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What's a good pulaski axe to keep an eye out for?
Preferably, what name brands are good ones to have in the older stuff?
I have a Collins that I picked up about 20 years ago. No idea if a older Collins is a good one or not.
Whatever I might find, I do plan on using it.
Thanks!
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I'll through a little triva out there on the subject of the pulaski. It was invented by a minor named Ed Pulaski who mined just south of Wallace Id. He later became a Forest Ranger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Pulaski
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Sort of a multi-tool that's really not all that great at any specific job. I'd rather use implements (axe, shovel, pick) designed to do a particular job.
Then again, I have carried a Leatherman on my belt for the last 30 years or so.
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BluMtn,
I watched a PBS show on Ed Pulaski and the big fires in the early part of the 20th century. Very informative.
Charlie.
Thanks for the link! Yeah, I do want a USA made tool.
If I could, i'd like to just find the head to save some money and then have the people form House Handle fix me up with a new handle.
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Yeah, the council tools are good.
If you are tall and want to dig fire line......get a long handled Pro Hoe, from Rogue Hoe.
A Pulaski is fine if you are a ways under 6 feet.
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It was invented by a minor named Ed Pulaski who mined just south of Wallace Id. Was He a young miner? miles
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Thanks for the catch miles. I hate it when I don't use the correct words, but they slip by every know and then. We ride the Wallace area alot and have been to the site of Pulaski's mine and been on top of Mt. Pulaski.
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I'll through a little triva out there on the subject of the pulaski. It was invented by a minor named Ed Pulaski who mined just south of Wallace Id. He later became a Forest Ranger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Pulaski It's interesting reading up on that fire. It was an unusually dry summer. Several fires across WA, ID, & MT were burning. Then a severe windstorm blew several fires together and all hell broke loose. It was so big and fast moving that it was impossible to fight. They could only run. They say the smoke could be seen from western NY state and from Denver. It burned 4700 square MILES and killed 87 people. 28 of them were a fire crew that got trapped and they all died.
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I've seen them by Council and Barco.
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Personally I would look for the older American axes. True Temper, Barco, Collins, Dixie Industries.
The heads are worth their weight in gold and handles are dime a dozen.
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\ I'll through a little triva out there on the subject of the pulaski. It was invented by a minor named Ed Pulaski who mined just south of Wallace Id. He later became a Forest Ranger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Pulaski It's interesting reading up on that fire. It was an unusually dry summer. Several fires across WA, ID, & MT were burning. Then a severe windstorm blew several fires together and all hell broke loose. It was so big and fast moving that it was impossible to fight. They could only run. They say the smoke could be seen from western NY state and from Denver. It burned 4700 square MILES and killed 87 people. 28 of them were a fire crew that got trapped and they all died. That fire or another gave St. Joe Forest's Cemetery Ridge it's name. I think it was that 26 crew. Sure do like that country. Spent 2 summers on trail crew there, much of it on several trails leading up to CR, and have a passing familiarity with the pulaski.. Have one in the storage shed right now. Very handy tool when mucking in the dirt and roots. Hate to use a good axe to chop an underground root, but then, that is what a pulaski is designed for, NOT chopping trees or splitting firewood!
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Read "The Big Burn" by Timothy Egan. Story built around Pulaski and his role in the 1910 Fire that spread from Eastern WA through Western MT.
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Personally I would look for the older American axes. True Temper, Barco, Collins, Dixie Industries.
The heads are worth their weight in gold and handles are dime a dozen. Thanks for throwing some names out. I'll be a'looking.
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yardsales are your friends, for those old tools. of course you might end up with extra dutch oven and cast iron skillet too!
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Or, you could work for BLM/FS for a fire season....
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Or, you could work for BLM/FS for a fire season.... Signing bonus?
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I like a Pulaski but the last one I received at a potlatch left a lot to be desired, cheap metal folded like a house of cards
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\ I'll through a little triva out there on the subject of the pulaski. It was invented by a minor named Ed Pulaski who mined just south of Wallace Id. He later became a Forest Ranger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Pulaski It's interesting reading up on that fire. It was an unusually dry summer. Several fires across WA, ID, & MT were burning. Then a severe windstorm blew several fires together and all hell broke loose. It was so big and fast moving that it was impossible to fight. They could only run. They say the smoke could be seen from western NY state and from Denver. It burned 4700 square MILES and killed 87 people. 28 of them were a fire crew that got trapped and they all died. That fire or another gave St. Joe Forest's Cemetery Ridge it's name. I think it was that 26 crew. Sure do like that country. Spent 2 summers on trail crew there, much of it on several trails leading up to CR, and have a passing familiarity with the pulaski.. Have one in the storage shed right now. Very handy tool when mucking in the dirt and roots. Hate to use a good axe to chop an underground root, but then, that is what a pulaski is designed for, NOT chopping trees or splitting firewood! When I said that there were 'several' fires burning across 3 states, I was way off. Seems that there were between 1000 and 3000 smaller fires all burning at once. It was a hellacious fire year. Then that storm with hurricane force winds blew a bunch of them together. All that dry fuel combined with the wind turned 3 states into an inferno. The Big Blowup only lasted a few days before it burned all the available fuel but I don't know how long it took to be completely out.
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Personally I would look for the older American axes. True Temper, Barco, Collins, Dixie Industries.
The heads are worth their weight in gold and handles are dime a dozen. I didn't realize so many makers made Pulaskis.
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