Hey thanks a lot for the link to that video and I do hope that several of the guys here take advantage of it. Mr Weisgerber's video really got me interested in collecting axes along with my obsession with knives. I had never seen an instructional and/or information video about hardly any subject as thorough as Bernie Weisgerber's "An Ax To Grind". Even how to select the right handle when you go to get yourself a replacement for a broken ax handle. I can appreciate anyone who has mastered their trade to the extent that he has.DrHE wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:18 pmYou have got to be the only other person I have talked to that has seen and read his book. Amazing amount of info! If someone isn’t into axes before they will be into them after reading it that is for sure.JD Spydo wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 12:10 pmBefore we get too far into this thread I have some pertinent information I've shared with you guys in the past that I think bears repeating. Way back in 1998 when I was subscribing to the old, Now defunct "Tactical Knives" magazine they had one issue that dealt with axes. At the end of the article they had the address and website to the US Forest service offering a video and book. At that time the US Forest Service was offering a VHS tape and a booklet entitled "An Ax To Grind">> which was produced and narrated by a professional forester named Bernie Weisgerber who once joined this forum for a short period of time. I seriously doubt if you would find anyone on planet Earth who knows more than Bernie Weisgerber about the subject of axes.
Mr. Weisgerber showed everything in his book about ax maintenance, ax sharpening and installing handles and about every other aspect of that tool that anyone could possibly imagine. I still have both hard copies of the book & video and I consider them priceless. The book is still available through the US Forest service in pdf form but I've heard you can buy a hard copy for around $20 >> so I was told about a year ago.
I have never ever seen such an exhaustive and comprehensive source of information on axes and other related striking tools. I do urge all you guys to check it out and let me know what you think.
Here is the video! > https://youtu.be/22tBYD-HMtA
The hard copy book of the same title has a huge selection of all the different styles and types of axes that have been used over the ages. I can't even imagine how much time he must have put into that project.