Handle Types
Hickory handles:
- High-grade and extremely break-proof wood. Hickory is capable of 3-4 times the physical loading of ash
- Long-fibre structure: increased safety in a handle breakage - the long fibres hold the wood together, avoiding uncontrolled release of the broken-off handle and the axe/hatchet head
- Vibration damping
- Long life = extremely good value for money
Ash handles:
- Wood specified in DIN as the minimum grade
- Low-cost
- Break-proof
- Short-fibre structure: in the event of a break, the short fibres of the wood are unable to hold the break point together. The handle breaks in two parts.
