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Carl Goff
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 Posted: Sat 07 Jan, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: Albion Type M Breidox axehead... |
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Finally got the digital camera working, so I took some preliminary pictures. Sorry for the rough quality.
*For reference, my hand is approx. 7 inches long.
It looks like I'm going to have to special order the haft, though. 
Oh, East of sands and sunlit gulf, your blood is thin, your gods are few;
You could not break the Northern wolf and now the wolf has turned on you.
The fires that light the coasts of Spain fling shadows on the Eastern strand.
Master, your slave has come again with torch and axe in his right hand!
-Robert E. Howard
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Gavin Kisebach
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Very nice, says I. I like the reenforced cutting edge. My understanding is that the majrity of the head would be constructed out of iron, then a narrow strip of steel was welded onto the edge. This would allow the axe to be very sharp, very light, durable, and less expensive. Noone makes the body of the head from iron anymore, as steel just isn't that expensive, but the ridge is more authentic (for earlier period axes). Anybody heard of this? or is it Ye Olde Urbane Mythe?
BTW how does the quality look? I'd heard some negative reviews regarding the construction, but it may have been more of a QC/QA problem than a generally poor design. Something about a badly welded head. Any insight?
There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them. ~ Emile Chartier
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Carl Goff
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It looks pretty good quality-wise, but I can't guarantee anything until I get the haft on and see how well it holds up to some test cuts.
Like the sig, by the way. 
Oh, East of sands and sunlit gulf, your blood is thin, your gods are few;
You could not break the Northern wolf and now the wolf has turned on you.
The fires that light the coasts of Spain fling shadows on the Eastern strand.
Master, your slave has come again with torch and axe in his right hand!
-Robert E. Howard
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