Brutal Axe Test with Hydraulic Press

Which is the most durable axe? Cheap or expensive? We are going to but axes against each other in our 150 ton hydraulic press to find out! We have also 240 ton force sensor to show how much force can the axes take.

Do not try this at home!! or at any where else!!

Music Thor's Hammer-Ethan Meixell

[MuffinMan]

So which ax won? Didn’t get to see them apart…

[kaseymathew]

Get 4 identical bars of steel.
Leave one as it is.
Heat the second one red hot and let it cool on its own.
Heat the third one red hot and quench it in water.
Heat the fourth one red hot and quench it in oil.
Now, press-test the 4 bars to see how their strength is affected by various heat-treatment techniques.

[OGdirtyKanobi]

"How did he die?"
"He got shot by an axe..."
"You mean chopped by an axe?'"
"No shot by an axe"

[huffy]

Great tournament idea. Too bad we don’t get to see the final result of the blades up close like the other rounds.

[CommunityGuidelines]

We didn't get to see a comparison of the final two blades...?
Cool and pointlessly dangerous though, especially the final round with ballistic axe shrapnel flying around.
Good work! :D

[WoodworkerDon]

"Like hot pee in the snow." 😆
I grew up with similar saying "Like a hot knife through butter." 👍

[TheRealStructurer]

I wanted to see the blade damage from the final round 😢 Great video though 👍🏻

[kazielbonn]

"Now they're fighting till death" made me chuckle, love you Hydraulic Press man!

[MikkoRantalainen]

I think the final battle was Biltema 16-4037 vs Biltema 16-4044 but I think the video didn't show which one was better.

And for those that do not know the Biltema, it's like a pretty high quality Scandinavian version of Harbor Freight.

[pettere]

"Biltema, finest hardware store in the Nordic countries" very finish humour! 😀

[Cyberhawkzz]

Those axes that seem softer are leaps and bounds better as what an axe is designed to do. Chop wood. You can take an handaxe like a Estwing, traditional steel, leather handle wrap, vs a Fiskar version with…whatever steel it uses and fiberglass handles, and I’ll take the fiskar every time. I’m not saying it’s better overall, but as a chopper, the fiskar is amazing. Holds an edge, and is easily sharpened. The Estwing is an durable axe, but it doesn’t chop as good, it’s heavier, and much harder to sharpen….but it’s durable. So if your going into a post apocalyptic era, the Estwing might last longer. Because of materials. But the fiskar style will preform ridiculously better for a time too.

[JT-tzhp]

Left us hanging on the final two axes!

[steveperry]

i chopped and split a lot of wood in my day but just used regular hardware store axe and maul and they lasted many years. i still have the same ones with original wood handles.

[patbullard]

But the winner wasn’t an axe, it was a splitting maul which was thicker with more mass.

[RealGengarTV]

06:46 Wow, that cake went from Chocolate cake to chocolate snake real fast

[grisslebear]

In addition to the intended demonstration, you also demonstrated how earthquakes occour. The build up of pressure & the subsequent rapid release created the spark & pops in the axes, much like tectonic movement creates earthquakes.

[ottobiographee]

Is it possible that being the stationary axe or the moving axe makes a difference to the outcome?

[vectro]

We couldn’t see which axe won in the final result. They were still in each other.

[SuperOperator]

I wonder if you check the temps with a laser, to see which one stays cooler.

[cyber-]

please do a smart test of bicycle frames: steel, aluminum, carbon fiber and their forks