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I'm excited to tell the Forestry Forum membership about a project that has created a one of a kind item in support of the Forestry Forum. After an inquiry from our member "Rooster" in Wisconsin to another of our members about creating something for the support auctions. Nebruks from Latvia and his fellow craftsman John Neeman, also of Latvia have generously put their time and talents together to create a Handcrafted Axe in the American Felling Axe style. The Axe, Handle, and leather sheath will be completed in the coming days and sent to me to then list in the auctions.
I'll announcing the start of the auction on the top of this post in a week or two. If you are not signed up to bid already, you might want to get that out of the way HERE (https://forestryforum.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?action=reg). :)
Nebruks sent along some first photos that I put in a video slideshow to share and this note:
QuoteBeauty finished shots will come in 2 days. Maybe Jeff you can already post these pictures in the forum with the information about the particular axe and donation for the forum. Then as the 2nd part would come beauty shots in the forest and also our movie "The Birth Of A Tool" it will also be ready in 2-3 days.
All the best
Jacob
http://youtu.be/JC9ma74xZSI
From Nebruks.
Quote"We are a small company located in the small country of Latvia that is located in Northern Europe along the Baltic sea. Our company is founded by two craftsmen. Skilled blacksmith John Neeman and his friend carpenter Jacob, who's passion is traditional woodworking and bladesmithing.
We use our hands to create hand tools that will live and tell their story lying in hands of craftsmen that will use it.
Our traditions of blacksmithing and woodworking walk step by step together. We are uniting our history, traditions and craftsmaniship in one ancient craft. Tool making.
When someone asks, "Why? Why are you making hand tools in this hi tech age?". Then we usually answer them with this quote:
Quote"It is a tragedy of the first magnitude that millions of people have ceased to use their hands as hands. Nature has bestowed upon us this great gift which is our hands. If the craze for machinery methods continues, it is highly likely that a time will come when we shall be so incapacitated and weak that we shall begin to curse ourselves for having forgotten the use of the living machines given to us by God."
Mahathma Ghandi
Some of the forum's first introductions to Nebruks was when he shared some of the most beautifully done videos I think has ever been posted on the forestry forum. You can find topic here: The old way of felling trees (with a felling axe) (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,51662.0.html)
Additional Information:
QuoteThe web page www.neemantools.com is under construction at the moment. There will be available - framing chisels, woodworking and forest axes an adzes, drawknifes, froes, hunting knives and kitchen knives. Our page will be ready in a month with possibilities to order tools online and see all the process of how they are being crafted.
PHOTOS USED IN THE VIDEO SLIDE SHOW IN THIS FORESTRY FORUM GALLERY
https://forestryforum.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4031
Absolutely amazing.
This is going to be an awesome auction for a very unique tool. John and Jacob have been making some serious tools that work as good as they look.
I'm almost "giddy"!
Just wait until you see the documentary video on how they make their tools!!!
World class/ Professional...yet humble!!
Get ready for a piece of the "Old Country".
Rooster
Very, very cool.
I've had some sneak previews of the video. Awesome work.
Saw the vid on facebook. A beautiful work of art. Interest will be high on that one for sure.
Don
Thats a beauty! 8)
WOW!! I'm blown away by this. What a generous offer!
And yet another very special item, this auction is truly amazing. Sure doesn't take long to figure out the amount of talent and craftsmanship that has been put together here!
Thank you Nebruks and John Neeman for supporting the FF. You guys saw my handy work with the ceiling tile. ::) I won't be donating much to the auction.
This is the first part to a short documentary movie that Nebruks sent for me to post that shows the whole process of how the John Neeman tools are being hand crafted so you all know the process that created the American Felling Axe for the Forestry Forum.
This is a carpenter's axe.
http://vimeo.com/37360333
Years ago I received a call from a gentleman to come mark and sell some of his timber for him. It was around his house and shop, his blacksmith shop. Turned out he was one of the smiths that makes period hardware for the movies, as well as some for the Renaissance Festival sites. He made iron for the Last of Mohicans film, the more recent one.
He was small in stature, but made the iron ring, and I had a flash back to older days, marking timber and listening to that ring.
The old ways were simpler, and to an extent, more satisfying than now. I think I need a walk in the woods.
Amen to that, TR.
That is one easy to look at clip, I really like the music on there anyone know who that is or the name of the band .
I was mesmerized.
a special auction indeed. i was very impressed by the generosity of the offer and the caliber of the video, not to mention the craftsmanship. :)
A true artist .... Wow !
That is absolutely AWESOME!!!...
Dave
Wow, I thought I should have to bid just to watch the videos. That is true craftsmanship.
Artisans come in all forms. This is an absolutely amazing craft nothing more need be said.
My dog and I are heading to the woods at day break to just sit, look, listen and feel the day dawn. Thanks
Westy
The Axe is on it's way from John and Jacob's workshop in Latvia to Harrison Michigan. When the Axe arrives in a week or two this auction will commence. This is a wonderful thing :) The one sad thing about this auction for me is that I'm the only one on the forum that doesn't have a chance to own this wonderful gift from our friends in Latvia, however I am one of a few that will actually get a chance to admire it in person. ;):)
American Felling Axe
Hand forged traditional American Felling axe.
Laminated steel. Using W108 tool steel for the blade.
Hand shaped, (linseed oil and bees wax finish) elm wood handle.
Overall length: 32 inches.
Blade width: 5 inches.
Axe head height: 7.5 inches.
Axe weight: 4.4 pounds
Made as a special donation for the Forestry Forum.
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It'll be ok Jeff.
I'll let you look at it when you come visiting. ;D
Quote from: WDH on February 24, 2012, 10:02:37 PM
I was mesmerized.
That pretty much sums up my comment as well.... :o
I may not get it, but I'm gonna bid. ;D
That's a beautiful thing ;D
You could probably go ahead and put it on the block and the bidding would start. :)
I'd bid on it.
These are nice enough pics to get my check book out.
Cowboy Bob drooled all over the keyboard.
Now there is some craftmenship!!! That is some pretty.
*whistle* Wow. That's impressive. I hope my tax return gets here soon cause I want to bid on that bad boy.
Quote from: Warbird on March 01, 2012, 11:20:20 AMI hope my tax return gets here soon cause I want to bid on that bad boy.
That's just what I was thinking.... 8)
Hey,
I've been in contact with nebruks and John Neeman, and they said that before they shipped the axe they gave it a quick test drive... something was mentioned about "works just like a chainsaw...without all the noise and air pollution".
Just remember guys, even though it looks pretty, there isn't anything "fluffy" about it. It's one lean, mean, chopping tool. Who ever wins this auction, better be prepared to give a demo via photos or video. 8D
It can sit in a place of honor when not in use, but it was born of fire and wood...so it should be allowed to fulfill it's birth-rite.
The bidding will not only support the Forum, but it will also send a message to those who made it, in that we appreciate the skill and craftsmanship that they have shared with this community.
Get ready guys...it's almost on Jeff's doorstep!
Rooster
Like the rest of you......I'm waiting on my AXE return from the IRS. :)
I made my AXE money with last week's sawing. Bring it on. ;D
Remember the little 'ol Lady on T.V. that would walk into Wendy's, get a burger, open it up and say "Where's the beef?".
Every morning, I open up the auction site, scroll down and say, "Where's the AXE?" :D :D :D :D :D :D
Quite impressive. I'd be proud to own that.
I can't start the auction until the Ax actually gets here. That might take a couple weeks. I've sent things to just Canada that took 6 weeks to get there.
We're just funning with ya Jeff....Good things come to those who wait.
Please do not put the axe up for auction until Magicman is out of town sawing.
All us members would love to have a chance at it. :)
C'mon Jeff. Even eBay has a "BUY IT NOW" option. :D
6 Weeks to Cananda? Eh?
Well that's what you get for trying to ship a stuffed Spotted Owl, packed in a box made out of Green Ash slab-wood, that spent a month in the trunk of a car owned my a crack dealer, with a big sticker that said, "Caution/Explosives", addressed to the Queen Mum, while she was on holiday in Toronto...haha
Let's hope the customs agents don't like felling axes!!
Rooster
Thats fine that its going to take a while to get here Jeff ;) I missed the Stool :( :( :'( :'( because I thought I would have a few weeks and I was willing to go to $2 to $3K on that :) ::) ::) would have been worth every penny ;) ;D 8)
Meadows Miller that stool might be for sale if you still have that $3k. :D
The 6 weeks was a hat to Paul H's house when he lived in Pemberton.
:D :D Nah you won it fair n square Mate ;) ;D 8)I just wasn't ready at the time I told Jesi I ws wiling to go that high too :) :) :D plus the moneys prob better spent on a couple of loads of logs or a sharpener n setter atm Mate ;) What did it got for anyway ??? I reckon Ill donate something like a Dovetail Logwork & Trusses for a Cabin for next years fundraiser once we are settled in down in Alabama they aint hard to ship if you pack em rite ;) ;D 8)
I have not had a chance to register as I have tried about 6 to 8 times without any luck :) :) ??? ???
Meadows Miller, I was just kidding with you. It is a great stool and I am proud to have it. The winning bid was $625.00. Good luck in Alabama I built a cedar sawmill mill there in 1998 around Tuscaloosa Alabama, and ran it for several years before moving to Oklahoma.
I know you where Mate ;) Thats not bad thought it woulda gone well above that :o :) :) I have been meaning to message you or your dad about the mill you had down there as I have afew questions was the cedar in Al good quality n worth sawing where you pulling enough grade out of it to make it pay ??? n how come you closed up shop down here just to far away or bigger things calling you on in Oklahoma Mate ???
Regards Chris
That sure is a nice looking Axe! I checked they're website and it looks like their still under construction. I'm really interested in having something made from them. Not sure what yet, but I'm sure I need something! :D
Looking forward to the bidding to commence ;D
John Neeman has a facebook page while the business website is being built..
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100003471671790
Can never have enough tools!!!
I am hoping to have those guys make a couple custom timber-framing tools for me...like a"swan slick", 1" slick, or maybe a competition felling axe. Just not sure which one.
Rooster
Quote from: Jeff on March 04, 2012, 04:06:55 PM
The 6 weeks was a hat to Paul H's house when he lived in Pemberton.
That's because the delivery guy was on vacation. When I lived in Prince Rupert there was one guy from Terrace to Rupert doing the run. I had a parcel that arrived in Vancouver with a couple days from PA I think. It took 4 weeks to get to Rupert because this guy was on holidays. Things work a lot different out there. :D
I've been admiring that axe, but am no competition for the axe hounds on here. :D ;)
Beautiful clear-blue morning here today. 24 degrees. Minimal wind. Perfect day to fell a tree with an AXE!
8) 8) Hope you guys are ready for this, I just got my tax return in.... ;) ;) ;)
Quote from: Radar67 on March 06, 2012, 07:30:55 PM
8) 8) Hope you guys are ready for this, I just got my tax return in.... ;) ;) ;)
DanG IT! Thanks for the reminder, I better get moving on my taxes.... :D
Quote from: Texas Ranger on February 24, 2012, 11:01:50 AM
The old ways were simpler, and to an extent, more satisfying than now.
I think I need a walk in the woods.
I have to agree with TR, simpler and more rewarding.
Man that axe is beautiful. Watching that axe being made will choke ya up!
I think I could go for that walk in the woods, about 20 feet behind TR.
Ya gotta be quiet and do some thinking when you walk in the woods.
You can really make a whack with an axe like that ;D.
I'm gonna use it to chop down a few Sweetgums.
You hates sweetgum :).
Just let me know when you need the brush saw, but not when you can't straighten up from bending all day. :D :D
But maybe with that axe in hand all the physical hardships will be forgotten. ;D
You will have to borrow umm, rent if from me Magic. ;)
Hi There.
Oh, it looks like the winner of that auction will not be able to use this axe because all the loosing bidders will be standing in a row at the winners door begging to borrow that axe. :)
BTW, thank you all for enjoying our work. We will have also that American Felling Axe model on our web site with possibility to order it directly. I hope that we will finnish our web in approx. a month. But the product list will be updated in near future until it will reach our aims and until all the products we have developed and decided to produce will be made.
