Sharpening With A Scythe Stone: Axe

[@watermain48]

Nice stone, fine axe. Thanks.

[@TrakesFangs]

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?

[@FortyTwoBlades]

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. :)

[@TrakesFangs]

+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?

[@FortyTwoBlades]

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.

[@TrakesFangs]

+FortyTwoBlades thanks for the replies, love your store!

[@FortyTwoBlades]

Thank YOU for your patronage and the kind words! Always happy to help. :)