Axe Handle Weight Cut! Husqvarna Forest Axe #5: Thinning w/ Scraping and Rasping
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This is part 5 in a series on testin and modifying the Husqvarna Multipurpose Forest Axe. This axe came with a number of problems that have to be dealt with before it can be put to serious use. In this video I thin down the very thick handle to make it more useable and less fatiguing. I use a shoe maker's rasp, and a knife for scraping.
“Or whichever wise, ethnic stereotype of resiliency you prefer” 😂🤣😂 Thanks for that, Sir. Really gave me a reality chuckle!
How you're testing the handle flex is essentially how you floor tiller a bow, which I think is cool.
Nice job brother badass you and I do the same things I rather be comfortable been getting carpal tunnel from brand new axe..lol.. thanks for the video and information on the Michigan boy have a good day
Your videos are very calming and soothing. I enjoy the sound of wood cutting and handle profiling.
Shaping a handle with a knife is way more fun in my mind.
I absolutely love this video. It reminds me of watching my grandpa working on handles. Thank you.
One of the best descriptions on how and why to thin a handle, awesome work. Thanks for the effort
great job. customize to fit the user. Handles come entirely too thick. Basically clubby for the occasional user. My grandpas was a handle maker and his handles were thin and flexible and fit your hand properly.
That's neat. I'd like to see some of those handles.
Kind of reminds me of tillering a hickory bow.
Thanks for the video professor, I was worried about taking to much material from the handel and making it weak. After watching you I now belive I got plenty to work with thanks bro
At some point, you may make the handle more vulnerable to certain types of breakage, but this isn't even down to where I like them. The west woods handle in the video is about what I usually would like at about 3/4 inch thick. I haven't decided how far to to take this one yet, but it's very useable now.
Great video. I think if axe handles came in every individuals personal preference then it would rob us of the experience of making the axe our own through modifying the blade profile and handle thickness. Again great video for those who are willing to try it.
Thank youuuu, I really appreciate you considering us novices who don't own a lot of equipment!! This was so helpful. Amazing to see how effective and versatile a humble opinel can be :)
It could be improved for sure, but plenty useful in the right hands. It could easily be abused and broken, but it's cheap, so a good knife for people to learn that on.
"Just use x it's easier" I don't think I would enjoy this kind of stuff nearly as much if it was 'easier'. When I started fixing my axe handles I couldn't even remember what a spokeshave was called lmao, so I used my knives and it worked perfectly. I mean, sure, it took longer but at the same time I didn't have to buy another tool, and then learn how to use it.
Not that I don't enjoy learning things, but I have a lot of things to learn and not a lot of time (I work 8.5 hours a day, and after that have maybe 2 hours a day to work on projects before I am too tired to move) so when I can use something I'm already comfortable and familiar with for a purpose, I'll choose that over learning a specified tool
Perhaps you have answered this in another post, but what wood's besides hickory might be suitable for axe handles? I am disappointed with what I see for sale and I have made some handles (But have had some disappointment on that front as well). I have trouble finding hickory in my neck of the woods, will any other wood do?
a great video--entertaining and informative. i love the use of simple, available tools and hope to work on my own 26" husqvarna. detailed presentation is the best i have seen and may provide the confidence i need to start the project--thanks so much!
you are looking for flex and strength. Any wood that meets those criteria would work decently.
Natalie, Spokeshaves are awesome, but they have to be well maintained and I'll often just scrape instead of bothering to go get mine and make sure it's sharp, which it often isn't, then that's a whole deal to take care of and I could have been working the whole time. It really would have been good for this proect though. That was a lot of very hard wood and it took a while. At some point, the point seems to be lost if you have too many tools or high tech tools. At least to me. I think for some, the object and the aesthetic are the important things, not the process or ability to be less dependent. Not that a spoke shave would fit in that category, but I've always been interested in testing what is possible with simple means.
That’s a great tip on customizing the back of your knife like that, I’m already sizing up which one of mine to do it on moments after watching. I really enjoy the wildlife videos you incorporate as well.
If you use your thumb on the back of the knife a lot, it could be a problem, but it doesn't have to be super sharp to work, and it's easy to round back off.
I’d love a knife use guide like you mentioned. Great work, it looks fantastic.
This has been very helpful to me. Very informative. I'm working on restoring an old BSA Scout Axe and have no experience doing this, so the information you're providing is awesome. Thank you.
Hi Mike, glad I can help.
