There’s a saying for putting linseed oil on your new handle. “Once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year. After that, just every year.”
That's an old wives tale. The only way to make a handle "very weak" is for it to have a fungus inside it. Gransfor Bruks says they don't notice any difference in the pattern of grain and that the only broken handles they've ever seen are from misses, over striking, not maintaining the handle with oil and wax treatment, and fungus. Additionally, two USDA Forestry studies showed that heartwood or sapwood didn't make a difference other than aesthetically.
@@NematHeydary heartwood and sapwood don’t really make a difference but it’s often recommended to make a handle with both heart and sap woods together. The grain direction definitely makes a difference in the strength of the wood. You say that the breakages are from over striking and that is true, but if you over strike with s straight oriented grain it is less likely to break than a cross grained because grain that is straight/vertical will support the wood on impact, assuming standard strike direction. Cross grained or horizontal will be more prone to split upon impact simply because the grain in the wood which is the main defense against splitting in impact just unequivocally doesn’t have the resistance that vertical grain would have. The two grain directions having the same breaking point is implausible and the differences can and have been tested accurately
@@NematHeydary I have years of experience using them and making them. Some company’s random compliment(which I’ll just have to take your word) doesn’t eliminate sound scientific evidence or simple logic.
@@NematHeydary i agree with you on the sap wood vs hardwood that they don’t really make a difference. GB states that 99% of the time they have received axes returned broken is because of poor maintenance by owner, over striking….what other ways would an axe fail besides these? Of course they usually break by over striking and hitting the handle. That’s why grain orientation is important because, although I know how to swing an axe and am confident in my ability to hit on target, I still am certain that I will miss from time to time and the times that I do miss and strike the handle are the times that I hope my handle has good grain orientation that can stand the load. I would rather my grain be vertical up the handle vs horizontal in the cases of over strike because the vertical grain will, I am confident, be able to with stand a blow vs horizontal. Just my opinion and it could just be my experience of working with them and the things I’ve happened to have read. I haven’t studied it myself nor do I care to but it’s worked so far for me and makes sense but if there is a better or easier way, I’m all for it. Take care
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I am a professional axe thrower this was informative and helpful.
I love the look of boiled linseed oil. Looks beautiful! Great job!
Thank you Eric! It is real nice
There’s a saying for putting linseed oil on your new handle. “Once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year. After that, just every year.”
Great video Thanks for sharing 👍
Pretty cool! I always wondered about using oak for hammer/hatchet handles.
Thank you. I’m glad to have been of help
It's a roofing hatchet
Very nice! The Finish looks great.
Thank you!
Isn't that an old school drywall hammer if I'm wrong I'm wrong
roofer hatchet
Use oil or wax on handle and it will last a lifetime as long as you reapply every few months
The old timers’ method to remember is oil it every day for a week, then every week for a month, then every month for a year 😉
@@u.sonomabeach6528 then once a year, thereafter
I am NOT a professional axe thrower. In fact, I throw like a lefthanded girl.
the wood grain is the wrong way it makes the handle very weak
That's an old wives tale. The only way to make a handle "very weak" is for it to have a fungus inside it. Gransfor Bruks says they don't notice any difference in the pattern of grain and that the only broken handles they've ever seen are from misses, over striking, not maintaining the handle with oil and wax treatment, and fungus. Additionally, two USDA Forestry studies showed that heartwood or sapwood didn't make a difference other than aesthetically.
@@NematHeydary heartwood and sapwood don’t really make a difference but it’s often recommended to make a handle with both heart and sap woods together. The grain direction definitely makes a difference in the strength of the wood. You say that the breakages are from over striking and that is true, but if you over strike with s straight oriented grain it is less likely to break than a cross grained because grain that is straight/vertical will support the wood on impact, assuming standard strike direction. Cross grained or horizontal will be more prone to split upon impact simply because the grain in the wood which is the main defense against splitting in impact just unequivocally doesn’t have the resistance that vertical grain would have. The two grain directions having the same breaking point is implausible and the differences can and have been tested accurately
@@u.sonomabeach6528 again, that’s what Bruks says they’ve experienced form their decades of handle production. What experience do you have?
@@NematHeydary I have years of experience using them and making them. Some company’s random compliment(which I’ll just have to take your word) doesn’t eliminate sound scientific evidence or simple logic.
@@NematHeydary i agree with you on the sap wood vs hardwood that they don’t really make a difference. GB states that 99% of the time they have received axes returned broken is because of poor maintenance by owner, over striking….what other ways would an axe fail besides these? Of course they usually break by over striking and hitting the handle. That’s why grain orientation is important because, although I know how to swing an axe and am confident in my ability to hit on target, I still am certain that I will miss from time to time and the times that I do miss and strike the handle are the times that I hope my handle has good grain orientation that can stand the load. I would rather my grain be vertical up the handle vs horizontal in the cases of over strike because the vertical grain will, I am confident, be able to with stand a blow vs horizontal. Just my opinion and it could just be my experience of working with them and the things I’ve happened to have read. I haven’t studied it myself nor do I care to but it’s worked so far for me and makes sense but if there is a better or easier way, I’m all for it. Take care