$40 Council Tools Boys Axe vs $100 Hult Bruks Kalix Felling axe. Before and after Inflation!!!

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4 ай бұрын

This comparison video between the Made in USA Council Tool vs the Swedish Made Kalix has been 5 and a half years in the making. In the before inflation times these axes cost betwen 40 and 100 bucks. Now they will both set you back 70-140. The video goes over the differences, talks about various axe patterns, the parts of the axe, and more. Also appearing in the video is the Estwing Fireside Friend, and the Fiskars x27. You can see the old product listings below. Many are affiliate links and support the channel, if you purchase through them.
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@jerrywarnock840 Ай бұрын

I do so enjoy your dry sardonic humor. It amazes me how many people just do not get your videos and take them way too seriously. I just watched one of your videos from 5 years ago about the Tempsky Ranger. You have not changed your video style at all. I love it.

@NoNotThatPaul 4 ай бұрын

I love your video style, any chump can watch Gideon or whatever, but it's not fun. You make it fun. Thank you

@forrestswain543 4 ай бұрын

The best axe to use is one that doesn't belong to you 😎

@KMV007 4 ай бұрын

Lol. Especially when you miss and break the handle 😂

@gregtomamichel973 4 ай бұрын

Good to see the safety squint in use.

@starkparker16 4 ай бұрын

This guy ain't losing no eye one day. This guy is advanced AF.

@kurts64 4 ай бұрын

Awesome to see Advanced Knife Bro review some axes. As an axe guy, these are both good workin-mans axes, though more cutters than splitters. Eucalyptus is tough stuff. As always, great vid 🪓🪓👍🇦🇺

@fredeschen3783 4 ай бұрын

Council Tool uses the best steel and the Velvicut is upgraded and they tell you what it is, but I don’t remember. I have two and they are holding up great and nice handles and grain too. I never thought of safety glasses for chopping wood. The irony that I would learn of this on your fine channel is not lost.🍻 I keep a Fisker splitting ax in the woodshed too.

@AdvancedKnifeBro 4 ай бұрын

Listen people have been telling me this for years anything I chop something. Safety glasses fog up very quickly for me because of sweat and I cannot see out of them.

@gordonmacdowell8117 3 ай бұрын

People freak out on the internet if you film yourself using an axe without safety glasses; especially if they've never used an axe before. If you're using an axe properly, it's the people standing nearby that need to wear safety glasses, because that's where all the wood chips are flying. If you're not using it properly you might need safety glasses, but otherwise you should be just fine. Where I make an exception is with sledge and wedge, because while the hammer is slowly deforming the top of the wedge, the iron flakes will fly off at unpredictable angles and I've been cut below that eye that way.

@fredeschen3783 3 ай бұрын

@@gordonmacdowell8117 when metal tools start to mushroom out hit them with a file or grinder.

@riverrunner23 4 ай бұрын

Axes, hatchets and mauls, Oh My! These are some of my favorite things, having multiple Fiskars, 3 Hult Bruks, a Cold Steel Trail Boss and some miscellaneous others. I had a True Temper Vulcan double bit that I picked up at a garage sale. Totally rusted, with a warped, aged handle. Bathed it in distilled white vinegar, wiped down and gave a super fine steel wool scrubbing and bought a white hickory handle to replace the old one. Added a double bit leather sheath, and voila, a pretty good looking restoration. Thanks for the vid, and enjoy.

@Leftyotism 3 ай бұрын

There is almost nothing better than bringing out the old Hilti! 🥰 (German slang for sledgehammer. It's a brand, but I don't think they make sledgehammers anymore.)

@danielwendell542 4 ай бұрын

I'va got an Allagash Cruiser, Maine axe pattern made in Maine which I adore for farm tasks and firewood tasks. Splitting is with a fiskars maul, which has put in plenty of work. And my ESSE camp hatchet is great for kindling and carving!