Thanks Steven for sticking with the Husqvarna club transformation, to a useful tool. I'm going to use your ideal and techniques to tune up the copy of the same model axe I've had for about 2 years. A stock Husqvarna axe is about a club, and does need your kind of tuneup.
Thanks again, and God Speed,,,
Cheers mate ! Shave that sucker down!
People just want to sound smart with their comments. I like seeing opinions. Your comment about using the knife and it being easy to mess up took me back to a handle I ruined on a double bit. Take your time. Pick it up and use it some, then go back and shave some more. It doesn’t have to take place quickly.
Started watching your videos and subscribed. Thank you for your videos. Informative and good study material. Started with lime video from years ago just today and decided that i need to follow to learn more important things.
Welcome.
I'm starting to like this guy. Telling haters to f%#k off. Love it
When I watch these videos, they take me away from all my worries and anxieties! Love the energy and vibe around your videos Steven! God bless you and thanks again.
Cool!
You are extremely articulate and talented. It's a rare talent to be both...especially when your "real skill" is in the axemanship. I'm about to head off grid with no power tools and build out my own place, start to finish. Your vides are instrumental in shoring up all the gaps in my knowledge and skills that must needs be remedied to be successfull in my endeavors. Thank you, sir.
Good luck with your project! Careful with those axes if you are working alone in the woods. Carry a tourniquete and a cell phone. Better yet, work with someone if you can.
Excellent project, what a transformation! I have a few Husqvarna axes, the one in this project and their hatchet. The hatchet is a disaster, no mod could cure it, too short, too fat and too curved. I just replaced the handle with a GB small forest axe handle. Perfect now, for me anyway.
I think I will mod the Husky Forest Axe in a similar way to yours, so as to make it usable. Right now I'm not using it at all.
Great mod to the Opinel spine btw.
Wade
The opinel spine actually works pretty great out of the factory. it will work better with a little sharpen once in a while though.
I enjoyed watching it a lot. This man has a great calm but confident voice, surroundings and his look is so cool. This video has some relaxing aspects too. Woodcraft and old school stuff are so important in present times when we get items by pressing a "pay now" button. Liked and subsd.
your videos are comprehensive and very well explained. So many ways to skin a cat, no rules, personal preference …
I know this video is 3 years old, and I'm sure you've got this recommendation before, BUT if you're looking for a new rasp still lol, I highly recommend a Shinto rasp! Always solid content and I love your humor🤙
I have one and have owned them before. they are great.
Most handle modification videos i saw on yt were the opposite of what ur doing here. Not thinning but rather thickening the handles by putting tape, paracord and other stuff on the handle to improve grip:)
I just finished my hatchet's handle, thinned it down nicely. Turned out to be quiet good i may say:)
Grip chmip. Seems like a good idea in theory, but that stuff inhibits use to me.
I know you have mentioned the shoe makers rasps, and the different ones available. I have tried some new ones, and Nicholson was my go to. However the one I got will not cut hickory, it is as dull as my 40 year old yard sale find. I see Baryonyx knife is carrying a higher end model from Stella Bianca and they are supposed to be superb quality, and very good hardness. However they are a reasonable price.
Still loving your videos as they are some of the finest content available anywhere. I took a year or so off of CZcams and other internet sites to focus on honing some life skills, and I am sure glad you are still killing it with awesome content. Keep up the good work. I can’t wait to get caught up on your videos.
I got the stella bianca to try it out and it's very small. Too small and I don't think a very versatile cut. I got two off ebay as well, but was not overly impressed with either. I think the best bet is probably to haunt ebay for new old stock. I might do that. Mine is pretty dull.
Some people have never heard of a smoke shave 😂 nor do we want to go buy one whatever tf it is. Thank you for using basic tools most people have or are cheap.
It's spoke shave. they used them a lot for shaving and shaping wagon spokes. and yeah, a lot of people aren't going to have one and don't need to buy one.
Nothing like real scrape marks on a handle. Well done!
I like the Lee Valley Japanese rasps . Like your style. Practical knowledge !
Still looking for a good new 4 way shoemaker's rasp.
@@SkillCult dont know where to go for that . Maybe the Amazon . Heh
@@caswallonandflur692 I looked at all of them and ordered a couple, but I wasn't impressed. Either not well made, or not well designed.
