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The Ax Book: The Lore and Science of the Woodcutter
The Ax Book is a thorough guide to cutting wood with hand tools.The author explains how to use various types of axes, hatchets, mauls, saws and wedges to take down trees and prepare firewood. In addition he shows every aspect of dealing with wood from the forest right to the hearth or stove.
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
January 1st 1999
by Alan C. Hood & Company
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I love sharp things. The fact that (in addition to the author) I almost chopped my foot off with an axe when I was 17, hasn't really dampened my desire for the sublimely sharp. I read this book a few years ago and still tell stories out of on a regular basis. In addition to axes, it also relates great facts about saws and their uses. I used the information in this book to sharpen a 10 foot cross-cut saw when I lived out west...though, it did take me about a month. Also useful are the techniques...more
What a delightful read!
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