Im not sure what year the Keesteel is, All I know is that its an earlier one. Theres a bloke down south victoria somewhere that will grind, linish, polish and fit a new handle for 80-90 bucks AU. Cheap as I reckon. The True Blue has a crack in the back of the head so thats a wall hanger, Im slowly stoneing the chip out of the Aussie Speed Axe, that'll be good when its done. 1 of the Tui's is ready to go, Keesteel has a slight ding as does one other of the Tui's, Stewart also has a chip. Basically Im working on the following plan:
Training: 2 x Tui's
Racing Box= Keesteel, 1 x Tui, Stewart & Aussie Speed.
Slow process though but my coach is an extremly supportive bloke, giving advice whenever I ask, "the best way to learn how to sharpen your axes is to do it yourself, take your time, keep the stone as flat as possible and just work the burr back and forth." is what he said, and its working, chip is almost gone from the Aussie now and it is razor bloody sharp!
Jim O'Dowd sounds familiar, that could be the bloke Im thinkin of. For sure on the catch up aye no worries. Off to the Mansfield show tommorer, as long as the rain stays away the chop should be a good one. Glad that I could revive this awesome thread too. Great to get some good talk going on such a great sport!