People who always go for the easy way learn nothing, and when caught without all of their (often overly expensive) tools don't know what to do. My philosophy is that whenever I craft (or modify) something from wood that I've never done before, I try to use as minimal tools as possible, just to know what kind of challenges it could pose. Most often it will be just my favourite carving all-round forest knife, with bigger projects paired with a hatchet. I'd sometimes go as far as carving something smooth with a piece of glass or flint as to avoid rasps and sandpaper - as you don't always have these on you.
I really appreciate your homesteading philosophy, with every video I learn heaps more about self-sustainability than from all these people who just show sped up footage of them messing around with a belt grinder.
I see rasps as a little bit of a crutch too ha ha. But they are awful nice for fitting eyes especially. The glass or flint trick is great. Spent lots of time doing that using stone tools to make stuff. With a knife and hatchet, so much can be accomplished, but with that limitation, scraping with the knife expands the possibilities a great deal.
I really appreciate your videos. You are a good teacher-thanks again
You know.... I went out to buy a stone cutting (lapidary) saw this weekend. Found one....and I also came home with a nice looking old axe head. So a new saga begins.... and it's YOUR fault ;)
lol. Enabler.
Heh! I found Stevens videos when I was learning to graft but since then I bought a cheap axe, bought a 4-way rasp, whittled the handle down a bunch, oiled it and bought a Bahco file and filed the bit... Now the axe feels great in the hand and is very sharp but I have nothing to cut! (I'm an invalid with collapsed discs so probably couldn't swing it 'in anger' anyway).
What you need is an axe launcher buddy! Hey, check out the Gokhale posture method. I've met a couple people with disk problems that have been helped a lot. Two of them are teachers actually, including Esther Gokhale. It has really helped me a lot.
LOL @ axe launcher! Thanks for the heads up about Esther Gokhale, I've checked out a few vids on youtube with her in. It's timely, I've just recently taught myself to stand and walk with my knees slightly bent as I was causing myself lots of extra pain in the Achilles tendon. Nobody taught me I just worked it out for myself. (Pinched motor nerves mean that I've been walking 'wrong' for a couple months. All that time spent learning to walk and now my body refuses to obey!) Cheers.
It takes time and there can be hard limits due to other functional problems. If I really get my neck lengthened out all the way, my airway starts closing because I have the classic modern narrow palate that restricts the nasal passages. If I don't fix that, which is much more of an undertaking, I can only progress so far with correcting posture and it's partly why posture is bad in a lot of people in the first place. If you want to go down that rabbit hole, look up michael mew's channel orthotropics. Fascinating stuff. I hope Gokhale helps. It should theoretically help with pinched nerves in the spine. It might at least help you understand what good posture should be. That was one of the most valuable things I got from it.
I love the octogon handles. So much more comfortable. More control
Fantastic techniques to add to my internal toolbox! I think modding anything to make it work for you is so useful.
Internal tool box, I like that!
I love the axe videos! Definitely been waiting to see the husky axe tuned up. I’m working on a handle right now for an antique axe head I bought last fall, and your videos are super helpful! Also, I would love to see a video on knife techniques. I’ve learned a lot just watching how you use yours, but some more conversation and examples would be appreciated. Awesome video man!
Good to hear. I want to do knife vids. Hopefully some this year.
Really learned a lot from your videos, thank you. Some of your suggestions helped me take a $20 collins from a throw away tool to piece I look forward to using. Thanks again!
Awesome :)
Sensible and skillful! Ya done good, real good!
Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this.
Can we get you and wranglerstar in the octagon already? Maybe survival jeapordy would be more appropriate. That dude sux. Your channel is awesome. Thanks for all the content and all your hard work.
Well, I owe the guy some gratitude for creating a large audience, then driving the best of them away lol.
Im gonna buy this axe next pay check i get! Im so excited... ive been mastering putting razor edges on my hatchets and would love to buy a good axe and turn it into a lazer beam!
Ahhh, thanks @SkillCult. This is the video I was looking for. I have so many handles to thin. Ugh. Even the OP Link handles that are still produced come to thick. If only one could order from their old pattern book like the Axe to Grind guy...oh well. Cheers!
A good source of information. I encourage you to persevere. I appreciate your opinions even when questioning/ disagreeing. I'm pretty axe/ hatchet focused so much content not focused in that direction is rather lost to me. Probably to my detriment.
Happy I saw this, found a good axe at the store, but the handle was heavy and as big as a baseball bat. Now that I know I can fix this, I might buy it.
Dude! Thank you for this. Just getting back into my axes. Hope you're well!
