This is DEF a German Rhineland pattern (and it’s actually forged in the same places as Adler, Helko, etc. Prandi just rebrands - I have this exact axe I believe it’s 1600g head mine actually came with a American hickory 31” handle from factory - the round barrel came out so I had to reshape and now it’s just a singing chopping machine!
Great video Kevin !! Love the ring. Almost all my stumps are sloped as I try to get the far side almost to the ground. If the holding woid and the face is correct the tree will hit the intended lay. Assuming there are not other factors like heavy side weight ect. Good job on the ambi chopping for falling !! I'm looking forward to getting one for winter Chopping. As thin as the blade cheeks are. It will give nice big firewood splits !
I have several prandi axes, including their newer training competition axe, and I love them. Great bang for your buck. In my modest opinion, they are as good as anything you can get nowadays.
With that bell ringin..... Iwas think schools in session.... Yeah that's right.... Thank you for your time knowledge and dedication. Much Respect from St Petersburg Florida U.S.A....
So many factors. My GBA is hard and robust, but send it into a knot, it could chip. I’m really only concerned with major failures like the Basques and the Oxheads I’ve experienced. Also, every CT handle I’ve ever had has come loose almost immediately. In my mind, if I was a maker, that would be cause for concern. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have changed anything on that front since last year. Haven’t bought a CT since then so I can’t say. Maybe I’ve just been very unlucky with them, but somehow I don’t think so. I think it’s a combination of green wood and press fit on a heavy shelf.
I have a pair of 1.5 lb Prandi trade axes. They're slip fit, very similar to a Rinaldi. They're razor thin, good steel, and very handy size for actually bringing out to use. Would be weak splitters, but I'm very pleased with them in every way.
I just bought a Prandi Trentin recently, but I haven't had time to play with it yet. One of those broad bit Italian styles like the Rinaldi Trento...Chicago Knife had them for $31 and I mean that's like Chinese Amazon hatchet price category so I figured I'd pick it up. Slip fit handle, but nicely finished axe overall. I think Ben Scott reviewed something similar in the past... Though I think his was 1500g and this is 1200g (2.6 lbs). It could also make a nice limbing axe. As for the black raspberries, I saw a lady picking some at Moraine this weekend, but it might still be a bit premature yet. Gotta get them before the birds do I suppose! Great video...
Nice video! Always nice to leave a log for the salamanders if you don't need the wood. I'd like to get my hands on one of those axes, or at least that style sometime. Ox Head Iltis axes have been pretty popular here in Canada but mostly the Canadian pattern, which is great, but not such a specialized limber as the original Iltis and Iltis Europa and the versions made by Prandi and Müller. Great point about using the off hand swing on the back cut to match the front and back cut angles on a low stump. Mors Kochanski would approve but it's just so awkward!
Evangelical desert dwellers dont like people who think God is in nature everywhere, like Spinoza. They rather axe down nature till there is nothing left.
