$40 Council Tools Boys Axe vs $100 Hult Bruks Kalix Felling axe. Before and after Inflation!!!

[@SilverbackBubba]

I do so enjoy your dry sardonic humor. It amazes me how many people just do not get your videos and take them way too seriously. I just watched one of your videos from 5 years ago about the Tempsky Ranger. You have not changed your video style at all. I love it.

[@NoNotThatPaul]

I love your video style, any chump can watch Gideon or whatever, but it's not fun. You make it fun. Thank you

[@gregtomamichel973]

Good to see the safety squint in use.

[@johnclarke6647]

I sharpened my five year old Council Tools Boys axe, yesterday. I bought it before COVID, when prices were reasonable. I have used it as a wedge Boys axe. It was a lot harder than my SMALL banger and general yard axe. I cut a bunch of oak roots the other day, when I planted anew plum tree, so it was pretty dull. After I sharpened my GBA Small Forest Axe, I grabbed the Boys axe and my hockey puck. I could not believe how hard the steel was in the steel was in my CT Boys axe. It was a lot harder than my Small forest Axe. I think I paid about $25 for the CT boys axe when I bought it and made a sheath for it.

[@fredeschen3783]

Council Tool uses the best steel and the Velvicut is upgraded and they tell you what it is, but I don’t remember. I have two and they are holding up great and nice handles and grain too. I never thought of safety glasses for chopping wood. The irony that I would learn of this on your fine channel is not lost.🍻 I keep a Fisker splitting ax in the woodshed too.

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Listen people have been telling me this for years anything I chop something. Safety glasses fog up very quickly for me because of sweat and I cannot see out of them.

[@gordonmacdowell8117]

People freak out on the internet if you film yourself using an axe without safety glasses; especially if they've never used an axe before. If you're using an axe properly, it's the people standing nearby that need to wear safety glasses, because that's where all the wood chips are flying. If you're not using it properly you might need safety glasses, but otherwise you should be just fine. Where I make an exception is with sledge and wedge, because while the hammer is slowly deforming the top of the wedge, the iron flakes will fly off at unpredictable angles and I've been cut below that eye that way.

[@fredeschen3783]

@@gordonmacdowell8117 when metal tools start to mushroom out hit them with a file or grinder.

[@forrestswain543]

The best axe to use is one that doesn't belong to you 😎

[@KMV007]

Lol. Especially when you miss and break the handle 😂

[@kurts64]

Awesome to see Advanced Knife Bro review some axes. As an axe guy, these are both good workin-mans axes, though more cutters than splitters. Eucalyptus is tough stuff. As always, great vid 🪓🪓👍🇦🇺

[@danielwendell542]

I'va got an Allagash Cruiser, Maine axe pattern made in Maine which I adore for farm tasks and firewood tasks. Splitting is with a fiskars maul, which has put in plenty of work. And my ESSE camp hatchet is great for kindling and carving!

[@riverrunner23]

Axes, hatchets and mauls, Oh My! These are some of my favorite things, having multiple Fiskars, 3 Hult Bruks, a Cold Steel Trail Boss and some miscellaneous others. I had a True Temper Vulcan double bit that I picked up at a garage sale. Totally rusted, with a warped, aged handle. Bathed it in distilled white vinegar, wiped down and gave a super fine steel wool scrubbing and bought a white hickory handle to replace the old one. Added a double bit leather sheath, and voila, a pretty good looking restoration. Thanks for the vid, and enjoy.

[@Leftyotism]

There is almost nothing better than bringing out the old Hilti! 🥰 (German slang for sledgehammer. It's a brand, but I don't think they make sledgehammers anymore.)

[@scdub]

I got a Council Velvicut Boys Axe in 5160 one year ago and I felled in love with it. 😸❤ I’ve used it primarily to buck green trees that have fallen across roads and trails, and for that purpose it works amazingly after some thinning behind the edge. It came with a leather sheath which makes it extremely Insta, but alas I’ve only posted about it on Bladeforums… How are you liking CA? I’m in Santa Cruz County…

[@starkparker16]

This guy ain't losing no eye one day. This guy is advanced AF.

