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268864 Kirk Eppler 2019‑07‑08 Re: carvers axe/hatchet
On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 1:31 PM curt seeliger  wrote:

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>
> I will guess that a shingling hatchet will prevent you from taking light
> shaving cuts. I mostly use a garage-sale Plumb, which works just fine.
>

Why do you say that?  Am I missing something regarding the long skinny
shape?  .  Reshaping the bevel would be easy.  Would I want to regrind the
whole cutting edge to a curve?  Do I need to dig deeper in the refurb pile?

Thinking of the one in the middle of this mess

https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Woodworking-Tools/i-FdCrDZ4

Thanks, enquiring minds and all that.
-- 
Kirk Eppler out of witty ideas for the moment.

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