Aspen bucksplits real well. Shame to just V notch buck it
@jacquenichols97743 ай бұрын
I am sharpening a Damascus axe that is used for splitting, clearing brush Yada Yada Yada. It has a long curved blade that is really looking good so far.😅 Do I do both sides? Also, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, if no one has told you laatley, you are an AWESOME TEACHER😊 Make it Amazing, Groovy ☮️ Granny
@iNeverSimp3 ай бұрын
Just bought a 19in Council Tools Velvicut HB. Can't wait to try it.
@sinnasinna70603 ай бұрын
Any other recommendations for files? Can't find those anymore. Can't find Stella and Sun Valley only has 4 and 6" files now....
@sutkeiadam46103 ай бұрын
Thumbs up. No one has ever tell so accurate the sharpening method of an axe as you did. I have ruined the edge of my tomahawk many times and didn't understand why... Now i know it. Thanks a lot.
@gossumx3 ай бұрын
Can you do this again with a few more woods, like Osage Orange?
@adamboone68643 ай бұрын
On the thumbnail photo the top left axe is a Montreal pattern. It’s a close copy to the Hudson Bay with a seat down. The seat down was forged by using the corner of an anvil or a piece of 5/8” round stock.
@52daytripper3 ай бұрын
I bought a council tool boys ax and the head got loose, the company said they will send me a couple dowel wedges, which I had never heard of before, but apparently that's what they recommend
@bienyamientoefy19233 ай бұрын
thank you sir.im rather late,but was making research on the strenght of different woods.i looove hickory because its exstremely strong and makes a fantastic bow to
@jbranstetter043 ай бұрын
I'm glad it said The End because I wasn't sure if that was all or not. I guess it means that there is no part 2. It was a very good show.. I learned a lot.
@jbranstetter044 ай бұрын
I have one with the rectangle around the Collins, and it is the same profile, thickness angles etc, as the the old one in the video and has the notch, but not quite as pronounced. The line at the top of the Collins is about 5/8 from the end of the head. Not sure when it was made, but with the rectangle I believe it is their lesser quality Axe.. perhaps the finish being not so fine, polishing etc. It has FWS stamped on it, which I believe stands for Fish and Wildlife Services, a federal government agency.
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What if you don't have a vice or table to even clamp on?
I don't know how much there is too it but I've heard of shock absorption. The saying is that Ash absorbs the shock into itselfe by being more flexible. I am a stone mason and in every hit we do the stone isn't flexible, the steel isn't either so it leaves the wood and your Hand to give in. And you want the least amount of shock possible in your Hand. Although our malets are made of white Birch. Apparently it tip toes the line between hard enough, Light enough and flexible enough.
If you want it blue, polish the hell out of it. If you want it black, leave it rough. Since I want my axes to have the hammered forge look. I leave them rough.
Do remember, felling and bucking is only one part of the equation. Splitting is another part and splitting puts a tremendous load on an exe because of overstrikes. Ash could just break off and throw a head while a stronger hickory would just split.
You can bet axe manufacturers have done that testing and they balance longevity verses cost and hickory has wine out. Everything, these days, is based on cost. Engineers do not run companies. They are run by the finance department. You can understand that - if they do not make money, they go out of existence.
They say hickory produced in Missouri makes the best axe handles. I can tell you hickory is tough. I cut down five a few years ago for a friend with my chainsaws. They were about 25” in diameter. They were a load for my MS 360 and 440.
I have used axes for most of my 79 years and any axe handle that I have broken was my fault. Hickory is a strong, dense wood. Facts don’t lie, but liars don’t figure.
Most people used what they had. Hickory or ash predominate, but oak is fine if that is all you have in your location. I would not use any softwood because it is to prone to splitting. You are right - chainsaws killed the axe industry but economics and politics played into their demise. We only have one American axe company still in existence - Council Tools. I have several of them.
You can always rust blue them. The formula is pretty easy. It will give you a better blue than cold blue. My motor oil never gets that black.
You have to polish any metal you want to blue. The better the polish, the better the blue. Steel wool has oil on it. You must degrease it before using.
I am a gunsmith. Ran a firearms company for over 30 years. You are correct, you need to remove all grease from any metal before bluing. I found Brownells cold bluing gave me the best finish, but for the best finish I used caustic blue. I could replicate old Winchester rust bluing, so they told me.
Everything that is done right is time intensive. I used EvapoRust on my about 200 year old broad axe. I scrubbed it with BRILLO, afterwards. I left my broad axe in EvapoRust for a total of 48 hours, scrubbing it with BRILLO, after 24 hours.
Excellent work. You're a great teacher. Love the Spaceballs reference. Thank you!