@scdub 4 ай бұрын

I got a Council Velvicut Boys Axe in 5160 one year ago and I felled in love with it. 😸❤ I’ve used it primarily to buck green trees that have fallen across roads and trails, and for that purpose it works amazingly after some thinning behind the edge. It came with a leather sheath which makes it extremely Insta, but alas I’ve only posted about it on Bladeforums… How are you liking CA? I’m in Santa Cruz County…

@dlrmon1 4 ай бұрын

The last axe/hatchet I purchased was after watching Advanced Knife Bro’s Gransfors Bruk Wildlife Hatchet review years ago. I happened to find one on a German site for 99 bucks w- free shipping, and it was back to being a wannabe Knife Bro since...lol

@nphipps2 4 ай бұрын

A+ edged tool content.

@_brianm 4 ай бұрын

“Fellers!” 👏🏻💯

@digdugdat2847 4 ай бұрын

For $40 I bought a similar axe with 3 flathead shovels, 4 hard rakes, 1 leaf rake and 16 flathead screwdrivers and a tool box full of Taiwanese sockets off of Marketplace from an itchy and energetic fella.

@AdvancedKnifeBro 4 ай бұрын

Guy just had a buncha extra tools laying around!

@digdugdat2847 4 ай бұрын

@@AdvancedKnifeBro yea, someone did

@scdub 4 ай бұрын

You clearly know how to haggle.

@just9911 4 ай бұрын

I see AKB as more of a “felling a tree with det cord” kinda guy than an axe bro.

@rockymountainlockpicker9606 2 ай бұрын

I’ve had a council tool velvicut double bitted saddle axe for 5/6 years. Have used it regularly in the summer/fall out camping and hunting. It chops and splits better than other hatchet I’ve had. Probably bcuz of the heavier double bit. Has a good solid handle and the head has remained tight. It does require a bit of wax or oil and attention to the weather, or it will begin to rust fast. I did a forced patina on mine so that has kept it looking nice.

@redryder1146 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely love your videos. Keep up the great work !!

@betterarmed 4 ай бұрын

Finally! Good job coming back to it lol

@MikeJones-wp2mw 4 ай бұрын

I have that boys axe, it's a great axe. I chop wood with it but splitting anything too big is gonna break it. Just takes too much speed to get it done with a head that light. But I have bigger axes for that. It's my favorite axe, I changed the angle on it, made it a bit sharper than they intended, but not much.

@johnp.5882 2 ай бұрын

I use Zima to sport wood, and the Swedish axe to split hairs around the campfire 🤷‍♂️

@datafoxy 4 ай бұрын

So much axe knowledge. I do not think I would get one but good to know a bit about what I should look for.

@johnclarke6647 Ай бұрын

My 4# True Temper that I have had for fifty years is a red Dayton. My 2.5# True Temper Boys axe is also a red Dayton. I have had it for about forty years. I restored both of them about ten years ago. I restored their red color and hung new hickory handles in them. The 4# DAYTON got a 31.5” handle and the Boys axe got a 27.5” hickory handle both are does leg handles. Both cut well.

@calebmorris6687 2 ай бұрын

I lean toward the Estwing camp axes myself tbh; they are a nice solid middling sized axe.

@Bogart995 3 ай бұрын

Worth the wait.

@ajaxtelamonian5134 4 ай бұрын

Damn the handle on the Kalix is massive i miss the old red painted heads. The shape of the heads i feel was better too.

@Mcdoogle221 4 ай бұрын

I like Councils older style with the painted heads too. I've gotten some with the sport utility finish with horrible grinds

@ajaxtelamonian5134 4 ай бұрын

@@Mcdoogle221 Yeah I mean there is the whole grind it yourself thing but the painted ones were cheaper and arrived certainly useable. And the grey smudgy finish just looks kinda ugly. Respectfully.

@jamberrycloud 2 ай бұрын

I miss the old yard 😢.

@Leftyotism 3 ай бұрын

Whoah vintage footage!

@TRSwanVideos 4 ай бұрын

Great video. I bought myself a Fiskars X15 for my outdoor adventures. I bought my son a Gransfor Bruks Small Forest Axe for his 18th Birthday. Hopefully he will have it forever and recall our days afield together after I'm gone. Ive used both and I have to say that the Gransfor Bruks is better than my X15. Is it a $100 better? NO. As far as that monster CA wood you have there. After I turned 40 I bought a log splitter for when I do bulk. For a dozen or so logs I'll still swing an axe or a maul. Remember, wood heats the body twice!