[@dlrmon1]

The last axe/hatchet I purchased was after watching Advanced Knife Bro’s Gransfors Bruk Wildlife Hatchet review years ago. I happened to find one on a German site for 99 bucks w- free shipping, and it was back to being a wannabe Knife Bro since...lol

[@MikeJones-wp2mw]

I have that boys axe, it's a great axe. I chop wood with it but splitting anything too big is gonna break it. Just takes too much speed to get it done with a head that light. But I have bigger axes for that. It's my favorite axe, I changed the angle on it, made it a bit sharper than they intended, but not much.

[@johnp.5882]

I use Zima to sport wood, and the Swedish axe to split hairs around the campfire 🤷‍♂️

[@Simon-talks]

Advanced axe bro?

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

…speaking

[@digdugdat2847]

For $40 I bought a similar axe with 3 flathead shovels, 4 hard rakes, 1 leaf rake and 16 flathead screwdrivers and a tool box full of Taiwanese sockets off of Marketplace from an itchy and energetic fella.

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Guy just had a buncha extra tools laying around!

[@digdugdat2847]

@@AdvancedKnifeBro yea, someone did

[@scdub]

You clearly know how to haggle.

[@TR_Swan]

Great video. I bought myself a Fiskars X15 for my outdoor adventures. I bought my son a Gransfor Bruks Small Forest Axe for his 18th Birthday. Hopefully he will have it forever and recall our days afield together after I'm gone. Ive used both and I have to say that the Gransfor Bruks is better than my X15. Is it a $100 better? NO. As far as that monster CA wood you have there. After I turned 40 I bought a log splitter for when I do bulk. For a dozen or so logs I'll still swing an axe or a maul. Remember, wood heats the body twice!

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Fiskars x series- nothing wrong- but it has too modern of a feel. It performs well though. It doesn’t look quite like a classic tool.

[@rockymountainlockpicker9606]

I’ve had a council tool velvicut double bitted saddle axe for 5/6 years. Have used it regularly in the summer/fall out camping and hunting. It chops and splits better than other hatchet I’ve had. Probably bcuz of the heavier double bit. Has a good solid handle and the head has remained tight. It does require a bit of wax or oil and attention to the weather, or it will begin to rust fast. I did a forced patina on mine so that has kept it looking nice.

[@daveburklund2295]

How do these axes compare for tree chopping to that Cold Steel sword?

[@johnclarke6647]

The reason heads are painted is so you can find them in the leaves after you finish cutting down the tree with your chainsaw. The patter of my chainsaws is Stihl.😮

[@datafoxy]

So much axe knowledge. I do not think I would get one but good to know a bit about what I should look for.

[@calebmorris6687]

I lean toward the Estwing camp axes myself tbh; they are a nice solid middling sized axe.

[@betterarmed]

Finally! Good job coming back to it lol

[@johnclarke6647]

My 4# True Temper that I have had for fifty years is a red Dayton. My 2.5# True Temper Boys axe is also a red Dayton. I have had it for about forty years. I restored both of them about ten years ago. I restored their red color and hung new hickory handles in them. The 4# DAYTON got a 31.5” handle and the Boys axe got a 27.5” hickory handle both are does leg handles. Both cut well.

[@redryder1146]

I absolutely love your videos. Keep up the great work !!

[@JCOwens-zq6fd]

Yeah i moved out to California some years ago & the trees are a whole lot bigger & the wood is more difficult to split for sure.

[@danygodbout979]

ive been watching your vids for some years...iam semi befoore its to deep to not black out and i want to say these are awsome vids...your old style on the log is quite arrousing xxx

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

Damn the handle on the Kalix is massive i miss the old red painted heads. The shape of the heads i feel was better too.

[@WoodsmanHobo777]

I like Councils older style with the painted heads too. I've gotten some with the sport utility finish with horrible grinds

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

@@WoodsmanHobo777 Yeah I mean there is the whole grind it yourself thing but the painted ones were cheaper and arrived certainly useable. And the grey smudgy finish just looks kinda ugly. Respectfully.

[@mattfleming86]

My DREAM "boys" axe would be the 2.25-3lb head on a 28" STRAIGHT handle. As big of a poll as would balance well. Small felling axe, limbing axe, light duty splitter, and most importantly a wedge banger for chainsaw felling.