I will try to post the 2nd part of our tool making movie in few days. It will uncover the timber framing chisel/slick making process. I have also made a sharpness test video on that particular auction axe. I will post it here when the auction will start.
And again - thank you all for appreciating our work and keep in touch.
All the best to you folks from Northern Europe/Baltic states.
Jacob & John
Thank you Jacob and John. I'm looking forward and excited to see the coming videos, but not near as excited as I am to get to at least hold that for a few days before I have to give it up to the winner of the auction. :)
Jeff, Jacob, and John, ya'll should all be very proud of your work. Thanks to each of you!
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Quote from: Texas Ranger on February 24, 2012, 11:01:50 AM
The old ways were simpler, and to an extent, more satisfying than now.
I think I need a walk in the woods.
I think I could go for that walk in the woods, about 20 feet behind TR.
Ya gotta be quiet and do some thinking when you walk in the woods.
20 foot should be safe, my hands learned early on that being behind me in the woods is questionable at best, to the side is better. One learned the hard way, when, on a hot afternoon, the machete slipped from my wet hand and flew past his leg. Didn't know he could dance.
But from the shaving display on this ax, I might have to put it over the mantle, I could loose a foot.
I think I will start the bid at $500.00, for the increased medical insurance coverage I will need for that fine piece of steel.
TR, you won't have to worry about losing your foot, the axe will be coming to my house.
Good luck on that, Radar, I think there is fixin' to be a heated auction. 8)
Hopefully you guys keep it entertaining for us watching, and don't jump the bids to bad. You will be able to bid in as low as $2 increments.
Well, I ain't about to get out of the kitchen cause it's too hot, bring it. ;D :)
Gentlemen, Gentlemen Please,
I don't know why you are squabling amongst yourselves...there will be plenty of oppurtunity for you guys to order your own axes from Nebruks and John, seeing as I have had my eye on this prize since before it was even made. You don't think that I went and talked those guys over in Latvia into donating it just to see it get hung up on someone else's wall... did ya? I've been savin' up...sold my dog, been riding my bike in the snow to work, eatin' frozen vegetables from the garden from '08, and now I have 2 paper routes, and got my wife running the lemonade stand out front!
I can't lose!
But thanks for playin' along.
Rooster
Better get another paper route.
Hmmm? $2 increments. ::) ::)
Gonna take a lot of patience. That be rare on the FF ;)
I didn't say you had to use $2, only that you could.
;D ;D
How about just going all in?
Ok...
But my wife is not going to like it when she finds out I sold her sister's kids...for an axe.
Just sayin.
Rooster
Quote from: Texas Ranger on March 07, 2012, 04:06:20 PM
How about just going all in?
That's what those of us that are spectators do NOT want to see.
So, this isn't like poker? Winner take all? 8)
Quote from: Rooster on March 07, 2012, 03:08:11 PM
Gentlemen, Gentlemen Please,
I don't know why you are squabling amongst yourselves...there will be plenty of oppurtunity for you guys to order your own axes from Nebruks and John, seeing as I have had my eye on this prize since before it was even made. You don't think that I went and talked those guys over in Latvia into donating it just to see it get hung up on someone else's wall... did ya? I've been savin' up...sold my dog, been riding my bike in the snow to work, eatin' frozen vegetables from the garden from '08, and now I have 2 paper routes, and got my wife running the lemonade stand out front!
I can't lose!
But thanks for playin' along.
Rooster
Rooster! You can try to sell those frozen wegetables from 2008 as an exclusives to some fancy restaurants. You know it is similar with the good french vine - the older it gets - the much more it will cost. I am sure you will earn much more money with that than selling your wife's sisters kids in an eBay auction. Cheers!
Ya know, in thinking about this, maybe we should low bid this offering, so as not to raise the price on the ones that one may order direct from the maker.
Hmmm, 'tiz a puzzlement. eh eh
I think you may get Texas excluded from the auction.
Just hang tight TR.
We'll let you know when you can bid. :)
Does that pony express still come by your place? ;D
We'll get word somehow, somewhere, sometime. ;)
I'm not getting involved with anything that has Staples removing clothing! ;D
Actually, I hope this auction gives Nebruks and John Neeman some nice exposure, and that it generates a fair number of tool orders, or even some pontential customers down the road. They have been pretty busy, but don't let that stop anyone from contactng them about a custom tool.
I know that I will eventually be placing a couple of tool orders...
I just wonder what the Latvian exchange rate for nephews (by marriage) is...hmm?
Rooster
Well I have done well with auctions so far. ;D So I guess I will have to get in on this one too! :D
I may have to cash my 401K in on this one :).
I just saved the proceeds from my last "road trip" saw job. Ya better get ready to but you $$$ where your ;D is.
I got the necessary approvals. :)
I'm gonna feel bad the first time I whack the haft on a mis-hit. :(
Not allowed.
You have to go sit in the corner now, even thinking such a thing.
It's reality and bound to occur.
Quote from: Magicman on March 07, 2012, 10:01:04 PM
I just saved the proceeds from my last "road trip" saw job. Ya better get ready to but you $$$ where your ;D is.
I talked Jeff into listing this axe when you were on the road milling. :D
You "small potato" guys are in trouble :).
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on March 07, 2012, 10:21:40 PM
I talked Jeff into listing this axe when you were on the road milling. :D
Yea, I remember that, and in the same conversation I think it was that POSTONLT40HD said that if he won the auction, he was bringing the auction axe to the pigroast to donate as a door prize. Yea, that's how I remember it.
Me too ;D.
Besides, he already has a perfectly good axe.
Just axe him. ;D
My uncle could ruin an axe handle in short order from over shot, where the handle would hit wood before the head could part the halves. I hope that handle is strong enough wood for you. ;D
Uncle sold the kitchen wood stove and put in an electric heater. So no more kitchen wood split'n. ::)
Elm is spiral grain, twisty, and strong :).
Better'n Sweetgum. :-X
Then you'll soon need a hornbeam or hickory handle, because elm will splinter and scrape like being run up by a spoke shave. ;)
with Jeff's threat to Texas, I will go quietly into that dark night. Yeah, right.
The tool makers are extraordinary in the care they take in making their fine tools. They make an ax that will be an heirloom when it hits the front door.
Good luck to the winner, be like a new widow, dogs will come a huntin'. help_me
Quote from: Jeff on March 07, 2012, 10:42:42 PM
I think it was that POSTONLT40HD said that if he won the auction, he was bringing the auction axe to the pigroast to donate as a door prize. Yea, that's how I remember it.
:D :D :D I can see you've been having BAD dreams. Must be something you ate late at night. You been eating grits? :D :D :D
Maybe Raider Bill will win it and when he gets married at the pig roast,Bill's wife can give the Axe to Jeff. :D
As much as I would like to buy that axe I don't think I will be able to out bid you people with a tax refund. Being a self employed farmer I don't get a refund of taxes paid, I just sent in my years taxes. :( I did just sell a 300 acre farm though. ;)
Quote from: thecfarm on March 08, 2012, 07:53:22 AM
Maybe Raider Bill will win it and when he gets married at the pig roast,Bill's wife can give the Axe to Jeff. :D
If I ever get married again or even consider it you all have my permission to put that or any other axe into my skull. smiley_horserider smiley_smash
Amen, Brother Bill, once has been enough for me, but, still with the first one, to DanG old to train ( be trained) by another.
I may have some strong competition for this axe, especially with Pigman selling his farm. I think the witch will have a little control over his pot though, especially with the new outhouse he just had to spring for. :) John does have some very nice tools on his facebook page. I may have to order some items to match my new axe in a few weeks. TR, are you considered a high roller in the poker arenas? ;) :D :D :D Cause I may have to call your bluff..... ;D
Mostly I'm too lazy, out of shape and have a couple too many aftermarket replacement parts to swing a axe but I may have to get this one just to hang on the wall. Sure is beautiful workmanship. Although I doubt I can hang with you big dollar guys.
It only took 6 days to get here. :)
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Let the contest begin.
I'll probably start the auction on a day and time where more people are likely to be able to get to a computer at the ending time. Probably on the weekend in the evening.
Oh! No! Mr. Bill! I had my $2.00 ready! 8)
Quote from: Jeff on March 08, 2012, 03:43:57 PM
It only took 6 days to get here. :)
That's strange you got a fly rod travel case, I thought it was gonna be an axe. :D :D
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LET'S BID.....
I just want to let you all know that I have been performing lots of unnecessary and medically contraindicated surgical procedures in anticipation of the axe auction. Like I said.....just wanted to let you know.
Are those sheep smileys? :D :D :D :D
I've never seen that before :D :D :D :D :D
Quote from: doctorb on March 08, 2012, 04:52:41 PM
I just want to let you all know that I have been performing lots of unnecessary and medically contraindicated surgical procedures in anticipation of the axe auction. Like I said.....just wanted to let you know.
say_what Could you slow down and repeat that for us Southern Boys? say_what
He's got some spending cabbage. :D
Doc, I just tested this Axe on the hair on my arm. You could use it to do several more unnecessary surgeries as well. I've never saw such a sharp axe.
I am not worried about Doc. He may have done the surgeries, but it will be six months before the insurance companies pay him. By that time the auction will be over. ;D
Quote from: Jeff on March 08, 2012, 05:10:41 PM
Doc, I just tested this Axe on the hair on my arm. You could use it to do several more unnecessary surgeries as well. I've never saw such a sharp axe.
My wife hates it when I do that to the back of my hands or arms.
Bruce
Quote from: Jeff on March 08, 2012, 05:10:41 PM
I've never saw such a sharp axe.
I wouldn't recommend sawing it Jeff. Its auction value will decrease, and you'll ruin a good saw ;D
Okay, I never seed such a sharp axe.
I may have to shave my face with it, just to say I did, ;D
Pigman - normally you would be correct about the delay in payment. But not for the proceedure I've been doing. These have been wallet biopsies. They pay right away! :D
There's nothing I HATE more than a HAIR ON MY AXE! :D
That's to bad, You better not bid on this one then. ;) Notice the camera in the axe/mirror :)
http://youtu.be/iYmfLfzTlHA
Quote from: Jeff on March 08, 2012, 05:27:30 PM
I may have to shave my face with it, just to say I did, ;D
Whatever you are gonna do with it you had better finish in a week, cause that baby is coming to Mississippi. smiley_thumbsup
Quote from: Jeff on March 08, 2012, 07:08:48 PM
That's to bad, You better not bid on this one then. ;) Notice the camera in the axe/mirror :)
All jokes aside....I'm AM VERY impressed. Had NO idea it was that sharp. You weren't kidding. I don't think I would let anyone hold that axe over my head, :)
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Quote from: Jeff on March 08, 2012, 05:27:30 PM
I may have to shave my face with it, just to say I did, ;D
Whatever you are gonna do with it you had better finish in a week, cause that baby is coming to Mississippi. smiley_thumbsup
Magic....when you loose....you're gonna need a BIG dose of exlAXE just to get over it. :D :D :D :D
I have to work for hours to get my hunting knife even close to being that sharp.
You are right MM, it is coming to MS, just not your town.
Jeff, a 16 degree angle, a strop and some jewelers rouge will go a long way toward getting your edge as sharp as the one on my axe. ;)
Maybe if you perform that "Pear Tree" wedding, we can use the Axe instead of a Shotgun.
Wow, 'dat axe!
I am glad I got my first big order for the sawmill this weekend. Those funds will come in handy for the axe. I think that axe will look nice with the stool.
That ain't no "mantel" AXE. ;D
Man that axe would scare the trees out of the forest its so sharp. Jeff put that thing up before someone gets hurt. bg
Ms. Tammy, can you go ahead and figure my shipping to Rock Hill, S.C. 29732?
Thanks, David :)
Quote from: Magicman on March 08, 2012, 08:57:08 PM
That ain't no "mantel" AXE. ;D
A mantle AXE....Raider Bill knows her! :D :D :D
I'm thinking we'll start the auction tomorrow night, but run it for 8 days rather than 7, that way it ends on a Saturday evening.
Where is the "buy-it-now" button ???. With the Pigman selling his farm just to buy this axe, he will be stiff competition. I would rather abscond with it with some type of slight-of-hand before he blows everyone away :). (Or, chops the competition ;D).
