tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905359299113364225.post1497100178138772777..comments2022-11-19T12:43:04.846-08:00Comments on The New Hearth: Socketed Side AxeJosh Burrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353680838278482949noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905359299113364225.post-53382179315133639392013-07-04T02:50:18.897-07:002013-07-04T02:50:18.897-07:00Hi Josh,
I hope that I haven't diverted you f...Hi Josh,<br /><br />I hope that I haven't diverted you from your course. I have appreciated your responses so thanks for that. Oh yeah, nice work too.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905359299113364225.post-61646743827814267402013-07-03T08:58:06.685-07:002013-07-03T08:58:06.685-07:00Hello Again Don, I was not aware of that pattern o...Hello Again Don, I was not aware of that pattern of Axe, so thank you for sharing that with me. <br /><br />those are indeed made from a single billet, and may have been made in that way for a very long time as Scandinavian steel production has been very advanced for a long time indeed. <br /><br />In history it is only ever safe to assume that all methods have been tried at one time or another, so im sure you could find precedent for a similar styled axe to the Hjärtum being made with the welded eye method as well as the punched method. <br /><br />in a modern context of high quality steel, observing the wrapped eye method for axe production is really academic as the method does not produce innately better axes.<br /><br />and it is certainly true to say the a punched eye could be stronger than a welded eye but the forces needed to break either (if they are properly formed) I would suggest are beyond normal human strength. <br /><br />thanks for your thoughts. <br /><br />all this talk of axes makes me hungry to make more and further develop my understanding. Josh Burrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15353680838278482949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905359299113364225.post-83285965528174284162013-07-03T01:23:27.354-07:002013-07-03T01:23:27.354-07:00Hi Josh,
You know, I'm just looking into the h...Hi Josh,<br />You know, I'm just looking into the history of the Swedish Hjärtumyxa which, even though a Norwegian design, was most recently made from a billet and not a strap. Persson claimed it was because that made a stronger axe. I take that claim for what it is worth nothing more to be clear. But concretely you have me wondering now if this was always the case with the Hjärtum axe and if not when did they start doing it like that. But thanks for pointing that out about the newer steel, only thing is I'm afraid it will now be hard for me not to associate it from here on out with plywood.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Don WagstaffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905359299113364225.post-88178355340307728812013-07-02T10:44:13.691-07:002013-07-02T10:44:13.691-07:00Hi Don, yes thats right. modern steel wont split a...Hi Don, yes thats right. modern steel wont split apart when punched, but the older style, slaggy materials could easily do so, so the welded methods were used to avoid this. <br /><br />thanks for looking<br /><br />JoshJosh Burrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15353680838278482949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905359299113364225.post-23962343602790962712013-07-02T08:07:51.788-07:002013-07-02T08:07:51.788-07:00Hello,
So then the chief rational for an axe with ...Hello,<br />So then the chief rational for an axe with a drifted eye is that the modern billets are less sensitive to directional stresses as they are being forged to shape and so no concern for structure is warranted, if I understand some of what you have written up there, which is interesting to me.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Don WagstaffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905359299113364225.post-90057220811062927722013-01-14T12:27:31.652-08:002013-01-14T12:27:31.652-08:00Thanks very much Troy,
I actually work with my f...Thanks very much Troy, <br /><br />I actually work with my father but its too much to ask him to strike all day! i have worked for other companies around the uk which really opened my eyes to the effectivness of proper striking. <br /><br />I have a sword to make now but i will get back to axes asap as it is a passion for me. <br /><br />Thanks againJosh Burrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15353680838278482949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905359299113364225.post-650512277855231482013-01-14T06:54:28.500-08:002013-01-14T06:54:28.500-08:00Fantastic axe! I work alone as well and understand...Fantastic axe! I work alone as well and understand it is no small feat to do this without a striker. My strikers are too little to help yet. I look forward to further posts on your adventure into the world of axes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14381798747798940347noreply@blogger.com