Today I took advantage of an absolutely beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon to head out for a ride on Project Foreman as its been awhile since I last had the chance to do so. I left direct from the house and hit up the trails near the airport fence here in Torbay.

This would also give me an opportunity to grab some nice photos of my new custom built Damascus Steel axe made by Georgcraft in Conception Harbour, NL.

Skies were clear but the trails quite wet from recent heavy rains which made for an great day on the bike.

I originally found Georgcraft Axes posted by a member on the Wood Cutting Boys Facebook page and became immediately intrigued as they were next level beautiful.

I contacted Walter George through Facebook Messenger via his Georgecraft Woodworking Facebook page and he immediately responded to my inquiries. He has a buddy do the forge work then he makes & fits the handles and does all the leather work. This was a custom built to spec order, I was able to choose my axe head profile from a wide selection (they will also make it from a sketch or drawing), choose my handle style, length and stain and basic information for the custom leather sheath.

The work is absolutely outstanding, not only is it beautiful, its strong and functional too, the patterns of the Damascus Steel is simply next level pretty.

It's not an axe I plan to beat around the box on my bike, but for making splits and carrying in the woods in my knapsack on special outings, this unit will be for use not just show!

If you are interested in purchasing one of these or a similar axe or knives as well, look up Georgecraft Woodworking on Facebook and tell him Mike from Shed-Headz sent you. Just to be clear,  Mr. George and/or Georgecraft are NOT sponsors of me or the site, however I love promoting quality local Newfoundland talent in any way I can.

For the last few rides I've still been getting some oil in my air box. This is after I cleaned out the mess of engine oil in my airbox after my tangly April snow ride where the bike sat idling nearly on its side for awhile. Turns out there was still oil in my snorkel pipe which has a downward slope. Parking on this super steep hill while I enjoyed a coffee drained out the rest of the fluid and the problem is now fixed for good!

This section of trail is a little tangly, but my fresh 27" Mud Lite XTR radials and front diff locker made it a breeze, Project  Foreman simply crawls through this stuff with ease.

All in all it was another beautiful day on the trails, I love being able to get out for a quick rip from the house, the trails may be the same each time but they never seem to get boring.

Cheers, MIKE

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