That is a very impressive axe. It will be hard to out bid Doctorb on this. He can go as high as he wants and write it off as an office expense for a surgical instrument. His new web site will be Axe the surgeon... ;) ;D
Quote..end on Saturday evening.
That means a change of plans so I can be here... as long as it lasts.
What was the "no action" time before bringing the gavel down for the last time? minutes or hours or days?
Holmes,
You are right. With Doctorb in the mix, we are shaved ;D.
Quote from: Jeff on March 08, 2012, 09:24:45 PM
I'm thinking we'll start the auction tomorrow night, but run it for 8 days rather than 7, that way it ends on a Saturday evening.
The auction want last as long as you think....we're moving the clocks up Sunday morning. :)
By then your balloon will pop and you will flutter off in the wind. :)
Quote from: beenthere on March 08, 2012, 09:50:48 PM
That means a change of plans so I can be here... as long as it lasts.
What was the "no action" time before bringing the gavel down for the last time? minutes or hours or days?
If a bid is made in the last 5 minutes of the auction, the auction automatically extends 5 minutes from the last bid. The auction will continue until there are no bids within 5 minutes of that last bid.
:D :D ;D
Look out. I might have an axident.
Traveling to the left coast next Friday night. Full Internet axecess is required.
Maybe yore battery will run down :).
Eaxely right. Somebody is gonna run outta juice and it's gonna be more than a laptop battery. whiteflag_smiley
Drinkin green beer and biddin ........ full time computer watchin.
I had better get my sawing done next week because the week after, I'll be chopping. ;D
doctorb will be Axedoctor. IF he wins. ;D
Noting his choice for a scalpel, if I were his patient, I would Axe for a second opinion.
"Oh, you want a second opinion? I'll give you a second opinion. I think your ugly, too!"
And you would reply, "Why don't you axe your age!". :D
This conversation is spect-axe-ular. ;D
This auction ALREADY seems out of my league! :D
However, do any of you axe owners wanna sell me your nice chainsaws for cheap money? :D :D :D
I mean, you won't need them now that your all old school lumberjacks ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Piston on March 09, 2012, 02:29:15 PM
This auction ALREADY seems out of my league! :D
However, do any of you axe owners wanna sell me your nice chainsaws for cheap money? :D :D :D
I mean, you won't need them now that your all old school lumberjacks ;D ;D ;D ;D
AXEactly the way I FEEL! :)
Boy, you guys sure did a Hatchet job on this thread! All the to and Froe is really chopping into the Adze for the auction. What a bunch of Chiselers...... :D
The inevitable has happened to me. I am now scheduled to leave Wednesday on a 175 mile away sawing job. I'll carry my computer, but??
I'll have to miss seeing some of the axeually pitiful bids that will stumble in. If all goes well, I should be back to pack my AXE up with the final bid.
I'll be at a 4H Cattle Auction on Saturday the 17th.
Why they scheduled this on St. Patty's Day I don't know. :(
I didn't axke them why they did that. :D
Should be done by 7pm. though. If not, have iPad, will travel.
I thought about originally having it end on Sunday night, but then realized that many of you would be unfairly distracted while busy watching celebrity apprentice.
Quote from: Jeff on March 09, 2012, 07:48:01 PM
I thought about originally having it end on Sunday night, but then realized that many of you would be unfairly distracted while busy watching celebrity apprentice.
;D
Welcome to the Auction Ladies and Gentlemen. :) splitwood_smiley
What a nice time to start an auction....on my Anniversary! 8)
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THANK-YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING
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WE NOW RETURN YOU TO THE AUCTION, ALREADY IN PROGRESS. :D :D :D
I really liked that. I really did :D :D
But, I will be sawing in Leland next week and you would have to build a levee across the Mississippi River to AXE their internet service. Game on, big guy. boxingsmiley
Quote from: Magicman on March 09, 2012, 10:16:53 PM
Game on, big guy. boxingsmiley
bat_smailey bat_smailey bat_smailey smiley_smash smiley_smash smiley_smash smiley_whip smiley_whip smiley_whip
smiley_sombrero......Magic come back....I was just kidding..... smiley_horserider
Quote from: Jeff on March 09, 2012, 07:48:01 PM
I thought about originally having it end on Sunday night, but then realized that many of you would be unfairly distracted while busy watching celebrity apprentice.
I googled that celebrity apprentice and see it is a TV program. NOT! ;D
We have our own "apprentice" that is gonna get AXED.
I wanted to be the first $2.00 bid, but wine, women and song called, so I got in a little late with my $2.00.
I can't bid. :'( :'( :'( :'( I must have registered for an auction in the past and now I can't remember my password. Not to worry, the auction lasts all week and I will get the password figured out before the serious bidding starts. ;) The bids are just high enough for the handle now.
So what's with the 13 cents? I think somebodies just being a smartaxe :)
Go ahead and round it off. ;D
ok
MM, I can make a phone call and inquire about having the Internet unavailable from Leland next week, if you'd like. We wouldn't want you to be stressed out with trying to watch the auction and still get work done. ;)
Those 2 dollar bid increases really kicked in. :D :)
Yup, I think somebody with shallow pockets is gonna get their necks AXED off.
Pigman, if you AXE me, the quick thing to do is to re-register and get a new password.
I found my password, with the help of the Boss. 8) 8) 8)
:o Da Boss is helping you !!! :o I thought that this was to be a fair auction. Da AXE is out now and da choppin' begins.
I just remembered to change my mailing address. I can't have my axe going to where I use to live.
You guys are just trying to run it up and get all of the last plus that next saw job $$$.
AXactly! Don't be embarrAXED by losing your AXE!
Currenty Seeking approvals from the fiscally conservative oversite committee.
At 4.4lbs, I think I could swing dat axe all day. ;D
Plus, it's gonna match my newly acquired axe man helmet.
That figures out to over $100 per pound with the present bid. :o
I wonder ??? if I can axe that next customer and re-negotiate the sawing axeing price for that saw job ???
The Axe is already well over $100.00 per pound...and the auction is not even 24 hrs old...we still have 7 days!!!
At this rate , we'll brake the $625 mark previously set by the Stool auction, by...... midday today!! I have a feeling that this is going to get "crazy" awefully quick.
Should we axe Jeff for a bidding "time-out"? :D ;D
It looks, like the auction will be as hot as the axe were before hardening. :)
I will post in a few hours here a video of sharpness test of that axe on blank paper slicing.
Good luck to ya folks! And keep your fingers glued on the keyboard and mouse.
Ax me no questions and I'll fell you no lies. This is a fun one to watch.
The Senior Budget advisor on Fiscal responsibility has approved a new round of discretionary spending boyz. 8)
We is printing money as we speak. ;D
Mooseherder, you just hit my discretionary limit. They wont let me bid that last penny.
Good, you're out. :D
Ya don't have to be so happy about it, I could get employed next week and come back with a new limit.
Nah, I'm out. Good luck, y'all, still fun to watch.
I dont want to waste any of my time with this ''play around bidding''.
I did just sell 1 sawmill and maybe I will replace it with an AXE! I think I wil wait a while before I say YEP!. Me winns U uns loose!PC
Well, the axeing price went up $300 in the first 12 hours. That's $600/day. At the end of a 8 day auction the winning bid should be $4800. At that price, the axe should be 'self-wielding" 8) :D
Amateurs.... :D
Iowa farm land values went up 21% but let's not tell Patty I mortgaged it just yet. ;)
Doc, if it goes that high, we should get angus beef this year rather than a pig. 8)
Sheesh! You guys are some tough customers.
That "smack" talk musta stirred some folks up. Maybe I should'na posted how many Mbf that I axeually sawed on the last couple of saw jobs. Somebody done figured out my axe budget. :-\
Slow down guys so I can stay in at least a little longer.....please
Quote from: Warbird on March 10, 2012, 11:08:17 AM
Sheesh! You guys are some tough customers.
With odd cents, as well. ::)
....or odd sense! Maybe no sense! ;D
;D 8) ;D
Wait until your loved ones decide which big ticket item they want this spring. I bet you'll be holding onto those wallets tighter than a snare drum. :D :D :D :D
SD
'splain how that works. ::)
Gov'nt been good to me. The mule is paid for...so I axed the wife if I could have me some money for a new toy!!!
Here is the sharpness test of that one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfN8iUYyFEU&context=C4c0544dADvjVQa1PpcFOn7ZI5gAJwYzIfjriT9BX58aUamgjMysw=
Whew!! :o :o
Gonna be hard to shake off the pack that is chasin this one. ::) ::)
What Saturday was this one gonna close? Surely not next weekend :o :o
Shoot em out, John!!!!!!!!!!! This is a goodun. 8)
I had to go back and count re-count my "stash". :o
Quote from: Magicman on March 10, 2012, 06:07:17 PM
I had to go back and count re-count my "stash". :o
Are you missing any? :D :D :D :D
MM can't remember where all them fruit jars are buried in that Mississippi sand!!!
I found them all and was looking for some that were not there. :-\ I thought the USA was out of the space program, but I see that it was just transferred over to the Forestry Forum. It looks like the sky is the limit. I wanted that axe, but unless I can pull a rabbit out of a hat somewhere I may have to concede. :'(
Yabutt, you're the Magicman. :)
I bet you're just playin' possum. :D
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o smiley_chop
HOLY SMOKES!
I just signed in to check the status of the bid, and put in my first bid......
I didn't know all you sawyer folk were so RICH!
My bidding is over before it even BEGAN! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Well, it's for a good cause. It will be fun to watch you guys battle it out for the axe, just the entertainment value alone is worth a few bucks in my book :D :D :D
pg 1 - 8
pg 2 - 12
pg 3 - 14
pg 4 - 4
pg 5 - 13
pg 6 - 15
pg 7 - 15
pg 8 - 12
pg 9 - 14
pg 10 - 9
pg 11 - 2
Total so far.... 118 ;D
::) ::) ??? ???
What're ya countin?
Quote from: beenthere on March 10, 2012, 07:55:26 PM
::) ::) ??? ???
What're ya countin?
I bet it's the use of "ax"
Vegas Odds :D
There are some other neat items on the auctions now as well as the Axe. :)
That screw jack is a charm! I wonder how old it is?
I dunno, but its really cool.
Quote from: DR_Buck on March 10, 2012, 08:54:08 PM
Quote from: beenthere on March 10, 2012, 07:55:26 PM
::) ::) ??? ???
What're ya countin?
I bet it's the use of "ax"
Yup, we were really on a roll there with "axe"...seemed to die down on page 11 :D
Can ya tell I have too much time on my hands? :D
I told y'all I got my taxes back. Wonder just how big it was? :) This axe is mine. eh eh
Quote from: Radar67 on March 10, 2012, 09:56:15 PM
I told y'all I got my taxes back. Wonder just how big it was? :) This axe is mine. eh eh
Beware of the Dark Horse on the last lap. smiley_horserider
You guys have fun. I'll have to see what I make on that "road trip" sawing job in Leland Thursday & Friday. I may not be out, but I am down for now. :-\
Hang in there MM, You can do it! ;D
Holy cow you guys left this dirt farmer in the dust last night with the bidding!
I really liked the video of it cutting the piece of paper, I've never been able to get a knife that sharp let alone an axe.
It has gotten a little dusty around here, hasn't it :).
I've done the paper demonstration on knives hundreds of times with mine after sharpening when I was a Meatcutter.
Never have they been that sharp. Even brand new untouched would they be that sharp.
MM - relAXE!
That's amazing, I'm with Norm, I have trouble getting my knives to do that let alone an axe. Even if I could afford to get in on the bidding putting that sharp of a tool in the hands of a blundering bafoon like myself, well my wife is a nurse but......
Check this one out. I think it could cut you by looking at it to long.
http://youtu.be/Xx0n6EA9aBI
For the amount of money bid so far you could buy a decent chainsaw, extra chains and probably get someone at the factory to engrave it for you. :D.
And yet it still wouldn't compare to this axe!
Hey Guys,
Well is seems that my plan to win the axe by liquidating a large pet, delivering newspapers and selling cold lemonade outside in Wisconsin (Early March), has hit some snags.
