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 Gransfors Bruks Axes
Gransfors Bruks have been hand crafting Axes since 1902. The Gransfors Bruk smiths are famous for their skill.
All Axes come with a free copy of "The Axe Book":
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Need information on how to sharpen an axe? Want to learn the proper method to chop, split, and store firewood? What is the regulation distance to stand from the target in competition axe throwing? What's the right way to position a broad axe when hewing a beam? The book will give you an understanding of which axe to choose depending of what you want to do. You'll find all that and a lot of other usefull information in The Axe Book.
The Axe Book contains information like:
- The philosophy behind the axes being produced today at Gränsfors Bruks
- Parts of the axe
- Which axe should I choose?
- Gränsfors Bruks axe forge in northern Hälsingland
- Limbing a log
- Basics of firewood splitting
- To dry and store firewood
- To make a fire in woods and fields
- Working with a carpenters axe
- Woodworking
- Axe throwing
- Caring for your axe
- Fitting an axe with a handle
- Literature on axes
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All Gransfors Bruks prices are quoted in Australian Dollars (AUD) RRP. |
| 415 Wildlife Hatchet |
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| Face Length: |
76mm |
| Length: |
360mm |
| Weight: |
0.7kg |
| RRP: |
$169.00 |
A small, light axe which can be easily carried, masked with its leather sheath, inside your pack or on your belt. Even with a small axe you can manage much: cut branches in the back-yard or chop and split sticks for a camp fire. This little hatchet awakes in many of us memories and dreams of exciting camps and adventures. The hatchet has a 3" face and a 14" hickory handle and the head weighs 1 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath.
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| 418 Hunters Axe |
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| Face Length: |
83mm |
| Length: |
480mm |
| Weight: |
0.9kg |
| RRP: |
$219.00 |
Specially made for hunters. The Poll is forged thinner than normal and gently rounded and burnished to a Flay Poll to be used when skinning an animal. Besides that the axe is good for chopping, in wood as well as meat and bones. The grip of the handle has circular grooves which gives a steady grip even if your hands are wet or sticky. The axe has a 3 1/4" face and a 19" hickory handle and the head weighs 1 1/2 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath.
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| 420 Small Forest Axe |
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| Face Length: |
83mm |
| Length: |
500mm |
| Weight: |
1.0kg |
| RRP: |
$179.00 |
Same size as the Hunters Axe but a more traditional pattern and poll. The blade is thin. The handle is long enough to allow powerful chopping but not too long so it will fit into a rucksack, the back of a car or a boat. Practical for splitting small sticks for the fire or cutting small-diameter limb wood for starter fuel in a fireplace. The axe has a 3 1/4" face and a 19" hickory handle and the head weighs 1 1/2 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath.
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| 430 Scandinavian Forest Axe |
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| Face Length: |
89mm |
| Length: |
670mm |
| Weight: |
1.2kg |
| RRP: |
$189.00 |
A professional axe for those who want to limb a felled tree in a traditional way. Forged to a thin, curved bit and sharpened to make it suitable for cutting branches in fresh, resinous wood, spruce or pine. The long handle gives extra strength and power to the cut. The axe has a 3 1/2" face and a 25" hickory handle and the head weighs 2 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath.
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| 441 Small Splitting Axe |
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| Face Length: |
64mm |
| Length: |
600mm |
| Weight: |
1.6kg |
| RRP: |
$199.00 |
Can be managed with one hand. Forged and ground to a concave, quite thin blade at the bit. This design helps the axe to go fast into the wood - and then split efficiently when the thicker part hits and pushes apart the wood. The poll of this axe, like the poll on most axes, is not designed for pounding on a wedge. The head weighs 2 lb. The face is 2 1/2”. The 20” hickory handle has circular grooves at the grip and steel collar near the head. It comes with a grain-leather sheath.
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| 442 Large Splitting Axe |
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| Face Length: |
76mm |
| Length: |
700mm |
| Weight: |
2.6kg |
| RRP: |
$209.00 |
Designed for splitting chunks of wood, "rounds". The axe head is quite heavy with forged cheeks on both sides of the blade, "splitting wedge shaped crests" which power apart the grain of the wood. A Splitting Axe does not just have to slice into the wood –the thick axe blade pushes apart the wood. The poll of this axe, like the poll on most axes, is definitely not designed for heavy pounding on a wedge. The axe has a 3" face and a 27" hickory handle and the head weighs 3 1/2 lb.
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| 450 Splitting Maul |
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| Face Length: |
64mm |
| Length: |
800mm |
| Weight: |
3.1kg |
| RRP: |
$219.00 |
Even named Hammer-poll Axe. Designed for splitting apart large chunks of wood, "rounds". The Maul’s head is heavier and the cheek flare far wider behind the cutting edge compared with the Splitting Axes. The poll is designed for pounding on a splitting wedge. The axe has a 2 1/2" face and a 31" hickory handle and the head weighs 5 1/2 lb.
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| 460 Splitting Wedge |
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| Face Length: |
45mm |
| Length: |
200mm |
| Weight: |
1.8kg |
| RRP: |
$139.00 |
Forged steel wedge. Twisted for maximum splitting. The poll has ground edges. The wedge has a 1 3/4" face, weighs 4 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath.
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| 490 Double Bit Throwing Axe |
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| Face Length: |
152mm |
| Length: |
750mm |
| Weight: |
1.9kg |
| RRP: |
$319.00 |
Different models of double-bit axes have been popular in the US since the last quarter of the 19th century because of its balanced feel and versatility. Typically, one blade was sharpened to a finely honed, narrow “felling edge”, while the second blade was ground slightly blunter, and used for knots and cutting near the ground where a finely sharpened blade was more likely to be damaged. Today the double-bit axe is used as a Working Axe or as a Throwing Axe for timber sports. The head weighs 3 lb and the face of the bits are about 6”. The Throwing Axe has a 29” straight hickory handle and the Working Axe has a 35” straight hickory handle with swell-knob. They come with two grain-leather sheaths.
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| 480 Swedish Broad Axe |
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| Face Length: |
178mm |
| Length: |
500mm |
| Weight: |
1.6kg |
| RRP: |
$379.00 |
The pattern of the Broad Axe and the handle is based on old Swedish logging techniques for squaring logs and structural timbers of all kinds. Has sufficient space between the "blade’s beard" and the handle for the user’s fingers. Bevelled on two sides (double bevelled) or on one side, left or right. The eye (and the direction of the handle) may be straight or sideways angled, right or left, to protect the knuckles. One side bevelled, left side, normally goes with an eye angled sideways to the right. If you want deeper visible cuts when squaring logs, you may even have a broad axe, double bevelled, with the blade bent and the eye angled sideways to the right or to the left. The broad axe has a 7" face and a 20" hickory handle and the head weighs 3 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath.
See below for more detail on Broad Axes.
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| 465 Carpenters Axe |
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| Face Length: |
89mm |
| Length: |
440mm |
| Weight: |
0.9kg |
| RRP: |
$205.00 |
These axes have a straight edge and thin blade with low angle of the bevel face, suited for work in dry wood. The forged inward curve from the heel to the lip of the head allows your hand to grip almost straight above the centre of the edge. This, and the long straight cutting edge, gives rigidity, stability, and control when cutting. Functions like a good heavy knife. The axe poll is ground and can be used as a hammer. The head weighs 11/2 lb and has a 3 1/2" face. The axe has an 18" hickory handle and a grain-leather sheath.
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| 475 Swedish Carving Axe |
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| Face Length: |
110mm |
| Length: |
370mm |
| Weight: |
1.0kg |
| RRP: |
$245.00 |
A chop axe for hewing bowls and other wooden objects, artistic wood carving and architectural work. The characteristic curved shape of the cutting edge, carried well above the head’s eye, the position of the edge in proportion to the handle, the rather thick bit and the big angle of the wide bevelled face makes the axe a good carving tool. You "cut on the bevelled face" with curved movements. This new axe pattern, based on old Swedish carving techniques, is developed by Wille Sundqvist, master craftsman and author of Swedish Carving Techniques in cooperation with craftsman adviser Onni Linnanheimo. The handle is "rugged" to give a good grip. The axe has a 4 1/3" face and a 14" hickory handle and the head weighs 2 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath.
