I am in full agreement with you. I spent enough time watching to know I won’t be running out to Harbor Freight for one. Thanks

As a firefighter we like using the pulaski because it helps us make a fireline to help stop the fire from burning other unburned fuel

OMG!!! Thank you for this video. I used a Pulaski axe on trail maintenance today and wanted to get one for my own use. What you showcased in this video helped educated me on what to look for. 👍🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Like every tool, right tool for the right job. 🙂thank you for all of your work. 👏👏👏

On my wood handled tools, I leave the rasping troughs. They wear in and become the comfortable texture.

For every two downstrokes do one upstroke with your axe cuts. This will ensure an easier felling.

Nice job Brandon 👍. You have mad skills sir.

So it comes from Harbor freight with what i would define as not a real cutting edge. Wood handles are nice if you don't mind replacing them when they crack and split. I have used both kinds and like them both it depends on the hand tool and the punishment you put it under . Of course my round point shovel has a steel handle so there that way also. it is not made for splitting fire wood you have to remember its origin and design purpose cutting fire line ; so grubbing out a hand line with the hoe, cutting large roots with the bit , small roots with the hoe , cutting and moving small snags out of the fire line, removing small limbs from live and dead trees to prevent the fire from spreading. It is good for bush craft .

I saw one of these in a pawn shop a couple days ago. i thought the same as you. It would be great to keep in the truck. It is not as good as a true ax nor as tough as a pick ax, but it is not meant to be. It is good enough to cover for the other tools when necessary. Your finished product looks great though. I am taking notes to try and copy you.

Good job buddy

you could also say that the "softening" of tempering is because while the first quench makes it hard but brittle so the softening makes it malleable to take impacts

I like the new belt sander

In the Rocky Mountain areas the ground is fucking stubborn and a shovel just doesn't cut it when you're up in the mountains. There are more rocks than dirt in a lot of places and those are the best digging tools for a place like that. It's not the best axe in the world but it's great for digging.

Hahahaha Thanks Man......I just bought one from HF as well....Def Needs work like you showed....Then a friend sent me an old Plumb one,the axe head part was worn down hahaha But is still way better that the HF one hahaha.....But thanks for the heads up on the Eye fire removal....Hahahaha

One note: I noiced that replacement Pulaskis handles are 40 inches long. Maybe a little bit more comfortable when hoeing?

Could you forge and haft a brick hammer?

Making a silk purse from a sows ear.

You know yir stuff! Hey, it is what it is... It'll be just fine, for its purpose. Now, I have a USA made Pulaski. It's a different animal. I ain't on no firecrew. It's the Weed-O-Matic, yard tool. Maybe a bit "tool-much". But, it's fun and I like the feel of it when it's in my hands. ...and the Made In USA stamp, especially. just saying

Great review that saved me from buying that turd! Thank you.

I don't think these axes are designed for felling. I've never used one as an axe. We used them for trenching, and used the axe for cutting roots we encountered. That's it.

Usually they are lighter than this and more balanced I have one and it seems to split wood better than chop but as for a fire line tool I’d rather a lighter one easier to cut line with in my opinion

The axe head end seams a little smaller than what I have seen on other examples of this tool.

like it

Home defense

pooluhski from harbor frought

Poo lass key is how you say it.

I’ve watched forged in fire since it started, and they always say the file has the skate Shouldn’t diggin

PEW LAS SKI

Is your tat a bowline on a bite?

well better than it was but it's from india and tools like that the indians don't do so well! as long as you're not cutting a fire line every week with it it'll probably do ya` just fine! i know one thing i wish they'd just sell the heads instead of using fiberglass handles or at least figure out a way to hang the head without using an entire gallon of epoxy! a while back i swapped an axe head to a wood handle on one and it took all damn day to get that handle remnants and epoxy crud out of the eye!

Those rat boots? Lime marine rat boots?

A lot of work just for a axe. Not including money and time.