Hey all,
After hearing good things about it I recently bought the Bahco standard axe(this one) with the intention of giving it a new grind, so that it could be used for general camp duties and carving. However, it looks like it might be too far gone to regrind. Although, I am inexperienced and I'd like the opinion of experienced axe users out there as to whether I this can be brought up to par, or if I should just send it back and get another, hoping it is more symmetrical-so it will be easier/possible to fix. Pictures included below. Is it really bad looking? Or is this normal for a new badly ground axe and can be fixed up with some time and effort?
I've included coins at either side to give an idea of how much it is curved, as it's hard to see otherwise. The middle of the blade is touching the mat, apart from the few millimetres of the edge of grind.
Now laying flat on the other side, you can see its mostly touching the mat the entire edge, apart from the very centre where it l
Here is the top view giving a better picture of the grind, it's kind of like a bad chissel grind.
Below you can see that the beard of the axe seems to be bend slightly to the side. I suspect if I were to "fix" it I would have to remove a hell of a lot of metal and shorten the beard in doing so.
After hearing good things about it I recently bought the Bahco standard axe(this one) with the intention of giving it a new grind, so that it could be used for general camp duties and carving. However, it looks like it might be too far gone to regrind. Although, I am inexperienced and I'd like the opinion of experienced axe users out there as to whether I this can be brought up to par, or if I should just send it back and get another, hoping it is more symmetrical-so it will be easier/possible to fix. Pictures included below. Is it really bad looking? Or is this normal for a new badly ground axe and can be fixed up with some time and effort?
I've included coins at either side to give an idea of how much it is curved, as it's hard to see otherwise. The middle of the blade is touching the mat, apart from the few millimetres of the edge of grind.
Now laying flat on the other side, you can see its mostly touching the mat the entire edge, apart from the very centre where it l
Here is the top view giving a better picture of the grind, it's kind of like a bad chissel grind.
Below you can see that the beard of the axe seems to be bend slightly to the side. I suspect if I were to "fix" it I would have to remove a hell of a lot of metal and shorten the beard in doing so.
