neat stone, 42 blades! Hey quick question, is there a model among the Italian axes that's comparable to a GB small forest axe? Or the Hults Bruks hunters axe?
A bit of a tricky question since they're so radically different in fundamental design! The axe shown in this video, however, is my own Rinaldi "Milano" pattern hung on a longer-than-stock handle, making it boy's axe size. Something along those lines would probably fit the bill, and you could use an off-the-shelf hickory pick axe handle and shave it down to fit. :)
With the Italian heads, for a desired chopping performance, go with a lighter head than you're used to with American/Swedish style axes. Their (Rinaldi's) heat treatment is stellar. Proprietary silicon manganese spring steel at 58 RC, but despite the high hardness the edge rolls under stress rather than chipping.
Nice stone, fine axe. Thanks.
neat stone, 42 blades! Hey quick question, is there a model among the Italian axes that's comparable to a GB small forest axe? Or the Hults Bruks hunters axe?
A bit of a tricky question since they're so radically different in fundamental design! The axe shown in this video, however, is my own Rinaldi "Milano" pattern hung on a longer-than-stock handle, making it boy's axe size. Something along those lines would probably fit the bill, and you could use an off-the-shelf hickory pick axe handle and shave it down to fit. :)
+FortyTwoBlades as far as head weight and handle length? How do the Italians compare to the Swedish ones as far as quality of steel and heat treat?
With the Italian heads, for a desired chopping performance, go with a lighter head than you're used to with American/Swedish style axes. Their (Rinaldi's) heat treatment is stellar. Proprietary silicon manganese spring steel at 58 RC, but despite the high hardness the edge rolls under stress rather than chipping.
+FortyTwoBlades thanks for the replies, love your store!
Thank YOU for your patronage and the kind words! Always happy to help. :)