for those who don't trust a folding knife

[baron_1999]

Oh, I don't see my self actually using this thing Johnny Reb. But I do have a collect of crazy gadgets in which this will be proudly displayed. If it seems up to it, I might test it gingerly on some light duty tests- if so I will post up some pics - maybe of the gash in my head

 

[Elen]

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:

Exactly what I was thinking. I wouldn't use one of those things if I could get one for free. I might sell it to some unsuspecting fool, though.

 

[omniviking]

Another company made folding hatchets years and years ago and now the silly ting sell for $100 to$150+ to collectors. Pat

 

[psy-ops]

I know everyone is slamming this product for good reasons, I would not purchase one myself, but modern technology and the ingenuity of taking old time proven tools and reinventing them in a more efficient way os not such a bad idea.

Cave men would have given their left gonad for a SAK.

I still don't think this ax is any good though.

 

[Bushman5]

I hate the design so much i'm posting twice on the subject. I would sooner use a rock to BATON on my custom fixed blades than use that folding piece of junk. (and we all know my stance on batoning.....)

 

[Neanderthal]

Another company made folding hatchets years and years ago and now the silly ting sell for $100 to$150+ to collectors. Pat

I have one that was purchased 30+ years ago. Pure unadulterated crap. Need to find a collector .

 

[Bushman5]

although this design is a complete piece of junk, i would like to see Milla Jovo with one of these in each hand, flicking them open at the same time and slaying.............

just saying....

 

[foxyrick]

I hate the design so much i'm posting twice on the subject. I would sooner use a rock to BATON on my custom fixed blades than use that folding piece of junk. (and we all know my stance on batoning.....)

Agreed, but then I love batoning anyway (I'm never sure, should batoning have two or three n's )

 

[DWK2]

Bushman5,

Agreed---or Angelina Jolie twirling a couple of them like balisongs!

DancesWithKnives

 

[hannibal lecter spyderco]

I'm all for tradition and don't fix it if it isn't broken. With that being said modern materials can be way better than traditional materials. If you put great axe or hawk head on modern type of plastic or composite handles out there it will out perform wooden handles and is lighter as well. This type of axe can be great since it can be folded taken up next to no space, it can be much more stout than traditional axes if designed properly with the right materials. While I think the axe is ugly as hell, if designed right it will be superior to traditional axes, but would likely cost a ton of money.

 

[CSG]

Clever idea but I'd rather have my Fiskars retractable blade pruning saw and Fallkniven to gather firewood or build a shelter. I own two small Wetterlings hatchets and have experimented with both but I feel safer using the saw. Then, I don't have likely tasks where either is required in the high deserts. Not all that much wood, don'cha know. ;o)

 

[James_Terrio]

I've had enough trouble with folding shovels, no folding axes for me :thumbdn:

I do have a cheap Coghlan's folding saw ($6) that has done very well for me, but of course I don't beat on things with it.

Buy the folding saw and a stout knife... almost any fixed blade is better than a folding axe in my not-at-all-humble-opinion.

While I think the axe is ugly as hell, if designed right it will be superior to traditional axes, but would likely cost a ton of money.

No offense my friend, but I think you're mistaken. Materials aside, this monstrosity begins its life as a BROKEN axe. Then some whiz-bang engineer had to figure out a hinge to keep it together. This is just DUMB. They've taken a good idea and made it more complicated, and weaker at the same time.

My CS Trailhawk is a beast, too big for a tomahawk really, but I can slip the head off the haft and tuck it away easily. I accept the fact that the head isn't 100% secure in use, because unless you make a really bad hit, just using it tends to seat the head on the handle nicely. The handle is good ol' low-tech hickory and I'm VERY confident it's not going to fail on me :thumbup: So there's another idea if storage space is at a premium.

 

[udtjim]

I sure wouldn't condemn it without trying it. If we never tried new things we would still be trying to cross the sea on wooden boats that sink. NOW I am a old guy who is not crazy about new stuff but I am always amazed at how fast people knock things they have never tried or even seen. Guess they are a lot smarter that I am.

 

[dartanyon]

this monstrosity begins its life as a BROKEN axe

Haha ... well said James

 

[1Tracker]

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"

+1, where do I buy one, after all it is a recession and I could use the extra ching

 

[hannibal lecter spyderco]

I've had enough trouble with folding shovels, no folding axes for me :thumbdown:

I do have a cheap Coghlan's folding saw ($6) that has done very well for me, but of course I don't beat on things with it.

Buy the folding saw and a stout knife... almost any fixed blade is better than a folding axe in my not-at-all-humble-opinion.



No offense my friend, but I think you're mistaken. Materials aside, this monstrosity begins its life as a BROKEN axe. Then some whiz-bang engineer had to figure out a hinge to keep it together. This is just DUMB. They've taken a good idea and made it more complicated, and weaker at the same time.

My CS Trailhawk is a beast, too big for a tomahawk really, but I can slip the head off the haft and tuck it away easily. I accept the fact that the head isn't 100% secure in use, because unless you make a really bad hit, just using it tends to seat the head on the handle nicely. The handle is good ol' low-tech hickory and I'm VERY confident it's not going to fail on me :thumbup: So there's another idea if storage space is at a premium.

None taken, but fact remains that modern materials designed well will cause wooden handle shatter way before they will. Keep in mind it maybe a broken axe in many perceptive, but unlike a knife it isn't meant to be deployed in a split second. It is meant to be assembled thus allowing designers more leeway into making it into a stout design.

 

[ednemo]

Has anyone tried the bloody thing?

 

[James_Terrio]

udtjim, you make a good point about not condemning before trying. But honestly, do you really think this thing is any sort of improvement over Grampa's ol' hatchet?

hannibal lechter spyderco, I understand your point about modern materials. I'm a big fan of stabilized wood, micarta, G10 and other wonders of modern tech. That doesn't change the fact that a hinge is ALWAYS weaker than a solid piece. Yes, I said ALWAYS, and I don't use that word often.

ednemo, good question. Next question, why bother?

Sometimes crap is just crap and there's no polishing a t*rd.

 

[misanthropist]

I sure wouldn't condemn it without trying it. If we never tried new things we would still be trying to cross the sea on wooden boats that sink. NOW I am a old guy who is not crazy about new stuff but I am always amazed at how fast people knock things they have never tried or even seen. Guess they are a lot smarter that I am.

I feel similarly, except I am not an old guy yet! This is an answer to a problem I don't have - packing size is not so much a concern for me as weight.

Still, without having ever seen one in person, much less handled or used one, I would be hesitant to dismiss it as stupid.

But it doesn't fill me with a desire to own one. Maybe if it were spring-loaded and popped open at the touch of a button. You could keep it in your front pocket and then if you ever needed a defensive weapon...that would sure be a fun surprising one to pull out!

I wouldn't buy one but I would put one through its paces and put it on youtube, blood or bone fragments notwithstanding, if anyone wants to send me one to see if it holds up!

 

[udtjim]

I absolutely DO NOT see it as a improvement over a regular hatchet. I am sure I will never own one. However It may appeal to some and I would sure try one before I gave it a critical or stellar review. Many new things fail but everything started out as a new or different idea by someone. Necessity is not the only mother of invention.