Bits that outchop their class

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As I admired a Wetterlings hatchet one last time before sending it to a new home, I got to thinking about how it bites and chops way better than a lot of tools it's size. And then I started wondering what other axes are known or famous for that.

What are your favorite bits that can really outchop everything else in their size, weight, or category?

Mine is the aforementioned Wetterlings, a Large Hunters Axe (which is actually a large hatchet.) I recently took two "city boy" friends camping. They both found old family axes to bring to the woods to play with, but all I brought was my Wetterlings. We found an area of standing dead wood and decided to have a chop-off, see who could fell a tree faster. They decided to tag team a pine that was maybe 10" in diameter. I picked one that was around 8".

Needless to say, their tree fell about 5 minutes after mine. Now, I definitely know my way around an axe better than either of them. But I seriously doubt that solely accounts for my axe beating two full sized felling axes. I think this hatchet just really likes to chew through wood.
 
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Had to think for a bit but then i remembered my Puget and how underwhelmed i was with it compared to my other axes, it might just be the wood in my area but i tried these two out on a fairly old pine that was near a creek so the rings would be a little further apart and the wood'd be softer. with all this said i was really quite happy with the cutting of my california, which has a pretty stout bit, it's easily my favorite DB to use, I guess that's also due to the octagoning being custom fit to my hand.
 
Rinaldi has been earning itself a reputation for their axes making quicker work of wood than their head weight would suggest. :)
 
In general a lighter head on a longer haft provides more bang/head weight due to the added leverage (increases axe head speed). And they are just a pleasure to use. In contrast a heavy head on a short haft feels clunky and less efficient.
 
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