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30th July 2022, 01:05 PM #1
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Looking for timber for axe handles
Purchasing advice.
If I wanted to make handles 800mm long. Say Blackwood.
Should I buy a piece that I could cut 2-3 axes out of, or just a piece to cut 1 from? 🤔
Also looking for suppliers down here in the south (Tassie) so I can avoid the big chains and buy more durable pieces.
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30th July 2022, 01:23 PM #2
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Depends on how many axe heads you have. Spotted gum also makes a nice axe handle.Attachment 515008
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30th July 2022, 05:36 PM #3
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I would have thought that blackwood - acacia melanoxyn - was too soft for axe handles.
Traditionally, striking tools handles were made from spotted gum - corymbia maculata - but nowadays most handles stocked by BigChains are from imported hickory.
In Tasmania (only) handles were traditionally made from horizontal - Anodopetalum biglandulosum - but this is not available commercially.
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30th July 2022, 05:47 PM #4
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Not if you only want to chop one block.
Originally Posted by GraemeCook
Agreed – straight grain Spotty has good spring and is super durable. Originally Posted by BobL
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30th July 2022, 06:10 PM #5
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If you are swinging all day, Hickory. If you are just chopping fire wood or felling just a couple of trees, Spotty is fine.
Hickory has a bit more spring and your arms will thank you.
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30th July 2022, 09:56 PM #6
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Blackwood is simply unsuitable for axe handles as said above Spotted Gum or Hickory, or just buy them here, will be less expensive Handles - Krugers since 1911
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