Generally i would always advise people that when buying tools you should get the best that you can afford but i m not sure that spending more money would get you anything more.
Robin wood best carving axe. We are currently unable to make more of these due to the health crisis. We ll stop supporting this browser soon. While throwing an axe is great and when it comes to chopping wood manually there is no better object there are also axes that serve a more artistic purpose. Though the robin wood axe is always on that list it s not just a beginner s axe.
For the best experience please. Brian alcock the last self employed traditional grinder in sheffield grinding axes on a huge grindstone for wood tools co uk. But the edge needed to be completely reprofiled and even then i prefer the pattern of the robin wood axe. We hope to get back to making as soon as it is safe to do so but at this point we have no idea when that will be.
I would like to give an overview of carving axes their history what we need to be looking for and what i would recommend for a carving axe. Carving axes compared. Weighing in at 1 pound 9 ounces it is a midweight carving axe and considerably lighter than the gransfors bruks gb swedish carving axe just more than 2 pounds making it much more manageable for long term use and controlled cuts. Robin wood demonstrates how to sharpen a wood carving axe.
You can buy axes with similar. The robin wood carving axe. Also it has a large beard to allow very controlled one handed use. The blade has the traditional upsweep inspired from swedish axes of the past.
Axes list carving axe robin wood master craftsman robin wood graciously helped us design this axe in an attempt to meld the best of carving axes from around the world. Robin wood carving axe.