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Lot of work for an ash handle :^P Seriously, I wouldn't put that kind of effort into ash unless I was just practicing to make hickory handles. Does any other wood make a credible axe handle? Oak? Ironwood?

I haven't shaped axe handles, but I've made new eye ends(?) on mauls, and it's a hassle. Just using a knife.

I've thought about it. I want to get a spokeshave, but don't want to pay a lot for one. I always look when I'm at the consignment shop. I figure if one shows up there, it's a sign from the gods I should make (nice)tool handles. I already make crappy ones :^D

Ended up ordering a handle on amazon. It's for the light forestry axe, but some of the numbers are the same, so I'm hoping it'll fit. The eyes look the same looking at pics, but who knows? Might be expensive firewood.

Yea, perhaps. I'm gonna look a bit more online, and if that fails, I'll take the head to the sawshop, and see how it compares to that axe. My head /may/ have a smaller eye cause it's lighter, but the shape should be the same. If that's the case, it should be easy to pare it down to fit. I don't...

Their catalog is a little difficult to parse, but a quick look is showing American pattern only. This is what it looks like...

This is the axe I have. Still poking around for a replacement handle. https://hausoftools.com/products/ochsenkopf-ox-head-ox-248-e-1257-axe-split-quick-with-ash-handle-70-cm?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=14ed54ec8&pr_rec_pid=4169365094459&pr_ref_pid=4170368876603&pr_seq=uniform

Yea, it looks like $40 is the going rate. Might be a bit cheaper at the sawshop. Ask him for a price, he pulls out the stihl catalog, does some mental calcs, and gives you a price cheaper than list. Asks if that sounds ok :^D It's a bit of a hike, but it's a real honest to god sawshop, and I...

Thanks guys. I checked Baileys, and they didn't have anything, but Stihl is indeed Ochsenkopf. I'll dig up the exact model#, and either phone in an order, or make a road trip to the sawshop. I've been wanting to go there anyway. Calling is a little annoying cause he's Amish, and it's a shared...

Anyone have good leads on Euro style axe handles? I broke my Ochsenkopf splitter today. Ash is a garbage material for a striking tool. I found an Ochsenkopf hickory replacement in German amazon for €42. Any place closer and cheaper I should look at? Oh, and it MUST be hickory, or have a real...

That's an interesting head. I've never seen a recessed area like that before. When I first saw the pic, I thought it went all the way through. That would be even more unique(and puzzling).

That happened to my Ochsenkopf sappie. I pushed it hard, but I think being ash was more the issue. I replaced it with hickory.

My main experience with softwood is yard spruces. That means branches top to bottom. They're virtually unsplitable. With enough determination you can get them apart with wedges and a maul, but then all you have is smaller spruce. It isn't worth the work. Split them with a saw, or don't bother.

A lot of the clever northern European solutions wouldn't work over here. This axe, the tire retainer, probably some other stuff. Birch rounds almost qualify as dimensional lumber. Every piece is about the same as the next, and it splits like a dream. Try that stuff with a 30" piece of knotted...

My Helko's 24". That length feels pretty good to me for a general purpose axe.

Longer handle is harder to be accurate, and it takes more room to swing. Also less comfortable for me to single hand it. I don't like choking up on long handled tools. Every striking tool I regularly use is on the short side. They range from 'kinda short' to 'extremely short'.

I've sharpened a mower blade once in my life just to see what it would do. I thought "Pft... Whatever...", and never did it again. I already resent the time I waste shortening grass. I'm pretty sure a piece of rebar attached to the motor would cut acceptably well for me. Speaking of stupid...

I've seen the screws in videos, but have never seen one in person. They do look super sketchy.

I was in the consignment shop last week and I thought about that book. They had an axe in there with three moving parts :^D It's one of those axes that have cammed levers in the cheeks, and are supposed to making splitting easier. I almost bought it cause it was in pretty close to new...

I found this head in the woods at work... I think it belonged to George Washington! :^P It's a cool thing for a decoration. I just went outside to get wood, and it was on the pile where I put it. Time to bring it in, and once it's dry, I'll brush it off, put it on a shelf, and someone else...