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I gave my son one of their axes for his seventh birthday. It was supersharp and so nice to work with, he spent hundreds of hours in the forest building small huts and doing some wood crafts. At home and in school he used to have a hard time to focus and pay attention, working with that axe have been great for his ability to be careful and focused.
Manligt.
That was a beautiful video. I own a few of their axes and am proud of them. Like you said in the video they will be passed down to my son. They cost a bit but it is totally worth it to have a tool that lasts for generations
Very cool to see the old machines still working away and that even though the technology is so old, it still creates the best product.
Nice to see you are enjoying time away from the farm and with the family.
That was enthralling. What skill. Like a dance or playing a musical instrument. And what an amazing 'education' Ragnar is getting.
It was nice to see where the Designer made my Mini Hatchet, and where my Wildlife Hatchet and Small Forest Axe were forged. I think that Gransfors Bruks make really beautiful and extremely capable tools, they're works of the Smiths Art. After reading and watching videos about axes and hatchets, of which I knew nothing, I determined that the Mini Hatchet would be a good start. On arrival I was struck by its beauty and how good it felt in my hand, it was quite remarkable. Some years later I wanted something larger, and being absolutely delighted with my Mini Hatchet I looked to GB for my next purchase. The Wildlife Hatchet was considered to be the one I should next buy, and my opening impressions were just as with my Mini. Five years on, the process was repeated, and a Small Forest Axe joined my Mini and Wildlife Hatchets. My experience with all three (and a GB Viking Neck Knife) has been positive and were I to need another, and I'm thinking about it, I would naturally look to Gransfors Bruks. People say they're expensive, but considering their 20 year warranty period (and they're obviously going to outlive that 20 year period) it actually works out, on an annual basis, to be pennies, for such excellent quality tools. Quality is inexpensive over time, the longer you have and use your tools the more inexpensive they become. Every one of my tools will outlive me and be passed on to my friends and their children to use and enjoy.
It was interesting to see you do a video on the GB factory. I am and avid gardener and have watched most of your animal / vegetable production videos because in the summer that is my primary interest. In the autumn, when the snow begins to fly (I live in Canada) I switch over to carving and become obsessed with tools. Axe collecting is part of that obsession and one of my favorites is a GB my Dad bought 70 years ago. As you say they are one of the best you can get and have been for a long time. I use it everyday prepping wood to stoke up my wood fire then sit down to carve as the fire grows. Great video! Thank you!
I guess I never realized how much time went into shaping the head. I'm so happy with all of mine.
I wanted one of those 1700s hewing axes, but they stopped making them, so now I started smithing, end goal is I am gonna make my own
I agree that watching the forging process was enjoyable and felt to be rewarding work despite its repetitive nature because it delivers perfection. Thanks for sharing
incredible to see the inner workings of such a fine business as this . true craftsmen at work. thanks for sharing!
I've had a G.B maul for 25 years. Even without a neck guard it is still on the original shaft. Even in knotty conifer or standing dead elm it shows it's quality and superior design time and time again. I'm sure it will outlast me and my son will have it when I'm gone. But not a moment before even though he has cast covetous glances at it for a while now.
The forging process was really cool!
Amazing video, thank u! The best axe in the world for sure.
Wow, what an amazing operation!
Really awesome to see the process. I have several Gansfors Bruk tools. Cheers mate!
Great field trip! Thank you for sharing:)
Got to see something I've never seen before, from half way across the world today... I thought it was cool how they continued to keep sliding that piece of steel in and out of handle slot, to keeep the precise shape. Thanks
Love my small forest axe ❤️🇺🇸 hello from Oregon
Fascinating
Thank you for the upload
super cool. (safety never takes a vacation!) Got your book, Richard! It's fantastic!
Great video!
Great video, thank you for sharing. I bought 3 so far and its just not enough :)
Nice nice information😎 carry on bro😎
Remarkable
Cool video , i have 3 gba , very good axes .
Algorithms are hilarious. After all my research & poking around shops & forges; learning what makes a good product great; & stepping up my sharpening skills on my existing hardware, I finally acquired their Scandinavian Forest Axe & Wildlife Hatchet. Then, & only then, did Yootoob suggest I see this. Thoroughly pleased with how elegant the design is. Quality steel, kept its edge through a week of basic camp work. Very happy with these axes. But the main reason I wanted to post was something else. When this video got to the power hammer work areas, it dawned on me this is where it sounds like some early, Swedish indistrial music artists drew samples or at the very least inspiration. Eyes closed, istening to this video almost made me think I was listening to Mental Destruction. Also from Sweden, just much further south, in Linköping. Maybe the Dürlings took a tour with recording mics.
this has to be the loudest video ever made.that being said, I loved watch two different people making making the same axe.
