for those who don't trust a folding knife

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baron_1999

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How about a folding axe?

I suspect I would not want to trust my life on it , but good or bad I am a sucker for this type of gadget and will be buying one.
 
There's a thread on that up in Gadgets & Gear, if I recall correctly. Extremely cool looking but my experience with multi-part axes has not been good.

DancesWithKnives
 
NO NO NO! this is whats wrong with so called "modern" society....always feel the need to make a time tested and proven tool "better", by butchering it into an abomination like the one pictured. For gods sake can the yuppies just leave the time tested and proven ax ALONE?

complete and utter FAIL!

:barf::barf::barf::barf::barf::barf:
 
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it just screams FAILURE to me and bushman is right,why fudge with something that has been working just fine for thousands of years.

it is someones job at gerber to come up with new designs.almost everything has already been done.so out of boredom and desperation to come up with something to make it look like he or she deserves their paycheck they draw up some absurd and useless thing like this.

this person and gerber will both look back at themselves years down the road,shake their head and ask themself what the hell where they thinking just like people do now when they look at pictures of themselves in the 80's and wonder what they hell they where wearing
 
I like the concept, I think that with the right execution it could be great.
 
The thought of swinging a rattly axe is scary to say the least. Hinges wear, especially when put to the tortures of living an axe's life.
 
Yea, imagine it folding up during or after a swing :0 No thanks, I have no need for a folding hatchet lol.
 
I wouldn't touch it with someone else's barge pole!

Seriously, I would rather use 6" knife for chopping than trust a folding ax. I don't think I could bring myself to put any effort into the swing, or pulling it out when it gets stuck. I would likely work quicker with my 6"er.

Probably most of the people who would buy one will never really use it hard enough for it to be a concern.
 
If a folding mechanism can't handle the stress of regular utilitarian chores, how could it handle the excess torque and stress used for strenuous applications that hatchets are used for? I wouldn't trust it in my backyard, let alone in a survival situation.
 
There is a reason that this one hasn't been done before.

*checks 'tech specks'*

I can't remember the exact weight on my Fiskars, but the folding suicide device weighs 18.4 oz, IIRC the 14" Fiskars weighs roughly same... I simply can't see the benefit, it'll be a little less longer sure, but that's gonna' be it.

and;

"Light-duty, compact size great for chopping limbs up to 2.5" in diameter." When you got somethin' heavy-duty in the Fiskars for the same weight... need I finish?
 
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Items like that are a lawyers dream come true.

After the pivot breaks and the head of this thing is sent through his shin, it would go something like this:

"Your Honor, my client has suffered serious injury and is unable to work any longer. Because of the failure of this product, his injury has changed his life and he has become emotionally upset and has loss of consortium (can't perform in the bedroom). We ask the court to find in our favor to the sum of 5 Million dollars and recall all folding axes so no other person needlessly suffers from this poor product design"
 
I think bushman put it the way I would have, At least you'll have some stupidity scares, their all ways fun while drinking, right? :D
 
I like gadgets as much as the next guy, but would never buy one of these. I'll take my GBs and Estwings anyday.
 
I have their small pack axe, and absolutely love it. I would seriously doubt that the "folding idiot magnet" would be:
A. much lighter if not actually heavier
B. quicker and easier to deploy & re-sheath
C. more efficient at chopping, fuzz stick making, etc.
D. sturdier under real world use

RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY :eek::eek::eek:
 
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I wouldn't take one for free.
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I would. But it would need some modification first.

1 - Grind out the rivet, remove the blade, toss the folding handle in the scrap pile.
2 - Take the blade to the bench grinder to square off the back and make a wedge out of it.
3 - put the wedge with the other chopping tools for the wood pile at home.

Only if it were free of course. I'm not paying for that thing. Looks like an AK receiver mated with a cheap hatchet. :barf:
 
I`d hate to have that thing break, and hit me in the head. You will have to let us know how it works for you baron 1999. I bought a fiskars hatchet, that I was sure I would break in a week(plastic handle), But a year later i`m still using it. But a folding axe???
 
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