Cheap axe
I have a lovely Kaltoff axe for spoon carving but I like to keep it for best and not use it when roughing out. While I was waiting for it to come I got a second hand Kent pattern axe of eBay. Apparently these are great for carving due to the shape but the one I got had been poorly sharpened so the cutting edge is not in a straight line/constant plane and it’s proving tricky to fix.
While waiting for the Kaltoff to arrive, and finding my small forest axe too heavy for carving, I spent about £10 in Screwfix (or possibly tool station) on a rough neck axe. I needed some serious re profiling but it did take a lovely edge. Which promptly cut through the crappy fabric mask it came with. A bit of leatherwork later it’s a respectable rouging axe come camp axe.