Axe
A couple weeks ago I was riding home and saw an interesting trash pile; there were automotive parts, bucket of rusty tools, and a trash can full of garage type stuff. No, I can’t resist checking that out.
Found an unopened quart of 90wt gear oil (and I happen to need some!). A pretty nice screwdriver that just needed regrinding (easy). And an axe with a leather blade cover. Looked pretty nice except someone had tried to chop a cinder block in half or something – the working edge was pretty ragged.
People look at you funny when you’re riding a bicycle down the street, carrying an axe.
This morning I reground and filed the cutting edge – good as new. Except, when I want to cut branches I use a bow saw – I don’t know what I need an axe for. It was just too nice to let it go to the landfill. Do people still use axes? Any Boy Scouts out there?
Taking a bow saw camping, especially when backpacking or hiking, is not nearly as convenient as an axe. It doubles for splitting wood (carryng a maul and large axe doesn’t appeal to most hikers), etc., but is mainly just plain cooler than a bow saw.
Nice job, I need a bench grinder, I think.
I used one last week for two hours until I got a neighbor’s chain saw.
I fought the stump, and the stump almost won.
Yeah, stumps stump me and my axe, too.
I can only imagine. You know DOF you could have had a lot of fun with that. You should have put a crazed looked on your face, and rode the bike slowly and methodically. :coolgrin:
I used one about 10 years ago. I saw my Dad had one when I was trying to find something to use to cut some branches off my parents bushes. I know what your thinking but they told me to do it. :cheese:
It worked good till my brother found the thing with the handles that are pretty long, so it opens up wide and has a really sharp blade. But the axe was pretty cool.
Amusing. But you have had annoying conversations with police before, so you understand why I would be reluctant to inspire people to start dialing the local constabulary.
Axe: useful for removing the heads of monarchs, their wives (cheaper than a lawyer) and cousins. I have never done that, but have beheaded a pigeon which my cat had had mangled. Demolished a shed with one, but mostly used it to split logs with which we heated the house for many years.