Amazon has Fiskars 9" Chopping Brush Axe w/ Sheath (78606935J) on sale for $19.60. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $35+ orders.
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About this product:
Ultra-sharp curved blade axe ideal for clearing brush, cutting trails, stripping logs, felling small trees, and more while camping, hiking, or spending time outdoors
Low-friction coating and sharp edge helps the blade glide through wood for cleaner cuts
Lightweight FiberComp handle provides comfortable grip and boosts swing speed
Insert-molded blade is inseparable and won't loosen despite heavy use
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With all due respect, you may have misjudged this. The item is rated 4.3 out of 5 stars which would be a very good item. At least one person that broke it literally cut down a 4" tree with it which is a pretty silly thing to do with a knife made for cutting vines. Nearly perfect items usually have scores of about 4.7-4.8. At least one review says they couldn't reach Fiskars, and I know that to be easy to do.
Fiskars fiber reinforced plastic handles are renowned for being excellent axe handles. I certainly understand and respect if someone prefers hickory, but the plastic is an even better shock absorber. Fiber reinforcing plastic tears up molds, so perhaps Fiskars cheaped out on this one. More likely is that the thin blade can crack the plastic if it encounters large chopping resistance like a conventional axe would see. I believe these are never meant to hit a non-flexible object. It would seemingly excel at things like vines, saplings, palm fronds, and sugarcane. I think Fiskars calling it a chopping axe is misleading and that's on them.
Almost all axes ship dull. I'm not sure if this is due to lowering cost of manufacturing or because they don't trust that people won't slice themselves open immediately, but I suspect the latter. Go look at the serrated Mercer bread knife on Amazon. The review pictures are bloody fingers and stitches. Anybody that owns any axes should have a large bastard file and a stone for sharpening.
Usually owner neglect is excluded from any warranty. I left mine outside and found it like a year later. I cleaned it up with vinegar and baking soda then sharpened it right up. Now, when that junky hollow handle snaps you should definitely claim the warranty.
I have a fiskars splitting maul with a hollow handle. It is hands down the best and toughest handle I've ever had. Incredibly sturdy to withstand many slams into wood. It's in perfect condition and I've split about 4-5 cord.
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Would this or a machete be better at hacking blackberry brambles to clear a walking path?
There are so many different machetes. Some are thicker, some are thinner, some are tapered from thick to thin, some are longer or shorter, and they're weighted differently. I'm a fan of owning different ones and grabbing whichever I feel like, but the pricing situation is not the same as it has been in the past.
It's really going to depend on your judgment about how dense and springy and supported the brambles are, and what you want to spend and own. The length of this and the forward hook lend it to hitting yourself in the leg with a vertical stroke. A lighter and longer machete will pick up more tip speed, but can glance off of anything it doesn't bite into. The Council "bush hook" mentioned earlier, along with the related "brush hook" and "ditch bank blade" are monsters that will wear you out. Then there's power tools.
Surface rust on a tool isn't a warranty concern. Like the other commenter said, a vinegar bath, ot better yet a phosphoric acid rust treatment will passivate it. Then buy some mineral oil from Walmart and put it in a spray bottle. Spray some on all of your tools before you put them away. Just a light spray and then wipe everything you can away with a rag. No more rust. You can also rub some oil on the big Johnson I posted above.
Best advice have seen in a while, thank you. Can confirm it works. Have been oiling my big johnson for years and no signs of rust.
Amazon has the 10" available for the same price. Shipping is about 2-4 weeks right now, but if you don't have a Grainger close for pickup and don't need it right away and if the 10" works for your application, then it may be worth it.
Amazon has the 10" available for the same price. Shipping is about 2-4 weeks right now, but if you don't have a Grainger close for pickup and don't need it right away and if the 10" works for your application, then it may be worth it.
My Amazon 10" just came today, I like the looks of it and think it will be perfect for my intended use around the trails at my property.
Not quibbling about the few scratches on the handle, but there are some.
Blunt is a better disrcription of how the blade arrives, beyond dull, but I anticipated that from the reviews and probably be a couple hours of hand honing it, hopefully it is a carbon steel that will hold the edge. not going to find a better one for $20 I don't think.
I would rather it had came with a sheath instead of the plastic to display handle thingy that needs recycling, my wife likes making that kind of thing and will put on her todo side.
My Amazon 10" just came today, I like the looks of it and think it will be perfect for my intended use around the trails at my property.
Not quibbling about the few scratches on the handle, but there are some.
Blunt is a better disrcription of how the blade arrives, beyond dull, but I anticipated that from the reviews and probably be a couple hours of hand honing it, hopefully it is a carbon steel that will hold the edge. not going to find a better one for $20 I don't think.
I would rather it had came with a sheath instead of the plastic to display handle thingy that needs recycling, my wife likes making that kind of thing and will put on her todo side.
The Fiskars plastic handle thingies are actually functional, although bulky and clunky and of unknown fragility. I have a strip of vinyl siding that I want to experiment on with a heat gun for machetes one day.
The Fiskars plastic handle thingies are actually functional, although bulky and clunky and of unknown fragility. I have a strip of vinyl siding that I want to experiment on with a heat gun for machetes one day.
It does function as a case I guess, but I wanna strap it on and roam with my Milwaukee 6" chainsaw in the other hand. I suspect it was to keep someone from somehow not cut themselves on the blunt blade in transit/display.
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Fiskars fiber reinforced plastic handles are renowned for being excellent axe handles. I certainly understand and respect if someone prefers hickory, but the plastic is an even better shock absorber. Fiber reinforcing plastic tears up molds, so perhaps Fiskars cheaped out on this one. More likely is that the thin blade can crack the plastic if it encounters large chopping resistance like a conventional axe would see. I believe these are never meant to hit a non-flexible object. It would seemingly excel at things like vines, saplings, palm fronds, and sugarcane. I think Fiskars calling it a chopping axe is misleading and that's on them.
Almost all axes ship dull. I'm not sure if this is due to lowering cost of manufacturing or because they don't trust that people won't slice themselves open immediately, but I suspect the latter. Go look at the serrated Mercer bread knife on Amazon. The review pictures are bloody fingers and stitches. Anybody that owns any axes should have a large bastard file and a stone for sharpening.
I like this Johnson Made-in-USA big bastard :
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I like Pferd files and handles like this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/30508937...R-yp4p-PYw
I like this stone (but I'm curious about the ones that come with a leather pouch):
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It's really going to depend on your judgment about how dense and springy and supported the brambles are, and what you want to spend and own. The length of this and the forward hook lend it to hitting yourself in the leg with a vertical stroke. A lighter and longer machete will pick up more tip speed, but can glance off of anything it doesn't bite into. The Council "bush hook" mentioned earlier, along with the related "brush hook" and "ditch bank blade" are monsters that will wear you out. Then there's power tools.
Not quibbling about the few scratches on the handle, but there are some.
Blunt is a better disrcription of how the blade arrives, beyond dull, but I anticipated that from the reviews and probably be a couple hours of hand honing it, hopefully it is a carbon steel that will hold the edge. not going to find a better one for $20 I don't think.
I would rather it had came with a sheath instead of the plastic to display handle thingy that needs recycling, my wife likes making that kind of thing and will put on her todo side.
Not quibbling about the few scratches on the handle, but there are some.
Blunt is a better disrcription of how the blade arrives, beyond dull, but I anticipated that from the reviews and probably be a couple hours of hand honing it, hopefully it is a carbon steel that will hold the edge. not going to find a better one for $20 I don't think.
I would rather it had came with a sheath instead of the plastic to display handle thingy that needs recycling, my wife likes making that kind of thing and will put on her todo side.
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