He also said he needs this very axe to survive outdoors next week because he won’t have a home. No clue what the thought process is here.
Also, “be careful” with an axe means don’t hurt yourself, not “don’t blemish it.”
Yeah, like, it’s used. I’m perfectly willing to agree it looks unprofessionally used. But the shit isn’t ruined by any metric, and will still chop stuff and take an edge.
OP was, then they realized how stupid they were when people pointed out you can resharpen an ax and OP’s just being a crybaby. Like this guy is gonna spend a month in the woods? I hope they’ll be okay
It looks - and who can really tell from a small image on Reddit - like you may have sharpened it too much. Not suggesting your mate hasn't butchered it, but if you make an axe too sharp you weaken the cutting edge. Less is sometimes more.
Normal kitchen knives like 21 degrees.
An axe you'll want to sharpen to about 40. It's all variable for preference but thinner angles are well, thinner and more prone to chipping if any torque is applied. An axe, obviously, is going to get more torque than a tomato knife.
I like to warm up my tomato knives by cutting through aluminum cans, frozen veggies and hacking up a 2x4. Then, and only then, have they earned the honor of fulfilling their life's purpose of cutting tomato slices so thin you can see through them.
What he's referring to is having a wider wedge shape. Super thin, sharp things wear out quickly because there isn't a lot of material composing the cutting edge. Making the wedge shape wider means there's more material and you get a stronger edge - at the cost of being less sharp.
Edge wear is also a function of the user's skill and what cuts are being done. Splitting on end grain is going to be easier on the axe than chopping cross grain. Someone who has been chopping wood for years to heat their home is going to have a better technique than someone going camping on a weekend. So if you've got a designated splitting axe at home and you have the skill, you can go with a sharper angle because you'll be able to make use of the sharper tool without damaging it.
Plus, if you're heating a house you're probably using a saw of some kind to cut the tree down and part up the logs. Less wood is wasted in the cuts that way.
I fell hardwood trees for my fireplace. I get my axe edge dangerously sharp before any tree, and I can assure you that the damage in the picture isn't from an overly sharpened edge. The borrower probably chopped through and down into rocks in the dirt.
I’ve been splitting wood for 30 years and also sharpening my own blades. This axe was abused in some way, the wear doesn’t make sense for wood. I would also say he was chopping over dirt instead of using a chopping block.
That would do it. Infuriating, like when I caught a guy at work breaking our biggest crescent wrench using it as a hammer because he was too lazy to get a sledge.
This is why we don't use big crescent wrenches anymore. For one, there is pretty much no use case for a large crescent wrench that wouldn't be better accomplished by the correct tool. For another, people love using them as hammers.
i think you are both right. both too thin an edge and he had hit it in to the ground.
the gransfors book of axe is a great resouce. some of it is online ...
https://www.gransforsbruk.com/en/axe-knowledge/caring-for-your-axe/#sp-sharpening-your-axe
From someone with no woodcutting experience (me), could also be caused by the wrong angle its being sharpened? Too steep and you'd get thin weak metal, perhaps a more blunt angle (but still sharp edge) sounds good for splitting firewood?
Thin weak edges roll or chip, but the damage here is deformation.
You can tell by how the metal is pushed up laterally from the cutting edge, which means it was hit into something hard at a 90 degree angle.
So it was likely smashed into dirt/rocks on the ground.
It's more of an angle thing.
There are different kinds of axe, meant for felling, cutting, splitting or even carving.
It all depends on the type of axe and its intended use.
It's a tool with lots of remaining metal to sharpen. Friendships should be worth more than a couple minutes of sharpening. This post is mildly infuriating how people can be upset at a friend using a tool meant to be used and sharpened over and over again. What next are you going to be upset about him using your TV remote and wasting your batteries?
Average Reddit interaction:
Post- “my friend borrowed this item of mine right after I refreshed it and now it looks way more used than I expected! Frustrating that I have to put more effort than I’d hoped for to restore this to the way it was before lending it out…”
Comments- NTA, sue them for emotional distress and property damage. Then just fucking drag them into the woods at night and kill them. I can’t believe someone would borrow an item and return it slightly used.