I had to give the guy, who bought my dog, back his money...because he says that all she wants to do is wrestle, chase cats, and put nose prints on the inside of his truck windows!!! I was like, "What do you expect? She's a 90 lbs American Pitbull Terrier, that likes riding "shotgun", and doesn't know that she is the toughest dog within 25 square miles!"
The paper routes were a bust since today I had to deliver 152 sunday addiitons!! And since I have been riding my bycycle, that took way too much effort...and I think I pulled a muscle or something.
So unless I can figure out a differnt way, I am just going to have to "cheer" for some of my fellow FF members to win this thing!!!
Good luck,
Rooster
Don't feel bad Rooster I mentioned to Patty it would help out if maybe she'd work the streets to raise some cash.
Anyone know if it's true that a raw steak helps a black eye!
Wooooooo......chains rattling........wind blowing a limb scraping a window pane.......foggy.......a scary Sat. night coming..... :o :o :o..... coocoo_clock.....as the clock strikes on the final hour.......
" BEWARE OF THE MASKED BIDDER "
No MAGIC can stop him!
No DOCTOR can fix his wrath!
He rides with the fury of a WARBIRD!
No RADAR or SHOTGUN can slow him down!
He rides through KANSAS and through the RED OAKS and PINEYWOODS in-between!
For he is not like us....with more power than a PISTON.....that's just not the NORM!
When the ROOSTER crows 1,000 times on Sat. evening....you will know it's time for the axe to fall!
So when he places his final bid......tears will be shed smiley_crying smiley_crying smiley_crying.....hearts will be broken......crow will be eaten..... food2 food2 food2
********************** YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED *********************
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Ellmoe is tickled over this whole auction.
Poston,
I figured it out!!! You're not really who you say you are...you have a secret identity....an alter-ego...
You're the lost, "Super Dave Ogden"!!!
Haven't you died on Mtv a couple of times?
So "Super Dave" is going to swoop in at the "last hour"?
Well, good luck...and don't forget to wear you helmet!
Rooster
Super Dave?....yeah right.
Quote from: Texas Ranger on March 11, 2012, 12:56:18 PM
Ellmoe is tickled over this whole auction.
That might be true, but I haven't a clue why! smiley_headscratch
Ever hear of the Toy "Tickle me Ellmoe"?
Either that or he's been watching too much Sesame Street. ;D
That toy drove me nuts when my daughters first received it for Christmas, just the sound haunts me. For revenge, I think I will get one each per daughter, for the grandkids.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
Rooster,
The problem is you aren't charging enough for lemonade! We used to sell lemonade at the bottom of my street, and as kids, people couldn't pass up how cute we were (sorta like the way women feel about me now :D)
..and they just had to stop to buy some lemonade. It was then, once they had their first sip, we would tell them it was a dollar a cup :o
We made a lot of money on lemonade :D :D :D :D :D
Quote from: Texas Ranger on March 11, 2012, 02:06:01 PM
That toy drove me nuts when my daughters first received it for Christmas, just the sound haunts me. For revenge, I think I will get one each per daughter, for the grandkids.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
and a set of drums.
Quote from: Mooseherder on March 11, 2012, 01:31:03 PM
Ever hear of the Toy "Tickle me Ellmoe"?
Either that or he's been watching too much Sesame Street. ;D
Heard of it, but, apparently quite luckily ( according to TR), never Heard it. ;D Mark
My SIL got Zander a set of drums for his 3rd birthday. Dee and I already have a set picked out for her daughters 4th birthday ;D
Plotted the bids so far..... Trying to figure if I can compete with the big guns. But the competition is heavy, gotta admit. Such a nice axe too!!
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10180/Axe_bids_2_days.JPG)
Considering the number of male egos involved I suspect we are just seeing the calm before the storm. :D ;D
My ego is lacking, y'all go on without me. Sob.
Quote from: Piston on March 11, 2012, 02:10:10 PM
Rooster,
The problem is you aren't charging enough for lemonade! We used to sell lemonade at the bottom of my street, and as kids, people couldn't pass up how cute we were (sorta like the way women feel about me now :D)
..and they just had to stop to buy some lemonade. It was then, once they had their first sip, we would tell them it was a dollar a cup :o
We made a lot of money on lemonade :D :D :D :D :D
I used to read Dennis the Menace cartoons in the papers. One of my favs went like this........
Dennis was standing behind his lemonade stand, a pitcher on the table with an empty glass. He was talking to a motorist who was parked at the curb, leaning out his driver's side window. The sign on the front of the stand read, "LEMONADE $1000". The caption on the cartoon read, "Yeah, but I only have to sell just one."
AXEnnomics 101 :D ;D
Quote from: Rooster on March 11, 2012, 01:04:31 PM
Poston,
I figured it out!!! You're not really who you say you are...you have a secret identity....an alter-ego...
You're the lost, "Super Dave Ogden"!!!
Haven't you died on Mtv a couple of times?
So "Super Dave" is going to swoop in at the "last hour"?
Well, good luck...and don't forget to wear you helmet!
Rooster
Super Dave?....yeah right.
WOW.....I used to watch SUPER DAVE. But really, he's probably not even alive now. :)
Quote from: Texas Ranger on March 11, 2012, 02:06:01 PM
That toy drove me nuts when my daughters first received it for Christmas, just the sound haunts me. For revenge, I think I will get one each per daughter, for the grandkids.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
About 8 or 9 years ago, my brother and wife were awakened by a suspicious noise coming from their 1 year old daughter's room. It sounded mechanical and like maybe someone was trying to break in. My bro grabbed his 9mm and quietly snuck into her room.
His daughter was okay, the windows were secure, and all was well. He couldn't find anything wrong! As he was quietly leaving the room, one of the toys on the floor, an Elmo doll, loudly said, "GOODBYE FRIEND!" and shut down. Scared the living crappola outta my brother. He has never admitted to me whether he squeezed off a few rounds into poor little Elmo in the heat of the moment. I probably would have!
True story.
I wished to share with you the 2nd part of our documentary series - it is about chisel/slick making
http://vimeo.com/38165983
I tell ya what.....from the view point of someone like me who does not have this kind of God given talent, what I just saw on this video is really hard to explain.
This is simply amazing......and I got to see it! :)
John, you are very blessed.
David
Nothing like real talent. Great show and thanks for shareing. bg
Would anyone be so kind as to copy and paste the youtube link for that video for me? I can't view it here at work but if I have the link I can paste it into a workaround website and view it.....I feel like I'm missing out on all these craftsman vids ;D
Quote from: beenthere on March 11, 2012, 02:36:33 PM
Plotted the bids so far..... Trying to figure if I can compete with the big guns. But the competition is heavy, gotta admit. Such a nice axe too!!
Glad to see someone else has too much time on their hands :D
Quote from: Piston on March 11, 2012, 11:41:13 PM
Would anyone be so kind as to copy and paste the youtube link for that video for me? I can't view it here at work but if I have the link I can paste it into a workaround website and view it.....I feel like I'm missing out on all these craftsman vids ;D
All you have to do is click quote on the post that has the video in it. That will show you the link
If you Google John Neeman Tools, you will find much to look at.
No more bids out of AlAXEka, KansAXE, AXElbama, AXEizona, or TexAXE?
Everybody's back at work truying to pay for the AXE!
I am listening for Maryaxeland. ;D
Go patch someone up and bid again. smiley_thumbsup
Performing another wallet biopsy as we speak.....
You better schedule another Doc....
I wish I was a good as the craftsman in that video!
doctorb, the way Radar67 is going you had better perform an axendectomy. :o
Good one, MM! :D
Well, you guys can haul me to the tAXEidermist cause I'm done!
Just layin in the weeds.........and relAXEn for the time bein.
smiley_sleeping smiley_sleeping smiley_sleeping smiley_sleeping smiley_sleeping smiley_sleeping smiley_sleeping I got my clock set for Saturday.
It's gonna sound like a firing squad. :o
Quote from: Magicman on March 12, 2012, 02:56:59 PM
It's gonna sound like a firing squad. :o
And the shot will be SO LOUD....it will be heard around the world! :)
Just found out this was happening and it's already way out of my league. The winner is gonna have a beautiful piece of functional art. I hope this does not reflect his actual prices as i've been drooling over his work for a few days now.
Quote from: isawlogs on February 24, 2012, 09:28:45 PM
That is one easy to look at clip, I really like the music on there anyone know who that is or the name of the band .
O ya isawlogs the music is Bon Iver, songs are Holocene and Re:Stacks
Welcome to the Forum.
Our auctions are one of several ways to support the Forum. And we think a lot of the Forum, so this Axe is just a great excuse to see who can "win" the prize.
Hope you stick around and tell us a bit about your interest in the Forestry Forum. Pull up a stump, so to speak. :)
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, Lookin4lunkers. I see that you enjoy fishing, so start an introduction thread on one of the boards and tell us a bit about your forestry/sawing interest. Drooling is good. ;D
Thanks fellas, I was just on my way to introduce myself
You already did, and you did good!
Lookin4lunkers,welcome to the forum. You can't be all bad if you come from a town called Chesterville. ;D
Quote from: Magicman on March 12, 2012, 10:00:15 PM
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, Lookin4lunkers. I see that you enjoy fishing, so start an introduction thread on one of the boards and tell us a bit about your forestry/sawing interest. Drooling is good. ;D
MM,
I always knew you were some sort of detective at heart, but man... how did you ever guess that he was into fishing? :D :D :D :D :D :D
Welcome to the forum Lookin4Lunkers.
Lookin4lunkers-
First, Welcome Aboard!
Second, as you can tell by my photo, we share something in common.
Third. Keep distracting these other jokers so I can win this AXE auction.
Thanks, Doctorb
Doctorb The bidding is going well . It has already exceeded the mAXEimum for most of us. :)
I went to the bank today.....SCSMITH42 might be in trouble! :D :D :D :D :D
I got my refund today, and plan to spend it the end of the week. 8)
Quote from: beenthere on March 13, 2012, 05:08:49 PM
I got my refund today, and plan to spend it the end of the week. 8)
Sounds good, but you really should consider picking up 4 1/2 days worth of Aluminum cans also. :D
I'm working on that too. :D
Quote from: beenthere on March 13, 2012, 05:25:13 PM
I'm working on that too. :D
Me too! This guy ( I felt sorry for him ) stopped by the mill the other day asking me if I had any scrap metal he could have to take a sale.
I didn't have any, but I was thinking to myself....."MAN, THIS IS AXE WEEK!". :)
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on March 13, 2012, 05:06:04 PM
I went to the bank today.....SCSMITH42 might be in trouble! :D :D :D :D :D
From the looks of Scott's bidding history, I think you're only in trouble if you
robbed the bank today :o
I am out of this one. My wife would have beaten me with a rolling pin if she saw the last bid I put in :D
Quote from: Dodgy Loner on March 13, 2012, 05:59:07 PM
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on March 13, 2012, 05:06:04 PM
I went to the bank today.....SCSMITH42 might be in trouble! :D :D :D :D :D
From the looks of Scott's bidding history, I think you're only in trouble if you robbed the bank today :o
I am out of this one. My wife would have beaten me with a rolling pin if she saw the last bid I put in :D
Change your bidding " ID " to "ILOVEMYWIFE4EVER". This should let you bid some more Dodgy and keep you out of trouble.
............You can trust me on this one! ;D ;D ;D..............
Dodgy, I can make this one available if you would like it. :)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10432/dodgy_op.jpg)
That axe would be adequate protection against a rolling pin. Must have quit carrying it around or couldn't take it with him. ??? ::) ;D
What's that RED on that axe? ???
Is that axe a conversation starter or stopper? :D
I have seen turkeys puff up, but they were full of hot air too. I am sawing Thursday and Friday and I will come home with my pockets axeually stuffed.
I think that I'm going to change my auction handle to "The Toaster", cause y'all are TOAST when it comes to winning this auction... ;)
The location where the Axe will be displayed has already been decided too.... :D
Well it's not hard to believe at this point, but if I was going to bid on the axe, it would have had to been the first bid of the auction. ;D
At that point, I would have been in the lead! ;)
Based on the number of bids each, Scott and I are tied. Wonder if that means anything?
Quote from: Radar67 on March 13, 2012, 07:49:22 PM
Based on the number of bids each, Scott and I are tied. Wonder if that means anything?
