Axe/Knife

With enough skill an axe can do precision cutting, this is hard on very heavy axes as the head weight is high and the edge is so far in front of the handle. But generally if an axe is light enough to be used for chopping one handed then a lot of cutting can be done with it as well. I would not consider it a replacement for a knife, a small knife is so light it doesn't make a lot of sense not to carry it and have two sharp cutting instruments instead of one. Evolute has also described in some detail how a small knife (sufficiently durable) can be used for axe-like work as well.

-Cliff
 
We have people who use the Rainier Scout for gutting & skinning deer and I know one guy who can skin out squirrels with a hawk.
 
Thank you Cliff Stamp and NorthStarXO for your answers. It's clear.

Best regards,
C.
 
If you want to see some axe work in action watch Ray Mear's Bushcraft series, he does a lot with an axe besides just felling wood. He has a wide variety of tools at most times, but always carries a small blade and either an axe or long blade.

-Cliff
 
It was first aired I think on the BBC, you can see it in canada on OLN, there are also DVD's available.

-Cliff
 
Hey there Cabbage cutter ! L:O:L
Thats a colorful name . How,d you pick it up ?
Depends on the knife and what you are trying to do . If you are prepared to do some batoning a H:I: Kukuuri will do anything any other knife can do within reason .
 
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