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Felling axe
A kind of axe · also called chopping axe, woodcutter's axe
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About
A felling axe is a two-handed cutting tool roughly 35 inches long built to bring down standing trees.
Felling axes have longer handles than hatchets or splitting axes to generate maximum swing leverage across wood grain. While overall handle lengths typically range between 31 and 36 inches (0.79 and 0.91 m), the head itself usually accounts for more than half of the total weight. Even with a modest weight of about 4.9 pounds (2.2 kg), concentrating that mass at the far end of the shaft delivers significant force.
From Wikipedia
An axe is an implement that has been used for thousands of years to shape, split, and cut wood, to harvest timber, and as a weapon. The axe has many forms and specialised uses but generally consists of a head with a sharpened blade attached to a handle.
Read more on Wikipedia →Text from Wikipedia’s “Axe” article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Questions people ask
- How big is a felling axe?
- A standard felling axe measures about 35 inches (0.9 m) long, 1.6 inches (0.04 m) tall at the bit, and weighs roughly 4.9 pounds (2.2 kg). This makes its length comparable to a standard baseball bat or walking stick.
- How much space does a felling axe take up?
- About 5.92 cups (1.4 L), the volume of its body.
Weight
4.85 lb (2.2 kg)
- Space it takes up
- 5.92 cups (1.4 L)
- Length
- 35.4 in (90 cm)
- Height
- 1.57 in (4 cm)
Quick answer
A standard felling axe measures about 35 inches (0.9 m) long, 1.6 inches (0.04 m) tall at the bit, and weighs roughly 4.9 pounds (2.2 kg). This makes its length comparable to a standard baseball bat or walking stick.
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