I am looking for recommendations for a good book about axe history. When you think about it, the axe has to be one of the most influential tools in American (and human) history. Has anyone read a good book along this line?
Axe Book
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Nealm66
Minister of Fire
I haven’t read any books but I’ve seen a lot of the old double bit falling axes and as a used to be timber faller I have purchased and used a Swede ax that will make a different noise pounding wedges and somehow create more energy.I competed many years ago in logging competitions and the chopping axes are scary.
Axe and you shall receive
www.gransforsbruk.com
The history of the axe | Gränsfors Bruk Sweden
The Stone Age is the period in human history that marks the advent of tool production. The name comes from the fact that most of the period’s cutting tools are made from stone.
www.gransforsbruk.com
Picked up American Axe at TSC today. Looks pretty good. Going to get The History of the Axe on Amazon.
St. Coemgen
Feeling the Heat
Not an axe book, but I did once buy a copy of "Harvesting Timber Crops" by A.E. Wackerman..... (which I bought simply because of title and author name.... really, you can look it up an find it on Amazon)
Followed by the "Wood Stackers' Bible by Ashley Splitter.
MoDoug
Feeling the Heat
Not a recommendation on a book, but a reflection on human history. I did find this one several years ago, a 3/4 groove and amazingly small at about 3".
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WoodBurnerInWI
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Not really a book all about axes but has interesting info about them, in particular some of the Nordic axe makers:
www.barnesandnoble.com
One of my favorite books and is on the bookshelf in the stove room. The name alone will make your friends question you when you start talking about Norwegian wood
Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way|Hardcover
The latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson–like thriller; it’s a book about chopping, stacking, and burning wood that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Norway and Sweden and has been a fixture on the bestseller lists there for more than a year....
One of my favorite books and is on the bookshelf in the stove room. The name alone will make your friends question you when you start talking about Norwegian wood
CatfishHunter
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CatfishHunter
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Where would one find this? I typed it into a search engine and got a lot of religious links.
Just kidding. It was a riff on St. Coemgen's comment. Like the Woodburner's Handbook by I.B. Burner.
CatfishHunter
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I'm going to add a few more of those to my amazon cart.
I went through American Axe already. Interesting read. More short bits of information all grouped into one book. I am looking forward to yard sale season now to find some old axes.
I went through American Axe already. Interesting read. More short bits of information all grouped into one book. I am looking forward to yard sale season now to find some old axes.
Simonkenton
Minister of Fire
Five inches long and 3 1/2 inches wide. I got this in a cornfield next to the Oconee River in Georgia. Made by Creek Indians, or else, their predecessors.
Imagine how long it took to make this axe. I think the Creeks captured a Cherokee, and told him, "Here are two rocks. Use the small rock as a hammer and make the other rock into an axe by lunch time tomorrow, or else we will burn you at the stake."
Simonkenton
Minister of Fire
Isaac Carlson
Feeling the Heat
I have a friend who is an archaeologist. He works in the eastern united states and live just down the road. He has copper, iron, and steel swords, axes, copper spear points, etc... He has several museums with artifacts in them. He has many, many of those stone axe heads and they were made by ancient inhabitants of this land called the Hopewell, or Nephite culture Between 600 bc and 400 ad.
this is his website. Ancient American
