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| Adam |  Funny storyApril 17th, 2007 09:38 PM April 17, 2007 Funny story Chop down a Redwood tree. That's a good one. My wife and I are planting what will some day be a small grove of Redwood trees in the mountains. My parents lost a huge Redwood in their back yard, while I was living with them. Never found that sprinkler head that the Redwood tree limb "drove over 8 feet into the ground". My wife and I later planted a ring of four Redwoods around where the old three-footer (diameter) stood. They used to sell almost as many different pattern axe heads as hammer heads. Now, there seems to be a single-edged limbing axe, a splitting maul, and a double-edged felling axe. The double-edge axe, while convenient with its two available edges, is not a particularly safe tool for the occasional "logger". I am looking for the slimmer patterned and sharpened, single-edged felling axe. Although European versions can be had new, approaching $100, I'm holding out for a nice old US made pattern. Maybe an old Collins axe? They're very easy to spot, because of their much narrower head design. In case you are wondering, there are six inch diameter trees on the property I tend, that need occasional "attention". "Isn't an axe dangerous?" "Compared to the kick-back of a chain-saw... eh... not as." |
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