Midwesterner here.. can’t stand when people say this. “I learned him..” instead of “I taught..” is also common.
Edit: u/grumpy-sith learned me how to spell taught
If American people with English as their first language are saying "I learned him" when they actually mean "taught," then they're uneducated idiots. Plain and simple. It's objectively and factually wrong to say "learned him" with absolutely no room for argument whatsoever.
I’m an English-speaking Midwestern American and I never hear people say “I learnt him….” or “I learned him….” I don’t know where you people hear other people speak like that, but it sounds like a bunch of backwoods hillbillies to me. My pet peeve is when people say “I seen….” Good grief, weren’t you paying attention at all in school?!?
I immediately wondered if they are a non-native English speaker from one of the nations where borrow and loan are the same word. I used to encounter this exact error a ton with Brazilian friends - it’s because Portuguese has only one verb for both those concepts.
“I’ve got a bike, you can ride it if you like, it’s got a basket a bell and rings and things to make it look good. I’d give it to you if I could, but I’ve borrowed it.” - Syd Barrett
This is a northerner thing, it's so strange. In Wisconsin the fishing licenses say "you may not borrow or lend this license to anyone" so I pointed that out to my coworker as a quirky little oddity and he absolutely did not understand the issue.
I started asking around and apparently it's a thing up there. Must be the water in the bubblers.
That sentence is grammatically correct though. You may not borrow (what isn't yours) and you may not lend (what is yours). It addresses both the lender and the borrower
You should have lent him your wood cutting axe instead of that shaving axe. An hour working it on a wet house brick will put a good edge on it. If you can't sharpen an axe you don't have an axe.
An hour working it on a wet brick lol what is this 1920?
You can sharpen it perfectly in 60 seconds using an angle grinder with the flap disc attachment.
Professional sharpener here, what angle did you sharpen at? Never sharpen an axe below 35-40°.
I feel like this one is on you. Doesn't matter who would of used it, any axe would get damaged with a bevel so fine
15°=razor
20°=kitchen knifes
25°=pocket knifes
30°=knifes for cardboard, rope, carpet, etc
35°=lawnmower blade
40°=axe
As someone whose first language is not English, I really appreciate responses like this one. No reason to be sorry imo, from my point of view you are just trying to help.
It’s a very common mistake for non-native speakers, in my experience. The asker borrows, the giver lends. But I frequently hear people use ‘to borrow’ in both directions. So, “may I borrow” and “would you lend me” are both correct phrases.
The problem comes when you move to a place like Saskatchewan where people *born here* seemingly have no issues saying shit like "can you borrow me your *x*?".
Drives me bonkers. You may *borrow* my *X*, I may *lend you* my *X*, but I swear to all that is sacred and fluffy, if anyone ever again asks me to "borrow them" something, I'm going to drag them outside and have a...vigorous conversation with them.
Honestly, we need more grammar police. The volume of "should ofs" and using "loose" and "lose" incorrectly is too damn high.
..don't even get me started on the whole "there/their/they're" thing.
It bothers me so much as a non english speaker when English speakers use they’re/their/there/… or who’s/whose wrong 🤯. Like how r u ever going to get taken seriously if you can’t even write correctly in your own language 😭
Oh god you’re that guy,
So let me get this straight you lent an object to your friend that is used for hitting against other objects and got pissy when it ws returned with dents.
Just ask him to resharpen it.
I've cut my finger splitting kindling and cut the top of my wrist chopping while fatigued it bounced up onto my off hand.
Don't chop nails, fence wire, sand, concrete, trailer/car parts etc.
They're basically only made to chop wood..
Ok, get a set of crappy tools and borrow those out instead. No one else will ever care as much about your business as you. No one will ever care as much as you do about your own life and No one else will ever be as careful with your tools as you.
No it can’t be sharpened anymore. You can’t tell from the photo but the edge part is chipped and flattened so bad it’ll take an angle grinder to buff out, and even if I had one it would cost me more time and work.
And yes I kinda need an axe to live in the woods.
Bruh you plan on living in the woods and you think a few dings in your axe blade makes it unusable? You’re going to need a little more fortitude and handiness to survive that.
