Some questions on hewing axes

[trailmaker]

  Wow.  I successfully uploaded to the picture gallery,  got them to show momentarily in this thread and now they are gone from the picture gallery and the thread. 

[Jeff]

I think what may have happened is that I have been working on creating a new function, being able to send a photo to the Forestry Forum by email. I had a temporary directory I was working with that I was testing with. Rather than creating your own album, you probably uploaded the photo into my test folder called mobile uploads. I created and deleted that album several times during the evening and late into the night, and if that is the album you chose to put photos in, they would have been deleted.

[Jeff]

Also, the link you posted is not to a photo, it  is to the last uploaded photo in its temp location. You took the address of the photo page during the upload process, not from a photo placed in an album.  If you look at it you don't see a file name or a jpg extension.

[trailmaker]

  Thanks Jeff,  that was helpful info.  I'll try again.

[montreal]

that looks like the goods Trailmaker, I assume it has a beveled edge? I've never even had one of those flash looking goose-wings in my hands before but I would be very surprised if you weren't meant to use it while standing next to the log, to get your knuckles away from the line the edge follows our aussie axes always had a bend outwards in the handle so your knuckles don't get skinned up, generally the handles were set in the head in a manner that had the handle coming out of the head so they weren't parallel to the edge too. This was mostly done so you didn't have to bend over so much while working, I'm not sure if you can follow my description? It's a pity we can't combine the technology of the net with a mud-map drawing in the dirt!

[trailmaker]

  Yes I know what you mean.  I've seen some single bevel goose-wings of a certain style with an angled socket, and I've seen a certain single bevel style with a curved handle.  My axe isn't a single bevel, it's symmetrical.




My axe isn't really a double bevel,  it just sort of tapers to a point.  It actually looks like it may never have been used or sharpened.  I guess I could put an offset handle for hewing from the ground or a long handle for hewing from above.

[montreal]

yep it looks as tho it hasn't seen a lot of work ..yet. Magicman if your still poking about online I was curious about the handle on your granddads? axe? is that the original handle or similar to the orig, it looks in the photo like its similar to a pick or mattock handle especially where it goes into the head[socket], is that a common style over there?? Mon