From my son in law, and his family:
http://forresttoolco.com/the_max.html
I have never even seen one of these. (Where have I been?)
Wow!
It's quite the tool.
Very well made. Hardened steel.
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It's a very clever design. I imagine that it's not quite as good as having each of the dedicated tools, but if you don't have room for all of those it looks like a good compromise.
The one flaw I see (aside from having to change attachments in the event you need more than one) is the ax sheath. With the sheath installed -- which the video recommends, likely as a safety feature -- using any of the other cutting or chopping tools will cause the ax to cut through the sheath rivets as a result of the momentum of the sheath and its rivets against the blade upon each impact. I learned this the hard way many years ago with a hatchet that I used daily (I was mostly doing USFS boundaries at that point in my career). The way I solved it was to incorporate a piece of folded copper (3/4" water pipe sliced lenthwise and flattened out) into the sheath so that the hatchet blade wedged into the copper fold, preventing the edge from contacting the rivets.
Very cool. Will help to find more stones.
oh, I thought you were going to post a new baby pic!
Andy J, post: 433006, member: 44 wrote: oh, I thought you were going to post a new baby pic!
I didn't figure I was the first one whose mind went there.....
Now you'll have no excuse for leaving any evidence behind after chopping a log.