I understand the flexibility of the handle keeping it from fracturing even more when compared to a building in an earthquake. An aha moment!
I suppose there might be some parallel there. Every blow is like an earthquake, but can it survive the occasional 7.0 or 8.0 ?
love the knife parts. being resourceful regularly is a skill. thanks
I get it. Improving the axe as a matter of integrity. Personal and tool integrity. It's better for all of us.
Let me say that I really enjoy your videos. I like the way you explain your thought process. Basically, I like your style. I just watched some of your deer hide processing videos, that I thought were very well done. Thanks. Keep 'em coming.
Thanks Mark :)
Hi Steven, I picked up a bruiser of an axe from harbor freight and slimmed the handle down considerably with a block plane, and it looks and feels great, so I went to split a few rounds and the head came loose, so now I have to drill out the wedges and re- hang the head, but that’s what a $25 axe gives you! Thanks for all of your detailed videos. Sam
I haven't used block planes on handles that i can remember. I love the things though. I'll have to try it.
daphlavor I have harbor freight axe. Find the steel to be terrible. I would by a used good axe
Thank you my friend ... you are good teacher and motivator ... sorry for no comments from the first I learn from you.
You're welcome Rakat
Love the back of the knife trick what a great thing to know to get you out of trouble or a blister. Beeep all those that are aggressive. Just do what is needed when needed and do it well.
I really appreciate this video. I just put a new handle following all your tips but the handle feels incredibly thick and uncomfortable so this video leads me in the right direction as far as what areas to work to safely thin out my axe handle to be comfortable but strong. Appreciate bud.
glad to hear it There are a couple of in depth videos on axe handle design that I put out for more depth Here is one. czcams.com/video/JRJgRvHbEMM/video.html
Great video as always! The best axe videos on youtube for sure. That folding knife scraper is awesome I gonna try that!
yeah, try it, it's awesome.
@@SkillCult Great video ! Funny to have to wait for an American guy to show the capabilites of a French Opinel knife.
Great video. I have a few opinel knives and now I have another reason to like them. I use the back of an old dexter kitchen knife with a snapped tip for scraping in my shop but I’m going to try an opinel for field use.
I like this series on the mods you are doing very well done
I should do a short version of this after I finish the series, like do these steps to pimp out your husqvarna axe. The quicky version.
Beautiful work! I’ve got two handles that need work. I may file a little but mostly I’ll use a knife. One of my Mora’s probably.
this is the kinda shit i needed. thank you. i haven't even watched the whole vid yet and i know i'll come away with a better understanding of how to fix hatchet/axe handles.
dammit Stephen, now i'm takin hatchets apart, having wasted much blo in treating extra fat handles thinking they were most resiliant. i also noticed my Council Tool Velvicut hatchet is hung crooked...this is some wild QC from CT and i'll never see axes/hatchets the same way again. much thanks.
You are going to get substandard heads and hangs from almost any company. they just seem to happen in production and I think its not cost effective for them to pull them all. I guess you'd think the velvicut line would be a little more consistent, but best to pick them out, or examine straight out of the box. I did a whole series on axe defect and wear. there is quite a bit to consider.
@@SkillCult so i have decided that i'll buy thrift store, garage sale, and flea market heads and new from harbor freight only to be modded for commission. thanks for your knowledges.
I like your view on "dummy rules". Not cutting towards yourself is just way too restricting for a benefit which can be obtained in other ways. Sometimes that other way isn't obvious, but it's a fun process figuring it out. I went through that process for snapping branches and my method even impresses people with the thicknesses I can snap lol.
Just love your stuff Steven! Excelent execution and commentary! Very educational! Keep it up!
Thanks MC
really appreciate the explanation, I've always just used the axe with out much thought. now I have a better idea, how to really appreciate it ! thanks for a great video on how to reshape the handle, to fits my needs as an axe owner ..
looks more proportional as well hope your feeling better these days man like your point of view and insight good vid
Yes, it's way sexier now. Makes me actually want to use it.
I really like the back of the knife scraper idea....
The blade is fine too, but on that knife, the spine scrapes really well.
I usually use the blade but using the back helps save the edge a little it would seem
totally, it's hard on the edge.
this is great! i use steel rulers for the same reason. theres no spoke shave to buy here.
"first thing I think is ----" ,, I can totally relate, especially with such clear formulation with elegantly applied mannerism. You made a beep speak more than a thousand words :P
:)
Man!!! Im fixen to go grab a rasp and scraper and go to town on my H Forest axe. Always down with optimizing my equipment and I felt that the handle on mine was a little too big for long term use. Love your videos!