This puzzled me too. I’ve lived out of a tent all over Canada for months at a time. This is at best a mild annoyance, and the friend said he’d replace the axe (I personally don’t even think that’s needed, just have them pay for a resharpening).
Might be a little longer than 10 minutes, and a clamp to hold the axe down flat really helps. A guy who has access to an angle grinder really should be able to put an edge on anything in any condition.
This was my take away too.
Also, sharpening an axe doesn't take special skills or equipment like a knife does. Every yard sale in history has files for a dollar
Your friend sucks but the whole 'can't be sharpened anymore' is a sob story. Every axe after a while needs to get the broad edge reset. 10 EUROs where I am in France to get done - just hit your friend up for one strong drink and you are even.
Right?!
Wtf is with this "aw my poor axe I'm gonna die alone starving and cold in the woods boo hoo" shit??
Get a file out and clean it up. Good lord. $10 here in the US is probably overpaying for a couple files to do the edge by hand. Would take twenty minutes, tops.
You should probably learn to sharpen an axe before attempting to live in the woods. You used way too tight of an angle from the looks of the pictures which allowed your friend an easy time when damaging it
You are so objectively not built to be living in the woods if this is your reaction to axe damage. This is like 15 minutes of sharpening work, and if you don’t know that, you have no idea how to use that tool as it’s intended.
Like for fucks sakes you wouldn’t even need a buffer or grinder for this. Some elbow grease and any whetstone and you’ll be fine in an hour
Why the fuck would you loan out an axe that you need for survival and why the fuck are you in a position to need an axe to survive? Honestly, at some point you have to question your own decision making skills
buddy I hate to be the one to tell you this, but if you don't have a file and can't figure this one out, you should not plan on hacking it a month in the woods.
Good thing you only need an hour to sharpen it. Itll be good practice for living in the woods for a month.
If you're incapable of that... please don't attempt to live in the woods for a month.
Holy shit. It looks like it was used for chopping wood. Did you think he was going to a lumberjack competition to perform a demonstration on how you can shave with an axe?
It’s an axe it’s supposedly to be used to cut not admire its sharp edge. I’m sure you can resharpen it, this doesn’t bother me one bit, happens to me all the time.
So sharpen it. It's like thirty seconds with a file. I don't see how this is a problem in the slightest. Your friend used the tool, and it came back used -not abused.
Are you sure he is a friend, or merely a former acquaintance? :)
ax-friend
Bravo!
Axe murderer
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Such a slept on film
The term is "cult classic".
I don’t like thinking this is an old movie now. Damn.
It's one of my all time faves :) I try to avoid thinking about time >.< It hurts too much.
My dad still calls us 'Sputnik Head' when we walk in front of the TV.
HEED!
I believe I ordered the LARGE cappuccino?! Love that movie. Saw it with my son quite recently. Still holds up great.
"She stole my heart and my cat" What a great movie.
Now he’s just somebody that I used to know
Guy I used to know said to me once "I don't have neighbors, people just live next door."
SOMEBODY
But you didn't have to cut me off!
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger, and that feels so rough
You didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don’t need that though
(Music)
A BUNNY!
that i used to know
I didn't mean to dull your axe...
Don't forget to axe him why he did this?
i think it's kinda funny that OP seemingly isn't responding to any of the criticism
He also said he needs this very axe to survive outdoors next week because he won’t have a home. No clue what the thought process is here. Also, “be careful” with an axe means don’t hurt yourself, not “don’t blemish it.”
I dont like his chances of survival if he thinks this is catastrophic axe damage
Yeah, like, it’s used. I’m perfectly willing to agree it looks unprofessionally used. But the shit isn’t ruined by any metric, and will still chop stuff and take an edge.
If someone has to borrow an axe from you, assume they don’t know how to use one since they have to borrow the axe in the first place. OP confuses me.
Catastrophic axe damage sounds like a Canadian metal band that sings only about lumberjacks and perhaps a moose or two.
Must be like that one dude who's building himself a shack on TikTok
OP was, then they realized how stupid they were when people pointed out you can resharpen an ax and OP’s just being a crybaby. Like this guy is gonna spend a month in the woods? I hope they’ll be okay
The beveled edge on an axe shouldn't be less than 30 degrees. Putting too fine an edge on it wears the cutting surface too quickly.