Terry, I think that it means that neither one of our wives are members of the Forestry Forum.... :D
Ah, guys......I'm still here. It would make a lovely axeccent above my mantle.
I don't think it's wise to hang it over the fireplace, Doc. You might have an axeident.
Norm
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I have read all the latest comments concerning the AXE.........Yaaaaawn.
You guys are all talk....
Less talk more bidding.
:D
I am not going to hang it anywhere and admire it. That axe was forged, hammered, sharpened, and tempered with love and it deserves nothing less than to be wielded against an evil enemy. Sweetgum. My axe will be a working tool. splitwood_smiley
Quote from: Magicman on March 13, 2012, 08:36:16 PM
I am not going to hang it anywhere and admire it. That axe was forged, hammered, sharpened, and tempered with love and it deserves nothing less than to be wielded against an evil enemy. Sweetgum. My axe will be a working tool. splitwood_smiley
I will hand it down to my Son...Paul. I'll never use it. Will look good over the fireplace!
Pics coming next week. :)
David,
Are you interested in adopting another son? I could be available next week?
Quote from: Piston on March 13, 2012, 08:55:28 PM
David,
Are you interested in adopting another son? I could be available next week?
PISTON / POSTON....You want have to change much.....wait a minute....send pics. :)
Magicman
Are you auditioning for a part in the next Lord of the Rings movie? :D
Just by the odd chance I don't win the axe, y'all might could use this. ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3W_bbo4hRk&feature=related
Quote from: Piston on March 13, 2012, 08:55:28 PM
David,
Are you interested in adopting another son? I could be available next week?
No he cannot adopt you because I already adopted him as one of my daughters. His new name is Paulina :D.
I didn't know that Sean Connery did cameos for woodtrekker when he was just a young lad.
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on March 13, 2012, 09:07:46 PM
Quote from: Piston on March 13, 2012, 08:55:28 PM
David,
Are you interested in adopting another son? I could be available next week?
PISTON / POSTON....You want have to change much.....wait a minute....send pics. :)
That's better than "Pist-ON" :D
My SS deposit will be coming in on the 21st. I hope Jeff is willing to wait a few days on payment. :-[
Quote from: WDH on March 13, 2012, 10:11:26 PM
Quote from: Piston on March 13, 2012, 08:55:28 PM
David,
Are you interested in adopting another son? I could be available next week?
No he cannot adopt you because I already adopted him as one of my daughters. His new name is Paulina :D.
I forgot about that.....where's my WALNUT TABLE? :)
A Limeraxe for the occasion.....
There once was an auction for an axe,
That turned pockets inside out of his slacks,
Dig deeper he should,
For chopping of wood,
Though warm, his net worth he now lacks.
Quote from: Jeff on March 13, 2012, 06:17:20 PM
Dodgy, I can make this one available if you would like it. :)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10432/dodgy_op.jpg)
Well, we did get engaged on that trip, so it has sentimental value. Maybe I can buy that axe and then present it to my wife for her anniversary present ??? What do you think guys, good idea?
When you come to the pig roast I'll give it to you. :)
Quote from: Jeff on March 14, 2012, 12:20:33 PM
When you come to the pig roast I'll give it to you. :)
You can put us down this year, Jeff. Each year I come, I bring an extra person. This year, we will come as a family of 3 :)
There once was a magical tool
forged to turn wood into fuel
to the man that it sold
It turned out to be gold
Proving he wasn't a fool
Back atcha Doc. ;o)
This is really getting enertaining, and expensive. ::)
All I can say to you bidders is be careful about getting in between a surgeon and some cutting tools. Last time I did, back in October, I came up missing some body parts. :D :D :D
There once was an axe that did chop,
Hand-made in a Latvian shop,
And the boys on the Forum
Lost all decorum,
As they bid up the price that won't drop.
Return of service, Mr. Jeff ;)
Said the doctor of bones to the masses
I've come here to claim all of your axes
Then said the doctor
I'm just a wood chopper
Now you all look like asses ;)
Now Jeff's a great man who's had shingles,
Sending shocks around ribs worse than tingles,
With the axe he will gain,
Relieving some of his pain,
Distracted by his coins as they jingle.
I am not sure I can keep this up. Should I use work, writer's cramp, or creative block as my excuse?
On Wednesdays a doctor should be golfin
Not fretting about some old ax auction
He should be saving his money
To go some where sunny
and do things like go swimming with dolphins
On the Forum there's a night called the "Yoopers"
As Jeff changes their posts into bloopers.
Their language gets degraded
Into words disintegrated,
Some don't get it and become pooper-scoopers.
LOL
Once the doctor got good at his rhyming
He began to work on his timing
He quit bidding on axes
and gave up on his practice
Now his rap song's on the chart and still climbing.
The doctor is all about wishin
To hang the axe on his door,
scare his patients away,
and go fishing.
OK Gary
Please accept these additions to your post to maintain the limerick format. No offense intended in this editing!
The doctor is all about wishin',
To win this auction will take intuition,
To hang the axe on his door,
He'll have to bill more,
Then scare his patients away and go fishin'.
You better get on with that knee
your patient is anxious you see
so get on with the fixin
so your patient aint bitchin
and leave the rhymin to me.
OK Doc, thats better. :D :D
It's a beautiful axe made for felling,
The Forestry Forum auction is selling,
With Jeff at the helm,
And a handle of elm,
The loser of the bidding will be yelling.
Groan, on this whole series
While the rest of the board wearies
for the loss of funds
which the tax man soon duns
and financial ruin looms
while end of auction dooms.
Sorry, I have a lot of time on my hands.
Quote from: Texas Ranger on March 14, 2012, 03:05:55 PM
Groan, on this whole series
While the rest of the board wearies
for the loss of funds
which the tax man soon duns
and financial ruin looms
while end of auction dooms.
Sorry, I have a lot of time on my hands.
It appears you ain't alone. :D
There once was a man named Jeffrey,
Whose advice was always for free,
He lost his gall bladder,
But what does that matter,
He's still got his bats in his belfry!
TR, that is a groaner. I doubt if the doc can fix that one like he did mine. ::)
Yeah, TR, I think the repair shop is closed!
As I read through this thread again and chuckled, I re-read the quote from my father at the bottom of my posts. Boy, is it true today!
Can't you just picture Doc b,
Sitting there trying to see,
If he can make rhymes with axe,
And then adding the tax,
And sending them forward with glee?
Eh?
Alright Shotgun!!
There once was an auction on a forum,
As time progressed it lost decorum.
Now limericks abound,
Some good, some not so sound
Ah sanity.... Where art though to be found?
We see the auction progress,
And the bidders digress
Instead of bidding, they come here to share a word
The price is now beyond absurd,
Woe to the winner if the axe is a turd!
This Forestry Forum is so fun,
That Jeff put together to run,
An Axe came to auction,
And some bid with caution,
But I have to say that "I'm Done"!!
I started this day there was no doubt
with much to say and talk about
That duel with doc I could not see
the fact that I would surgically
be completely and utterly,
ALL RHYMED OUT.
Quote from: Jeff on March 14, 2012, 01:48:01 PM
Once the doctor got good at his rhyming
He began to work on his timing
He quit bidding on axes
and gave up on his practice
Now his rap song's on the chart and still climbing.
Good one Jeff.... :D :D :D :D :D F U N N Y !
#4 this week on the Rolling Stone Chart is DOCTORB, featuring SCOOP-DOGGY-POO and their smash hit:
" Rhymes from the Book of AXE"
As Dragnet made famous, "Just the Facts"
Some members have alluded to spending their refund of Tax,
For an item, whose artistry is not lax,
(although you won't find one on Fifth avenue at Saks)
Enquiring minds want to know.... who is going to win the Axe?
You're a POET and don't KNOW IT. :)
Scott's mention of Dragnet reminded me of an all time classic. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slCNTz72o4s
Speaking of stories about axes....quite a few years ago Price Chopper grocery stores had a logo with a hatchet imbedded into a coin simulating their name...Price CHOPPER! I think I the coin was a cartoon Susan B. Anthony dollar coin, so the axe appeared to be stuck into the head of a woman. I think some women's abuse associations complained and the company changed the logo due to the pressure applied. Not that I'm into violence against women. I can assure you I'm not. But since I never associated the logo with that issue, I thought it just another sign of our times and smiled. Just another axe tale. Maybe I could buy some axe tail soup from them!
Did Some Diggin. (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19890221&id=cXIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fogFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1000,5560206)
As always, thanks boss!
Quote from: doctorb on March 14, 2012, 07:14:58 PM
Maybe I could buy some axe tail soup from them!
You're splitting my side now.... :D :D :D
You were axing for it.
Woke up this morning, and we've reached a new century mark for the axe!!!
I couldn't resist.....sorry.
There once was a Michigan man,
Up in the U.P. in his stand,
Though baiting he'd try,
Not a bear did he spy,
But they left their big piles on his land.
Seems we have a poet laureate, or is that lariat, on board. Possible lariat, given enough rope, we hang our selves.
Holy Cats! Are those last bids because we wrote some limericks or because we stopped? :D
Quote from: Jeff on March 15, 2012, 06:27:44 PM
Holy Cats! Are those last bids because we wrote some limericks or because we stopped? :D
Because you stopped. :D
And a couple days to go to learn how much higher and who will win the bid. 8)
Here's the trend....
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10180/Axe_bids_6_days.JPG)
I was going to join in don't ya know
But I'm sure to the woodshed I would go
When all I could rhyme
Were words filthy like swine
I just didn't wanna go down that road
You did manage though, didn't you? :-\
A thread With 18 pages that hasn't talked about food yet?
I gotta go get me a snack.
Is dat an Al Gore graph?
QuoteWere words filthy like swine
There you go again. :( Somebody saying something disparaging about pigs. ;D ;D
The axe has gotten out of my price range. It is now more than my SS check. :( I wonder if Jeff would wait two months for payment?
You folks are out of control
I think you should hit your bedroll
Lest you go bankrupt
Making the forum erupt
And Jeff give a hearty extol!
Quote from: doctorb on March 15, 2012, 01:57:13 PM
I couldn't resist.....sorry.
There once was a Michigan man,
Up in the U.P. in his stand,
Though baiting he'd try,
Not a bear did he spy,
But they left their big piles on his land.
In Retort...
There once was a doctor of knees
He'd go fishing whenever he pleased
So his patients they waited
While the hooks that he baited
Spent most of their time tangled in trees.
Doc,
With that axe, you could chop them out!
(Note to self: I do not see any rhyme or reason for this thread :)).
QuoteThere once was a Michigan man,
At least we haven't heard from the man from Nantucket. ;D
Yea, those get dangerous. Sort of like today, I heard someone mention "Thank God It's Friday" and it being Thursday, I wondered why nobody ever used "So Happy It's Thursday." Ya never know when yer just on the edge of trouble. :D
Ah, Doug! A new low! ;D :D :D :D
And I was saving that one for Saturday evening!
Jeff- nicely played, my man!
Quote from: Jeff on March 15, 2012, 11:36:57 PM
Ya never know when yer just on the edge of trouble. :D
Well said :D. A lot of people here are on the edge ;D.
Ya never know when yer just on the edge of trouble. :D
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Well here goes. I had my wife read this thread she thought it was very clever and funny. When she was done she said " tell Jeff he has a nice AXE" ;D
Its not my Axe, but thank-you. :)
The axe has got to the point where I'm scared to handle it. I'm going down to Jays Sporting goods tomorrow and try to find a case of some sort to put it in. :D
Some of us have been on the edge for years, its what keeps us, relatively, sane. ;D
Jeff
Better rent an armored car. :)
For as long as Jeff has had, to "play" with the AXE...I am just picturing him completely clean shaven from the elbows down...
Well Ya'll....I have bid my last bid. My wife said if I were to bid anymore, That would be my AXE.
I knew AXECTLY what she meant! >:(
So I'll just lay here with the Flu and watch it. smiley_sick
But Ya'll better be careful, Magicman will be back this evening or tomorrow with a pocket FULL of money! 8)
Do you think the axe is could be similar to the ring in Lord of the Rings....corrupting its possessor with evil? Does Jeff go invisible when he picks it up? He doesn't look much like a Hobbit to me! Or is he really Gollum, seeking the AXE for himself! We could be bidding against the "Eye of Mordor". And there are some bidders who've disguised their identities. Are they Auks or the minions of Sauron? Aaauuugggghhhh! It's the AXE!... the AXE!...the AXE!!!
