Description
- Traditional pickhead style. Cutting bit on one end and a pick designed to penetrate on the other.
- Cutting edge is approximately 5″ in. overall length.
- Forged tool steel head. Made in USA.
- Body fully polished, hand sharpened, tapered cutting edge and pick.
- ANSI Standards call for bit hardness of Rc 45-60, at least ½ inch back from the cutting edge.
- Council Tool internal standards call for tempered bit hardness of Rc 48-55 and we target 1-1/4 inches from the cutting edge.
- The poll and eye walls are not hardened and remain in the as forged condition.
- Body coated with fire engine red enamel and the cutting edges in clear lacquer to deter rust.
- 34 1/2 in. yellow clad style fiberglass handle. Traditional single bit shape.
- Construction is a pultruded structural fiberglass core with an injection molded jacket acting as an exterior body.
- The jacket is tough, durable engineered polymer. Extremely strong, non-conductive and non-corrosive.
- Axe head is joined to the handle with a strong resilient epoxy, forming a chemical and mechanical bond.
- The interior detail of the eye is tapered and allows for a strong mechanical bond.
