28" Fallers Axe Straight 5lbs.

  5 lbs. Fallers single bit axe with a 28 in. straight wooden handle. A mid-sized felling axe for general axe chores including driving wedges. Cutting edge is approximately 5″ of overall length and the poll is square.  Newly designed head has a larger poll, balanced head and wedge shaped balde with chamferred poll. Forged tool steel head. Made in USA.  5 lbs. head weight.  4 ¾” Bit length from toe-to-heel.  7 3/8” Overall head length from bit-to-poll.  Longer poll for balance, and a larger surface area, including chamfered poll corners, so that it does not cause excessive damage while driving HDPE plastic felling wedges.  Balanced head from front to back, with the center of mass within the eye, which reduces head-roll/blade-drop.  Convex bevels/bit.  Doubles as a decent splitting axe, using a wedge-shaped blade, with a high centerline, to help keep the axe head from sticking while splitting. ANSI Standards call for bit hardness of Rc 45-60, at least ½ inch back from the cutting edge.