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The Wood Behind the Swing: A Guide to Axe Handle Materials
You can put a bad handle on a great axe head. People do it all the time. They walk into a big box store, grab whatever's in the bin, drive home feeling pretty good about themselves, and six months later they're picking splinters out of their palm wondering what happened. Here's what happened: they bought a handle. Just not the right one. If you're replacing a handle, or building up an axe from a vintage head you scored at an estate sale or the back of someone's barn, the wood species and the quality of that wood are the two...
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