Forgive me, I'm losing my mind........
Doc,you're losing the axe too. ;D Better get over there and bid on it.
Quote from: doctorb on March 16, 2012, 09:37:13 AM
Forgive me, I'm losing my mind........
You should seek a second opinion. :D
He is. Second opinion rendered. :)
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on March 16, 2012, 10:35:25 AM
Quote from: doctorb on March 16, 2012, 09:37:13 AM
Forgive me, I'm losing my mind........
You should seek a second opinion. :D
I concur Doc... quit bidding against me! :D
Obviously the axe business is a front runner, who among us is gonna set up shop? At this rate, only have to produce a hundred or so a year.
Jacob and John are the Axe builders. With them, we don't need anymore. :)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/john_neeman.jpg) (http://www.facebook.com/neemantools)
Agreed, apparently my humor fell short. I am amazed at the auction response, and of the loyalty to this web site. I am in awe of the Neeman Brothers ability to continue an age old tradition in todays mass production era.
YMOS
Tammy talked me into letting her take the axe to the bus garage for "show and tell" yesterday. They were clamoring to see it after watching the videos. I was concerned about allowing it, because you could technically say an axe is a weapon, but she got the proper clearances and took it in. Her boss did the shave your arm test with it and is now hyped on the idea of getting a knife made if possible. He says he has never had a hunting knife that sharp let alone an axe.
Good luck for tomorrows challenge folks.
Jeff, thanks for the jackets, they fit well and feels very comfortable.
All the best
Jacob
Have Ya'll thought about this?
Next week.....what will life be without the AXE?
Makes me wanna shed a tear. :'( :'( :'(
Someone will win it.....but as it exits the Forum.....it's like each of us will all feel the AXE.
We may need to start a new thread just to council each other. smiley_curtain_peek.....NEXT.
I got a plan... :)
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on March 16, 2012, 02:26:28 PM
Next week.....what will life be without the AXE?
You have post axe depression.
Holy cow I go fishing for a week and find out some of you have way more money than I ever thought....now I know who to hit up for a loan! ;D
Aw crud, here it comes. 8)
Quote from: Norm on March 16, 2012, 04:43:52 PM
who to hit up for a loan! ;D
The answer to that is .............Patty. ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D :o :o :o :o :o :o
Bruce
She won't be alone. She'll be with Norm.
Back to the important stuff ..... How was the fishin'?
Man, it's been bad enough beating off Sawmill, DoctorB, and Radar for the darn axe, now do I have to contend with Norm too???? >:(
If this keeps up, the "toasters" circuits are going to get overloaded...
Fishing was awesome! Temps in the mid 80's with the hybrid's and crappie's just starting their migration upstream. As always Patty caught the most and biggest fish. :D
Not to worry Scott, seems Patty has her eye on a bassboat! 8)
i didnt see the bassboat on the forum auction :D buying a chainsaw is lookin cheaper and way eaiser ;D
Quote from: Norm on March 16, 2012, 07:51:56 PM
Fishing was awesome! Temps in the mid 80's with the hybrid's and crappie's just starting their migration upstream. As always Patty caught the most and biggest fish. :D
Not to worry Scott, seems Patty has her eye on a bassboat! 8)
Yee - haw!!!! There's still a chance! Way ta go, Patty!
Fishing? Going to Lake Falcon in Tx in the morning to do some bass fishing. Hope to catch a big one.
Doc, you may need to start on some kind of medicine, pills or shots to repair all the damage this axe thing has created. Then there may not be any cure to be found for years. If you do, you could get rich. bg
Good. A man needs a plan. Remember Papillon ;D.
Don't stuff your cash where he did. :D
Exactly :).
I just landed in Vegas on my way to San Fran. Maybe I'll just stay here and try to win enough $ to put you guys away. By the look of things, I need to hit a jAXEpot!
Well, I got a plan too, and I ain't in no market for a bass boat. Guess what I am in the market for....
Is this going to be a museum piece? ;D
The winner is going to have to chop at least one tree for posterity sake, right? Isn't that an auction rule ;D.
A Sweetgum. I hates Sweetgum.
Quote from: Jeff on March 16, 2012, 02:40:34 PM
I got a plan... :)
.....you've also got my attention! There is no telling what you have up your sleeve!
Radar-
Right there with you. Already own a bass boat. Already own an AXE. One needs replacing. Hope I don't get confused in left coast time at the end of the bidding!
There once were some people I knew,
About others I didn't know poo,
Who're Whooper and Mr_Clean?
And Sawmill, I've never seen,
Can't wait 'til this bidding is through. :D
If you axe me
There are good ships,
and there are wood ships,
and ships that sail the sea.
But the best ships, are friendships,
And may that always be
but if an axe in your hand
is not meant to be
then all of your bids are not so grand
cause the axe will belong to me
and we will still friends be
Just a few minutes left. I'm watching the AXE auction and Kentucky play basketball. The wife hollers...."Whats the Kentucky score?"......I holler....$1260.00
Geeeeee......Shew.....gotta get it together. :D
I finally had to just eat crow instead of having to sleep with an axe. The term "battle axe" comes to mind, and that is what I probably would have had if I had won. Anyway, I'm content with doctorb having it. At least I know that the probability of him ever operating on me is slim.
Of course the proverbial "fat lady" has not sung yet.
Quote from: Magicman on March 17, 2012, 09:35:14 PM
I finally had to just eat crow instead of having to sleep with an axe. The term "battle axe" comes to mind, and that is what I probably would have had if I had won. Anyway, I'm content with doctorb having it. At least I know that the probability of him ever operating on me is slim.
Of course the proverbial "fat lady" has not sung yet.
That SMITH guy has just bid...did you see that? The DOC is on the gurney! :D :D :D :D
It's a gun fight down the main street of the Forum. Get the women and children off the streets. 8)
With all the people we know.....somebody on here probably could have got this auction televised! :)
Don't count the Dr. out. He is still in there.
He better be careful, he might get chopped out ;D.
Sawmill may just come back and win by a nose. :)
DOC must have been off today! say_what
Great jumping doggies!! 8)
Quote from: WDH on March 17, 2012, 09:48:45 PM
He better be careful, he might get chopped out ;D.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
I sure hope nebruks and John Neeman are watching this!!!
Thanks Guys!
Rooster
This is as good as it gets!! ;D
$291.36 per lbs.!!!!
it's like being at a simulcast horse race!!!
Time is up?
Nope, another 5 min.
Doctorb does sound like a horses name....will he pull way out in front?
Its extended!!!!!!!!!!
They are going to the mattress's!!!!!!!!
Are we going to break $300 per pound?!!!
REAL TIME
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/24625/DSCN0090.JPG)
Congrats SCSmith!!
DoctorB is using a $10 gauge.
Doc still has the five minute rule...right?
yeppers
Man!! What a race to the finish!!! My win, place and show didn't come in!!
say_what say_what say_what say_what say_what say_what say_what say_what say_what
It's a run away!!!!!!!!!!!! 8)
Remember guys...
If you make a mistake in the amount of your bid, contact Jeff ASAP.
:D
Wow, I guess that it is now over and the WINNER takes all.
Just Wow.
Ain't over till the fat lady sings, and she is still drinkin' beer.
Quote from: Magicman on March 17, 2012, 10:09:38 PM
Wow, I guess that it is now over and the WINNER takes all.
DANG......THE FLU I HAD JUST LEFT ME! 8)
Scott- it's yours.....congrats to you!
Doctorb
Impressive guys.
Quote from: doctorb on March 17, 2012, 10:12:40 PM
Scott- it's yours.....congrats to you!
Doctorb
Doc, you are the greatest friend that I never met! WOW!!!! Thank you sir, for an exhilirating event!
And now it's time for the postscript..... ;)
Quote from: Warbird on March 17, 2012, 10:13:18 PM
Impressive guys.
Doc, you made our hearts skip a beat......do you have MALPRACTICE INSURANCE? :D
Great job guys!! Here's to the Forum!! 8)
Quote from: Rooster on March 17, 2012, 10:16:21 PM
Great job guys!! Here to the Forum!! 8)
I'll second that!!!
Scott,
I guess that you will be quarter-chopping white oak now :D.
Congrats to you Scott. Many thanks for your strong showing, Doc. What a great evening!!
Shotgun
Quote from: okmulch on March 17, 2012, 10:17:13 PM
Quote from: Rooster on March 17, 2012, 10:16:21 PM
Great job guys!! Here to the Forum!! 8)
I'll second that!!!
Ya'll hang around. I think we're gonna have a presentation along with horse-derveys and drinks.
After that the smiley_guitarist smiley_trap_drummer starts at 10 pm.
You da Man Scott!
I guess Jeff will have to find one last spot on his body that he hasn't shaved with the axe to show how sharp it is before he goes and wraps it up for the UPS man.
Fat lady still drinking beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: Texas Ranger on March 17, 2012, 10:26:03 PM
Fat lady still drinking beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can take her home after the party. :D :D :D
Quote from: Texas Ranger on March 17, 2012, 10:26:03 PM
Fat lady still drinking beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now TR you shouldn't talk about Steve that way. Speaking of Steve......
Congrats scott! And thanks everyone for a great show! I wish i could have joined in on the bidding war but you guys were way out of my league before the fat lady even cracked her first beer.....let alone sang!
Cool 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) Cool!!
Yes, very cool! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
I am waiting to see something cut down :D.
Tammy and I are humbled Ladies and Gentlemen by your support.... Be back in a few moments...
Let's hope Scott isn't left handed, cause he might have trouble with the "right handed axe". Someone should also tell him to remove the leather sheath...
"Look Abbott, Open-toed baseball shoes!!!"
Quote from: Rooster on March 17, 2012, 10:58:14 PM
"Look Abbott, Open-toed baseball shoes!!!"
:D :D :D :D :D Good 1 Rooster.
I'm just glad all those DanG poems are over with.....
:)
There was once a hand made ax
Which filled our minds to the max
It was freely offered to all
For a bid, quite small
But the big boys got aholdit
And it went to the boldest.
And that's all I have to say about that.
Piston,
Thou speakest too soon :).
Quote from: Piston on March 17, 2012, 11:02:14 PM
I'm just glad all those DanG poems are over with.....
:)
Guess I spoke too soon.
Hahaha
And now, we will collectively hold Piston responsible for this next round of lymricks!!!
See what you went and done now..... :).
Oops.
Sorry guys. :D :D :D :D :D :D
On the other hand, we might have to cut Piston some slack, since he probably only knows ones with cuss words anyways. ;)
Please excuse my messy office area. Right now it is auction central and the hat store. Besides, I had no idea I was going to get video taped tonight.
Thank's again to all of you. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ-AQUuFJJ0
Now....go get that LAWN MOWER you been wanting! 8)
I said in an early post, this should be televised. Welllll......it don't get no better than this. :)
I love it when a plan comes together!!!!!!
Mrs. Burlkraft, here. Nice video, Stacy. Make sure my husband gets some sleep before he starts home, please ;)
Enjoy Jeff and Tammy---and Stacy-you look GREAT!!
It's nice to put a voice with the face of Jeff and Tammy...maybe I'll get to come to the pig roast this year and get to shave my arm with the axe.
And...
Burlkraft looks pretty good for only being 5 years young...and he is definitely the toughest looking vegetarian I've ever shaken hands with!!!
Rooster
And the lady sang, they did good, and so do you.
Thanks all for participating in the auction in support of the forum as well as Jeff, Tammy and family. You guys are all an awesome bunch.
Take good care of that axe Scott. ;D 8)
Way to go guys, this is awesome! :)
Good show guys. Nuff said.
Great show all involved!!!
The title to this thread says it all.
It was "a very special auction...."
Thanks Jeff, Tammy and all, for all you do for us.
Something about watching that video must've triggered my allergies, I seem to be a bit stuffed up and watery now ;)
Awesome conspriracy you FF Axemen!
8) 8) 8)
Great show.
