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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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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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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 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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