Sharpen Your Axe Like a Pro: Essential Tools and Techniques for a Razor-Sharp Edge

Good Investment .. Thanks for posting.

Great video. I am a long time knife guy but did not know the best way to sharpen my axes...Thanks...
dogbugler

just one comment if you stop touching the work area of the file you won't need to use the file card as much
it's the oil from your fingertips that allows the small filings to stick to the file Also if you put talcum powder on the file before brushing the debris out it will also clean away any oil at the same time
Just some thoughts from an old tool maker in the cutlery
Sheffield England

How can one clean a Lansky stone?

I found an axe in the uk that cost with the current conversion to dollars costs $7 it's a hatchet about 14" long good grain orientation USA hickory not a great edge or steel but it's a good cheap light fairly sharp hatchet to buy for a beginner

I call them that because I loose them all the time...hence me saying....where is that little........

bastard means illegitamate.....not legit.....mabee make shift......but then a bush hammer comes from the german word .....büchse.....anti material....or bash/burst.....im thinking bastinardo may be a clue...bastinardo is a rod that was used in days of yore to beat the feet of malefactors.....dont you just love the old terminology......yyeeich!.

whys everything have to be american made :(? id prefer to buy canadian

I was reading in a file maker's booklet that 'bastard' is the corsest. Yet Wranglerstar is saying it is neither coarse or fine and is in between. Which is correct? The file maker has been making files since 1836, so I assume they know what they are talking about. Regardless, which coarseness should be used to sharpen ax/hatchet?

my grandfather retired from Nickelson file company nearly 40 years ago. he was a file cutter.

thanks for the great video. what do you use to paint your axe heads?

2 much talking

Thanks, I notice you don't use water or oil on your stone.

"Get a good american one"
Me: "laughs in german"

Good Job, Proudly Made In The USA important. Quality and fair pay.

Jl

If you want high quality tools you buy german made stuff. cant be beat

RECORD vises. life time warranty

Hi Wranglerstar, thank you for sharing. I have a new Collins axe, The stickers say built in Lewistown PA. any thoughts on the quality of this axe? I heard it was a limbing axe. I'd like to improve the handle pommel.

? angle for axe vs kitchen nifes?
I see you shaving your arm

The only reason they make steel file cards is to sell more sharp files, they only dull your files. A file should ideally be cleaned with a wooden block, pushing parallel to the rows of teeth. Stubborn pins should be removed with a soft piece of metal like a flat piece of copper or brass.

I love traditional work

Very informative video, ty Sir.

Nice educational videos. Thank you. Just a question and need your opinion. I am a hog hunter and I collect the tusks of the hogs. To collect the tusks, I need to cut both upper and lower jaws of the hog first. Can you tell me how the Egde of the axe should be sharpened ? Is there a special way or method to cut the bones with an axe ? I just bought an Estwing 26" axe.

I was taught the bastard file refers to the cut. bastard being cut both ways. mill file cut one way

Cody what do you think of the True Temper Tommy Ax.

MERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!

thx for the vid! as an old-shool woodworker, i've learned to sharpen (chisels lets' say) staring with an initial "hollow grind" along the beveled face w/6" med wheel. Then the cutting edge need only be dressed w/a med/hard stone. Of course, taking care not to over-heat and thus ruin the steel tempre~~~just have to re-grind once-in-awhile~~~thx again ~~~oh ya, English and German tooling are great products, and i'd rather support U.S. made only if the quality is similar

What is the red case on bottom of handle

Why did you paint the handles?

As a non-American I can't imagine any reason, apart from perhaps price, to buy a Mexican made Nicholson file over the Superior German made Pferd or Swiss made Vallorbe file

Since this will be my first time, I'm sure I'll be one of the ones that will take an hour the first time.

you should do a vid on how to properly sharpen a knife

When this video was published in 2010 "American Made" would have stood for something. Even if you get something American Made today it was probably made with materials sourced from China.

"good American made"
ignore countries that have been making steel to conquer countries since long before Murica was forged.

no water or honing oil on the stone?

he gave the finger to everyone! didn't you all see that!!! just kidding, just my dirty mind

Take a look at Essential Craftsman.He shows you how to sharpen an axe several different ways in exactly half the time.

Geez, Cody looks and sounds 30 years younger 8 years ago!!

I like it.

'MURICA !

Wranglestar, very nice video. I've watched several videos on sharpening various tools and I have one question. Does it matter whether you move the file toward or away from the bevel? In other words, if you flipped the axe over in your vice and moved the file toward the bevel, would you get the same result? I do understand that you probably wouldn't do it that way because you couldn't see the edge, but I've seen people sharpen garden hoes both ways. Sometimes they move the file toward the bevel, and sometimes away from it. Just wondering if it there's a correct way and an incorrect way. Thanks.

this is a good zombie killer😂😂😂lol

This video is so annoying. So much talking it about put me top sleep.

Why is that song not you intro every time?

So... American made tools was it? xD

Great video. Thanks, man. I play the oboe and make my own reeds, which requires a lot of knife sharpening with surgical grade precision. I'm not used to this rough kind of work. Very great tutorial, though.

boy with luv

Always American made