Here's a nice video about John Neeman axes and their production. http://vimeo.com/37360333
These are like the Gränsfors Bruk axes, in that both are similarly top-shelf products. However, the John Neeman axes are truly hand-made, with an olde tyme blacksmith hammering away at a glowing hunk of steel and a carpenter buddy/partner meticulously shaping the hickory handles to match the individual axe blades. The prices reflect that too, starting at $290 for a small axe, to $680 for a hewing axe. If you wander onto their website, it may be worthwhile checking out their 320-layer Damascus steel bladed kitchen knives. On Sunday, January 5, 2014 5:14:10 PM UTC-8, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA wrote: > > On Sunday, January 5, 2014 1:59:42 PM UTC-8, AaronY wrote: >> >> Yeah, I was kind of surprised by the power hammer. It makes sense, of >> course, but in my imagination I thought there would be some olde tyme forge >> and a blacksmith type guy (blonde haired of course because its Sweden) with >> a leather apron who would hammer a glowing hunk of ore into just the right >> shape. Show's you what I know... >> > > If you want that, the axes will probably cost a few times its current > price. I've been watching some blacksmithing videos on Youtube and I must > say that the hand forging process, although romantic and nostalgic, is very > time-consuming, not to mention very hard work. Like this, for example: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijo2qDbH290 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
