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Sharpening a brush axe
#1865049
10/04/16 04:58 AM
10/04/16 04:58 AM
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 25,176
Buc-ee’s Beach Express
leroycnbucks
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Freak of Nature
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What's the best file or some tips on sharpening one? Mines about eight years old and I have never sharpened it.
Proud Army and ALNG veteran
God Bless America!
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: leroycnbucks]
#1865050
10/04/16 05:00 AM
10/04/16 05:00 AM
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Joined: May 2000
Posts: 4,573
Petal,MS,USA
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Don't get it to sharp...edge wont hold up and its dang dangerous
I use a side grinder and a vice...
Grumpy Old MS Bastage
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: leroycnbucks]
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10/04/16 05:04 AM
10/04/16 05:04 AM
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Posts: 13,554
In a Van, down by the River
quailman
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In a Van, down by the River
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mmmmmmm hmmmmmmmm.... Some folks call it a brush axe I calls it a sling blade. mmmmmm hmmmmmm.....
Life is a journey. Make sure and bring plenty of Beer.
My luck has been so bad lately, it could be raining pussies and I'd catch one with a dick broke off in it.
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: leroycnbucks]
#1865064
10/04/16 05:09 AM
10/04/16 05:09 AM
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 9,037
Jasper
bama7x57
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14 point
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I use one frequently and have always used a 12" mill bastard file.
Take your kids hunting instead of hunting your kids.
I'd rather be LOST in the woods than FOUND in the city.
Drive a hybrid, I need your gas.
Your mind is your primary weapon. Never let it get rusty.
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: bama7x57]
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10/04/16 05:48 AM
10/04/16 05:48 AM
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Old Florida
Geno
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Old Florida
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I use one frequently and have always used a 12" mill bastard file.
Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: leroycnbucks]
#1865099
10/04/16 05:49 AM
10/04/16 05:49 AM
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Posts: 2,855
Florida
jacannon
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Florida
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Use a large mill bastard file and a vice and draw file it. I got well acquainted with a bush hook when I was a young man.
Grandma said...Always keep a gun close at hand, you just never know when you might run across some varmint that needs killing...
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: bama7x57]
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10/04/16 06:03 AM
10/04/16 06:03 AM
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Posts: 6,713
Baldwin County
mark
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I use one frequently and have always used a 12" mill bastard file. Yup.
Sig Sauer, to hell and back reliable.
Whatever suits you just tickles me plum to death.
Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: jacannon]
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10/04/16 06:06 AM
10/04/16 06:06 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,407
Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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Ok, this is a sling blade:  And this is a bush axe:  I don't know what a brush axe might be.  I've always just sharpened my bush axe with a file. I've never owned a sling blade, so I don't know how to sharpen one of them. My grandfather had one he used but I was really young when he was using it and he never would let me play with it. I hope this post has been educational.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: leroycnbucks]
#1865120
10/04/16 06:12 AM
10/04/16 06:12 AM
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Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 18,093
Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
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I've always used a file, too, but contrary to an above comment, I get it as sharp as I can get it.
Well behaved women never make history.~ Out back
Quit laughing...I think I broke something.
Fifteen is my limit on Schnitzen-Gruben, Baby...
I have OCD and ADD, so everything has to be perfect, but only for a minute.
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: leroycnbucks]
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10/04/16 06:25 AM
10/04/16 06:25 AM
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Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 18,093
Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Same way I've always heard it...bush hook. I've always thought of a bush or brush axe as an implement that looks just like a bush hook, but has a much thicker and heavier blade.
Sling blade...same as PCP.
Well behaved women never make history.~ Out back
Quit laughing...I think I broke something.
Fifteen is my limit on Schnitzen-Gruben, Baby...
I have OCD and ADD, so everything has to be perfect, but only for a minute.
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: alhawk]
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10/04/16 06:48 AM
10/04/16 06:48 AM
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Posts: 12,407
Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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Sorry to correct you PCP, but it is actually a "bush hook" Axes have thick and heavy blades  Nope. My dad called it a bush axe, and he was never wrong about anything in his life. All you had to do was ask him.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
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10/04/16 06:52 AM
10/04/16 06:52 AM
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Posts: 25,176
Buc-ee’s Beach Express
leroycnbucks
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Freak of Nature
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Ok, this is a sling blade: And this is a bush axe: I don't know what a brush axe might be. I've always just sharpened my bush axe with a file. I've never owned a sling blade, so I don't know how to sharpen one of them. My grandfather had one he used but I was really young when he was using it and he never would let me play with it. I hope this post has been educational. I mint bush axe.
Proud Army and ALNG veteran
God Bless America!
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: leroycnbucks]
#1865184
10/04/16 07:06 AM
10/04/16 07:06 AM
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Posts: 2,680
Central Alabama
QDMAV8R
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Central Alabama
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I've always called them a bush axe too, but have been corrected many times. I think they are formally known as a ditch bank blade.
I use a grinder and file.
"Never met a deer that I didn't like" - QDMAV8R
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Re: Sharpening a brush axe
[Re: leroycnbucks]
#1865257
10/04/16 08:23 AM
10/04/16 08:23 AM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 37,048
Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Boxes Cove
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4 " side grinder then 90 degree air die grinder with 2" disc, then finish with a second cut file if needed. That's how I do mower blades.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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