Ancestors

Written by Paul Fenwick on 2025-01-26 at 12:37

Picked up a splitting axe head at a trash'n'treasure market last week, and today I finally got it hafted.

The blade is blunt and has a chip in it, but a few test swings did a great job of splitting some stubborn logs I had in the wood pile. The head is heavy, and I've put a good sized handle on it.

I can already tell that when I've finished restoration it's going to be very satisfying to use.

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Toot

Written by Paul Fenwick on 2025-01-27 at 02:32

Walked out today to find that a bite had been chewed out from my axe handle.

Because I coated it with linseed oil.

Dang possums, yo. I was wondering why it was making so much noise last night.

It's because it was snacking on MY TOOLS!

😭

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Descendants

Written by Random Geek on 2025-01-27 at 02:35

@pjf Frustrating I'm sure, but I know you'll get a HANDLE on things.

sorry

sorry

that was terrible

I'll linSEEd myself out

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Written by Paul Fenwick on 2025-01-27 at 02:37

@randomgeek : I appreciate you! ❤️

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Written by Micah on 2025-01-27 at 02:39

@pjf @randomgeek That was so terrible... And wonderful!

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Written by Paul Fenwick on 2025-01-27 at 03:54

@m @randomgeek : I'm just glad the possum didn't completely wreck the tool, otherwise I know ex-axe-ly the sort of puns we'd see.

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Written by Random Geek on 2025-01-27 at 02:41

@pjf I had to. I don't usually do puns because as you can see mine are blunt and unrefined.

But I read your tail and just had to take a bite. To do otherwise would have been

um

uh

IMPOSSUMBLE

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Written by Inlaing on 2025-01-27 at 02:38

@pjf there would be remedies for revenge if you lived in NZ. Just saying 😝

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Written by Paul Fenwick on 2025-01-27 at 02:54

@inlaing : OMG if I lived in NZ I would be having a delicious possum stew for lunch, and a new pelt curing in the yard.

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Written by 64 Islands Aroha Cooperative on 2025-01-27 at 03:03

@pjf @inlaing honestly, i thought there would be more of this when i moved here

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Written by Inlaing on 2025-01-27 at 03:06

@airshipper @pjf plucking possums for fur is a thing, but possum stew really hasn't caught on

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Written by Paul Fenwick on 2025-01-27 at 03:28

@inlaing @airshipper : I've never eaten possum before, and it's a protected species here in Australia, but I've witnessed animals not beholden to state law eat possum, and honestly it looked delicious. Given the opportunity I'd try it in a heartbeat.

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Written by Andrew on 2025-01-27 at 07:23

@inlaing @pjf using the aforementioned axe, no less.

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Written by Paul Fenwick on 2025-01-27 at 09:09

@puck @inlaing : A fair comment, and the axe as-is could easily kill a possum, but I wouldn't want to use it for that purpose.

It's still being restored, so the blade is blunt, and it's a splitting axe, so the head is heavy and the handle is long. That's going to make it very hard to aim for a humane kill.

I would probably go with a Mojave scissor trap, using the axe as bait.

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Written by Andrew on 2025-01-27 at 09:11

@pjf @inlaing All fair enough. But, I wonder if that'd be the first time an axe is used as bait for a possum trap.

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