hb2 wrote:I remember back 35 years ago when I went to the New York State Ranger School when I studied forest technology. One of things we had to bring to school was an axe. In one of the classes we had to sharpen it. We then received a grade not only on how we sharpened it but also on the geometry of the head and the grain of the handle. The head had to be convex, which I lost points as one side of my axe had a flat spot - there was no way to add metal to a poorly formed head. I also lost points as my axe handle had the grain perpendicular to the direction of swing - the handle breaks easier that way. Aside from that I had done a pretty good job of sharpening it and received a B+.
2 cross/perpendicular, 2 parallel to 'swing'.
Next???
Gonna try to find some handles to 'see' what is being made today.
My thoughts are that the wood is stronger tangent to the rings and weakest between the rings.
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Time for a quiz, what type of wood is involved in this mallet that I made a few years ago?
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