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The Best Axes for Homesteaders: What to Buy and in What Order
A homestead runs on hand tools. Not exclusively, and not romantically, but practically. The guy who heats his home with wood, processes his own timber, manages his land, and does not want to depend on a machine for every job that a good axe can handle needs to think carefully about what goes in the tool shed and in what order. This is not a list of every axe ever made. It is a practical guide to building a homestead axe kit from scratch, starting with the first tool you should own and working through what to add as your...
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