Go get 'er!
Love the vid. Thanks for showing how to use simple tools that I actually have!
I have the same axe. The bit on mine fits well. The edge was a joke, but easily fixed. I still hate the rounded corners that Husky uses to protect from breaking one. It makes the axe stick more. Thanks for the detailed reshaping, I need to do the same. I still love my Counsel Tool Boys axe more.
Council is a little less compromise, but I'll grab this to go run around in the woods, just because it's so damn light and handle-able.
Let me know what you think. I’m sure others are waiting. It’s a decent backpacking axe if it works well.
Thanks. That is the next work I have been looking at doing to my favorite small axes.
Sure a spokeshave will get it done faster, but if you're not in a rush then why not enjoy yourself? There's something immensely satisfying about working wood down with just what you have at hand.
Thanks that was very helpful. Cool Turkey Vultures. Big Chickens!
Thanks for a very informative video, love the Idea with the pocket knife as a scraper.
I definitely prefer flat sides. I think it helps tremendously with unorthodox positions and the position of the head and avoiding glancing.
Wauw i love this video!
Never though about modifying my handle but I most definitely will!
Nearly every axe will be better with at least some degree of handle modification.
@@SkillCult did it and wauw !
Nice job with the rasp. Those fire hose work pants are heavy but built very well.
The flex firehose are lighter, very light actually. I can't hardly wear the canvas ones in the summer.
Great video and cool thought at tool choice. I use a piece of flat tool steel to scrape with and never had a spoke shave. Slick idea on the knife's spine!
Scraping rocks.
I got woods knife self made from 1" Allen wrench steel. Got saw. 3 lb hammer. I got files, Gonna get the little hacksaw. A flat punch, chisel, a little hand drill and few bits. I got that Mexican collins boys axe. With nice Hickory.. but the head need work and the shoulder neck transition is not at all gradual. I got started.
Thank you very much .
Two fingers’s pushing .
May 29th 2022 Sun. 19:22
from Yokohama City Japan
This was a great video to watch! So much useful info, cant wait to get out and work on that old axe now.
Looks like I need to get to work.
i have been using a 14" farrier rasp i found at a waste transfer station that is still in good condition, it has been good for fitting a handle to a eye and thinning most of a handle. then ill use a knife and a chainsaw file with lots of draw filing to shape a handle were the big flat rasp cant reach.
Those things are awesome. If you do any smithing, try rasping red hot steel with one of those. You have to have a dedicated one just for that obviously, but it's pretty cool :D
feel like the axe community would hate the thought of me doing this with an angle grinder and flap disk. Might not look as romantic as hand tools but it's an awesome way to thin out extremely thick handle and quickly.
I rarely use power tools for anything related to this kind of stuff. I have it though. One thing is that I find it makes me more impatient and doing hand work slows me down mentally too.
I like short list of hand tools.
Watching you shave yours down, makes me think I should have taken more off of mine. I mostly removed material near the top. I'm still learning what I like and what I don't. Thanks, man.
I think at some point you are taking a higher risk of breaking, especially with certain types of accidents or stresses, but You'll figure it out either way. It's not as though it has to be optimal or anything. I'm mostly concerned for the extreme. For me I've always just messed with them until they fell right, which turns out to be pretty thin.
So do you think hand-size should be a factor when re-profiling a handle? Or is it more about the flexibility? Anyway, I’m really glad to have found your channel. You’ve taught me so much about axes, not the least of which is how fun they can be!
No, probably not. I doubt any huge handed lumberjack was using much larger handles. for some carving and hewing maybe, but not for chopping. Again, it's more guiding and throwing, so there is not a lot of grip needed. I remember one of the old authors saying something like the axe should lie lightly in the hand. That is a good way to think of it. There are a lot of misconceptions about grip and power delivery in handles that lead to fatigue, repetitive stress injury and broken handles.
I don't own a spoke shave, nor do I have a shop. But after watching this video I thinned out my husky carpenters axe with the back of my opinel :)
Awesome :)
So much information in this video that I need. Thanks!
Hi as a man who loves tools you do a damn good job I've worked with handtools all my life and many many times I've had to adjust my standards I've made lots of axe hafts in my time but the opinel knife scraper you score 10 out of 10 . I live near Sheffield in the UK ware some of the best tools in the world came from but all gone now. So we get shit from other countries that are not fit for purpose. It's not good enough for me and I don't want buy it I have lots of old tools which made my living we bought tools and we took great care of them.