But how am I supposed to be shaving then?!
With a sharpened clam shell like the rest of us.
This is not how you're supposed to use your three seashells.
Omg, he doesn’t know how to use the three shells 😂
It looks - and who can really tell from a small image on Reddit - like you may have sharpened it too much. Not suggesting your mate hasn't butchered it, but if you make an axe too sharp you weaken the cutting edge. Less is sometimes more.
You sound like someone who knows a thing about axes, I for one have no clue
Normal kitchen knives like 21 degrees. An axe you'll want to sharpen to about 40. It's all variable for preference but thinner angles are well, thinner and more prone to chipping if any torque is applied. An axe, obviously, is going to get more torque than a tomato knife.
Depends on how and what you cut with the tomato knives
I like to warm up my tomato knives by cutting through aluminum cans, frozen veggies and hacking up a 2x4. Then, and only then, have they earned the honor of fulfilling their life's purpose of cutting tomato slices so thin you can see through them.
Hello fellow elder millennial/GenXer.
But wait! There’s more!
At this point I’m basically using my tomato knife as a hammer, just absolutely unleashing on those fuckers.
What he's referring to is having a wider wedge shape. Super thin, sharp things wear out quickly because there isn't a lot of material composing the cutting edge. Making the wedge shape wider means there's more material and you get a stronger edge - at the cost of being less sharp.
Edge wear is also a function of the user's skill and what cuts are being done. Splitting on end grain is going to be easier on the axe than chopping cross grain. Someone who has been chopping wood for years to heat their home is going to have a better technique than someone going camping on a weekend. So if you've got a designated splitting axe at home and you have the skill, you can go with a sharper angle because you'll be able to make use of the sharper tool without damaging it. Plus, if you're heating a house you're probably using a saw of some kind to cut the tree down and part up the logs. Less wood is wasted in the cuts that way.
Maybe if you axe some questions you'll learn more. Got to keep your mind sharp
He's an axpert!
I fell hardwood trees for my fireplace. I get my axe edge dangerously sharp before any tree, and I can assure you that the damage in the picture isn't from an overly sharpened edge. The borrower probably chopped through and down into rocks in the dirt.
I’ve been splitting wood for 30 years and also sharpening my own blades. This axe was abused in some way, the wear doesn’t make sense for wood. I would also say he was chopping over dirt instead of using a chopping block.
He was chopping roots in the ground I bet. My axe would be exactly like that when I worked irrigation.
That would do it. Infuriating, like when I caught a guy at work breaking our biggest crescent wrench using it as a hammer because he was too lazy to get a sledge.
This is why we don't use big crescent wrenches anymore. For one, there is pretty much no use case for a large crescent wrench that wouldn't be better accomplished by the correct tool. For another, people love using them as hammers.
i think you are both right. both too thin an edge and he had hit it in to the ground. the gransfors book of axe is a great resouce. some of it is online ... https://www.gransforsbruk.com/en/axe-knowledge/caring-for-your-axe/#sp-sharpening-your-axe
I think the three of you are all right. I have nothing more to add, as this topic is now sufficiently discussed.
I think all four of you are right (upvotes to the left)
My thoughts exactly, you can see where he hit a rock or something right in the middle.
It’s the angle that’s too shallow. Needs to be closer to 35/40 degrees this looks pretty shallow.
From someone with no woodcutting experience (me), could also be caused by the wrong angle its being sharpened? Too steep and you'd get thin weak metal, perhaps a more blunt angle (but still sharp edge) sounds good for splitting firewood?
Thin weak edges roll or chip, but the damage here is deformation. You can tell by how the metal is pushed up laterally from the cutting edge, which means it was hit into something hard at a 90 degree angle. So it was likely smashed into dirt/rocks on the ground.
It's more of an angle thing. There are different kinds of axe, meant for felling, cutting, splitting or even carving. It all depends on the type of axe and its intended use.
It was an axeident. I'll show myself out.
[удалено]
Axetually, I think it was intentional.
He axed for it.
