Got a mate who is hitting the young ’40’ milestone soon

He is a big bushcraft fan & we are thinking of buying him a decent short handled Axe, I know he has a large decent Swedish made one, errr, that sounded rude, but was not intentional 😉

Anyway, any bushcraft fans her that can point me in the right direction, Swedish Axe manufacture, £50-£100?

Or any others in that price range?

Ta.

Gansfors is the usual recommendation on here when the axe threads come up.

Oh yes, there are axe threads on here….

Thats the make, ta

Double bit throwing axe FTW!

So you’ve got a 40 year old mate whose chopper isn’t quite delivering when he’s in the bush? hmmm, I think i got an email about something for this recently

So you’ve got a 40 year old mate whose chopper isn’t quite delivering when he’s in the bush? hmmm, I think i got an email about something for this recently

LOL, well his chopper is on the big size & we thought he might like a little one to play with 😉

http://www.roselli.fi/1/index-eng.html
€89

I’ve got a Gransförs Mini Hatchet, which is a fantastic little axe, and amazingly sharp, I can shave my arm with mine, but I love the Roselli above, the bearded head let’s you get your fingers right behind the head for shaving kindling and carving. It’s what I’d go for. There’s a slightly bigger version on the site.
[edit] Just thought, I’ve got a birthday this month…[/edit]

Favourite name is the Wildlife Hatchet!

So I should be calling my merlin a splitting maul. You need to get him two really, the splitting maul and the forest axe.

Double bit throwing axe FTW!

Saw those being thrown competitively this last weekend. Good fun.

If you want a really cool axe, this one’s a beaut, a proper Viking bearded axe:
http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/produkter/replikor/p_tvaflikadskaggyxa.html

Yummy, but pricy.

Check this out:-

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&biw=1259&bih=878&q=fiskars+axe&surl=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=16219970154277976653&sa=X&ei=psIWTqSaDIywhQeu3azMBQ&ved=0CD4Q8wIwAg#

Not as pretty as the trad wooden handled axes but it’s incredibly sharp and effective. Comes in several sizes.