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BLR
01-15-2013, 05:32 PM
Great Colt. Axe is a Gransfors Bruks Forest Axe. Great axe, btw.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/Liberty-20130115-02578_zpsc776ce40.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/Liberty-20130115-02577_zps2bfd88ee.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/Liberty-20130115-02576_zps25e0539b.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/Liberty-20130115-02575_zps9edbe5f5.jpg

And the CRK Green Beret Knife

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/Liberty-20130115-02574_zps69781f5f.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/Liberty-20130115-02573_zps1480481b.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/Liberty-20130115-02571_zpsa2ae6af3.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/Liberty-20130115-02570_zps4a7334b8.jpg

FYI, the axe is better (easier) at making feather sticks than the CRK. Just sayin'. Always check your gear before using it!

WDW
01-15-2013, 06:03 PM
Very nice! Do you have any Randall's Bill?
Here's my favorite gun & sticker combo- Colt CCG & a Randall Model 1 APFK
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab217/10mm4me/image-8_zpsc21a2048.jpg

EricP
01-15-2013, 06:13 PM
Is that the short or long forest axe?

BLR
01-15-2013, 06:15 PM
Very nice! Do you have any Randall's Bill?
Here's my favorite gun & sticker combo- Colt CCG & a Randall Model 1 APFK
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab217/10mm4me/image-8_zpsc21a2048.jpg

Nope. I have 6 ordered, varying from 5 years wait down to 3. But I don't have one yet.

That is the Small Forest Axe.

WDW
01-15-2013, 06:27 PM
Nope. I have 6 ordered, varying from 5 years wait down to 3. But I don't have one yet.

That is the Small Forest Axe.

Yep! I waited 49 months for mine.

SeriousStudent
01-15-2013, 06:59 PM
Neat photos, Bill!

You really have to love an axe, when the craftsman forging it stamps his own initials into every axe and hatchet. :)

I've got a Granfors Bruks axe and hatchet, and a Hult Bruks hatchet as well. If you watch pawn shops and antique shops, you can sometimes find them for cheap. I got the GB axe head for a ridiculously low price off eBay. I recognized the stamp, and snagged it very inexpensively. I actually paid more for a good hickory replacement handle, than the axe head.

I'm trying desperately to resist buying one of those CCG Colts, too. I've got an old Colt 1911 that was made in 1954 sitting in the safe, I'm debating sending it off. There are a lot of people that would do it justice, I'm just having a hard time altering it at all.

Al T.
01-15-2013, 10:33 PM
You had me till the CRK knife.

On another note, the latest Colts are looking good. PSA has a couple that rock to me.

BLR
01-16-2013, 07:32 AM
You had me till the CRK knife.

On another note, the latest Colts are looking good. PSA has a couple that rock to me.

It's a nice blade, but the handle was lacking in surface area for feathering. I wound up getting fatigue from it quickly.

BLR
01-16-2013, 09:04 AM
Neat photos, Bill!

You really have to love an axe, when the craftsman forging it stamps his own initials into every axe and hatchet. :)

I've got a Granfors Bruks axe and hatchet, and a Hult Bruks hatchet as well. If you watch pawn shops and antique shops, you can sometimes find them for cheap. I got the GB axe head for a ridiculously low price off eBay. I recognized the stamp, and snagged it very inexpensively. I actually paid more for a good hickory replacement handle, than the axe head.

I'm trying desperately to resist buying one of those CCG Colts, too. I've got an old Colt 1911 that was made in 1954 sitting in the safe, I'm debating sending it off. There are a lot of people that would do it justice, I'm just having a hard time altering it at all.

Oh man, I love GB axes. I really do. I love bushcraft too.

On the Colt, the next version will be even better. Internal changes were made, refinements! I'm hoping it happens soon too...

That gun was designed to be a good starting point for customization actually. Wouldn't need barrel, sight, trigger, hammer, beavertail. A Custom Shop built sort of WWI/WWII/S70 deal. No, it's not cheap, or perfect, but it sure is a nice gun!

BN
01-16-2013, 02:11 PM
I thought this was going to be an alternative weapons thread. :)

And maybe it is. ;)