$350. Thirty-five thousand pennies. That's how much this ax costs. I'm going to guess at that price, when you take it out of the sheath, trees merely fall down as a courtesy.
Making a point to purchase high-quality, dependable field equipment is one thing, but at some point, a person's just showing off with the checkbook. For my hard-earned cash, I'm content with a softwood ax by Gränsfors Bruks and a hardwood chopper from Council.
This is also the reason I advise rescuing, restoring, and reinstating a retired crosscut from an antique store instead of purchasing a new one: They are hella expensive, there isn't a lot of diversity offered with modern bucking saws, and they're not engineered nearly as well as they once were, i.e., "They don't make 'em like they used to."
This is also the reason I advise rescuing, restoring, and reinstating a retired crosscut from an antique store instead of purchasing a new one: They are hella expensive, there isn't a lot of diversity offered with modern bucking saws, and they're not engineered nearly as well as they once were, i.e., "They don't make 'em like they used to."