Yup, you guys just showed what real axe men are all about. Thanks again. I'm still a bit bewildered after having Steve show up at the door last night and everything that went on. I hated to see him go so early this morning and not have a chance to visit. We got a really special axe holder last night as well thanks to Rooster and Stumpy. I'm trying to find the most appropriate place for it to hang. I know where I want it, right in front of me. :) Thanks again to all that orchestrated this, and thanks to all of the membership for being part of the Forestry Forum.
Quote from: Jeff on March 18, 2012, 02:01:47 PM
Yup, you guys just showed what real axe men are all about. Thanks again. I'm still a bit bewildered after having Steve show up at the door last night and everything that went on. I hated to see him go so early this morning and not have a chance to visit. We got a really special axe holder last night as well thanks to Rooster and Stumpy. I'm trying to find the most appropriate place for it to hang. I know where I want it, right in front of me. :) Thanks again to all that orchestrated this, and thanks to all of the membership for being part of the Forestry Forum.
You could change your AVATAR. Instead of your right hand propped on the chainsaw.....have your hand propped on the AXE :)
Right!!...and appropriately dressed in Traditional Latvian "garb"!!!
Kokmateriāli!!!!! (Latvian for TIMBER!!!)
I've busted too many handles and would simply be crushed if I ever did that with this axe, but I'm seriously contemplating ordering something someday for use in my woods up north. I just don't know exactly what I need. right now in the back of my quad I carry and old old double bit with a sawed off handle. I use it when walking through my cedars for pruning off lower branches and dead branches as I walk.
Then again, my new axe is calling me. Okay, I'll do it. But it will have to be up on my beloved U.P. property, not on some old yard tree here or meaningless price of brush. I'll use it to cut a cedar tree for whatever project will be my next. I don't have anything planned, but there is always a project waiting to be started that just hasn't found me yet.
One thing is for sure. After seeing how sharp your axe is I definitely need to sharpen mine! ;)
I definitely think that it would be appropriate for that AXE to feel the bite as it fells a tree. That is where it's heart is. And your joy while doing it will be our pleasure Jeff.
Ii have already ordered a "Carpenters Axe" from Jacob and John for myself. smiley_thumbsup
I had a hard time yesterday. Jeff AXEd me some questions and I had to tell him some lies.
It was all for his own good tho.........
Thanks Jeff and Tammy for proving us a place to gather and bond. I know I will always cherish the friends and the times I've had with those friends made right here in the Forum.
Looking at the video again made me all funny inside.
It was an honor for me to be the one to be the presentor for this great project.
It almost got out, I'm not gonna say any names, but it's hard for Bibby to keep a secret :D :D :D :D
Furby suggested that someone needs to tell the tale of all of the skullduggery ;) that was going on for those that can's see the video or may not have sound on their computers, so if someone in the know wouldn't mind.... :)
Here are some pictures of the Axe display board sawn by stumpy and created by Rooster and of where it now resides, where I can look up and see it when ever I want. Thank you fellas. :)
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WOW...There used to be a lot of stuff up there :o :o
The "skullduggery" was the best part! Then the chatter just before the close with Texas Ranger saying they were going to the mattress, and get the women and children off the street. :D
WOW!.....The AXE RACK is nothing like I could have imagined! UN-REAL!
I was imagining a display box with glass on the front and a sticker that says, "In case of emergency, break glass".
STUMPY and ROOSTER....Ya'll did GREAT!!!! Absolutely GORGEOUS! :)
Quote from: Jeff on March 18, 2012, 07:19:46 PM
Furby suggested that someone needs to tell the tale of all of the skullduggery ;) that was going on for those that can's see the video or may not have sound on their computers, so if someone in the know wouldn't mind.... :)
Does it have to be written in limerick? :D
Quote from: scsmith42 on March 18, 2012, 07:51:03 PM
Quote from: Jeff on March 18, 2012, 07:19:46 PM
Furby suggested that someone needs to tell the tale of all of the skullduggery ;) that was going on for those that can's see the video or may not have sound on their computers, so if someone in the know wouldn't mind.... :)
Does it have to be written in limerick? :D
May it should be written in another language to hide all the 4 letter words that were said when 'OL DOC started bidding right at the end! Some of us didn't know what was happening! We thought we blew it and he did not get the memo about how it was suppose to end. :D
Well for all those who can't watch internet videos beyond 30 secs (like me) and who aren't in the know with this here outfit, start talk'n. You bunch of turds. :D :D :D
All I have to say about this: Scott, THANK YOU for inviting me to part of the FF AXEMAN.
Jeff, I hope to see the axe on the first week end in August.
Bruce
Well, it all started with a PM from scsmith42 asking for my email address because he wanted to run something by me.
Scott emailed with, "what if a group of us forms a confidential consortium to pool our money to bid on the ax with the intention of winning the auction, and then we present it back to Jeff and Tammy from a grateful membership?
Thanks Roxie. :)
That sure is a nice gift sitting up on the cabinet. ;D
Maybe Scott should recount our steps, our worries, and our plans as we went. He knows that better than anyone.
As for the bidding at the end, Scott and I spoke on the phone about an hour before the end of the auction.we decided on a final price, with some rapid-fire bidding back and forth. We also mentioned that "overtime" would be fun, using the 5 minute rule to extend the bidding. I got a call from him late and reiterated that, as long as he bid within 5 minutes of my last bid, even though the post read that the bidding was closed, that he would be the last to bid. $1350 was reached, and Scott won fair and square. :D ;) :D
I wish to extend my thanks to all, first Scott for all his efforts, Rooster and Piston for keeping us sharp throughout, and finally Jeff and Tammy, who have earned the respect and gratitude they have received. I apologize for unleashing the limericks. I know that many of you would have thrown cyber-tomatoes if you could. Maybe Jeff could work on that as an improvement for the Forum. :) ;D 8)
Well, all I can say is that axe couldn't be sitting in a more dignified place.
I want to thank all of you other "Axe Team" members for letting me be an axe team member too.
It was great.
The Axe looks excellent on its new board at its new home. Good job everyone 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
The worst part was that I was about to remortgage my house to bid against you guys :D
Bless you guys involved in this. Only on the forestry forum would something like this happen 8)
Nick
I that is a great place for it.
The great thing is that there is going to be a second axe! This time, the gloves will come off :D.
Quote from: WDH on March 18, 2012, 09:42:09 PM
The great thing is that there is going to be a second axe! This time, the gloves will come off :D.
And you'll probably wanna see pictures of the gloves off! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Gotcha! smiley_thumbsup
Quote from: WDH on March 18, 2012, 09:42:09 PM
The great thing is that there is going to be a second axe! This time, the gloves will come off :D.
You can say that again! We had a blast with that first auction but we all knew what the outcome was gonna be...for this next one it's all up in the air and it's EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF! :D
Can't wait till the games begin! 8)
Jeff and Tammy, obviously we are all very grateful of this forum, we all appreciate what you do for us greatly. Not only you guys, but also all the other moderators as well. Thanks to everyone.
It's funny, I remember stumbling across this forum some years ago, thinking WOW! Here is almost everything I'm interested in on ONE GREAT FORUM! After that, I never looked back. This place really is great. Now....if we could just get a section on motorcycles I would never have to check any other forums :D :D :D
We will have to slip DocB a Mickey when that one comes up.
Quote from: Piston on March 18, 2012, 10:01:45 PM
This place really is great. Now....if we could just get a section on motorcycles I would never have to check any other forums :D :D :D
Jeff probably would get you a Motorcycle section if you would start buying your chains from WOODMIZER. :)
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on March 18, 2012, 09:57:06 PM
And you'll probably wanna see pictures of the gloves off! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Gotcha! smiley_thumbsup
Yes, I have been had. Good thing that I am an Admin, or I would have gotten in a heap of trouble, no thanks to you, David :D.
Quote from: WDH on March 18, 2012, 10:11:14 PM
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on March 18, 2012, 09:57:06 PM
And you'll probably wanna see pictures of the gloves off! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Gotcha! smiley_thumbsup
Yes, I have been had. Good thing that I am an Admin, or I would have gotten in a heap of trouble, no thanks to you, David :D.
You're such a good guy....and I really mean that! You're too funny and don't even know it. :) Now I spend my time checking YOUR post. :D
Quote from: doctorb on March 18, 2012, 08:49:17 PM
Maybe Scott should recount our steps, our worries, and our plans as we went. He knows that better than anyone.
I guess that I should start this off by saying "axe and you shall receive" :D
Thinking back, three things came together at the same time that led to the idea of the axe team. The first thing was reading about some of the challenges that Jeff was dealing with from a couple of former members, and the hassle and frustration all around. The second thing was the thread about folks missing Tom, and how a number of us had been thinking about him recently and thinking back about his practicality and wisdom. Then, when Jeff started this thread about the axe, John and Jacob's exquisite craftsmanship and how he was sad because he couldn't bid on it himself, the idea started forming about pulling a group together to bid and win the auction, and then donate the axe back to Jeff and Tammy.
In the back of my mind was the realization of how much, and how positive an impact that the Forestry Forum has had upon our lives these past twelve years. If we need some advice on almost any topic, chances are that there is a thread in the archives with some great information. If we don't find what we're looking for there, all that we need to do is make a new post and there will be a variety of responses from folks that have "been there, done that". Tom's many pearls of wisdom that he shared; both in his posts as well as in personal messages or e-mails were also in the back of my mind. This is truly a wonderful community that has been created and provided to us, and I figured that I was not the only person who felt this way.
Norm and Burlkraft were the first two members that I reached out to, to see if they would be willing to participate. I knew that both of them would provide me with some solid advice about the idea and would let me know if they thought that it was not wise. Fortunately, their response was favorable, so more folks were contacted. Most of them were frequent posters, and in the initial e-mails Norm and Burlkraft were referenced as both being on board in order to lend more credibility to the project! Not knowing what visibility that Jeff and the Mods have to PM's, I did not want to go into much detail; instead I figured that if I PM'd everybody asking for their e-mail address to "get their input on an idea", I could then communicate with them privately, share the concept and ask them if they wanted to participate.
Universally, the responses to my e-mails were very supportive and positive. Almost everybody that was approached wanted to join and made a financial pledge; of the few that did not join most were in the midst of challenging financial circumstances (and we've all been there at some point or another, so it's easy to relate).
Rooster was another person that was approached early in the process, as he was the one that knew John Neeman and Jacob (Nebruks) and was responsible for the original axe donation from them. Rooster had some great insight, and was the first to suggest that we purchase axe #2 from them and provide it to Jeff for a future auction, so that anybody that was outbid by the team on the first auction would have another shot at winning an axe (a few other folks also suggested this as well). One of our biggest concerns was that we did not want to corrupt the auction process; yet we liked the idea of pooling our funds and giving the axe back to Jeff and Tammy. Securing a second axe would help to prevent this, and in the back of my mind I liked having a "backup plan" in case that someone outbid us during the auction (Sawmill – your bids kept me awake at night!) If we were outbid on the first auction, we'd have the second axe already being crafted to present to the Brokaw's as a gift.
My unstated goal at first was to be able to reach at least $1,000.00, as I figured that the bidding may reach that level and wanted to be sure that we had enough funds on hand to win the auction. As the pledges approached that level, I upped the target to $1,250. As more folks joined the team, they were asked if they had any suggestions for other folks to approach to join us, and the list and the amount of donation that we were compiling kept growing.
Our biggest worry was that Jeff would figure out that something was going on, because of the high volume of PM's that I was sending to folks asking for their contact info, as well as the potential for someone to "spill the beans". Fortunately, Jeff never caught on and although a few comments on the forum were provocative, we were able to maintain our confidentiality!
As more folks kept joining, and making pledges, we started up an e-mail distribution list to introduce everybody, to talk strategy, and get everybody's input on issues such as making a presentation case (consensus was not to have a box, instead to have something that allowed easy removal for viewing). Rooster and Stumpy's craftsmanship of the display really turned out well.
One of the funniest things was all of the "trash talk" that started going down on the Axe thread from various members of the Axe team (and a few non-members as well). I gotta tell you, we were having a blast!
We discussed what we would do if an outside bidder kept raising the price. Do we keep bidding it up, or raise more money for the forum by letting them win the first axe and then give Jeff and Tammy our donations and the second axe. Let me tell you, there was some spirited discussion back and forth on this topic! Jacob wrote from Latvia expressing his and John's astonishment about the generosity of the Forum Members, and also asked us what our plan would be if someone outbid us at the end.