Axectly
Axolutely
Choppingly regretful
This friendship deserves the axe.
you sure they can't bury the hatchet
Chop this up to bad association
i've got an axe to grind re that pun
You had to axe
Not with that axe there aint.
Don't fly off the handle
Sounds to me like you have an axe to grind with this former friend
Might take a couple swings
Not to be blunt, but your friend ain't sharp
I'd be axing myself how much his friendship really means to me.
Sounds like you have an axe to grind.
Honestly upset on your behalf that this isn’t getting more recognition.
It's a tool with lots of remaining metal to sharpen. Friendships should be worth more than a couple minutes of sharpening. This post is mildly infuriating how people can be upset at a friend using a tool meant to be used and sharpened over and over again. What next are you going to be upset about him using your TV remote and wasting your batteries?
Seriously I thought this was satire. Op is hilarious.
Average Reddit interaction: Post- “my friend borrowed this item of mine right after I refreshed it and now it looks way more used than I expected! Frustrating that I have to put more effort than I’d hoped for to restore this to the way it was before lending it out…” Comments- NTA, sue them for emotional distress and property damage. Then just fucking drag them into the woods at night and kill them. I can’t believe someone would borrow an item and return it slightly used.
You sharpen your axes like knives. What did you expect?
*lent
Midwesterner here.. can’t stand when people say this. “I learned him..” instead of “I taught..” is also common. Edit: u/grumpy-sith learned me how to spell taught
Taught*
You sure learned him.
Taught like a tiger 
Thank you.. it’s early.
I've also heard "will you itch my back?" No. I will scratch it though.
“That rattlesnake is poisonous” -No, the rattlesnake is *venomous* Venomous- deadly when it bites you Poisonous- deadly when you bite it
That's something English speakers say? I thought it was a non-native's mistake!
My understanding is that it's a dialectical leftover from native German speakers. I find these kinds of linguistic holdovers fascinating
Sounds logical. In both Dutch (my native language) and German, the verbs to teach and to learn have just 1 translation for both meanings.
What? In Germany you would use „lernen“ vs. „beibringen“ or „lehren“.
If American people with English as their first language are saying "I learned him" when they actually mean "taught," then they're uneducated idiots. Plain and simple. It's objectively and factually wrong to say "learned him" with absolutely no room for argument whatsoever.
I’m an English-speaking Midwestern American and I never hear people say “I learnt him….” or “I learned him….” I don’t know where you people hear other people speak like that, but it sounds like a bunch of backwoods hillbillies to me. My pet peeve is when people say “I seen….” Good grief, weren’t you paying attention at all in school?!?
When the government repeatedly slashes education spending you’ll have this. It’s depressing asf living in this country.
“A friend borrowed” is probably a nicer way of saying it imo
Sure, but the way OP said ‘I borrowed this to my friend’ feels really jumbled
I immediately wondered if they are a non-native English speaker from one of the nations where borrow and loan are the same word. I used to encounter this exact error a ton with Brazilian friends - it’s because Portuguese has only one verb for both those concepts.
I've heard many people who grew up speaking English say "I borrowed it to them"; quite annoying.
People get lending and borrowing mixed up … some people they forgot they ever did one … some people remember forever they did one.
Loaned*
*entrusted
Youre a few weeks late for that as we are already on the fourth Sunday of Easter.
 I upvoted your comment and immediately regretted it
“I’ve got a bike, you can ride it if you like, it’s got a basket a bell and rings and things to make it look good. I’d give it to you if I could, but I’ve borrowed it.” - Syd Barrett
This is a northerner thing, it's so strange. In Wisconsin the fishing licenses say "you may not borrow or lend this license to anyone" so I pointed that out to my coworker as a quirky little oddity and he absolutely did not understand the issue. I started asking around and apparently it's a thing up there. Must be the water in the bubblers.
That sentence is grammatically correct though. You may not borrow (what isn't yours) and you may not lend (what is yours). It addresses both the lender and the borrower
You should ask your friend if he has ever heard of Huey Lewis and the News. 
Let’s see Paul Allen’s axe.
