A steal for the money!!!
First off shipping was crazy fast, but that has nothing to do with the product. So here we go, the handle was perfectly seated and wood wedged with two cylinder style metal wedges also drove in. The grain of the American hickory was more then acceptable. I have seen axes at over twice the cost of this one with poor sub quality handles. Had a very light coating of laquire which i stripped off rather easy with a card scrapper, and coated in BLSO. Now on to the head of the axe. High carbon drop forged stell, nice shape design also. However you couldnt cut a piece of pine with it. Took my file to it and gave it a good 22° angle and knocked off the damn laquire. Then used my three piece Arkansas stones to fine hone a crazy sharpe edge, and finally taking the edge over the barber strap. Now it literally will shave the hair off my arm, even after tearing through a piece of knotty pine. Excellent product from Cold Steel, for a super affordable price tag.
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