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Originally Posted by DJ Urbanovsky
Question for you Bill: The more I look at those Tuatahi racing axes, the more drooly I get. Would it be correct to assume that if those are good enough for the rigors of Timbersports, they'd be good enough for general wood cutting/splitting chores?
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The racing axe as we know it now is based on the working axe from Australia that has been used for over 100 years. The single bit axe for falling trees never quite caught on here in the states but many of the Australian axes used to be made in the USA and sent down under.
To answer your question, they would work but are simply too sharp to hold up to woods work. The racing axe has a very acute edge area with included angles between 12 and 17 degrees.
I have seen racing axes that have done their work in competition finish their life in the woods. The transition is made when they have been sharpened enough times to no longer cut deep enough, fast enough.