can someone explain to me if I got the point of bevels (in e.g. axes) right?pic.twitter.com/5VlMAymMfH
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I thought that is the point of them, but apparently the timeline of axe design suggests that they’re mostly an aesthetic thing now: https://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2011/11/axe-head-geometry-phantom-bevels-and.html?m=1 …
“reduce binding” is what I’m trying to understand with my stupid drawing
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i was about to say something here about blood grooves on blades but now thanks to this i have another entry for my list of "things i used to think were true but are complete bullshit" i'm compiling
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I thought of blood grooves in terms of folklore as I was researching!
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Your drawing makes sense to me, and agrees with the received wisdom that hollow cheeks reduce friction, but I don’t _really_ know. Are you axe shopping?
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just trying to understand the hewing process but axes are so interesting!
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