Delighted to hear from you as always, Dwayne!
Indeed I was sleeping when your post appeared! As I write this, it is 930am and I'm waiting for my coffee to brew...
If my post is full of typos, it shows that I need caffeine to get my brain working.
You've hit the nail on the head with your observation that some people should NOT have axes with hard cutting edges because they'll chip them by cutting into stones or the like!
Overall, this has been quite an interesting thread - thanks to the original poster for starting it!
/John
