This ase is pretty sweet. I love how light it is and easy to weild. I recently used it to remove several smaller stumps in my yard. It is sharp and cuts like a champ. I've used wooden handle axes before and this one absorbs so much of the impact vibration. When the zombie apocalypse occurs, this axe is going to keep me alive.
I had to have an axe that day so I bought it.The edge on the blade was so cooked that it took me an hour to straighten it out once i got it home.
I temporarily lost possession of my craftsman axe and ordered a new one to split some wood that couldn't wait. The craftsman axe I've owned for over 20 years has a wooden handle that is almost pristine. This new axe came with some sort of composite material that theoretically seems like it ought to be better than a wooden handle. But after splitting a small pile of wood the composite handle material is chipped away in the area where the blade and the handle come together. Maybe it will be OK but now that I have my 20 year old axe back I won't let it get away again.I buy craftsman tools because of the lifetime warranty. If you can find the broken pieces take it back to the store and they give you a new one no questions asked. If these axes are never in stock at the store I wonder if that warranty still applies. I hope so because that's why I go to the trouble of buying an axe online. I'm sure ********** had plenty in stock but I never even bothered to look.
When one doesn't have the budget for a chainsaw; This axe, along with a couple pieces of protective gear, will get the job done. I felt this axe was well-balanced, with just enough weight on the head to allow me to power through the great number of branches and trunks I had to cut when I removed a few small trees from my yard. ------------------------------------------------------- While a chainsaw is comparitively a great time-and-labor saver, this axe helped me complete my job with a couple hours of exercise and a great feeling of accomplishment. I'd recommend it for any job involving small trees and brush.
Great axe, but forget the lifetime gaurentee. No store stocks the axe, so if it goes bad, your stuck.
bought this to take down and break up large branches and a small tree after oct 29 snow storm in eastern mass.
Did the job exceptionally well, did not want the risks and cost of a chainsaw, lightweight and strong enough to work thru thick branches in 2-3 swings, highly reccomend this
Mike B Andover Mass
This is a good general purpose single edge axe with a good balance. Other brands in the same price range tend to be top heavy. You can also see a soft seal between the handle and head that helps absorb impact vibration.
Love this axe it is well balanced It has a well made solid handle with a head that is not only sharp right off the shelf but is epoxied on to never come off. Hands down the best axe made.
<******* it will be the easy to use ax for chopping wood.
This ase is pretty sweet. I love how light it is and easy to weild. I recently used it to remove several smaller stumps in my yard. It is sharp and cuts like a champ. I've used wooden handle axes before and this one absorbs so much of the impact vibration. When the zombie apocalypse occurs, this axe is going to keep me alive.
I needed it to remove stumps in my front yard flower bed. The blade was plenty sharp and I beat the heck out of it my very first on 3 big stumps. The axe won :-)
great axe for light duty stuff.. really sharp