 Poster: A snowHead
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10 TOP TIPS .... when examining an Ice Axe point for sharpness....
TIP 1.
DO NOT bring the Ice Axe in one, swift, decisive movement to the face, for close examination by the naked eye. This may lead to the Ice Axe becoming embedded in the examiners forehead.....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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BernardC,  And was it sharp?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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BernardC, blood everywhere? This thread is useless without photos.
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BernardC, please post back quickly we need to know that you are not collapsed in a pool of blood whilst embedding the axe in your stomach on the way down!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Count yourself lucky it wasn't a recurve pick - those really tend to bite in once they have been filed down a touch. Hope a temporary plaster is all that is needed. At the least, you now have 3 weeks to come up with an appropriate heroic mountain rescue senario to explain the scar 
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Thinking about this I think he can assume its sharp enough!! 
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... it happened to a 'friend' ..... 
.... and yes ... the said axe is not in need of any remedial sharpening ....
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BernardC, I have 5 axes hanging from my wardrobe rail. By hanging I mean precariously. One of these days the whole lot is going to come down on my head as I rummage for a rucksack in the bottom of it. Then I shall outdo you 
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