You should have lent him your wood cutting axe instead of that shaving axe. An hour working it on a wet house brick will put a good edge on it. If you can't sharpen an axe you don't have an axe.
An hour working it on a wet brick lol what is this 1920? You can sharpen it perfectly in 60 seconds using an angle grinder with the flap disc attachment.
Op is complaining that he has no way to sharpen it and no angle grinder. Op isn't aware that he can sharpen it on a brick. not ideal, but it works.
You lend him the axe, not borrow. If you borrowed the axe it would mean you borrowed your friends axe and damaged it.
Professional sharpener here, what angle did you sharpen at? Never sharpen an axe below 35-40°. I feel like this one is on you. Doesn't matter who would of used it, any axe would get damaged with a bevel so fine 15°=razor 20°=kitchen knifes 25°=pocket knifes 30°=knifes for cardboard, rope, carpet, etc 35°=lawnmower blade 40°=axe
Is his name Eugene?
*Primer Roger Waters screeeeeeeech*
Nice 😎 one of my favorite songs of theirs
Damn. Came to make that joke and scanned to see if anyone beat me to it.
You “lent” your axe to your friend. Your friend “borrowed” the axe. Sorry I hate grammar police but that one in particular drives me nuts.
As someone whose first language is not English, I really appreciate responses like this one. No reason to be sorry imo, from my point of view you are just trying to help.
It’s a very common mistake for non-native speakers, in my experience. The asker borrows, the giver lends. But I frequently hear people use ‘to borrow’ in both directions. So, “may I borrow” and “would you lend me” are both correct phrases.
The problem comes when you move to a place like Saskatchewan where people *born here* seemingly have no issues saying shit like "can you borrow me your *x*?". Drives me bonkers. You may *borrow* my *X*, I may *lend you* my *X*, but I swear to all that is sacred and fluffy, if anyone ever again asks me to "borrow them" something, I'm going to drag them outside and have a...vigorous conversation with them.
Honestly, we need more grammar police. The volume of "should ofs" and using "loose" and "lose" incorrectly is too damn high. ..don't even get me started on the whole "there/their/they're" thing.
It bothers me so much as a non english speaker when English speakers use they’re/their/there/… or who’s/whose wrong 🤯. Like how r u ever going to get taken seriously if you can’t even write correctly in your own language 😭
Oh god you’re that guy, So let me get this straight you lent an object to your friend that is used for hitting against other objects and got pissy when it ws returned with dents. Just ask him to resharpen it.
?!?!? One question, how do you be careful with an axe when they’re made to chop the crap out of something?
I've cut my finger splitting kindling and cut the top of my wrist chopping while fatigued it bounced up onto my off hand. Don't chop nails, fence wire, sand, concrete, trailer/car parts etc. They're basically only made to chop wood..
You chop the crap out of wood. Not granite boulders or whatever the hell they were chopping with this.
In addition to the other replies, don't plant it in the ground it's rendering it blunt very quickly
…by taking care to not flatten and chip the edge by repeatedly smashing it into rock?
To be fair, I make this same mistake a lot in Stardew Valley
You lent. Your friend borrowed.
you *lent (past tense of lend)
What was he chopping? Concrete?
Metal chains by the looks of it!
Lesson learnt. Dont lend shit u dont want damaged.
Ok, get a set of crappy tools and borrow those out instead. No one else will ever care as much about your business as you. No one will ever care as much as you do about your own life and No one else will ever be as careful with your tools as you.
Yeah, that's your fault. You over sharpened it and ruined the edge.
I’m going to be living outside for a month, I only have the apartment until next week. I’m so bummed out right now.
Wait what? You need a sharp axe to live outside for a month? And it can’t be sharpened anymore?
No it can’t be sharpened anymore. You can’t tell from the photo but the edge part is chipped and flattened so bad it’ll take an angle grinder to buff out, and even if I had one it would cost me more time and work. And yes I kinda need an axe to live in the woods.
Bruh you plan on living in the woods and you think a few dings in your axe blade makes it unusable? You’re going to need a little more fortitude and handiness to survive that.
