Gransfors Bruk Double Bit Axes

From the middle of the 19th century to when the chainsaw took over the forestry industry a hundred years later, double edged axes were mainly used by forest workers in Canada and the United States. The advantage of these axes was that wor kers could sharpen each edge differently. The forestry worker only needed to carry one axe with them while having two edges. Usually, the axe had a thinner edge for...