Caring for your axe


Caring for your axe
Axes should be kept in a dry place, but still not so dry or warm that the handle risks shrinking in the axe head. See to it that the bit and the bit sheath are not wet when you put on the sheath. Grease the axe head with oil before the axe is put away for some time. If you don’t grease it the axe head may become rusty.	Axe heads are forged in a shape good for cutting. Only the poll of a Splitting Maul is designed for pounding on a steel splitting wedge. Do not use any axe or hatchet, for example a Splitting Axe, for driving in a steel wedge, or as a wedge, when splitting. The poll of an axe is not designed for heavy pounding on a steel wedge or to be pounded on. An axe used for pounding or used as a wedge will be deformed or broken.