These packages look exactly like Dexter's body parts... Just sayin'.
Talk about a wide turn,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bought and got this;
Gave it to my son for Christmas. Couple of days later, he told me "I don't think I can bring myself to use it after getting a handle in it".
So, what is a dad to do?
Found where I could buy a Gransfors Burk in the United States (factory will not ship to the USA) and bought him a new one. Could not stop there and bought myself one from Council Tool. Council Tool is made in the US and is compared to the Gransfors Burk.
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Gave it to my son for Christmas. Couple of days later, he told me "I don't think I can bring myself to use it after getting a handle in it".
So, what is a dad to do?
Found where I could buy a Gransfors Burk in the United States (factory will not ship to the USA) and bought him a new one. Could not stop there and bought myself one from Council Tool. Council Tool is made in the US and is compared to the Gransfors Burk.
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Would sure be nice if mine would update tracking from departing seatle on the 17th of December!
MY TRACKING UPDATED!
I got two texts saying it arrived in two different facilities in Iowa at the exact same time, 200 miles apart. So, I don’t know. But at least it is moving!
I got two texts saying it arrived in two different facilities in Iowa at the exact same time, 200 miles apart. So, I don’t know. But at least it is moving!
Mine finally made it to Georgia, but it hasn't moved again since the 29th.
And now, mine has finally arrived. At an average speed of .22 miles per hour, it made the trip only slightly faster than an Eastern Box Turtle could have travelled.
Many thanks to Dan for the opportunity, and piss on the USPS for taking so long.
Many thanks to Dan for the opportunity, and piss on the USPS for taking so long.
I'd like to be put on the list for a future purchase when restocked.
These are awesome.
These are awesome.
Serious question.
Aside from not being all hand forged Swedish, how do the axes in the USGI pioneer kits stack up to these?
Aside from not being all hand forged Swedish, how do the axes in the USGI pioneer kits stack up to these?
Package showed up today and I have a nice piece of birch ready to hang the head on.
Thanks for putting this together Dan.
Thanks for putting this together Dan.
I got mine a week or so ago. Sorry no pics yet, I'll get some in the next few days. When my mail lady (rural mail carrier) dropped it off, she said the guy at the post office was sorting the mail and said "what this???" She said "It's an axe!! You must be a city boy!"
Haha.
Yesterday morning at 0630 I got a text saying my package had arrived in Seattle, WA. 1330 I got. Another text saying my package had departed Seattle, WA.
This is one road trippen’ AXE!
I had an issue with a PX item being lost in the world.
Went online and filled in a request to look Into it.
Got delivered within a couple days.
Went online and filled in a request to look Into it.
Got delivered within a couple days.
If any of you are having trouble with getting the axes I shipped to you, please pm me and we will get it sorted out.
Please keep in mind I have no service at my new house so it may take a while to get a response.
Head to the closest library. Even in the smallest towns, it seems their libraries have the internet.
Mine took awhile to get here but I use it every week. Need another head and longer handle for heavy work.
I watched the 11pm DC Fox news last night and they had a report that there are over 100,000 packages (not letters) that were to be delivered before Christmas (in that area) which are still not delivered. A woman was interviewed and she explained that her package has been sitting at one sorting facility since December 21st. It just so happens that facility is less than 5 miles from her house. The USPS told her since it's not at a local post office she cannot go to that sorting facility to pick up her own package.
Multiply those numbers all over the country and there's probably millions of packages not delivered.
Multiply those numbers all over the country and there's probably millions of packages not delivered.
My two haven't updated since the 21st when they decided to update them to late. Wanna bet mine is in that facility?
It's ridiculous. Mine travelled at an average speed of .22 miles per hour from drop-off to delivery. It sat in one facility close to my house for 10 days without an update.
I talked to the PO today and they say that this is “normal” right now.
I filed an inquiry and heard back from the PO yet today.
They were a little surprised that it went BACK to Seattle, but they said things are terribly backlogged right now.
As long as I eventually get it, I’m good. Not like there is a kidney in the package..
They were a little surprised that it went BACK to Seattle, but they said things are terribly backlogged right now.
As long as I eventually get it, I’m good. Not like there is a kidney in the package..
My youngest son doesn't want the axe head I bought, so I guess I can put it up for sale. It's the new RED axe head for the South American market. It's still in the paper wrapping.
$70 plus shipping.
PM me, don't fill up this thread with messages.
$70 plus shipping.
PM me, don't fill up this thread with messages.
I got a call from the postmaster, Darcy, today.
They were putting my package on the truck to deliver it. Today.
I figured it out, Idaho to Seattle to Des Moines to Seattle to Des Moines, to Cedar Rapids to me, this thing traveled 5,734.4 miles in 38 days.
I kinda think that is funny.
Thank You MK20 for taking on this project, I hope I am the last person to get theirs.
Pictures coming later, we are hosting an Archery Tournament this weekend.
Have a great weekend.
They were putting my package on the truck to deliver it. Today.
I figured it out, Idaho to Seattle to Des Moines to Seattle to Des Moines, to Cedar Rapids to me, this thing traveled 5,734.4 miles in 38 days.
I kinda think that is funny.
Thank You MK20 for taking on this project, I hope I am the last person to get theirs.
Pictures coming later, we are hosting an Archery Tournament this weekend.
Have a great weekend.
Still waiting on mine.
WOW, did you ask for an investigation?
Yup. Got a call a few days after saying it was lost but they just had a truck come in that day full of stuff from Seattle from the week before my stuff shipped so it may still have been out there somewhere. I happened to check tracking yesterday and it actually updated that morning as being in Southern Maryland. Now today it's back to saying its late and not showing a location.
From talking to a bunch of guys it looks like there was a fuck up of massive proportions in Seattle but it is VERY slowly being worked through I think.
Shipped December 14th, 2020 and received today, January 23rd, 2021. What a shit show USPS is. 
Yeah. Never using them again.
please add me to the list for a future run
Finally got enough linseed/tung oil on that I've built a gloss....
Not very military but gloss means water resistance.
Soon will be a 550 cord "overstrike" wrap....something like this....
Not very military but gloss means water resistance.
Soon will be a 550 cord "overstrike" wrap....something like this....
That's a good looking axe. How many coats did you put on it?
Any idea where I can get blade guards for two of these things?
I too would like blade guards for two. One of mine is a green one. Don’t know if that makes a difference.
How are you liking it compared to the Hults?
Good luck with the blade guards. I would try ebay
Find a leather goods store. They do this type of work or have customers that will do this. It's pricy, but it's usually fine work.
Ive been hitting it with either linseed or tung oil just about every two days for the last month.
Sometimes it dries flat, sometimes it cures glossy, just keep hitting it and eventually it builds to a thickness you can almost feel and it gets like a urethane coat.
Tru oil and mineral spirits 2/1 will do that in 7 days.
Neither has gotten much use. Mainly splitting little blocks of hickory to make them fit the smoker baskets in my Weber.
They do that fine.
The edge you put on the Swede ax is nasty.
Ive slipped a couple times will trying to burnish the oils in and I have had a couple cuts to show for it.
