Helko Werk Germany Black Forest Woodworker Axe

The Black Forest Woodworker is Helko’s flagship piece. This axe is the quintessential instrument for the skilled woodsman. Its compact measurement bestows substantial versatility, permitting it for use as each a light-weight work axe and a reliable packing instrument. The Black Forest Woodworker options Helko’s Rheinland sample axe head. Handmade in Wuppertal, Germany, the sample is known as after the area’s well-known Rhein River Valley. The Rhein, one in all Germany’s most distinguished geographical options, was a traditionally vital supply of commerce and development for settlements within the area all through the medieval interval. Slicing axes like these have been a day by day necessity for peoples carving out cities and villages in closely forested areas alongside the Rhein River. The Black Forest Woodworker performs exceptionally nicely as a chopping instrument, whereas nonetheless with the ability to deal with average splitting work. Its comparatively small measurement makes it a handy go-to for quite a lot of duties, together with felling small timber, splitting firewood, clearing brush, limbing branches, and making ready kindling. Every bit is hand made by Helko’s Grasp Smiths, lifelong artisans of metalcraft, utilizing tongs on an open face drop forge.

HEAD
+ Handmade in Wuppertal, Germany
+ German C50 excessive grade carbon metal, 53-56 HRC
+ Open face drop solid, warmth handled, and oil-hardened
+ Helko crown hammered into cheek

HANDLE
+ Crafted in Switzerland from Grade A American hickory
+ Chosen for power, grain orientation, and density
+ Boiled linseed oil end, 150 grit easy sanded
+ Hung with softwood wedge and notched metal ring wedge

INCLUDED
+ Vegetable-tanned leather-based sheath, USA made
+ 1oz bottle of Axe-Guard

SPECS
+ Size: 24 in.
+ Head Weight: 2.25 lb
+ Complete Weight: 3.5 lb
+ Bit size: 4.25 in.

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