An axe to grind . . .
Barry’s got an axe to grind. Should I be worried? 😟
To be precise, it’s a Fiskars Splitting Axe for splitting logs. That’s such a relief to my jangled nerves. 😉
He’s also bought one of these for grinding the axe blade. He watched a number of online videos to select the right one.
You can’t ask for the wrong thing in our house and there are usually two of everything because one always gets ‘mislaid’.
I exaggerate, of course. (but not a lot!) 😇
We won’t lose the whetstone, because it comes complete with a storage box made of acacia wood. We might lose the box, though!
Back in the day before we got a log splitter, I was forbidden to touch the ax to split wood. It seems that my aim is not true and I am hell on ax handles. That's a dandy one.
ReplyDeleteHow funny! What did you do to the axe handles - chew them?
DeleteI did not hit the piece of wood square on with the blade, which lead to repeatedly damaging the ax handle until it needed to be replaced for safety reasons. After we got a log splitter, (which my son still refers to as the happiest moment of his life), I was once again able to shoulder my fair share of the work. Wood was our sole source of heat in those days and getting the wood in was a job that was worked at (off and on) for an entire summer. We always had two piles going. The wood dried for a year. As each heating season finished, the remaining wood was restacked with the wood that was drying. That summer would be spent filling up the newly emptied side of the wood shed with more wood to dry for a year. It was a lot of work.
DeleteIt certainly is a lot of work. We had a log splitter for garden use and I was using it when a bit of the log flew up into my face. I don't know why. I wasn't wearing goggles and was told off for that, quite rightly.
DeleteThat's quite a tool! I pity the logs. ;-) xx
ReplyDeleteHe's already been 'playing' with it. We'll have enough logs to last until Kingdom come.
DeleteI get a great deal of pleasure out of sharpening tools - knives, axes, chisels, shears, secateurs - it is relaxing and I love having tools that are sharp easy to use. There is a 'professional' sharpener at our Repair Cafe and he has recommended some bits of sharpening kit I never even imagined existed and which don't cost a fortune to own. I hope Barry enjoys the use of his new whetstone. Is it a water stone or an oil stone?
ReplyDeleteI have an electric knife sharpener for kitchen knives. but I fully expect Barry to use his whetstone to sharpen them. They will disappear into the garage . . . and that will be that!
DeleteIt's a water stone, I'm told.
It's a well protected axe. In my day we had carry an axe with our bare hands with the sharp blade resting against our palms. Damn nanny states. I hope that is Australian native acacia. I didn't think it was very good for anything like making a timber case.
ReplyDeleteI can't attest to the quality of the case, but as it will probably disappear, it doesn't really matter ;-)
DeleteI just had to look up, on what...'To have an axe to grind'
ReplyDeletereally means....And it says.....
If someone has an axe to grind, they are doing something
for selfish reasons...
I did'nt know that, it had selfish reasons...Learn summat
every day..!
I also have a grinder, l bought some years ago, though
a lot smaller, not for an axe, l use it mostly for my six
inch kitchen knife, the one that gets constant use...!
HeHe! Keep looking over yer shoulder Janice....Well,
for a while anyway...! :O).
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I think Barry is more in danger from me wielding a kitchen knife than I am from him with his axe!
DeleteHi Janice - it could have been an axe to cut marrow bones for the dogs ... and ... but I must say it's good to have a man around who knows his tools - good luck with the wood splitting! Cheers Hilary
ReplyDelete'The right tool for the job' is a phrase that could have been invented with my husband in mind;-)
DeleteMy husband has the same axe but he uses an electric sharpener wheel instead. Still gets the job done.
ReplyDelete. . . especially if it's fancy one like this;-)
ReplyDeleteMy husband says, 'Smart choice', but then your husband knew that anyway;-)
ReplyDeleteThat's quite a sophisticated axe and surely one needs to watch an online video to make sense of that contraption for grinding the axe blade! xxx
ReplyDeleteBelieve me, Ann, Barry watched the online video several times. Fortunately, the man demonstrating had a very pleasant voice so it wasn't too much of an ordeal;-) x x x
ReplyDeleteI know the rule is that a sharp tool is safer than a dull one, but I let my kitchen knives stay dull and never cut myself, whereas I have sliced and diced my fingers with sharp ones (probably because I'm not used to using something properly sharp, I know!) I hope the ax sharpening goes well. My husband always said a project wasn't much of a project unless it required buying a new tool :)
ReplyDeleteI agree, Jenny. A sharp knife can do a lot of damage in a very short time.
ReplyDeleteProjects and new tools go together somehow;-)