Customise Your Carving Axe

This Week, Ben shows you how to modify your axe for different craft and Bushcraft purposes, talks you through the different grinds available with Gransfors Carving Axes, and regrinds an axe himself.
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[@guywihn1658]

I have a very nice 150 year old forged and only used in Canada twelve inch broad axe that was my grandads. It has a beautiful eight sided ash handle that is probably almost as old as the head. I'm 73 now and have used that handle as a guide for many handles I've made from tight grain Arizona ash which is the hardest ash I know of.

[@BenOrford]

Wow that’s amazing, lovely to have a tool that has so much heritage and family connections. Very nice indeed, I have a few knives from my grandfather and they are super special. I really like Ash as a handle material and the Arizona ash sounds like just the ticket for a handle 👍

[@ashleycoups3922]

it is hard to explain quite how brilliant you are - you bring to us all interesting and extraordinary knowledge, passion and charming modesty. Your videos and posts are awesome and we all are so appreciative. Thanks.

[@chriss.5414]

Cool video and cool store.

[@jamesvanminnen2676]

As ever, so informative and well-presented! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Ben 🙏

[@johnmutton799]

You can watch how long it takes to make one of these axes, and now see how long it takes to sharpen one! You cannot compare the right handed axe to a side axe. Both are different tools, the side axe can be used like a plane or chisel. The right handed version is a very aggressive cut. Thanks for showing what you do!

[@martinfoy5167]

👏👏👏like a well oiled machine ben 👍

[@MountainDreamLand]

Thank you for your reviews, much appreciated !

[@charlesbrousseau3988]

Thanks! Never realized we have an hexagon template built in our hands! My favourite edge shape is also the third one.

[@benhadlow5730]

Love the content as always, thanks Ben

[@shahar85]

Such a professional attitude and abilities! Thank you for sharing! I enjoyed a lot buying from your shop👍

[@333jtj]

Lovely bit of work. Awesome stuff.

[@whome6764]

Truly makes a difference with the correct hatchet or tool. Makes work more enjoyable.👍

[@blister4walken]

I'm off to octagonalise my axe handles 😀 great video again.

[@thespooncrank]

Nice one Ben! Thanks.

[@manguydude905]

Awesome! I'm a little nervous to try something like this because I'm worried I will ruin the heat treat, do you think I should be OK with just a convex edge for spoon carving?

[@RossFenion]

Thank Ben great video as always I have the right handed version do you think you would be able to modify this in a similar way?

[@Ashysand]

That’s what I have been looking at doing. I make had made buck saws. Can I ask. I take it this is for a right handed person.

[@lenniusmc]

Wonderful video. Question though. For a beginner into wood carving and crafts. Which bevel would you recommend? I am left handed. I am really only looking into the axe to teach my children how to creat things from the world around them while we camp. I most likely will be doing wood crafts as part time fun and hobby. I do have a small forest axe, restored hultbruks 13 camp axe and Scandinavia forest axe. Would it be better to add a left bevel axe to my collection?

[@BenOrford]

Hi David no problem well if it was me and getting children into carving I would go for the symmetric grind and the smaller wildlife hatchet it makes a great carving axe 👍 hope that helps

[@lenniusmc]

@@BenOrford Thank you so very much... That really does help.... This will also help with if one of my kiddos is left handed and the other is right... Have a great day.

[@alekskashefi4268]

Can someone do this to one of the handed grind axes or is it only doable with a symmetrical axe?

[@yellowboot6629]

Yeah!

[@손병태-v7z]

안녕하세요 😄 여긴 대한민국 입니다. 너무너무 훌용한 도끼 🪓 입니다. 가지고 싶네요.늘 건강 하시길......

[@muratmustafa4532]

Almost all carving axes comes with scandi grind, why GB makes their carving axes with convex? Does it not more pronounce to bouncing off from the wood compered to flat scandi?

[@johnmutton799]

I have a few ĢB's axes, when you buy them check the grind under a LED light. They have more bevels than a cows got tits! Then they just polish over them. And they are not evenly ground. This is a good video. I do all my axes by hand. This shows how a axe should be ground in one even sweep of the axe head on a linisher. Everyone thinks GB make perfectly made axes. They are very good, but you still need to put some work into them. I have just bought a large right handed carver and it has two small hammer marks right next to the grind, on the flat side, and several one inch , long hammer marks on the bevel side. I am thinking of having them ground out but would be wasting the edge. Whoever is grinding them at GB needs to learn how to do it right. One edge of the edge is always far deeper than the other. You can see how long it takes watching this.

[@Rhythm24inch]

Yeah they're a proper gimmick for the dull'ard sheep types, ive got a robin Wood little thing brought half price, second hand and its Chinese cast steel heat hardened, its absolutely nails and sharpens up unbelievably, even after donking the edge on a hidden screw, but my point is, how much better can it possibly be?! Mine will take your fingers off if you iust drop it wrong, theres absolutely nothing theirs will do that mine wont, including lasting a lifetime.

[@naturebehindglass6512]

If this asymmetrical grind is slightly handed, which side does the wider flat bevel go on for right handed users? On the left side when you look from the top?

[@Rhythm24inch]

Think about it, so the wider flatter side goes closest to the wood and cuts though it, the other side or off side is the slightly curved one to help take off the shavings just like a chisel or plane would, once you've worked this out you can then find out for yourself by thinking about it.

[@max88nielsen]

Nice :-) Where did you get that leather strop or did you make it yourself. I would love to have one for my 50x200 belt grinder. Regards from Denmark

[@Philippians--co6ww]

"Well you know muh name is Simon and i like to do drarings". Lol

[@АлександрНевский-н5э]

Добрый день у вас можно преобрести такой топор ?