Testing & Reviewing THIN Prandi Axe: Will it Hold Up in American Hardwoods?

[@mikenormandy9250]

This is DEF a German Rhineland pattern (and it’s actually forged in the same places as Adler, Helko, etc. Prandi just rebrands - I have this exact axe I believe it’s 1600g head mine actually came with a American hickory 31” handle from factory - the round barrel came out so I had to reshape and now it’s just a singing chopping machine!

[@texasjoe3261]

Thank You For Sharing ! I Enjoy Your Honest Reviews.

[@gumboot65]

Great video Kevin !! Love the ring. Almost all my stumps are sloped as I try to get the far side almost to the ground. If the holding woid and the face is correct the tree will hit the intended lay. Assuming there are not other factors like heavy side weight ect. Good job on the ambi chopping for falling !! I'm looking forward to getting one for winter Chopping. As thin as the blade cheeks are. It will give nice big firewood splits !

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Yeah, unless you cut the bottom flat with a saw, you’re always going to have an angled cut on low stumps.

[@kurts64]

He's out bush again! Awesome! Cool axe, good job on the elm eye transplant. Gotta love bug fights! 🪲👍👍🪓

[@KevinsDisobedience]

I’m always in the woods, or more than most, I should say. Just haven’t had the filming bug as of late.

[@940joey2]

Heck yeah man that’s awesome !!! Love this axe and man I can listen to the ring this axe makes got days, it never gets old !!! Great video man 🤙

[@KevinsDisobedience]

It’s a great limbing axe. Way better than the ox head iltis.

[@skaagkaal2613]

Nice upload haven't seen you around on KZbin a while. Good little axe for what jobs you need it for.

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Really busy atm, but I still try and post once a month or so.

[@Joey-L]

Rings like a bell. Thanks for the vid.

[@urbanlumberjack]

That does seem like a sweet axe! My Gransfors did not hold up at all sub 20, I’m impressed that this does hold up that well in the same range

[@KevinsDisobedience]

So many factors. My GBA is hard and robust, but send it into a knot, it could chip. I’m really only concerned with major failures like the Basques and the Oxheads I’ve experienced. Also, every CT handle I’ve ever had has come loose almost immediately. In my mind, if I was a maker, that would be cause for concern. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have changed anything on that front since last year. Haven’t bought a CT since then so I can’t say. Maybe I’ve just been very unlucky with them, but somehow I don’t think so. I think it’s a combination of green wood and press fit on a heavy shelf.

[@brettbrown9814]

Thanks for the video. Good job catching the turkeys on film.

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Not an easy thing to do. I missed the first two little ones.

[@KillingerUSA]

Love the sound of that thing! Overall, seems like a sweet axe!

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Pretty specialized, but I’ll keep it for limbing.

[@MatthewDevries-qg8zq]

I have several prandi axes, including their newer training competition axe, and I love them. Great bang for your buck. In my modest opinion, they are as good as anything you can get nowadays.

[@KevinsDisobedience]

From what I’ve seen, seem great

[@woodsandwater123]

I just bought a Prandi Trentin recently, but I haven't had time to play with it yet. One of those broad bit Italian styles like the Rinaldi Trento...Chicago Knife had them for $31 and I mean that's like Chinese Amazon hatchet price category so I figured I'd pick it up. Slip fit handle, but nicely finished axe overall. I think Ben Scott reviewed something similar in the past... Though I think his was 1500g and this is 1200g (2.6 lbs). It could also make a nice limbing axe. As for the black raspberries, I saw a lady picking some at Moraine this weekend, but it might still be a bit premature yet. Gotta get them before the birds do I suppose! Great video...

[@KevinsDisobedience]

I was at Moraine State Park earlier this year for a little paddle. My wife and I stayed in one of their cabins. Nice park. Gotta get back sometime.

[@willcarmack1242]

With that bell ringin..... Iwas think schools in session.... Yeah that's right.... Thank you for your time knowledge and dedication. Much Respect from St Petersburg Florida U.S.A....

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Cheers

[@patricksullivan2816]

That's a nice ax, sir. It bites well and limbs, too! The profile of that bit is interesting as well. Stay blessed, and stay safe!

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Good limber, for sure…

[@MattKeevil]

Nice video! Always nice to leave a log for the salamanders if you don't need the wood. I'd like to get my hands on one of those axes, or at least that style sometime. Ox Head Iltis axes have been pretty popular here in Canada but mostly the Canadian pattern, which is great, but not such a specialized limber as the original Iltis and Iltis Europa and the versions made by Prandi and Müller. Great point about using the off hand swing on the back cut to match the front and back cut angles on a low stump. Mors Kochanski would approve but it's just so awkward!

[@KevinsDisobedience]

DM me on Messenger. I have two of these. I’ll send you one. I agree about the awkwardness of the off hand.

[@lukyguy1240]

I have a pair of 1.5 lb Prandi trade axes. They're slip fit, very similar to a Rinaldi. They're razor thin, good steel, and very handy size for actually bringing out to use. Would be weak splitters, but I'm very pleased with them in every way.

[@KevinsDisobedience]

From what I’ve seen, they make good, solid axes.

[@yakamarezlife]

Dude you need more subs awesome video and channel

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Thanks, man. I appreciate it.

[@MrDesmostylus]

Cool axe!

[@KevinHillier-ru5pp]

I've got a couple of Russian military axes that ring like that

[@remoteandrestless]

Always plenty of uses for a good axe

[@aussiehardwood6196]

With the right knowledge, casting is a legit method of producing ax bits.

[@KevinsDisobedience]

I’ve never had an issue with cast axes. Almost seems like a better more efficient method.

[@Peter-od7op]

What is the model of this axe

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Called the Professional. This their hardware store version though, so no stamp.

[@deadweasel7942]

Well, hello! Long time, no see.

[@Peter-od7op]

Whats the price

[@KevinsDisobedience]

I’m not sure. You can buy the professional with the stamp online for like $60, I think, but this is the hardware store version from Italy.

[@MatthewDevries-qg8zq]

Grams😂

[@KillingerUSA]

First!

[@mikkelbjerkmann6856]

First1

[@fado792]

Yeah, make a desert of America. And an evangelical autocracy.

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Not sure what that has to do with this, but thanks for commenting.

[@fado792]

@@KevinsDisobedience

[@fado792]

Evangelical desert dwellers dont like people who think God is in nature everywhere, like Spinoza. They rather axe down nature till there is nothing left.

[@willcarmack1242]

You need to work on your ambudexrity.....I do..... Everyday.... There's a difference between have to and a hobby.....

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Thanks, that’s what I was doing here.