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More Broad Axe Information
Log builder's tools have developed over a period of many thousands of years. Tradition, climate and the type of timber have caused these tools to vary from country to country. In Sweden the tool catalogs of the 1900s depicted, for example, The Dala model axe, the Småland model, the Piteå Carving model, the Helsingland axe, the Norrland model, etc. Some axes exported were the Australian Broad Axe, the Pittsburgh Broad Axe and the Russian models (Siberian, Petrograde and Archangel).
The axes, generally speaking, were available in four to five different edge-widths (which we now call edge length) and were always sold without a handle. The axes were the log builders most important tools but he also had many other tools, like the drawknife, log dog, auger, log scribe and measuring tools.
All Gränsfors Bruks Broad Axes and log-building tools are hand forged at the axe factory in Sweden. The patterns of the Broad Axes and the handles are based on Swedish logging techniques for squaring logs and structural timbers of all kinds. The Broad Axes come with a high quality hickory handle slightly curved upwards and a grain leather cover. Gränsfors Bruks Broad Axes have a 20 year guarantee and are stamped with the smith’s initials. |
| Broad Axes 1700 Model and 1800 Model |
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Face length: 19 cm / 7,5"
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Face length: 19 cm / 7,5"
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1700 Model and 1800 Model
Double-sided sharpened for many different types of scoring, hewing, carving, etc.
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Weight with handle: 1,7 kg
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Weight with handle: 1,8 kg
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| The edge on a Broad Axe can be sharpened in many different ways. Gränsfors 1700 and 1800 model log building Broad Axes have a very thick edge that is always sharpened flat on both sides. One can say that the edge is “Double-Sided Sharpened”. With the 1700 and 1800 models the handle is always attached straight in relation to the blade. The thick cutting-edge and wide bevel enable the head and handle of the axe to stand away from the material you are working on. Your hands, grasping the handle, will therefore automatically be at a distance from the piece you are working on. |
| Broad Axe 1900 Model |
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Double-sided / Reverse Scissors / Standard Scissors
Gränsfors Bruks Broad Axes 1900 Model are available with different sharpenings. The illustrations above show the broad axe’s head from the user’s side (handle end.)
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Face length: 17,8 cm / 7"
Weight with handle: 1,6 kg
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Gränsfors 1900 Model Broad Axe can be delivered sharpened either on both sides “Double-Sided Sharpened” or only on one side “Single-Sided Sharpened Edge”, (scissors-sharpened). As a rule of thumb, if nothing else is specified, the 1900 model Gränsfors Broad Axe you purchase will have a double-sided sharpened edge. The double-sided sharpened Broad Axe (Chopping Broad Axe) is used for corner chopping and also for all types of hewing of logs. The handle is by default “straight”.
The 1900 Model Broad Axe with a single-sided sharpened edge often has “Reverse Scissors Sharpening”. This is one type of carving broad axe which works well for the planing of flat surfaces. This type of broad axe is also easy to use in corners (often sharpened on the left side with right angled handle.) The 1900 Model Broad Axe with single sided sharpened edge can also have so called “Standard Scissors Sharpening” on the right or left side. With this type of sharpening the side of the broad axe which is not sharpened is usually completely flat. Broad axes with standard scissors sharpening are used for lengthwise squaring of logs. (Often right-side sharpened with a right-angled handle.)
On the 1900 Model Broad Axe the handle can be straight, “right-angled” (angled to the right) or “left-angled” (angled to the left.)
With angled handles the handle and your hands remain at a distance from the timber, hereby minimizing the risk of personal injury. Before it was the user himself who made a curved handle in either direction. Now we bend the poll and the eye 10° to the left or right.
When the 1900 Model Broad Axe is used as a carving axe, it often has an angled handle.
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| Specifications & Prices are subject to change without notice. E&OE. |
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