I have a handful of tools with the sheffield stamp. Opinel back is pretty cool for scraping.
I challenge you to make an osage handle. I'll even send you a stave. Seriously let me know! I fell it love with osage. Great natural color, Chars even better, super strong, lightweight, good flexibility. Kind of a pain to work but well worth it. Edit: also I comment you for your thinking. Being able to make do is a skill a lot of people overlook. Good to see someone else doing things how they want instead of opting for the easy/convenient route.
Thanks, but I don't have time for that right now. I've got plenty of handle wood I never get around to using. Too many irons in the fire. I have used locust, which always seemed similar to osage to me. It's nice, but extra stiff I think.
@@SkillCult locust is similiar in ways just inferior lol. Iunderstand 100% on both points. Time and necessity. Thanks for response.
I prefer scraping harder woods like hickory. My spokeshave has a razor edge but it always skips or digs too deep into the hickory. A rasp and a right angle edge work pretty well. There might be a right tool for the job and it's up to the person working with the tools to determine what works better. Good video, I'm thinking about reworking mine now. I've already worked on a few other handles because they were just too wonky or unwieldy from the factory.
Interesting. I wonder if a spokeshave with a narrower throat would do better. I use them more when making handles, and not always then, but if well tuned, they are very fast and effective.
love the handle think I will do the same thanks. btw hello been a while happy to see the subs go up great job
Hey, good to see you back. 50k by the new year?...
All survival tool kits you will ever need is an Opinel #8 with a carbon steel blade 😎
Did the same with mine, I went with my spokeshave and a draw knife that I bought for 50p in a junk shop😜👍🇬🇧
A very worthwhile view. Thank you ~
Try using a pattern makers rasp. You'll never go back to anything else. It is good for 1-2 hard maple long rifle stocks. If the scraper is starting to chatter, change directions. You're no longer scraping across the grain, but into it.
If you mean the big rasps, half round with pretty big teeth in both sides, I have some of those. They're good for ripping wood. I just like to have the fine cut file side on the 4 way rasp on hand, so I tend to just grab that. mine is pretty dead though, so I'm either going to have to get another one, or use something else.
No I mean a true Nicholson Pattern makers rasp. They are a little spendy , but you'll never go back to anything else. They come in 2 different cut, a 49 & 50 if I recall. Go for the coarser one which is still pretty fine. It will not load up like the rasps with the big teeth in a pattern. The beauty of the pattern makers rasps are the random pattern of the teeth.
Great vid! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
in regards to flattening the sides of the handle: on a few of mine i have flattened the sides but with a taper from back to front, definitely feels better in terms of accuracy, whilst still feeling good in the hand with the thicker rounded back side. There isn't much you can do with the swedish handles besides thinning. At least with the thick ochsenkopf handles i use there is plenty of wood to play with for experimenting
I like this handle fine as far as form, just too thick and poorly fit to the head. It's quite nice now. Just a little more tuning down.
I made tea and started watching. Forgot about the tea. #coldtea
I'll take that as a complement, but sorry :)
I use to do majority of thinning with a rasp, but at this point i just have a piece of an old machete with a sharp 90 degree angle, I much prefer doing major wood removal by scraping, the only use for a rasp i have is when fitting the head and doing the hook at the swell.
I really like fitting heads with the rasp. That is it's most important use there for sure. It is nice for some other stuff though and generally handy. Also, with a sharp rasp like this, I could probably move that wood faster than by scraping. Not with this one though. Scraping is kind of addictive though.
It's true about hickory. I saw cut my sides and chisel them down. The rest was rasp and sanding. It's a iterative approach.
A Four in One May be a good choice. I use a big bastard file - the same ones I used to trim my horses hoofs with.
I like the options on the shoe maker's rasp (aka four in one etc). I use all sides for combinations of cut and shape.
Many many thanks for this 'input'...
Sorry I"m not a native english speaker. But your information is spot-on. I don't have the skills to modify this shaft like you've excellently displayed.
Therefore I'm wlilling to spend rhe extra money for the Granfords.
Also, the sheat imho, of the Husky will dull the edge. Grandfors does a better job in this part.
To spend the extra cash for a custom made sheat for the Husky, levels somewhat the price difference. ( inho )
Thanks for the excellent video"s & sincetely greetings from Holland.