@AdvancedKnifeBro 4 ай бұрын

Fiskars x series- nothing wrong- but it has too modern of a feel. It performs well though. It doesn’t look quite like a classic tool.

@mattfleming86 4 ай бұрын

My DREAM "boys" axe would be the 2.25-3lb head on a 28" STRAIGHT handle. As big of a poll as would balance well. Small felling axe, limbing axe, light duty splitter, and most importantly a wedge banger for chainsaw felling.

@craigrj232323 4 ай бұрын

Lodgepole, ceder, black or white oak. Be careful with madrone or manzanita, they burn so hot you can catch your house on fire.

@JCOwens-zq6fd 4 ай бұрын

Yeah i moved out to California some years ago & the trees are a whole lot bigger & the wood is more difficult to split for sure.

@scootertribeg1708 4 ай бұрын

advanced cults bruh (your new axe brand name)

@Keith_the_knife_freak 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.. 👍👍👍

@johnclarke6647 Ай бұрын

The reason heads are painted is so you can find them in the leaves after you finish cutting down the tree with your chainsaw. The patter of my chainsaws is Stihl.😮

@danygodbout979 4 ай бұрын

ive been watching your vids for some years...iam semi befoore its to deep to not black out and i want to say these are awsome vids...your old style on the log is quite arrousing xxx

@snakehead5444 4 ай бұрын

A 28 inch double bit cruiser axe is a man’s “felling axe” of this genre

@gambitm7480 4 ай бұрын

👍 good stuff

@pyeitme508 4 ай бұрын

That's the thing about quality with the appropriate price😂

@nandayane 4 ай бұрын

I still want a purple stump lifter! Also been lookin at these axes, I live in california so fiskars it is!

@brandensutton2324 4 ай бұрын

Paul Bunyan Jr over here

@GliderBane 4 ай бұрын

No where near as good as your shovel comparison video. We need more tactical gardening videos.

@heynsenene 3 ай бұрын

Pro tip: When people replace the work 'ask' with 'axe', dont correct them. Just let them ask you the damn question. You can still silently judge them and nobody has to know. Were all friends here...just trying to get along.

@Simon-talks 4 ай бұрын

Advanced axe bro?

@AdvancedKnifeBro 4 ай бұрын

…speaking

@chaddamron3877 3 ай бұрын

Solid 🎉

@Leftyotism 3 ай бұрын

Okay, you have asked for it: The history of the rafting axe dates back to ancient times when early civilizations relied on waterways for transportation and trade. As human societies developed, the need for specialized tools for water-based activities like rafting became apparent. Rafting axes were crafted to be lightweight and versatile, capable of assisting in tasks such as cutting ropes, clearing obstacles, and ensuring safety while navigating rivers and water bodies. Over time, advancements in materials and design have led to the development of modern rafting axes that are essential tools for outdoor enthusiasts and professionals engaging in water-based adventures.

@OnceUponAnotherTime Ай бұрын

Or, you could Google it, and learn that "rafting" axes with the typical rafting ax head profile have a hardened poll used in the lumber industry for hammering in the staples that hold the rafted logs together as they move them over water.

@christamu2 4 ай бұрын

None of these remotely compare to the main blade on my Stump Lifter for pure chopping power but they'll do in a pinch.

@AdvancedKnifeBro 4 ай бұрын

This guy gets it

@daveburklund2295 4 ай бұрын

How do these axes compare for tree chopping to that Cold Steel sword?

@FordThunderCougarFalconBird 3 ай бұрын

HOW I IMAGINE THE SCENE THE NIGHT BEFORE IN THE AKB HOUSEHOLD Advanced Knife Bro: “I’m bored” Advanced Knife Wife: “Well, you could finish up that axe video, that you’ve been working on for like the last FIVE YEARS. Advanced Knife Bro: “Oh, Allriiiiiight” Advanced Knife Bro walks off into his office (when I say office, what I mean is garage)He rummages under some rusty paint cans. Pulls out an old beta tape, and softly blows the dust off. A moth flies off on gossamer wings into the darkened recesses of his…. Err office. He then turns his back, walks over to his computer. All the while quietly muttering to himself. Advanced Knife Bro: “I’ll show her. Make this the best video she’s ever seen. All I wanted was a little sex.

