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Old 11-27-2008, 02:40 PM
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Just seen a link posted on another forum of the axe-forging workshop at the Gransfors-Bruks factory, Sweden.

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that is absolutely amazing
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I've had someone try to describe this to me but seeing is amazing.
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Wonder how big that press is?
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That's the amazing part. It is really impressive that every step can be perfomed without changing any kind of lag time. from a production standpoint, the benefits are obvious. But still absolutely amazing.
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I have three axes made by them
well actually two hatchets and a double ended ax
Top notch stuff

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It looks like he's done that once or twice before.
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