Buy Gransfors Bruks Froe AxeGransfors Bruks Froe Axe Product Description:
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Use a wooden mallet to strike the back of the blade! The froe is used to make wood shingles and to split longer lengths of small diameter logs for various other products like riven lumber, fence posts, garden stakes, split-log ladders and the like. To use the froe, you hold the cutting edge on the end grain of the wood to be split, and then strike the back of the blade with a wooden mallet (Steel hammers will damage the blade!!). The handle is then used as a lever to widen and guide the split through the log. No blade sheath included! Froe 12" Edge length 18" Handle length Weight with handle 2 1/2 lbs. Gransfors Bruks axes are forged by professional blacksmiths that take great time and effort in their trade. The proof of this professionalism is in the way they are able to forge axes with such precision and beauty. There is no need to stone, grind, smooth or paint the axes in order to eliminate imperfections. At Gransfors Bruks, the forging crafter is allotted sufficient time to complete each axe or hatchet with the care necessary. The smiths do their best forging right from the beginning in order to produce the finest axes and hatchets in the world.
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Makes kindling making a breeze
By Rick A. Reed
Works great. No problem with seller. Was confused at first since the handle does not attach with fastener, but stays on by shape of handle and eye being larger on bottom end. Made a froe brake and made two big boxes of kindling in no time.
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