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Offline JW_Halverson

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I just gotta axe...
« on: January 21, 2019, 10:27:23 pm »
Does anyone have a short and wide billet of osage suitable for making an axe handle?  Been seeing Pappy hafting axes with this and I gotta copy him. Plus, I busted the crappy ash handle off a friend's axe.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: I just gotta axe...
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2019, 04:29:09 pm »
Tell me what dimensions you need and one will be on the way.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2019, 09:33:31 pm »
Short handle, about 28" long, 4 inches wide by 2 inches deep.  Should be enough meat to pull an axe handle out, I think.

Thanks!  I think I might have something nice to send back in a box to you!
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Offline Eric Krewson

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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2019, 07:36:00 am »
PM me your address, I seem to have lost it from our last exchange. The chunk of wood I found is huge and weighs a ton. I am headed to the shop to trim it up this morning. It has a pin or two showing on the belly that should be minor up in the sound wood. This is very tight ring osage so any runout shouldn't be a problem .
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: I just gotta axe...
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2019, 09:29:03 am »
Do you think this would work? I had to cut around checks and knots. A full sized axe handle fits on it with room to spare.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: I just gotta axe...
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2019, 02:58:41 pm »
I think that should do!
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: I just gotta axe...
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2019, 12:25:14 pm »
I put it in the mail today, you don't owe me anything, my good deed of the week.

I wish I could have made it a little wider so you could have more sweep in the handle but getting rid of the sapwood and checks on a pie shaped piece of wood only left what you see.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2019, 01:42:44 pm »
I will work with what is left.  Thanks, Eric!
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Offline DuBois

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Re: I just gotta axe...
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2019, 04:36:27 pm »
Well then get yer Axe busy JW
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: I just gotta axe...
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2019, 06:38:40 pm »
Quote from: DuBois on January 25, 2019, 04:36:27 pm
Well then get yer Axe busy JW

Well THAT was the problem...I busted my axe trying to get the job done!
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: I just gotta axe...
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2019, 10:17:11 pm »
Hope you get your axe ready for Turkey Camp!  Hope to be able to come up early again!  I'd like to score one this year!  Dibs on the wings! :G :G >:D!  Btw, I should have my new "hawk" unpacked by then!  Damned lifting restrictions are a pita! 
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