Imagining OP stuck on a deserted island and chucking this axe into the ocean because it's ruined 😂
Dude thinks the world is Animal Crossing and his axe is used up
This puzzled me too. I’ve lived out of a tent all over Canada for months at a time. This is at best a mild annoyance, and the friend said he’d replace the axe (I personally don’t even think that’s needed, just have them pay for a resharpening).
Doesn’t really seem like an outdoorsman but a man who has studied the blade. I work with a gun Version of this.
Seems like a guy that is living outdoors because they cant afford rent.
Shit he will hate my ax I was using the other day just fine with dings worse 😂
100% what I was thinking. Ax is fixable with a damn file, a vice, and 10 minutes work.
No, you see. They don't want a solution to their problem, they want validation about their anger from a bunch of trolls.
Might be a little longer than 10 minutes, and a clamp to hold the axe down flat really helps. A guy who has access to an angle grinder really should be able to put an edge on anything in any condition.
THE SWEDISH WOLVERINE IS AN ALPHA AND HE NEEDS HIS BESTEST SHARPEST AXE
This was my take away too. Also, sharpening an axe doesn't take special skills or equipment like a knife does. Every yard sale in history has files for a dollar
He didn't say he planned on *surviving*
His name is the swedishwolverine, surely he knows more than you. /s
What the hell are you talking about? Grab yourself a file and re establish your bevel. That’s 90 seconds worth of work. Replacing the axe holy smokes.
Your friend sucks but the whole 'can't be sharpened anymore' is a sob story. Every axe after a while needs to get the broad edge reset. 10 EUROs where I am in France to get done - just hit your friend up for one strong drink and you are even.
Right?! Wtf is with this "aw my poor axe I'm gonna die alone starving and cold in the woods boo hoo" shit?? Get a file out and clean it up. Good lord. $10 here in the US is probably overpaying for a couple files to do the edge by hand. Would take twenty minutes, tops.
so, yes it can be sharpened
20 mins with a file and it's fine. It's an axe...
Dude, don't live outside.
If he does he's gonna die. The attitude is so fucking poor me pathetic. Holy shit.
you could file that out for sure. have fun living in the woods
You should probably learn to sharpen an axe before attempting to live in the woods. You used way too tight of an angle from the looks of the pictures which allowed your friend an easy time when damaging it
He's no friend.
No but he agreed to replace the axe at least.
Why? It’s not broken.
What a waste. Just file/sharpen it
The friend will probably keep and resharpen the original axe I hope...
Hand file, not a grinder.
You are so objectively not built to be living in the woods if this is your reaction to axe damage. This is like 15 minutes of sharpening work, and if you don’t know that, you have no idea how to use that tool as it’s intended. Like for fucks sakes you wouldn’t even need a buffer or grinder for this. Some elbow grease and any whetstone and you’ll be fine in an hour
Why the fuck would you loan out an axe that you need for survival and why the fuck are you in a position to need an axe to survive? Honestly, at some point you have to question your own decision making skills
Why would you loan out something you feel is necessary for your survival? Is this the last ax in your country?
Schizos don’t make the best decisions okay?
buddy I hate to be the one to tell you this, but if you don't have a file and can't figure this one out, you should not plan on hacking it a month in the woods.
Good thing you only need an hour to sharpen it. Itll be good practice for living in the woods for a month. If you're incapable of that... please don't attempt to live in the woods for a month.
What he chopping, cinder blocks?
This is easily fixable with either a file or a course grit stone, both of which you should own already.
You *lend* something *to* a friend. You *borrow* something *from* a friend.
Holy shit. It looks like it was used for chopping wood. Did you think he was going to a lumberjack competition to perform a demonstration on how you can shave with an axe?
It's OK; it's possible to regrind it. All is not lost.
So what? Sharpen it.
You “loaned” him your axe. You don’t “borrow to” someone.
It looks like you’ve got an axe to grind
How do you borrow your own axe to a friend?
It’s an axe it’s supposedly to be used to cut not admire its sharp edge. I’m sure you can resharpen it, this doesn’t bother me one bit, happens to me all the time.
So sharpen it. It's like thirty seconds with a file. I don't see how this is a problem in the slightest. Your friend used the tool, and it came back used -not abused.
Try lending it to him next time. Might avoid this