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Benman
March 16th, 2010, 05:29
Looking for any opinions about the brand "FISKARS" made in Finland. Wanting to see if they are nice quality axes or not.

Any help/thoughts appreciated, thanks.

Ben :addict:
JavierNuvolari
March 16th, 2010, 13:01
Wish I could help you mate. I did my house's lawn for about 6 years (17->23), I have to say I enjoyed it a lot when it was a fresh sunday afternoon or a sunday morning... and I didn't wake up with a hangover. Very relaxing, specially to garden without shoes...helps to get rid of all that weekly stress. Anyways, I used to buy all my things at the local Home Depot(now known as Easy), and never a special brand. Good luck mate.

Before pressing the "PostQuick Reply" button I found this :

http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25413

and this http://www.gransfors.com/htm_eng/index.html

and this http://www.gerbergear.com/

aaand, finally, this http://www.americantomahawk.com/products/cqc-t.htm , they have a pretty bad ass axe.


Saludos!
Benman
March 16th, 2010, 16:28
Thanks Javier, as for Gerber, I heard good things as well of them.
darkart
March 26th, 2010, 08:04
My mother and father are using "Fiskars" kitchen knifes since 2000 (+- 1 year) and according to my father they are very nice and he likes using them! But I think that they are a little bit expensive for the overall quality! After all they are nice appliances.
Benman
March 26th, 2010, 19:55
My mother and father are using "Fiskars" kitchen knifes since 2000 (+- 1 year) and according to my father they are very nice and he likes using them! But I think that they are a little bit expensive for the overall quality! After all they are nice appliances.

Good to know.

Finally pulled the trigger and bought one. Damn... quite nice for the price point. :cheers:

Ben :addict:
Erik
March 28th, 2010, 00:13
It's a good brand.

They also own Silva, for navigation etc.
Benman
March 29th, 2010, 17:53
Thanks Erik, tried it out and was very impressed. I have to say though, if you're not used to the "manual labor" of chopping wood, the elbow gets SUPER sore! Damn, it STILL hurts! LOL!

But was very satisfying all the same. :thumb: :cheers:

And side note, I like that they are made in Finland vs China ;)

Ben
Erik
March 30th, 2010, 07:37
If it's any comfort I help them with some R&D :)
Benman
March 31st, 2010, 17:30
If it's any comfort I help them with some R&D :)
While sober I hope. ;) :D :cheers:

Ben
Erik
March 31st, 2010, 17:32
Always :)
Benman
March 31st, 2010, 18:02
I feel better already :) :cheers:

Also, got the wifey the hatchet... she loves it. :thumb: