I guess you failed to read my full post. In my youth I had a tree-felling crew of 36 lumberjacks, 10 power saws and three tractors. I purchased and maintained the equipment, so I bought and sharpened axes and changed handles on a regular basis. I am not judging this particular axe because of its sharpness, I just commented on this feature, which I had never seen before. My last paragraph states that I'm going to field test it once temperatures drop. In any case this axe is way to light and short for tree-felling, and it's more of a general work axe. It means I can carry a short knife of 5 - 6" and leave the heavy work to my axe.