Husqvarna axes: varieties and their features

An ax is an irreplaceable thing at a summer cottage, in a garden or on a camping trip to nature. They are needed for working with wood: cutting firewood, cutting down a clearing, sampling large grooves, etc.

This article is about Husqvarna axes.

Husqvarna is a large company founded in Sweden in 1689. Engaged in the production of chainsaws, axes, saws and other garden tools. Axes used to be made according to European shapes - with a notch, but now the shape has become trapezoidal (American-Canadian standard). They are distinguished by the high quality of the materials used, a comfortable handle, and excellent sharpening.

The assortment of the presented models is very wide, the main varieties are:

• carpentry - designed for carpentry work, usually their weight does not exceed 1 kg;
• cleavers - sharpened for cutting logs, weight ranges from 1 to 2 kg;
• sledge axes - the most powerful and weighted tools, their purpose is to cut logs, their weight, as a rule, is more than 2 kg;
• hiking (tourist) - lightweight hatchets for felling brushwood, their weight varies from 0.5 to 1 kg;
• universal - as a rule, they are used for cutting branches of shrubs and small trees.

The table shows the characteristics of some models of axes manufactured by the Swedish company Husqvarna.

The cleaver is used to split large enough firewood into logs. The elongated handle increases impact power and is comfortable to grip with both hands. The butt is fastened to the ax handle using steel and wooden wedges, which ensure the reliability of fixation. Cleaver is one of the most common types of ax..

The sledgehammer ax is distinguished by its increased weight and an elongated handle, due to which a high impact power is achieved. It is designed for cutting large logs and tree trunks.The butt of this ax is even, due to which it is often used as a sledgehammer (hence its name). Sledge axes are tools that weigh more than 2 kg. Different models have different weights and lengths of the ax, but they all share a good ability to split large pieces of wood.

Most users of Husqvarna tools, in particular axes, are positive about their purchases. They note the high quality of products, ease of use, excellent double-sided sharpening of the point, relatively low weight (depending on the type of ax).

The variety of assortment allows you to satisfy the most demanding customers. And the price-quality ratio is good: with a fairly low cost, there are no complaints about the quality of the tool.

In the next video, you will find an overview of the Husqvarna Forest Ax.