Unfortunately Adze is a name I see on the internet for 2 different tools. There is the tool you described and another that is litearlly a builders right hand. That one, is not meant for chopping wood, and it has a hole to remove nails and a hammer end, to drive them in like a hammer does. The part of that tool, that some people think it's for chopping wood, is actually a very steep edge, that can't cut wood, it's just used, when builders remove the flat wooden boards, after they finish parts of building, It also works, to dig out nails, and then use the other feature on that tool, to remove it from the wood. Then there is the carpenters Adze, which is used to carve/chop wood mainly.
Cool
Quenching aka tempering makes the steel very hard and brittle. Drawing it at a lower temp makes it tough. Get your terms straight. 👍👍👍👍
So when might we see these axes on the tool store for pollarding or other farm activities?
Figure around the 3rd of NEVUARY😉
Not the first day at work!
Thank you so much for this great Tour of the GB Factory! I don’t understand what I was seeing behind one of the Power Hammers, at least not for sure. I’m referring to the Racks with what look like Axe Heads with their Blades chopped off. Are they the rejected Axe Heads? I want to politely point out that you were mistakenly interchanging incorrect terminology when you were saying that Heat Treating made the Axe Heads Strong, but Brittle. Steel is not Strong when it is Brittle. When first Quenched, the Steel is HARD, BUT BRITTLE, which makes it Weaker than it needs to be for most uses, certainly for an Axe. Also, you had said that the Axe Heads were being Annealed to remove the brittleness after Hardening, and to bring it to the desired Hardness. You should have only used the word “Temper”, (not both) as Annealing is the process of Heating Steel up to a very High Temperature, (which would also be a very Red Hot Temperature) and maintaining it there for a fairly long period of time, to REMOVE ALL HARDNESS IN THE STEEL, which is an entirely different process than Tempering. Tempering is a relatively low Temperature, to relieve some of the extreme stresses from Heat Treating, in it’s Hardest State, and to Draw back some of the Hardness, to the exact Hardness Values that are desired for the particular Tool, depending upon it’s desired use requirements. Again, thank you so much for the great video! 👍👍👍👍👍 🇺🇸
do you get a Factory sales discount there?
Vikings !
Good video. But is this so called hand forged axe as claimed by Gransfors when I saw all those big machines making the axe heads?
I have some of these Swedish brand, are they the best axes in the world, i will say no, from now on this will be the best axes in the world, Council tool ...♥️
I can't help but wondering if the people working there would make great percussionists
How can I get this machion
I have the SFA. to me it is akin to a 1959 GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD
Sar ji yah kaun se machine hai
What is the head shape at 8:23 intended for? Seems too narrow for a sledge. It looks like a regular axehead with the blade sheared off.
Thats the Pole/poll,the Blade gets welded on. I just saw this from your timestamp. I really can notbelieve that Axes get still made with 2 parts in the 21.Century! That was done until in the 50s. Now they are (not GB it seems) out of one piece steel. My god, this Firm is even worse than i knew! lmao!!
@@Luca-gj4yi so you mean the firm that creates one of the worlds best axes are bad? Bro stfu
I won't this machion pleac tell me how can I found tankiw
@11:04: Ah, you like _therbligs._
If you like this, check out the Northmen guild! "The Birth Of A Tool. Part I. Axe Making (by Northmen)" - kzhead.info/sun/o8V8qaVxsKJ7gn0/bejne.html
Just got a small Forrest axe. Came very dull.
That looks like very good product......... What did you say. I said that looks like a very good product! What?????? I can't hear a thing ......... Viking Steel!!! I have an adjustable wrench that my father had ( do it's 65 years or so old) made in Norway ( yes not Sweden) but close by. If these axes are anything of this same quantity then you would only need to buy them once ! And most likely they would last a lifetime plus!!! Not like some other places in the world!!!! CHINA for example.
he didn't reply to anyone
Imagine such a place being under pressure to produce enough materials for the seemingly never ending battlefronts of the great war.Would be interesting to know how many women would have worked there, so the amount of men outside of the battlefield could be kept to a minimum.
Ah yes "A little bit poor audio"
Its bruk not bruks
Back in the day it used to be bruks with an S. The removal of the S is a more recent thing 🤷♂️. Both acceptable imo.
Forging an cold ax like that will create cracks in the steel.
Thats the way its been bone for 100+ years on one of the best axes in the world. I'm pretty sure they know more about axes than you do there buddy.
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Ain't cold either 🙄