And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
One of mine has a ratted out, electric taped, leather handle, keep it in my chain saw tool box, The other one has a nice leather handle, is on the peg board tool wall.
I've had one in my trout camp for the past 28 years. I've split alot of kindlin' with it, my boys when younger chopped down alot of small trees with it, and it's still going strong.
They are durable tools, but their narrow grind can get them stuck in hardwood species if you get really ambitious at the beginning. Allow your cut to be made wide so that angle of cut can vary.
I've had a couple of those for decades, pretty close to indestructible. Some will be around for thousands of years.
ReplyDeleteonly if you can keep rodents from chewing the sweat and oil soaked rubber handle. unfortunately i know this first hand.
DeleteI took the cabinet keys away from my rodents.
DeleteOne of mine has a ratted out, electric taped, leather handle, keep it in my chain saw tool box, The other one has a nice leather handle, is on the peg board tool wall.
DeleteI've had one in my trout camp for the past 28 years. I've split alot of kindlin' with it, my boys when younger chopped down alot of small trees with it, and it's still going strong.
ReplyDeletei'm pretty satisfied with the estwing tommohawk i got recently.
ReplyDeleteMine is bulletproof. Best hatchet out there IMHO.
ReplyDeleteThey are durable tools, but their narrow grind can get them stuck in hardwood species if you get really ambitious at the beginning. Allow your cut to be made wide so that angle of cut can vary.
ReplyDeletethe rubber handle is less attractive than the leather but the more durable. they make a nice cruiser axe too.
ReplyDeleteI was given one when I started Boy Scouts 50 some years ago. It has the leather handle and has never let me down. Awesome tool!
ReplyDeleteAbout as good as it gets for a good camp hatchet.
ReplyDeleteThat's the Lizzie Borden Signature model.
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Delete40 years ago I had an Estwing Drywall Hammer...looks pretty much the same.
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