Anyone Else Having Gerber Hatchets/Axe Blade Issues?

[HatchetsandAxes.com]

Anyone else have problems with their gerber blades chipping? I was out quartering an elk this past winter and it appears that elk bone is too hard for the gerber back paxe. It's chipped in a few different places. Is this typical?

 

[Czechmate]

I have the smaller sport axe; it seems to be succeptable to edge damage. It could be the thin grind or steel quality, I'm not too sure. Mine dulls very easily with light around the yard use- and I'm careful to avoid rocks etc when chopping anything near or in the ground like tree roots vines and such. I think they are decent quality, Gerber just needs to use better steel in the axe head... just my humble opinion. Carbonsteel all the way.

 

[rg598]

The edge on the Gerber is very thin. If you want to use it for course work like chopping bones, make sure to convex it a bit.

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[riversidedep]

I though I'd mention this just as a point of interest. In the movie "A Perfect Getaway," Tim Olyphant's character uses what appears to be a Gerber/Fiskars hatchet. If you look closely at the axe poll, you can see one of the corners is broken off. When I saw this in the movie, I remember thinking to myself, "Yup, that's what a Gerber axe that has actually been used would probably look like."

 

[jeepin]

I think the original poster is just some scammer trying to get people to go check out his website. What a douche. Trying to get some business.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

With a user name like that you'd have to figure.

 

[HatchetsandAxes.com]

From the replies it seems to be a problem elsewhere too...

Not a spammer Jeepin. Sorry guy. And if I didn't have to pay money to change my username...I would.