Gransfors Bruks, Hulst Bruks? axes

[GSPTOPDOG]

Try Sodium bicarbonate to fully neutralize the acid, I don't know if water alone is enough

I have used it for years to neutralize battery acid around the battery posts in my car

Ok, thanks for the tip!

[GSPTOPDOG]

I just picked up this Axe Stamped GAB Made in Sweden, GRANSFOR BRUKS... For me a GREAT find!

[Colonel26]

I never find any ax heads like that around here. But if I ever do…..

Yours are nice!

[GSPTOPDOG]

I never find any ax heads like that around here. But if I ever do…..

Yours are nice!

Thanks Co.!!!!

[GSPTOPDOG]

I thought this was interesting.

[Dan In MI]

I never knew there was so much variety in are heads. Thanks for the education!

[GSPTOPDOG]

I never knew there was so much variety in are heads. Thanks for the education!

You are welcome Dan ... Looking at other sources comes up with even more patterns so much to learn so little time

Then once you done learned something you start getting older like me and forgetting it all

[GSPTOPDOG]

Doing some oiling and clean-up on my Swedish axe

[GSPTOPDOG]

I am always looking for a new Swedish ax to add to my collection. Not always so easy... ... but sometimes "even a blind pig gets a new hat" as they say...

Picked this up at a yard sale... from a guy that always has yard sales and NEVER (never say never? ) sells any axes... I saw it in the back of the yard in a pile of yard tools, rakes shovels ho's etc...etc.. I tried to buy an ax from this guy before and he would not sell it... and then at another yard sale (he has one about every 4-6 weeks) and also a "no". So I was afraid he was going to say "no" again... ... and to my astonishment... ...he said "Yes"

[GSPTOPDOG]

Here it is after a little wire wheel clean up. A beautiful HULTS BRUK AXE!!!

[GSPTOPDOG]

I picked up another Swedish made axe... Needs to be cleaned up a bit...

[Dan In MI]

It'll clean up very nicely. Great pick-up!

[GSPTOPDOG]

It'll clean up very nicely. Great pick-up!

Thanks Dan!

[GSPTOPDOG]

Here are two beautiful axes I would like to add to the fold... ... but oh man are they pricey!

[GSPTOPDOG]

The two moddels are;

A 325th anniversary model and the Tibro. Hults Bruk’s traditional Carpenter’s pattern has a thin, long, and straight edge that makes even cuts for rough shaping and detailed carving. The straight 20-inch American hickory handle


2022 marks the 325th anniversary since Jacob Reenstierna established Hult’s iron and steel factory in 1697. To mark the occasion, the factory has created a commemorative limited edition axe.

The design is inspired by some of our favorite Hults Bruk axes from the past. In 1870, ironmaster Ekelund brought back American production techniques and axe designs like Turpentine and Yankee patterns with hickory handles. With time these have become symbols for Hults Bruk axes. The head of our Anniversary axe, with a gross weight of 1.25lb, is a classic Yankee pattern and the bit has a finishing with a narrow 5 step premium grind. It is hand forged from Swedish quality steel, another symbols of Hults Bruk axes. We have equipped it with a hickory handle and a specially made leather edge cover, manufactured in Sweden from a vegetable tanned, full–grain leather. Enclosed together with the axe you will also find a key ring with a ships nail as a reminder of where our forging tradition began.

The label and the shape of the handle are inspired by some of the oldest documented axes from Hults Bruk, found in a catalogue from the 1890s. The label contains an old logotype with the initials HM which stands for Hults Manufaktur. In the past our axes have been available in a wide range of colors. The red and green of the anniversary axe have been borrowed from our Agdor range that was introduced in the 1930 and made Hults Bruk famous around the world. This particular green was inspired by axes sold in Sweden in the middle of the 20th century and the red handle was a common feature on many Agdor models during the later half of the 20th century.

[Open Range-19]

Thanks GSPTOPDOG for the informative posts. Spent some time with axes over the years breaking down felled trees, cleaning up brush piles, feeding fires, fireplaces and woodstoves. Good memories especially when a few friends joined in with a couple axes, splitting mauls, sledges and a bucket of wedges.

[GSPTOPDOG]

Thanks GSPTOPDOG for the informative posts. Spent some time with axes over the years breaking down felled trees, cleaning up brush piles, feeding fires, fireplaces and woodstoves. Good memories especially when a few friends joined in with a couple axes, splitting mauls, sledges and a bucket of wedges.

Thanks O.R. I always have loved knives but somehow the "Ax Bug" bit me and I got the fever bad ... I think you said it all with;
"Good memories especially when a few friends joined in with a couple axes... "

[Dan In MI]

Considering the celebratory nature of that axe, $184 doesn't seem too pricey.

[GSPTOPDOG]

I found two more, in one day! The hatchet with the handle has a lot of rust and I couldn't see a "Made in Sweden" mark, but the blue paint and weight markings told me there was a good chance it was.

[GSPTOPDOG]

A little clean-up on the grinder and wire wheel and there is the proof... MADE IN SWEDEN! ... ... ... ,,, My hunch was correct ...

[GSPTOPDOG]

Taking the latest Sweden ax out of the vinegar. I was not happy with the cleaning it did... it must be getting too weak to pull the really heavy rust off...

... So ... back in the tub for now!

[GSPTOPDOG]

After some clean up... looking a little better. I went with a blue coating, similar to the factory color because I am taking this out for field use and the paint should offer pretty good protection outdoors.

[GSPTOPDOG]

I reckon this goes along with the thread dealing with Scandanavian axes...

[GSPTOPDOG]

I took out the Sandvik today to chop up some small branches for the fireplace. A cold spell has come through and the temperature has dropped "Like a Stone" ,,,

There is no rust on this ax, just bits of old paint and a grease I use to keep the rust off, that turns a rust color as it ages on the metal. When I wipe it off, the metal is clean underneath.

[GSPTOPDOG]

Cleaning up little by little the GRANSFOR BRUKS that I found last year.