The first thing I plan on doing is taking some 26 grit sand paper to the handle, so I can have a good grip. Then I am going to stick the head into a bucket of brine for a few hours. I will then inspect the head for rust damage- I am assuming there will be none. I have been collecting some nails and bolts I have found on the street, I want to check the edge for impact resistance. To aid in this test I bought 10' of rebar, I will be chopping that also. After the rebar test I plan to check the cutting ability on old dirty carpet. If the hatchet survives the rebar and carpet test I am going to do some edge to edge impacts using a wedge. After all the tests I plan on checking its fire resistance. I plan on throwing the whole rig into a fire for an hour or so. I think the hatchet will do well

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Actually I have a HI AK and a bowie, I want to test all three of them together.
The AK weighs a little over three pounds, and the bowie weighs about 32oz, I am guessing the hatchet weighs a pound and a half or so (I'll weigh it when it gets here).
I want to test the splitting ability, chopping ability (on 2x4's and trees), I want to clean some fish, make some fuzz sticks, test edge holding on some rope, and chop some drift wood. Hopefully this will give a pretty well rounded review. I think testing the hatchet against the AK will give some pretty good contrast. I'll take photos of the whole thing too

. I'll test the cutting ability with Ron's integral too. Here are the knives in question.
Let me know if you guys want me to test anything else.
Matt