Damn wish these were still readily available lol
Black Ravens vs Red Warriors, a clash of titans!
Awesome video. Thanks!
I think there should be 2 cutting angles let us know when u do more researich thanks
Wow awesome job! Have noticed with linseed oil if you oil the afternoon before, in the morning it can still feel a bit damp, if you chuck it in the rack in the back of the ute then drive, even a couple km up the road at only 60ks a hour it seemed to dry it out a little
Y'all still making these axes?
Hard to believe these idiots have a say how the most powerful country on the planet , should be run. What happened?
Awesome video..... the handle on the StuG 111 looks great I love the spotty burn sexy time. What you say about the Dudley Cook Maine pattern being a good splitter, would be interesting axe science to see a work axe special on profiles for splitting firewood, Dudley Cooks beast up against some new & vintage heads
Both are beautiful but the Black Raven.... 😍 With just the rusty gold look you showed, a clean & new handle would look great but the work that went Emile put into it. Incredible effort & makes it truly a beautiful axe. Can never be too lame 😂🤙
If you can’t be safe just try & think safe 👍👍
Awesome video 🤙 Gotta love seeing those axes in the danger zone ( ba ba baa bow ba bow) performing. Have seen & made a great axe rack made from small pallets, maybe one strapped to a hand trolley with big wheels for rugged terrain could be used to help transport many axes in the name of axe science 🧐
There is a story about the bear claws....The 3 grooves on 1 side and the 4 on the other has to do with a legend about a forester in ancient Japan. In the legend, the forester is out and about when he encounters a nature spirit in the form of a bear. The spirit is stuck in a bear trap by one of his claws. After begging the forester to free him, the forester decides to free the spirit by chopping the toe that was stuck. In gratitude, the bear blesses the foresters axe by dragging his claws along both sides of the axe leaving the 3 and 4 grooves.......
Brilliant - loved that thank you so much. Context excellent, style super likeable. Thank you
I don't think I learned anything here.........just someone's modification journey.
Kelly for the win! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Excellent work sir!
They probably saw their barber strop his razor one time, when they still shaved your neck and misinterpreted what he was doing.
Farmers used to leave their axes stuck in a log at the wood pile, so it never dried out in an heated and air conditioned environment.
Handle - user interface. No shit, Sherlock.
What type of axedge do you prefer and what does an axedge do?
Great video! Thank you very much. Exactly what I'm looking for
I never check the burr with my fingers. I just sharpen until it starts telling me controversial jokes about women.
Thanks a lot for the video. It was a very good and detailed explanation. I know how to sharpen knives nad straight razors, but axes i'm a begynner. Let's sharpen some axes now.
Hey are you still out there??
Wow! I didnt know this video included removing the orange paint from the handle, but thats what i was looking for. Good work. I hate that orange paint on my gloves and pants
That Aspen bucksplits real well. Shame to just V notch buck it
I am sharpening a Damascus axe that is used for splitting, clearing brush Yada Yada Yada. It has a long curved blade that is really looking good so far.😅 Do I do both sides? Also, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, if no one has told you laatley, you are an AWESOME TEACHER😊 Make it Amazing, Groovy ☮️ Granny
Just bought a 19in Council Tools Velvicut HB. Can't wait to try it.
Any other recommendations for files? Can't find those anymore. Can't find Stella and Sun Valley only has 4 and 6" files now....
Thumbs up. No one has ever tell so accurate the sharpening method of an axe as you did. I have ruined the edge of my tomahawk many times and didn't understand why... Now i know it. Thanks a lot.
Can you do this again with a few more woods, like Osage Orange?
On the thumbnail photo the top left axe is a Montreal pattern. It’s a close copy to the Hudson Bay with a seat down. The seat down was forged by using the corner of an anvil or a piece of 5/8” round stock.
I bought a council tool boys ax and the head got loose, the company said they will send me a couple dowel wedges, which I had never heard of before, but apparently that's what they recommend
thank you sir.im rather late,but was making research on the strenght of different woods.i looove hickory because its exstremely strong and makes a fantastic bow to
I'm glad it said The End because I wasn't sure if that was all or not. I guess it means that there is no part 2. It was a very good show.. I learned a lot.
I have one with the rectangle around the Collins, and it is the same profile, thickness angles etc, as the the old one in the video and has the notch, but not quite as pronounced. The line at the top of the Collins is about 5/8 from the end of the head. Not sure when it was made, but with the rectangle I believe it is their lesser quality Axe.. perhaps the finish being not so fine, polishing etc. It has FWS stamped on it, which I believe stands for Fish and Wildlife Services, a federal government agency.
Fabulous video for guys like me. Thank you !