Axes and Hatchets Wood Craft on a budget Part 15

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morning folks Dave Canterbury with the Pathfinder school back out here in another series and woodcraft on the budget today what we're going to talk about a little bit is accident hatchets I have very few examples out here but they will give us the examples that we need when you are talking about doing things on a budget first of all you're not necessarily talking about cheap or free you're talking about something that you can afford and the best that you can afford for the money that you've got to spend if you do not have the hundred fifty plus dollars to spend on a Grants Brooks or wetterling's then you need to look for axes that are american-made from the past at places like flea markets yard sales estate sales eBay trade sites like the Pathfinder trade blanket is a good example and at least two of these axes have come from that site and then you'll need to have something of value to trade for that axe depending on what value the person that has it places on it but I also find axes all the time at places like scrap yards sales flea markets and places like that this axe is a poem which is a very good brand of axe there's a Michigan pattern felling axe and it bought this head from a scrapyard for three dollars without the handle a handle for this act can be purchased for less than $20 I actually had someone rehang this axe for me named Chris wick I don't consider myself a professional axe hanger I could do it in an emergency if I had to but if I'm trying to get a hold of something that's going to be heirloom quality I'm going to have it professionally hung by someone who does it all the time if you want to learn how to hang access properly you can watch guys like Cody at wrangle star these videos are outstanding on everything from how to make an axe handle to how to hang in an axe and I would suggest you go there and check him out for that but this Michigan pattern forum felling axe is going to be now an heirloom quality axe that I have well under $50 in to me that is as budget as you're going to get without getting it for free for an axe with this much weight and heft with this nice of a head and that's nice of a handle and a mask

this ass can be taken care of and last for the next hundred years for that price and heirloom-quality goes right along with budget in my opinion okay again this is a felling type axe and if you are going to have access for the long term or you are thinking long term with your tool collection then a felling axe is a must chainsaws run out of gas felling axe is only ran out of gas when you quit easy for the woods and for woods travel you want an axe as we've talked about before more about the size of your armpit to your hand and I can cut this one in my hand very easily as well as this one and these are more of a cruising type ax handle pattern as far as the size and weight goes one of them is a little lighter than the other they're both a Hudson Bay pattern head and I will try to put a diagram right here for you guys that will show you the different axe pattern heads and what the names for those heads designs are this one again was a Michigan pattern these are a Hudson Bay pattern I really like Hudson Bay style axes for lots of reasons I think they cut well I think they swing well I think they handle well they balance well they have a good camera squared-off hammer pole in the back for pounding tent stakes and trap stakes and things like that with so I prefer that Hudson Bay style head not everyone does this one is a Collins and it was traded for but it is a little heavier than this Hudson Bay that's almost exactly the same size handle length but about a pound less head and this one is a Norland and Norland and Collins are another two brand names that you can find used that are very very good american-made axis so this axe I trade it for again probably got a hundred bucks in this axe probably got close to a hundred bucks and this axe I bought this axe off eBay but with shipping I probably got close to 100 bucks on it again heirloom quality axes that can be passed down through generations if they're taken care of that are good quality axes

a hundred dollars is not an expensive price to pay in my mind for that axe now you can find them much cheaper three bucks to the head less than 20 bucks on the handle do it yourself you're back in business and you may be able to find something like this in that range as well these I did not find that way so I'm telling you exactly how I obtained these axes okay so let's talk real quick about hatches all right this is an East Wing can't patch it I've had this one for a long time the biggest problem with these east wings is to steal that they're made out of it only 10:55 high carbon so it's fairly soft steel by comparison the advantage to this axis hey you're never going to destroy it so install a piece of steel wrapped in leather rings to make the handle be it's available you can find these things just about anywhere brand new in the $40 range now you can find a Husqvarna hatchet for about the same price with a wooden handle that was made in Sweden so it really depends on what you're looking for but for my money I'd probably buy the Husqvarna although something like this is much more traditional because these things have been around forever the telephone company catch it that we redid in a video not very long ago which is a Collins hatchet again Collins is a good name if you're looking for an american-made antique style head Collins is a good place to look this has got more of a European type old-world head on it good for pounding steaks good nice double bevel here it's not a hewing hatchet it is an actual hatchet for processing you know fire wood and things like that but it's heavy so it's not going to be as conducive for carry of something like this because it's 2 or 3 times as heavy but it's going to get a lot of forward momentum if you're trying to cut hard wooden things like that with it so there's something to be said for this 15 bucks and the handle was good when I bought it all I had to do was refurbished a head a little bit and I had a nice $15 patching this hatchet or pocket axe as they're often called it's very small

comparison to the other two and it's a Hudson Bay style head it's also in Norland this one's in a really really fine condition and I paid probably equal trade value I traded for this one in the trade value is probably equal to a hundred dollars for this but I knew what I was getting when I bought it I knew what they will work I knew what they were selling for on eBay so I wanted to make sure that the guy got a fair deal could you find something like this cheaper probably an estate sale a flea market where somebody didn't know exactly what they had you could probably find something like this in the twenty to thirty dollar range you can definitely find the old plum boy scout hatchets in the twenty to thirty dollar range and again plum is a very good brand you're just going to have to give it a little bit of love but you can get that good hatchet for the $30 price range if you're looking for an american-made hatchet that's very traditional you can find those old plum boy scout hatches everywhere I see them all the time out of state sales yard sales and flea markets you know guys even Horace Kephart set by the best gear that you can possibly afford and the best quality gear you can possibly afford because someday you may have to stake your life on it does that mean you have to spend a lot of money not necessarily we've talked about several axes and hatchets today that could be had fairly cheap that are still a very good quality item and my suggestion to you is if I'm looking at bottom dollar figures or top dollar figures that I would be willing to spend for vintage type tool that was an heirloom quality and I'm talking about something that's already in perfect working condition and I can use it as is has a mask on has a good Hickory handle the heads in really really good shape not wore down it's not dented shipped the hammer polls not banged over and things like that a good condition vintage axe if I'm buying at cruising style locks and I can get it for less than 100 bucks I've done it right if I can buy a hatchet for less than 50 I've done it right and if I can buy a felling axe for less than 150 I've done it right so you really have to think about the fact that the majority of your budget is probably going to be taken up by your axe and your knife and by the best quality you can afford but look for the best deal that you can find at the same time that's what budget would track thing is all about I'm Dave Canterbury I appreciate you joining me today I thank you for thing you do for our school for a family for a business for a sponsor's affiliates and structures and friends and I'll be back to another video in this series as soon as I can you