Helko Werk Germany Traditional Rheinland Pack Axe

Handmade in Wuppertal, Germany, these axes are named after the area’s well-known Rhein River Valley. The Rhein, one in every of Germany’s most distinguished geographical options, was a traditionally vital supply of commerce and progress for settlements within the area all through the medieval interval. Chopping axes like these had been a day by day necessity for individuals carving out cities and villages in closely forested areas alongside the Rhein River. The Rheinland sample – a conventional German wide-bit blade – is awfully nicely suited to chopping work. A cross between a hatchet and a traditional axe, the Rheinland Pack Axe is designed to be light-weight, compact, and straightforward to hold whereas trekking by way of the wilderness. The burden and size enable for both one or two handed use. Compact in measurement, this pack axe is a extremely versatile packing device and can match nicely on most packs. It’ll capably deal with quite a lot of duties, together with felling small timber, clearing brush, limbing branches, splitting firewood, and making kindling. Each bit is hand made by Helko’s Grasp Smiths, lifelong artisans of metalcraft, utilizing tongs on an open face drop forge. Minimal submit supplementary work is carried out, permitting every blade to proudly show its forging marks.

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 energy, grain orientation, and density
+ Boiled linseed oil end, 150 grit clean 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: 19 in.
+ Head Weight: 1.5 lb
+ Whole Weight: 2.5 lb
+ Bit size: 4.25 in.

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