{"product_id":"6-flathead-fire-axe-marrying-slot-with-fiberglass-handle","title":"6# Flathead Fire Axe (marrying slot) with fiberglass handle","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e6.0 lbs. Forcible Entry Flathead fireman’s style single bit axe with a 34.5″ Fiberglass handle.  Design elements improve performance and usability while helping to reduce fatigue and injury.  Used in all manner of municipal fire fighting  applications, chopping, battering, door stop, ect. Cutting edge is approximately 5″ in. overall length and the poll is square. This axe will easily pull its weight on the fire-ground and will be an invaluable tool for trainers and student firefighters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\"\u003eForged 4140 steel head to match Council Halligan. Made in USA.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\"\u003eForged in slot to marry most popular Halligan tools to create “The Irons”.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\"\u003eTapered wedge shaped blade allows it to be used a starter wedge and helps capture progress while forcing a door.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\"\u003eExtended poll helps to counter balance the head so that the center of gravity is within the eye\/handle. Balanced to lay flat in an open hand so no blade drop or flutter when swinging sideways.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\"\u003eTop of head is flat to stand on its own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\"\u003eHand sharpened, tapered bit for cutting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\"\u003eANSI Standards call for bit hardness of Rc 45-60, at least ½ inch back from the cutting edge. Council Tool internal standards call for tempered bit hardness of Rc 48-55 and we target 1-1\/4  inches from the cutting edge. The poll and eye walls are not hardened and remain in the as forged condition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\"\u003eThe interior detail of the eye is tapered and allows for a strong mechanical bond.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\"\u003e34 1\/2 in. yellow clad style fiberglass handle. Construction is a pultruded structural fiberglass core with an injection molded jacket acting as an exterior body. The jacket is tough, durable engineered polymer. Extremely strong, non-conductive and non-corrosive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Council Tools","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34765618053254,"sku":"C60FMS36","price":222.88,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5950\/8614\/files\/65228ad1-bf9e-4a57-b7c3-9258dee1e2fc.jpg?v=1715485211","url":"https:\/\/safetyproducts.co.nz\/products\/6-flathead-fire-axe-marrying-slot-with-fiberglass-handle","provider":"Safety Products New Zealand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}