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I will have to try something else. pictures are not posting, but I get them in my reply before posting it.
Are they completely downloaded?
Sometimes they get stuck like this:
They are fully uploaded when you get this.
Sometimes they get stuck like this:
They are fully uploaded when you get this.
Okay, that's something.
Yes this is in
It fooled me again. And I will have to look for something like that, Steve. Haven't seen it yet.
If you are on a slower mobile connection they will freeze sometimes. Happens a lot at my cabin.
I think I got thumbnails on. You guys will have to figure out what caption goes with which photo (s). I found no name on that little vise.
Wow, beyond my pay grade. I used to throw doubles and thought it was easy. I tried throwing my Plumb that Multifaceted hung for me. When I released it, I saw it fly in slow motion, and complete half a turn, and hit square on the end of the handle. It drove it about an eighth of an inch farther on the handle. Then I was scared to try again. Didn't want to mess up that beautiful handle. So, I bought a brand new Collins double and threw it. Exact same thing, half a turn, and hit on the handle. Haven't tried since.
I've got to find some Chineseium double bits before I start throwing lol
I got my Collins at Ace. I think it was $31 and I had a $10 off card, made it $21 The handle is so fat you could almost cut another handle out of it. Needs major thinning.
Multifaceted
Firewood Hoarder, Axe Enthusiast
I can't wait until this miserable summer comes to an end so I can resume working comfortably in my shop without dripping with sweat. I have a few projects in the works that have afforded me the time and thought put into to making an antique into a prized heirloom.
Multifaceted
Firewood Hoarder, Axe Enthusiast
I've been buying from House Handle Co for a while now. Sometimes it's a home run, other times it's a disappointment. Today, another disappointment for my "hand picked" hafts with 'No Laquer'... Just figured I'd share...
Seemingly normal looking hafts, perhaps the house axe haft looks a little thin on the palm swell...
Indeed. It appears that they took a laquered haft and turned it again to remove the laquer, along with a substantial amount of wood...
Thumb for scale...
The DBA haft grain is acceptable:
Until you check the alignment.... whoever turned this on a lathe must have had a big lunch or too much to drink the night before...
I'll be able to correct the DBA by thinning the haft as I typically do, but I'm pretty disappointed with the 19" house axe haft, I really do not think that is acceptable. Not worth my time to try to exchange it or send back, might try and sculpt it to fit, but I doubt it.
This is strike three for House, will probably not buy from them again...
Seemingly normal looking hafts, perhaps the house axe haft looks a little thin on the palm swell...
Indeed. It appears that they took a laquered haft and turned it again to remove the laquer, along with a substantial amount of wood...
Thumb for scale...
The DBA haft grain is acceptable:
Until you check the alignment.... whoever turned this on a lathe must have had a big lunch or too much to drink the night before...
I'll be able to correct the DBA by thinning the haft as I typically do, but I'm pretty disappointed with the 19" house axe haft, I really do not think that is acceptable. Not worth my time to try to exchange it or send back, might try and sculpt it to fit, but I doubt it.
This is strike three for House, will probably not buy from them again...
Crazy thin!
Is that my head in the pic?
Is that my head in the pic?
Multifaceted
Firewood Hoarder, Axe Enthusiast
I was wondering who that was hanging out in my shop! ...j/k
Indeed it is, still need to work the grind after removing the chips and correcting the extreme bit curvature. After that I'll decide on a finish, then hang it. The bits have been ground down a lot over the years, but there's still plenty of hardened steel remaining. It looks a little silly on a long haft, but it still has some weight to it, so I chose a 30" haft which I'll thin out for good purchase. I'm inclined to think that when it's done this will be a nicely balanced axe, somewhere between a full sized DBA and a cruiser.
Cool.
If you think that House handle isn’t worth working on, go ahead and buy another one locally and I’ll pay you for both. Totally your call.
If you think that House handle isn’t worth working on, go ahead and buy another one locally and I’ll pay you for both. Totally your call.
Here are the axes and some first pics of head shots, before any clean up or anything has been done to them.
Some of them have been beaten on, many will need new hafts, ( do two hafts make a whole?) unwrapping tape from handles will probably reveal problems. A good number of these hafts have been thinned down and are much skinnier than new ones come. Who'da thunk it? I guess I missed that lesson. Still not sure, with bigger hands, if a little thicker doesn't fit better, but for all I use an axe, I would end up with blisters anyway.
Some of them have been beaten on, many will need new hafts, ( do two hafts make a whole?) unwrapping tape from handles will probably reveal problems. A good number of these hafts have been thinned down and are much skinnier than new ones come. Who'da thunk it? I guess I missed that lesson. Still not sure, with bigger hands, if a little thicker doesn't fit better, but for all I use an axe, I would end up with blisters anyway.
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