Got An Axe to Grind, Sweetie?
It was only a matter of time.
Before axe polishing and customizations were also suggested as being something that I might be interested in or into.
After my first 3 league days...it became apparent that I was whaling my axe pretty hard against the wooden targets.
Regularly taking right chunks out of my blade when I hit the deck screws holding the targets together.
I am currently working on not throwing my axe too hard and on controlling its rotation as it leaves my hands. My new friend (Austin) even suggested that I might want to try breathing. You know, every so often, as I am throwing.
“Breathing?” What a novel concept, I thought.
“Out of the mouths of babes. I’m fairly certain that I’m old enough to be his Mother.”
After polishing my axe head using a double ended bench polisher, (yeah, that’s what he called it) @knarly327 began custom fabricating the handle of my axe by making a custom grip for me.
To start , my axe handle, met some bondo, a piece of plastic wrap and my hand.
This basically provided a framework of fibreglass the shape of my hand, from which the fibreglass could be sculpted to support my palm efficiently when I grasp my axe’s handle.
See What I See: Stage by Stage.
In the photo (below) you can see what my axe looked like before it was customized.
And What It Looks Like Now:
Complete With Its Handle Tape.
(Yeah, it’s hockey tape. What did you expect? I’m a Canadian. :D )
~ Rebecca
Damn! Thought the title was a metaphor. 😎
It's practically a metaphive.
Completely literally. Lolz!
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Lolz! No metaphor. I quite literally have an axe to grind @novacadian!
Now that is a most interesting twist I might add
The Canadian hockey tape?
the whole process @rebeccaryan.
Very nice!! It looks like quite a bit of work too!
This sport sounds like so much fun. I would never have considered it if you weren't sharing these stories.
It’s incredibly therapeutic @winstonalden and as easy as setting up some type of target in your backyard and throwing an old hatchet at it. I highly recommend giving it a try sometime. The subculture is interesting. Takes a special something, something mentally to pick up and axe and throw it. Most people wouldn’t run with scissors either. Lol!
You know, I've got just the place to try this out - an abandoned swimming pool with trees growing out of it. And I've even got the axe, too. Looks like I know what I'm doing this Spring...
That’s a perfect spot!
Now, I’ve never tried this yet, but I did watch a video that suggested that living trees are not good targets because it’s really hard to get the axe to stick. The bark makes for a bounce so you’re actually better off to build a target out of dried/cured wood rather than pick a living target that’s trying to reclaim the old pool.
Hahaha! Hidden bodies and an axe! You’ve nailed the quirky subculture @winstonalden!!
Nice.