Carving knife with a spool-shaped birch handle and a blade length of 60 mm in carbon steel.

Professionals who carve and cut have a carving knife in their hand, not a rough working knife. A carving knife takes up no space, is comfortable to hold and the blade is not in the way, as with larger knives. With a carving knife it is easy to “get at it” and it is also ideal for scraping paint.

Tips! Carbon steel is an extremely durable material if you take care of it. Never put a wet knife in the sheath, wipe with a dry cloth and oil if necessary.

Hand-forged dowels for use in turning timber walls, for example. Two sizes. The stronger iron is intended to be driven in as a wedge between the logs and thus facilitate the work of driving the rope between the logs with the smaller iron. Once the gap has been filled with linen, the coarse driving iron is knocked aside and the timber collapses again. Lead hammers, a special tool that does not bounce and thus provides more power and force in the work, are used as striking tools for the driving iron.

Hand-forged dowels for use in turning timber walls, for example. Two sizes. The stronger iron is intended to be driven in as a wedge between the logs and thus facilitate the work of driving the rope between the logs with the smaller iron. Once the gap has been filled with linen, the coarse driving iron is knocked aside and the timber collapses again. Lead hammers, a special tool that does not bounce and thus provides more power and force in the work, are used as striking tools for the driving iron.

The Gränsfors Model 1900 Log House Moulder has a traditional shape and is suitable for moulding logs and planks, for example when building houses. The car differs greatly depending on the design of the forging, grinding and shank angle.

The head of the car in relation to the edge comes in two variants. The most common is that the blade of the axe is centered in relation to the head and the eye. It is also possible to special order a variant where the axe blade is not centered in relation to the head, which allows the car to slide along the log, without the axe head touching the log with the eye.

The car’s grinding is available in three different variants. As a rule, the beam is sharpened on both sides of the edge (knife-sharpened). The double-sided sharpening is often used for knot cutting, but also for all kinds of timber and plank cutting. The axe can also be specially ordered sharpened on one side only (scissor-sharpened). On a scissor-sharpened axe, the side of the balance that does not have a sharpened edge bevel is usually completely flat and forms the right side of the edge. The left side of the edge is the side that is sharpened. The flat side of the axe is more “aggressive” and is used when the log needs to be really smooth and is used, among other things, for longitudinal edging of timber. The opposite side is used instead when the log should have a small “wave pattern” and thus not be as smooth. Reverse scissor grinding can also occur, which is the exact opposite of scissor grinding.

The angle of the bilan on the shaft is available in three different variants. The bilan is usually straight, which means that the blade is parallel to the shaft. The bilan can also be specially ordered with the blade angled to the right (right-angled) or to the left (left-angled). When the blade is angled to the right or left, the handle and hands are away from the workpiece when the user is driving. This reduces the risk of hands hitting the workpiece. To know if the axe is right- or left-handed, hold the axe with the head up and the handle down with the neck facing you. If the edge is tilted to the right, the axe is right-handed and if it is tilted to the left, it is left-handed.