Get a Becker or a Hatchet?

[medcommander]

I have a couple of Bradford pear trees in my front yard ( thank you ex-wife ) and as everyone knows they love to split.

I brought one of these down with my hammock

 

[thrillbilly]

Well, While camping I have split wood AND spread peanut butter & jelly on a sandwich with the same knife. Not sure I'd be able to get my hatchet in the peanut butter jar.

I think this quote wins it all.

From this thread
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/962968-Big-knives-vs-hatchets

 

[GingivitisKahn]

Didja kill the mole with the bow? LOL or hurl the 'hawk at him?

Cool pic

He died of natural causes (a critter got him) but he was kind enough to pose for me.


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Beckerhead #42

 

[thrillbilly]

He died of natural causes (a critter got him) but he was kind enough to pose for me.


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Beckerhead #42

Finally, the Mystery of the Mole is resolved! thanks bro

 

[GingivitisKahn]

Finally, the Mystery of the Mole is resolved! thanks bro

No prob - glad I didn't post this picture for BK9 and 'hawk...

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Beckerhead #42

 

[thrillbilly]

Oh good lord! now we has an Avian Mystery!


Niners and Hawks?

I like that combo myself.

No mysterious dead critters though

 

[gytheran]

... for me a folding saw (i like the bahco laplander a lot) is much better than a hatchet (faster, safer, and a lot quieter)...paired up with any becker you can almost do anything with that combo.

This is my combo. I have a corona razor tooth folding saw($20 at lowes) if I need to cut larger pieces of wood. Not only is it safer than either the large knife or hatchet, but it requires less energy and it cuts faster and more efficiently. My bk9 is awesome, but it doesn't hold a candle to the large-wood cutting ability of my saw.

 

[monstrum]

from my own exerience i would go with the hatchet. the 9 or 7 would work, but at the end of the day you would have less user fatigue with the hatchet

 

[monstrum]

a good hatchet will last longer then we will try a collins or a council tool or even gransfors bruks hatchets or axes hope this helps

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[bladescout26]

No prob - glad I didn't post this picture for BK9 and 'hawk...

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Beckerhead #42

Umm that 'hawk looks like it would fit into a peanut butter jar just fine!!

 

[GingivitisKahn]

Umm that 'hawk looks like it would fit into a peanut butter jar just fine!!

Bits of it would anyway.

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Beckerhead #42

 

[randori]

You could always just split the peanut butter jar...or baton it. Has anyone tried to baton a jar of peanut butter yet? Might get an interesting patina / wear marks doing so.

 

[thrillbilly]

You could always just split the peanut butter jar...or baton it. Has anyone tried to baton a jar of peanut butter yet? Might get an interesting patina / wear marks doing so.

I'm interested....

 

[Zuluninja]

ok, so the mole issue has been kinda clarified... what about the bird? I'm more interested in the animal issues than a knife vs hatchet debate

I'll see if i can get my hawk and 9 to pose and not rip each other to pieces.

 

[stabman]

what about the bird? I'm more interested in the animal issues than a knife vs hatchet debate

Okay, a bird doesn't work as well for chopping as a hatchet or a BK-9.

 

[Zuluninja]

HA! what if the bird is frozen and given a high sabre grind?

 

[ericvar101]

I agree Fiskars Hatchet for choping wood, it will be much more efficient than using a big knife to chop your wood. I would leave the Axe at home just bring a chain saw for cutting bigger wood.

 

[stabman]

I would leave the Axe at home just bring a chain saw for cutting bigger wood.

No way am I lugging a frigging chainsaw miles into the woods.

 

[randori]

If you get a donkey, you wouldn't have to pack the chainsaw. Your donkey could. You can borrow my ex and get her to carry your extra stuff around. I don't mind.

 

[Guyon]

Y'all just need bigger peanut butter jars. Duh.