@kailashblades 4 ай бұрын

Be kind to yourself- your video style hasn't completely stayed the same over the last 10 years. You use a nicer camera now :)

@manichounds 4 ай бұрын

Kicks axe….you know, them carving axes could be some content. Left handed, right handed, 300 bucks plus….similar old sounding names.

@BangkokMark 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the vid, but I only use FBG handles on my axe

@kd0407 4 ай бұрын

Did I like this slight departure from your usual content? You bet your axe I did! (Ok I'm sorry, but I kind of felt like I had to...)

@ronsalerno2058 4 ай бұрын

Well, if you'd like to test the (probably identical) felling efficacy of each of these two axes without actually felling a tree, you could have layed the logs down on their sides.

@theimperialbeachbum1304 4 ай бұрын

But can it cut through meatloaf effectively???

@zeshwonsos 4 ай бұрын

yay!

@ozzlayer 3 ай бұрын

You need a black metal song in the background on this one.

@Doorgunner50 4 ай бұрын

Husqvarna 26" forest axe is the best axe in this size range. Sorry, had to say it. I have the council tool one also. Its good and worth every penny but the Husqvarna is awesome. Used to only be $79 but probably a lot more now that the us dollar is loosing value. Buy your stuff now before it loses even more!

@adamjames1375 4 ай бұрын

Only thing cooler than slicy stuff is choppin' stuff.

@Steve_G88 4 ай бұрын

congrats on selling out your knife!

@bobbannon2701 4 ай бұрын

But do you still have that Lynn Thompson hat?

@AdvancedKnifeBro 4 ай бұрын

Yes

@bobbannon2701 4 ай бұрын

Excellent . Broken skull review with the stone cold beer bash intro (circa 99’).

@mikenormandy9250 4 ай бұрын

Most American axe companies from the last couple of centuries, all folded into each other, so basically become one that’s now overseas or in Mexico you had plumb, Collins, American tool and hoe, company. Yeah, probably keen Kutter you had Norland, which was bought by mann with two ends, they all eventually folded into each other just like all the regular hand, tool companies like Milwaukee, rigid Ryobi and heart are owned by TTI in China. It seems counsel Tools is the only mass producer of Axes in America still unless you want to count the small forges which I really know where one guy is making Swedish or German patterns putting a sick handle on it and charging you $1200 in the waitlist to six years to have to make you an ass And then there’s also the Amish people up in Maine that got the patents for snow & neally, they still make them

@ronsalerno2058 4 ай бұрын

Interesting.

@WhispyWoods. 4 ай бұрын

Fellers 😆🤣😂😄

@johnbowers1218 Ай бұрын

I miss the bamboo and stump and watching you sweat in VA humidity.

@theTrueOverlord 2 ай бұрын

What cracks me up is the Swedish axes are all made from recycled steel and yet they want premium prices, how ever Husqvarna is made of the same steel and in the same forges for a third to half the price.

@chaddamron3877 3 ай бұрын

🍺🍺💥❤️ m Killin it

@yankee2yankee216 3 ай бұрын

Where can I get a Hults Bruk felling axe for $100?

@AdvancedKnifeBro 3 ай бұрын

No where any more

@jonwivccc7926 3 ай бұрын

you don’t need one bro buy a cheap axe and get to work .. trust me my bruk is somewhere lost in my tool room because you never use it .. a cheap axe will serve you better not worrying about rocks . gritty wood etc just work and go back to your life

@Sudz1911 4 ай бұрын

I didnt know they still made the "redhead" axes

@Sudz1911 4 ай бұрын

Annnnnd commented too soon

@AdvancedKnifeBro 4 ай бұрын

Give it 3 more years!

@scdub 4 ай бұрын

Lol

@kevinschmith9379 3 ай бұрын

Call steals Trail. Ask what is called a trail boss is about the same thing to that’s pretty cheap.

@Mcdoogle221 4 ай бұрын

Those Council Tool axes have doubled in price

@gordonmacdowell8117 3 ай бұрын

Splitting mauls are nice, but have you thought about using a sledgehammer and wedges.... No, really. They work great.

