Disappointed!!!

Morablades

Morablades

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The hatchet (Fiskars 14") that I bragged so much about many times on this forum cracked today under some light chopping. Even self proclaimed unbreakable material is breakable. The wood I was chopping was about 4" in diameter and less. Guess I better pull out the old one again. Any recommendations on a hatchet? I think want to try something other than a Fiskars. I couldn't help but think that if this happened in the woods I'd $%&@ out of luck.
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I don't have personal experience with the product, but maybe it's defective. I'd call them up and make them send a new one...
 
That is too bad. I have a Gerber camp axe that I have used on campouts and in the yard for years. It is made the same as yours. It is pretty beat up from where I missed on occasion. Hope mine doesn't fail. I always figured it was darn near indestructable.
 
Horn Dog said:
That is too bad. I have a Gerber camp axe that I have used on campouts and in the yard for years. It is made the same as yours. It is pretty beat up from where I missed on occasion. Hope mine doesn't fail. I always figured it was darn near indestructable.
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DAAAMN, this sucks. I have a Gerber camp axe also. I sure hope mine doesn't go south. I ONLY use mine when camping.

KR
 
Morablades, has it seen extreme changes from very hot to very cold temps for long periods?
 
Dang HD. Thats a horrible looking break there.
 
Find Jimi Hendrix's martial arts instructor. You'll be chopping things down with the edge of your hand in no time. Seriously though, I would try out the Wetterlings stuff. A friend of mine uses one and he gives it H - E - double hockey sticks every weekend and says it has held up just fine and performs like a demon straight from the bowels of wood chopping H - E - double hockey sticks.


It's been a long day. I need a nap.

Edit: Make that 4 fingers of Glenlivet 24 neat followed by a steady stream of black and tans.
 
Granfors Bruks or for less money Wetterlings. Wood handles, but can be fixed or even a workable set-up made for an emergency in the field. Top quality stuff. - - -
 
Brian Jones said:
Morablades, has it seen extreme changes from very hot to very cold temps for long periods?
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No. I use it on occasion when I'm not camping, which I didn't do this winter, to cut small wood for grilling (4" in diameter or less). I've done some carving. Other than that it has been in my upstairs closet.
 
Sorry to hear about your hatchet failure. That kind of stuff drives me crazy! I don't really use a hatchet much but for the last 20 years or so I have had and used a Estwing hatchet and it is as close to bullet proof as your gonna get imho. I know that a lot of people don't think much of them but mine has been very good. My 2 cents.
 
Say it ain't so!!!! Say it ain't so!!
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Mora's beloved Fiskars?!! LIGHT chopping???!!!
I don't buy the alleged "light" chopping bit one bit........... ;)

Interesting though
I would have thought the TOP piece where the head is attached would be the first to break

What is our Lifetime Warranty?
This product is warranted to the consumer purchaser to be free of defects in material and workmanship for as long as the consumer owns the product. At Fiskars Brands, Inc.'s option, defective product will be repaired, replaced or substituted with a product of equal value. For warranty service, call Fiskars Brands, Inc. at 1-800-500-4849. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights, which may vary from state to state.
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With a wood handled axe, like a wetterlings at least you can replace the handle, even in the woods, you could still make it very useable, until you get home to buy a proper handle.

I'd rather have an axe whose handle needs replaced every now and again, but it is easy to do, then a handle that almost never needs replaced, but when it does go, you can't replace it.

I hold a similar theory to knives. I'd rather have a knife that I need to resharpen often, but it sharpens easily, than one that hardly ever needs sharpened, but when it does, I can't sharpen it.
 
That's kinda crazy. Wonder if it was a QC issue? They seem pretty indestructable, but I suppose anything is possible.
 
I'm not sure about how it is in the USA, but over here, Fiskars' warranty would cover that certainly. That's an obvious flaw. That is NOT supposed to happen no matter what you do with the axe (well, blow torch target practice - yeah, I've heard someone actually did that - and such aside...). Sometimes you will see flawed specimens. I would contact warranty services and ask for a replacement. On the other hand, if you want to try something else, there's a lot of other manufacturers around... although they're not safe from the occasional faulty specimen, either. ;)
 
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