hushpuppyextraordinaire
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First axes in the Americas mimicked ones from abroad, the poll was an early American design.
Handle designs
Fabrication Techniques, and more styles
Mortise Axes
Post Axe
Carpenters Hewing Hatchet
Broad axe
From Eric Sloane’s Sketches of American Past 1962. Drawings by Eric Sloane. Good book if people are interested in the American yesteryear
efemral
Axellent post
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Ax-actly what some others are saying thanks.
McGrunz
Axellent post
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Ax-actly what others are saying, thanks.
wags9244
These were probably cutting edge back in their day
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Axe-ually yes they were.
Unknownium
Wedge of cutting technology
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Works better than the ole’ stone Ones I hear. New fangled steel tools are all the rage.
marbiter
Promethianfire
"Swell knob"
OverMyDadBody
SoyBomber9000
Kindly keep that swell knob out of the mortise hole, Mr. McGillicuddy.
Promethianfire
I'll put my tenon where I goddamn please, sir!
ashittypuncomment
Thanks! You as well
Promethianfire
And thank you. *does a helicopter*
BrovoFoxtrot
Well, I’ll have to get those books now
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Two anthologies I enjoy are Eric Sloane’s Sketches of American Past and Eric Sloane’s America. There are three booked in each set.
SomethingOtherThanMyRealName
Look, I still need to axe you a question.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Yes?
FirstIn1
Swing away.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Ax-actly!
ShaneEngland
Holding your knee close to the log looks dangerous
hushpuppyextraordinaire
It dose ax-ually.
wylkyn
#3 I have a friend who does metelwork/smithing as a hobby. She helped me make an axe, and this is exactly how we did it.
NoDrawsJonesatNite
I feel like I need to save this. Disaster just feels close and I’m making an axe or three to survive off the grid.
Wishbone10
Can i axe you a question.
pickledbaloney
I loved these books. As a kid I read all Sloane’s books repeatedly . He did one on barns that I true,y loved.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
I have one called American Barns and Covered Bridges.
DigitalGuru42
Another great series, Foxfire: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0385073534/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_611JQ8MMQXSDH2VPESP5
DenounceAll
Second that.
PballQhead
A Reverence For Wood?
hushpuppyextraordinaire
This is from A Museum of Early American Tools.
PballQhead
I meant the book on barns that @pickledbaloney was talking about. Reverence for Wood features barns a LOT.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Got ya.
IFoldlyGo
Eric Sloane's Americana, the 3-book set?
hushpuppyextraordinaire
This is from Eric Sloane’s Sketches of America Past 3 book anthology, which include Diary of an Early American boy, ………
hushpuppyextraordinaire
A Museum of Early American Tools, and A Reverence for Wood.
warderbob
Hell yeah. Gimme more axe facts
SirMarcellus
Axe “faxe”
BklynPunisher
Use axe to clean your balls https://youtu.be/mPwhMoQBg_8
Pseudomenos
Axolutely!
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
The francisca was an axe used by the Franks in the early medieval period. Used both in melee and thrown it caused disarray in the enemy >
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
lines because it had a tendency to bounce in random direction if it hit the ground or shield. Hacking into soldier's backs and legs.
warderbob
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Thanks
hushpuppyextraordinaire
How about hatchets?
rockhydra
MOAR ALL THE HATCHETS!
keystotheairlock
Please
firstandlast85
unless there one called terry i'm not sure
cokedupbadgerinarmor
ToSisPoS
Axes are like the crabs of tool evolution.
imgursmyfirstluv
I have 4 or 5 of the hand cut logs in the ceiling of my den. My grandpa saved them from an old general store that was being torn down. Cool
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Sloane talks a lot about construction Techniques in his books.
dynwrld201
Fantastic record of the improvements made for various uses and needs!
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Eric Sloane recorded a lot in his books and sketches.
RavenBlue
I live in a house with square Hewn beams. They are awesome to look at. Cool to see how it's done. Thanks for sharing.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Sloane’s books have a lot of construction Techniques used way back when. He shows how a lot of those beams went together.
textilelover
How many times did someone sink a hewing axe into their leg?! You're swinging right toward your knee.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Ouch!
EatPieLander
That was a rather broad topic, glad someone axed about it.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Hopefully it has been re-hewn in your mind.
sauerteig
Fun with axes
MaineMariners
@op great stuff. I just bought a Tasmanian pattern the other day. Thing is amazing.
MaineMariners
There’s also a company is south Portland maine that are reviving the Maine Wedge Pattern axe as well.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Cool I’ll check out.
Hammerwell
Reading this I can imagine what a help the water driven saw was. https://youtu.be/Gp_9txaTyGg
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Mechanical advantages save a lot of effort. Cool video.
snotrocketscience
In the early 1900s a tie hack could cut 50+ railroad ties per day from standing trees using nothing more than a felling ax and broad ax.
snotrocketscience
I highly recommend finding a copy of "Knights of the Broadax" by Joan Pinkerton. Great read about a slice of forgotten americana.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Thanks.
RagingSlab
Grandfather did this in southern Georgia when he was a young man.
whoisyourdaddy
Damn. Bet he was strong as an ox.
RagingSlab
Oh yeah.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
I’m guessing a tie hatch is someone who cuts railroad ties. I’ve never heard that TIL.
snotrocketscience
Yup. It was a huge industry in the west as the railroads went through millions of ties every year.
snotrocketscience
They wouldn't use sawcut lumber for a long time because it didn't last as long in the ground. So it was the last holdout of hand hewing.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Interesting thanks.
hollowboy
If I did that, I'd be a tank. Did these guys end up huge or wiry?
FirstIn1
You won't get huge if you don't eat enough. Mass comes from food availability and protein content.
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
Wiry, what with the repeated motions
NotWelcomehere
And filled with lifelong RSI!
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
Oh yeaeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh
PballQhead
Are you sure that isn't Sloane's "A Museum Of Early American Tools"? Cuz I have most of his books and I'm 99% sure about this.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
It is it is out of a 3 book anthology called sketches of American Past containing a A Museum ofEarly American Tools. I meant to say that.
PballQhead
Ooooh, OK. I was wondering if there was some new Sloane I had to get, but if it's an anthology I probably have it all already.
thegreatgatsB
That was axeually entertaining.
BklynPunisher
Enjoy this https://youtu.be/mPwhMoQBg_8
hushpuppyextraordinaire
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Ax-actly the sentiment I’m getting from others, thanks.
randomnumbers23
Keep em coming
hushpuppyextraordinaire
You like hatchets?
randomnumbers23
It's all very fascinating
aPokal
Not enough people know about chalklines.
Hammerwell
Its still a commonly used tool for masons and carpenters here. The laser is now used more often though.
aPokal
It's just not the same. *String noise*
Hammerwell
Maybe a speaker needs to make laser sword noises.
aPokal
Maybe not simply "laser sword noises". A tone when it recognizes by the laser sensor it's moved and changes the pitch by distance. You could
aPokal
advertise it as something disabled friendly. There are projects for the blind to make caps/hats like those sonar sensors on cars.
aPokal
Love it.