Council Tool Sport Utility 5# Splitting/Felling Axe

Council Tool 5lb (2.3kg) single bit Sport Utility splitting/felling axe with a 36 inch straight wooden handle.

Specifications:

• Forged tool steel head.
• Larger poll, balanced head, and wedge shaped blade.
• 5 lb (2.3kg) head weight
•  4 ¾”  (12cm) Bit length from toe-to-heel
•  7 3/8” (18.7cm) Overall head length from bit-to-poll
• Wedge-shaped blade, with a high centerline, to help keep it from sticking while splitting
• 25 deg. Convex bevels/bit
• ANSI Standards call for bit hardness of Rc 45-60, at least ½ inch back from the cutting edge. Council Tool internal standards call for tempered bit hardness of Rc 48-55 and we target 1-1/4 inches from the cutting edge. The poll and eye walls are not hardened and remain in the as forged condition
• Head coated with boiled linseed oil to deter rust with Sport Utility forged finish.
• 36 in. (91cm) straight American hickory handle. Eye section is dried to below 10% moisture content to minimize shrinkage and help prevent loosening. Approximately 12mm of overall length of the handle is removed during assembly.
• Axe head is hydraulically seated onto handle, hung proud with a traditional wood and steel wedge.

Doubles as a faller’s axe, with chamfered poll corners and radius corners all around the outer poll face, so that it does not cause excessive damage while driving HDPE plastic felling wedges.

Total length: 90cm, blade length: 19cm x 12cm cutting edge, total weight 2.9kg. Made in USA. Council Tool part number SU50DR36S.