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Gerber Paxe and Sport Saw
- Thread starter NRG
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- Oct 16, 2002
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I have the paxe and find it really to small to do anything with. I'd go with one of the models with a longer handle. If you don't mind an orange handle you can get the same axes at much lower prices at a hardware store under the name Fiskars, but you don't get a sheath.
OK first post (don't you hate it when people say that, like anyone cares)
The verdict seams to be a little grey on the Back Paxe and Gerber axes in general but there haven't been any actual complaints against the Gerber axes beyond perhaps you can't manually replace the handle (but I think they will do that if you manage to break it anyway) and I haven't seen anyone recommend a better product that hasn't been significantly more expensive.
Now I have seen a few complains that the Paxe has too short a handle to do any good but I'm not sure what uses the respective users found it to short for. My understanding is that its something of a camp chore axe. I understand that there IS a camp axe thats longer but it seams a bit too big to take anywhere unless my camping they mean it to be used for something involving mules and horses and canvas tents the size of lawn mower sheds with cots inside.
My idea of its uses would be hammering tent stakes, some light branch pruning maybe, and chopping firewood in the 3-5" max diameter range and probably much smaller. For these uses a normal cheap hatchet at ~12" long is fine. SO... are you really loosing that much functionality by trimming ~3 or so off the handle?
I suppose the return to that would be, "are you really gaining anything" which is of course subjective. I myself would use it for the above chores and despite the name I would never take a hatchet of any kind backpacking (much too heavy) but I do alot of canoe camping where space for gear is at a premium so the product in concept sounds perfect but I want to make sure its not going to be too much of a hassle to use.
Thoughts?
The verdict seams to be a little grey on the Back Paxe and Gerber axes in general but there haven't been any actual complaints against the Gerber axes beyond perhaps you can't manually replace the handle (but I think they will do that if you manage to break it anyway) and I haven't seen anyone recommend a better product that hasn't been significantly more expensive.
Now I have seen a few complains that the Paxe has too short a handle to do any good but I'm not sure what uses the respective users found it to short for. My understanding is that its something of a camp chore axe. I understand that there IS a camp axe thats longer but it seams a bit too big to take anywhere unless my camping they mean it to be used for something involving mules and horses and canvas tents the size of lawn mower sheds with cots inside.
My idea of its uses would be hammering tent stakes, some light branch pruning maybe, and chopping firewood in the 3-5" max diameter range and probably much smaller. For these uses a normal cheap hatchet at ~12" long is fine. SO... are you really loosing that much functionality by trimming ~3 or so off the handle?
I suppose the return to that would be, "are you really gaining anything" which is of course subjective. I myself would use it for the above chores and despite the name I would never take a hatchet of any kind backpacking (much too heavy) but I do alot of canoe camping where space for gear is at a premium so the product in concept sounds perfect but I want to make sure its not going to be too much of a hassle to use.
Thoughts?