[@theimperialbeachbum1304]

But can it cut through meatloaf effectively???

[@just9911]

I see AKB as more of a “felling a tree with det cord” kinda guy than an axe bro.

[@nandayane]

I still want a purple stump lifter! Also been lookin at these axes, I live in california so fiskars it is!

[@Leftyotism]

Whoah vintage footage!

[@_brianm]

“Fellers!” 👏🏻💯

[@kailashblades]

Be kind to yourself- your video style hasn't completely stayed the same over the last 10 years. You use a nicer camera now :)

[@herbertgearing1702]

I believe originally local blacksmiths and farmers would forge their own axes and they would evolve over time to suit the needs of the customers and local timber. When the US was experiencing it's lumber boom cutting the huge old growth forests there was a scramble to supply axes, many factories opened and competition being what it is, many of them tried to please everyone and made dozens of head designs, they copied regional favorites and designed new models in response to requests from regional lumberjacks. In the time before the chainsaw and other power tools, when many American homes still heated with woodstoves, axes were a huge market and not only for the lumber industry, but carpenters, developers, homeowners in a mostly rural nation. The truth is that the axe you use for felling, limbing, bucking, and hewing lumber should be suited to the trees in your area. The European axes the settlers brought with them slowly evolved to the new environment every time someone ordered a new axe from the local Smith or forged his own on the homestead. Modern axes have devolved into wedge drivers and splitters no longer suited for cutting down and processing trees. It's one of the few cases where "they don't make them like they used to" is actually right on the money. Most of the people who would benefit from a quality cutting axe are going to use it for camping, hiking, or have decided that building a cabin "the old fashioned way" would be a challenge. If you don't want to spend a fortune, try to find a well cared for vintage axe and pick up a new handle, if you don't need one you have a backup.

[@craigrj232323]

Lodgepole, ceder, black or white oak. Be careful with madrone or manzanita, they burn so hot you can catch your house on fire.

[@christamu2]

None of these remotely compare to the main blade on my Stump Lifter for pure chopping power but they'll do in a pinch.

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

This guy gets it

[@Bogart995]

Worth the wait.

[@kd0407]

Did I like this slight departure from your usual content? You bet your axe I did! (Ok I'm sorry, but I kind of felt like I had to...)

[@Leftyotism]

Okay, you have asked for it: The history of the rafting axe dates back to ancient times when early civilizations relied on waterways for transportation and trade. As human societies developed, the need for specialized tools for water-based activities like rafting became apparent. Rafting axes were crafted to be lightweight and versatile, capable of assisting in tasks such as cutting ropes, clearing obstacles, and ensuring safety while navigating rivers and water bodies. Over time, advancements in materials and design have led to the development of modern rafting axes that are essential tools for outdoor enthusiasts and professionals engaging in water-based adventures.

[@JFBradfield-Axes]

Or, you could Google it, and learn that "rafting" axes with the typical rafting ax head profile have a hardened poll used in the lumber industry for hammering in the staples that hold the rafted logs together as they move them over water.

[@bobbannon2701]

But do you still have that Lynn Thompson hat?

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Yes

[@bobbannon2701]

Excellent . Broken skull review with the stone cold beer bash intro (circa 99’).

[@jamberrycloud]

I miss the old yard 😢.

[@ronsalerno2058]

Well, if you'd like to test the (probably identical) felling efficacy of each of these two axes without actually felling a tree, you could have layed the logs down on their sides.

[@scootertribeg1708]

advanced cults bruh (your new axe brand name)

[@onionhead5780]

Less than 3 minutes in and a well deserved thumbs up. Strictly due to that ninja axe twirling action. 🥷

[@nphipps2]

A+ edged tool content.

[@theTrueOverlord]

What cracks me up is the Swedish axes are all made from recycled steel and yet they want premium prices, how ever Husqvarna is made of the same steel and in the same forges for a third to half the price.

[@yankee2yankee216]

Where can I get a Hults Bruk felling axe for $100?

