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Title: Handsaver for firewood


Franz© - January 16, 2012 06:48 PM (GMT)
OK, I swiped the idea.
Since you can't buy a decent pulphook any more even from China, take a zipdisk to the one you have that won't hold a point, and a Ramset nail.
Drill into the hook & insert the Ramset pin with a drop of the favored welding material of SlowFlushingTurds, JB Weld, and you have something decent.



Main - January 17, 2012 12:10 AM (GMT)
Might be able to get one through Baileys online. I got one from Northern and it was just fair. It had a wooden handle with a pin going through the center that would let the handle spin. Can't have that so I cut the handle out and replaced it with a piece of 3/4" pipe. Cut the pipe to length then heat and beat into an oval shape then weld in place. Much better.
Next tool is the 36" Fiskars splitting axe.

Franz© - January 17, 2012 01:35 AM (GMT)
Jury seems pretty evenly split on the Fiskars between love & hate.

Main - January 17, 2012 02:30 AM (GMT)
I've used the Fiskars 28" splitting axe. Great tool but handle is too short. Strong enough to stand up to even the most abusive users, unless of course it's a commercial fishermen. They can break anything. I still will get the 36" and maybe the 14" hatchet. Damn handy tools in the woods.




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