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Axe vs. Large Knife for Backpacking

Which would you take backpacking in the woods?

  • Hatchet/smallish axe

    Votes: 1 50.0%

  • Large(~6”) knife

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Both

    Votes: 1 50.0%
  • Total voters
    2
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Pee Dee Knives

Pee Dee Knives

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I’m trying to build a good backpacking kit and have run into an issue: do I want a large knife or a smallish axe? I will have a small fixed blade for food prep and fine tasks, so I’m covered there. The knife/axe would be for getting fire wood mostly. The axe seems like the right choice but I want to hear from people with experience.
 
Neither if you are actually backpacking any distance. Take a stove. The real wilderness doesn't need more fire rings and chopped on trees.
 
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