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

No where any more

[@jonwivccc7926]

you don’t need one bro buy a cheap axe and get to work .. trust me my bruk is somewhere lost in my tool room because you never use it .. a cheap axe will serve you better not worrying about rocks . gritty wood etc just work and go back to your life

[@UR_Excluded]

Kicks axe….you know, them carving axes could be some content. Left handed, right handed, 300 bucks plus….similar old sounding names.

[@snakehead5444]

A 28 inch double bit cruiser axe is a man’s “felling axe” of this genre

[@mikenormandy9250]

Most American axe companies from the last couple of centuries, all folded into each other, so basically become one that’s now overseas or in Mexico you had plumb, Collins, American tool and hoe, company. Yeah, probably keen Kutter you had Norland, which was bought by mann with two ends, they all eventually folded into each other just like all the regular hand, tool companies like Milwaukee, rigid Ryobi and heart are owned by TTI in China. It seems counsel Tools is the only mass producer of Axes in America still unless you want to count the small forges which I really know where one guy is making Swedish or German patterns putting a sick handle on it and charging you $1200 in the waitlist to six years to have to make you an ass And then there’s also the Amish people up in Maine that got the patents for snow & neally, they still make them

[@ronsalerno2058]

Interesting.

[@Keith_the_knife_freak]

Thanks for sharing.. 👍👍👍

[@pyeitme508]

That's the thing about quality with the appropriate price😂

[@lyndonmarquis414]

Advanced axe bro?

[@lyndonmarquis414]

Damn it, someone got there first - well played, that bro.

[@Sudz1911]

I didnt know they still made the "redhead" axes

[@Sudz1911]

Annnnnd commented too soon

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Give it 3 more years!

[@scdub]

Lol

[@GliderBane]

No where near as good as your shovel comparison video. We need more tactical gardening videos.

[@gordonmacdowell8117]

Splitting mauls are nice, but have you thought about using a sledgehammer and wedges.... No, really. They work great.

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

I have two estwing wedges and a full sledge and a 3lb hand sledge. My favorite part is hitting them dead on, after getting them started and they bounce back out. The wedges do not improve the splitting on this wood at all. If they don’t bounce out they get lodged too far down into the log after pounding them a bunch I need the second to be able to remove the first. So no they do not improve the splitting.

[@gordonmacdowell8117]

@@AdvancedKnifeBrothe only time I really use the sledge and wedge is on the more miserable monster rounds, with tons of knots, when even the splitting maul gets stuck. It's almost relaxing to use an axe on small rounds or easier to split wood, after a childhood of hacking at horrible pieces of wood I couldn't get my arms around as an adult. The biggest problem with people using axes, besides trying to chop their feet off, is they use it like a club. If you don't do that little flipping motion at the end of your swing the wood doesn't break apart as well.

[@gordonmacdowell8117]

@@AdvancedKnifeBro I'm not 100% sold on that Estwing wedge design. It's practically built to fly back at you, the way some splitting mauls with dogs on the side do. It can be hard to find a wedge these days that's not either tiny or made of plastic.

[@gambitm7480]

👍 good stuff

[@heynsenene]

Pro tip: When people replace the work 'ask' with 'axe', dont correct them. Just let them ask you the damn question. You can still silently judge them and nobody has to know. Were all friends here...just trying to get along.

[@Doorgunner50]

Husqvarna 26" forest axe is the best axe in this size range. Sorry, had to say it. I have the council tool one also. Its good and worth every penny but the Husqvarna is awesome. Used to only be $79 but probably a lot more now that the us dollar is loosing value. Buy your stuff now before it loses even more!

[@brandensutton2324]

Paul Bunyan Jr over here

[@kevinschmith9379]

Call steals Trail. Ask what is called a trail boss is about the same thing to that’s pretty cheap.

[@chaddamron3877]

Solid 🎉

[@WhispyWoods.]

Fellers 😆🤣😂😄

[@ozzlayer]

You need a black metal song in the background on this one.

[@Steve_G88]

congrats on selling out your knife!

[@mikereese15]

Since you took years to make this video, I took 9 months to watch it. And even more disappointing than you moving to California(why, just why), is the fact that i didn't hear you cover the HRC of them there axes heads things. 😂

[@adamjames1375]

Only thing cooler than slicy stuff is choppin' stuff.