Then came the discussion related to how to let Jeff and Tammy know about the gift. Should we keep it a secret, or let them know our names? When should we let them know, etc? At first, we figured that the soonest that I could get a check and letter to them would be on Tuesday or Wednesday, as the auction ended late Saturday and it would be Monday before a check could be overnighted. Then, someone suggested that we let them know right away after the end of the auction, so that started the wheels turning about how best to accomplish that. Fortunately, Burlkraft volunteered to drive over to see them on the day of the auction; arriving about 30 minutes before the end. So, a letter needed to be drafted in advance (and ultimately two letters - one letter was based upon us winning the auction, the other was based upon us losing to an outsider and instead letting Jeff and Tammy know that Axe #2 would be theirs). A cashier's check was also obtained from "The Forestry Forum Axe Team" and sent to Steve along with the two letters.
Then, there was the final bidding strategy! DoctorB graciously volunteered to be one of the final bidders, and we hashed out a plan to "take it into overtime" in order to add to the excitement.
Unbeknownst to me, some of the members of the "axe team" were jumping in and making pledges on Friday and Saturday, with the goal of "keeping things interesting". I did not know all of their handles (in some instances their auction handle was different than their FF handle), so I started sweating a bit wondering if we had some serious competition for ultimately winning the axe....
Here's a little tidbit that nobody knows, and that was although I knew that the auction was supposed to be extended by 5 minutes if anybody bid in the last five minutes of the auction, when I placed a bid 4 minutes before the end and the "countdown clock" never changed, I started to sweat.... Then DoctorB placed a bid, and the clock still didn't change to reflect the 5 minute extension, so I bid again, and then he got in the "last bid" a few seconds before the auction was supposed to end. The auction popped up as "Closed" on my screen, and I had not won! ARGHHH...... so I called Doc to "congratulate" him on winning, and he told me to get my butt in gear and make another bid, since it wasn't really "closed"... Fortunately I did, and we were able to keep up the "back and forth" for a few more minutes before I placed the "final bid" that Doc and I had agreed would "end" the auction.
WOW – what a blast this has been! What's really been great is that we not only had the chance to recognize and reward Jeff and Tammy for their "gift" to us, we also forged a great working partnership between a diverse group of members on our "axe team".
Without exception, everybody on the "Axe Team" was a pleasure to work with, and all contributed to our collective success. Many thanks to everybody for a successful outcome!
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I got a plan... :)
I am still waiting to hear about this "plan"! What is your plan ???.
Excellent recounting, Scott. Excellent!
Second AXE?? I'm not sure I could make through another axe auction! :D ;). So I'll tell you guys right now, I'm not gonna be the one runnin' up the price next time.
And Magicman is already ahead of me. I would love them to craft something just for me. Probably a knife. When all the dust settles, I think I'll order direct.
Finally, and no one asked me to say this, I would ask our loyal Forumites to continue to give back to the Forum in the future. Doesn't take much, but helping maintain this spot the way it's been is important to all of us. If you can, give to those that make your life richer. You'll only be helping yourself.
Quote from: WDH on March 18, 2012, 10:29:34 PM
Quote from: Jeff on March 16, 2012, 02:40:34 PM
I got a plan... :)
I am still waiting to hear about this "plan"! What is your plan ???.
We are suppose to be raising money to buy and give the 2nd AXE to someone in Georgia. I'm not sure who it is yet. I'll let ya know when I find out. Keep it a secret. Shhhhhhhhh!
That is a fine plan! I got a good shot at it if I could get Customsawyer (Jake) on a slow boat to China :D
Quote from: WDH on March 18, 2012, 10:36:59 PM
That is a fine plan! I got a good shot at it if I could get Customsawyer (Jake) on a slow boat to China :D
Make him a boat out of Sweetgum and give it to him. :D
Good idea! I will contract with Magicman :D. That man knows sweetgum :).
Quote from: WDH on March 18, 2012, 10:46:28 PM
That man knows sweetgum :).
You've opened a can of worms now......here he comes! smiley_horserider
scscott I want to thank you for coming up with such a fine idea.
And about those gloves, I will be at ringside watching. ;D
Wait a minute SCSCOTT... I thought you said if I got involved, I would get the axe! Did you promise that to everyone?????
JUST KIDDING :D Thanks for contacting me, it was a pleasure and honor to be involved.
P.S. Thanks for the recognition for the rack, but Rooster did most of the work.
Quote from: WDH on March 18, 2012, 10:29:34 PM
Quote from: Jeff on March 16, 2012, 02:40:34 PM
I got a plan... :)
I am still waiting to hear about this "plan"! What is your plan ???.
How can I have an applicable plan after all of this? How about a limerick instead? ;D
I've been working with nebruks on a "plan" for Jeff and the Forum...Let me PM Jeff and then we'll see if it will work.
I am humbled to be part of such a wonderful group of people...thanks for letting me "play through"!!!
Rooster
Quote from: Rooster on March 18, 2012, 11:55:49 PM
...thanks for letting me "play through"!!!
Rooster
So your plan has something to do with GOLF?
I'm not much of a golfer but even worse at poetry so let's just see what Jeff has up his sleeve. ;) You guys did a great job and the Axe couldn't have went/stayed at a better home!
Guys, thanks for the kind words!
Stumpy: Jeff and Tammy are holding "your axe"; I'm sure that they will be happy to
give it to you when you show up. Yeah, honest.....
Quote from: doctorb on March 18, 2012, 10:33:57 PM
Second AXE?? I'm not sure I could make through another axe auction! :D ;). So I'll tell you guys right now, I'm not gonna be the one runnin' up the price next time.
You and me both, Doc.
With all of the time that I have been spending on the computer these past few weeks, (not to mention my laughs from reading some of the smack posts!), my wife probably thinks that I've got a mistress...
She's a surgeon too, except in her case she specializes in castrating animals.... I've seen her take a male cats, uh... shall we say "parts"..., in about 90 seconds, so I think that I'd better pay attention to her for a while...
I'll sure be watching though.
Now folks, you know that Doc and I expect for the second axe to bring
even more at auction than the first one! :D
I only played once.
God
Oh,
Let me
Finish!
And my "Fore!"..is more like a "2 1/2"!
Rooster
Quote from: Magicman on March 18, 2012, 03:28:49 PM
Ii have already ordered a "Carpenters Axe" from Jacob and John for myself. smiley_thumbsup
Lynn, did you send them some sweetgum to make the handle from? :D
Scott, you are a very bad man. smiley_devil_trident
Please forgive my ignorance... but what was the final bid on the axe? I read a lot of this thread but cant seem to find that info.
Great job guys on this whole thing
Well all I can say is great job guys and gals, had me fooled, but I kept on thinking man they are really crazy for this axe, I think Jeff summed it up best in the video, to quote Jeff "Holy C**p" , I also liked the look on Jeff face when he was told to "sit down!" you could tell he had no idea what was coming and was kind of uncomfortable with the whole goings on.... but it all worked out well in the end.
You guys can build me a boat to china as long as I can get a great paddle to use on some that are in on this. ;D
OK, so long as it is a very very slow boat :).
Quote from: AvT on March 19, 2012, 03:42:34 PM
Please forgive my ignorance... but what was the final bid on the axe? I read a lot of this thread but cant seem to find that info.
Great job guys on this whole thing
$1,350.00
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Quote from: AvT on March 19, 2012, 03:42:34 PM
Please forgive my ignorance... but what was the final bid on the axe? I read a lot of this thread but cant seem to find that info.
Great job guys on this whole thing
$1,350.00
Sweet!
Just got back from fishing in Texas and have seen the FF for the first time in 8 days. Looks like the plan worked to a T. Thanks to all who made this possible for the greatest, Tammy and Jeff. bg
I just heard from Jacob and the axe for the REAL Axe Auction is on its way to the United States. If you need to get registered for the auction, you have a few days to do it yet. :)
Quote from: Jeff on June 28, 2012, 08:09:33 PM
I just heard from Jacob and the axe for the REAL Axe Auction is on its way to the United States. If you need to get registered for the auction, you have a few days to do it yet. :)
This is good news!
That is wonderful news. This will be like our own version of the Olympics. Let the Games Begin.
Good. I need a draw knife ;D.
Bring on the AXE!!!
Hold on for another wild bidding war!
May the most generous bidder win!!
Thanks John and Jacob!!
That is excellent news about Axe #2! Jeff, you'll have to post pictures of it when it arrives.
As for me, I think that I'll be sitting this one out..... <grin> I figure that Norm has all that money that he made from his recent hay crop burning a hole in his pocket, and he'll be tough to beat!
You're safe Scott I bought a new rake with it. :D
The second half of the plan begins. I, like Scott, will be on the sidelines. I tried to buy the first one but...... ;D ;D :D
THE AXE IS HERE!
Any suggestions on when to start and end the auction and for how long to let it run? I was thinking on starting it tonight, and letting it run until Sunday Evening. or we could let it go until the following Sunday. Or we could end it during the week. I'm just trying to figure out what would be best for those that want to bid. :)
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Is that handle hickory??? ::)
A full week cycle should let most people have an opportunity to bid.
Looks like elm .... seeing the wavy parenchyma
Yes, the handle is Elm. The axe is stamped ff 002. Mine is the first, but is not numbered. So 002 is the first numbered axe for the Forestry Forum. :)
Man, that is one sweet looking axe!
Nice!! 8)
I'm kinda leaning toward a week long stretch, gives some busier folks a little time. Then I suppose there are some fellas that want that axe badly, so they want to get in and out quick with their axe. :D :D
Yeah, I see it stamped on the steel and the handle, both. :)
splitwood_smiley splitwood_smiley splitwood_smiley Man, On the first axe we had to pretend we were buying it. Now that I know this one is for real.....my nerves are getting to me! steve_smiley steve_smiley steve_smiley
******Jeff, I would vote to start tonight and let it end not this Sunday but the next. I have a big job coming up Saturday. :) :) :) ******
Why not let it end when you are having the pig roast. Maybe you can get some live bidding too. Give them all a chance to saxe ;D up some $...
Jeff,
I think you should start it a week before the pig roast and end it the Thursday or Friday night before the roast starts. That a way, someone may have something big waiting for them.
Bruce
Well, I'd rather have it out of the way leading up to the pigroast so I don't have that to be concerned about. My head is just plain full those last few days. The pigroast is only about 3 weeks a way so if someone happens to win it that is attending, they can certainly pick it up here. The one given to me will certainly be here for anyone that would like to look it over. :)
I'll start it tonight and we'll end it a week from tonight. :)
A lot of bidders might be on the road/off-line on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I think ending on Sunday night gives most people a chance to be on-line.
(Written before Jeff's post.)
Okay, I'll end it a week from this Sunday evening. :) Thats 11 days of auction.
I'll start the auction as close to 9:00 PM Eastern time as I can. I'll start another topic when I do, and also post it as an announcement link at the top of the forum. Good Luck everyone. :)
Jeff
Will it end when the bidding stops (after Sunday the 22nd).
If I recall, a previous auction ended after so many minutes of "no bid" dead time.
Will there be a "Buy it now price?" I know it's an auction but. :D :D :D
Quote from: Chris Burchfield on July 11, 2012, 07:49:48 PM
Will there be a "Buy it now price?" I know it's an auction but. :D :D :D
If I win it.....I will put a "BUY IT NOW" price on it. :D
Quote from: beenthere on July 11, 2012, 07:37:35 PM
Jeff
Will it end when the bidding stops (after Sunday the 22nd).
If I recall, a previous auction ended after so many minutes of "no bid" dead time.
The auction software has an "anti-sniper" feature that keeps someone from making a last second bid to win it. If a bid is made within 5 minutes of the scheduled end of the auction, the auction is continued another 5 minutes from that bid. This will continue until there are no more bids within 5 minutes of the last bid, at which time, the auction will close.
I just found my password. ;D
If any one has trouble with the passwords, just send me a note.
OK guys, it's in the home stretch and time to dig in and fight. This is an AXE war and there can be only one winner.....The Forestry Forum.
Bidding ends tonight!
Last call, for Axe-cohol!