@AdvancedKnifeBro 3 ай бұрын

I have two estwing wedges and a full sledge and a 3lb hand sledge. My favorite part is hitting them dead on, after getting them started and they bounce back out. The wedges do not improve the splitting on this wood at all. If they don’t bounce out they get lodged too far down into the log after pounding them a bunch I need the second to be able to remove the first. So no they do not improve the splitting.

@gordonmacdowell8117 3 ай бұрын

@@AdvancedKnifeBrothe only time I really use the sledge and wedge is on the more miserable monster rounds, with tons of knots, when even the splitting maul gets stuck. It's almost relaxing to use an axe on small rounds or easier to split wood, after a childhood of hacking at horrible pieces of wood I couldn't get my arms around as an adult. The biggest problem with people using axes, besides trying to chop their feet off, is they use it like a club. If you don't do that little flipping motion at the end of your swing the wood doesn't break apart as well.

@gordonmacdowell8117 3 ай бұрын

@@AdvancedKnifeBro I'm not 100% sold on that Estwing wedge design. It's practically built to fly back at you, the way some splitting mauls with dogs on the side do. It can be hard to find a wedge these days that's not either tiny or made of plastic.

@unknownriderinbound 4 ай бұрын

You're doing it wrong. I don't know the right way to do it, but I watch the interwebs so I'm literally qualified to critique.

@LazyJones 4 ай бұрын

Comment for engagement

@timclements2473 4 ай бұрын

Most tools worth owning are sharpened by the user not the factory.

@craigrj232323 4 ай бұрын

There you are, miss your face. Wish you did more videos, but when you pop up, I watch. Kinda like the neighbor down the street. The one that's super nosey. There he goes again, bet he's got the deadlock on him today. Sure wish he'd open a letter with it.

@scdub 4 ай бұрын

Hard to pull off creepy/funny. 👍

@craigrj232323 4 ай бұрын

@@scdub it really is. I mainly watch his reviews for his off the cuff comments. He'd be an awesome stand up comedian. I just try to give it back once in a while to give him a good laugh. It's super hard to find the right line without plowing right through it.

@Swearengen1980 3 ай бұрын

It's cute watching KZfaq videos where they chop wood and it just explodes apart. Never once have I seen a channel come down south and try to split southern oak with an axe.

@AdvancedKnifeBro 3 ай бұрын

My theory is… when people have rarely chopped wood, or only chop easily choppable wood- they would be inclined to comment how the person doing the chopping isn’t doing it correctly. I have quite a bit of footage of the stuff out here not wanting to come apart. I give up and come back to it later. It’s extremely frustrating.

@Swearengen1980 3 ай бұрын

@@AdvancedKnifeBro Did I say you weren't doing it correctly? Nope. Commented on how in videos I see, it's always a soft wood. Even if it's a soft "hard" wood. I've chopped more cords than I can count, usually with a wedge and sledge, because that's the only thing that works on most of the oak down here before having to just move on to a log splitter. It really was a commentary on the different types of wood from up north to the south. Watch a survival show and see a guy fell a tree and then carry the entire tree on their shoulder. That shit ain't happening here. But no, I'm obviously not going to search your entire catalog to see if you've used an actual hard wood in the past.

@AdvancedKnifeBro 3 ай бұрын

I was not implying that you were saying that. I don’t have a ton of axe videos. I think you were saying the same thing I was in this video. In fact a lot of the wood out here is extremely hard as well. I’ve used these axes sparingly since I’ve moved since they aren’t up to the job- hence much of this footage is old. The wood I’m currently chopping with the fiskars completely outclasses these axes. In fact the fiskars struggles sometimes as well.

@Swearengen1980 3 ай бұрын

@@AdvancedKnifeBro Yeah I completely misread that LOL. I think I'm way too use to the everything being a negative reply/argument that I automatically read it that way. 🤦‍♂.

@AdvancedKnifeBro 3 ай бұрын

@@Swearengen1980No problem at all. There's a lot of wood out there that really is best with hydraulic splitters. I wish I could put these more to use nowadays, but the wood I heat with is too tough.