[@johnbowers1218]

I miss the bamboo and stump and watching you sweat in VA humidity.

[@unknownriderinbound]

You're doing it wrong. I don't know the right way to do it, but I watch the interwebs so I'm literally qualified to critique.

[@timclements2473]

Most tools worth owning are sharpened by the user not the factory.

[@hongsezuie]

yep, people ate that shit right up.

[@zeshwonsos]

yay!

[@chaddamron3877]

🍺🍺💥❤️ m Killin it

[@WoodsmanHobo777]

Those Council Tool axes have doubled in price

[@christophwilhelm6431]

I want to axe you... shouldn't you have used these instead of a cheap sword that broke in half? Maybe?

[@craigrj232323]

There you are, miss your face. Wish you did more videos, but when you pop up, I watch. Kinda like the neighbor down the street. The one that's super nosey. There he goes again, bet he's got the deadlock on him today. Sure wish he'd open a letter with it.

[@scdub]

Hard to pull off creepy/funny. 👍

[@craigrj232323]

@@scdub it really is. I mainly watch his reviews for his off the cuff comments. He'd be an awesome stand up comedian. I just try to give it back once in a while to give him a good laugh. It's super hard to find the right line without plowing right through it.

[@LazyJones]

Comment for engagement

[@boogaloobaloo]

Splitting axe > maul.

[@FordThunderCougarFalconBird]

HOW I IMAGINE THE SCENE THE NIGHT BEFORE IN THE AKB HOUSEHOLD Advanced Knife Bro: “I’m bored” Advanced Knife Wife: “Well, you could finish up that axe video, that you’ve been working on for like the last FIVE YEARS. Advanced Knife Bro: “Oh, Allriiiiiight” Advanced Knife Bro walks off into his office (when I say office, what I mean is garage)He rummages under some rusty paint cans. Pulls out an old beta tape, and softly blows the dust off. A moth flies off on gossamer wings into the darkened recesses of his…. Err office. He then turns his back, walks over to his computer. All the while quietly muttering to himself. Advanced Knife Bro: “I’ll show her. Make this the best video she’s ever seen. All I wanted was a little sex.

[@Swearengen1980]

It's cute watching KZbin videos where they chop wood and it just explodes apart. Never once have I seen a channel come down south and try to split southern oak with an axe.

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

My theory is… when people have rarely chopped wood, or only chop easily choppable wood- they would be inclined to comment how the person doing the chopping isn’t doing it correctly. I have quite a bit of footage of the stuff out here not wanting to come apart. I give up and come back to it later. It’s extremely frustrating.

[@Swearengen1980]

@@AdvancedKnifeBro Did I say you weren't doing it correctly? Nope. Commented on how in videos I see, it's always a soft wood. Even if it's a soft "hard" wood. I've chopped more cords than I can count, usually with a wedge and sledge, because that's the only thing that works on most of the oak down here before having to just move on to a log splitter. It really was a commentary on the different types of wood from up north to the south. Watch a survival show and see a guy fell a tree and then carry the entire tree on their shoulder. That shit ain't happening here. But no, I'm obviously not going to search your entire catalog to see if you've used an actual hard wood in the past.

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

I was not implying that you were saying that. I don’t have a ton of axe videos. I think you were saying the same thing I was in this video. In fact a lot of the wood out here is extremely hard as well. I’ve used these axes sparingly since I’ve moved since they aren’t up to the job- hence much of this footage is old. The wood I’m currently chopping with the fiskars completely outclasses these axes. In fact the fiskars struggles sometimes as well.

[@Swearengen1980]

@@AdvancedKnifeBro Yeah I completely misread that LOL. I think I'm way too use to the everything being a negative reply/argument that I automatically read it that way. 🤦‍♂.

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

@@Swearengen1980No problem at all. There's a lot of wood out there that really is best with hydraulic splitters. I wish I could put these more to use nowadays, but the wood I heat with is too tough.

[@johnclarke6647]

Opinions are like ass holes, everyone has one!

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Yes they do!

[@Leftyotism]

OMG HERESY!!!

[@clandestinetactical]

“ That’s foolish.. you use the one , right tool 🪓 “ - Anton Chigurh