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Hatchet to complete the trio

Normark said:
Hey nbm

Well,, Although there are many different quality hatchets both wooden handle and as with the Fiskars hatchets, a Nylon handle..

However,, Personally I feel a Tomahawk in the woods is a much more practical tool.. The main consideration is Breakage..

If a hatchet handle breaks, it will be a considerable undertaking to get it running again...

With a Hawk,, it simply a matter of finding a suitable branch, then shaving the wood down until it fits through the head.. Something like this could take 15-20 minutes.. Carving a suitable handle for a hatchet would take much longer,, then there's the matter of locking it onto the head..

With the Hawk it's a matter of shaving the branch down to a taper....

For Practicality,, the Hawk IMHO is by far the best way to go...

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Eric
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I agree 100%, That's why the Tomahawk was designed with the Slide on Eye, This Is my BackWood's Trio and this Great River Forge Hammer Pole Camp Hawk, Will Keep up with any Hatchet with an 18" Handle In Chopping and Camp chore's,

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And actually, a hawk can cut wood just as well as a more traditional hatchet, you just go about using it slightly differently. I didn't believe it until I got a hawk and gave it a workout. Like most things, you can make just about any tool do, if you learn how it works best, rather than make it work the way you want to. Be smarter than the tool.
 
And actually, a hawk can cut wood just as well as a more traditional hatchet
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I think that depends a lot on edge geometry. Most hawks I have seen are not set up to be efficient choppers. that's not to say they can't be made to be great choppers.

Thats just my observations of most hawks on the market.
 
I recomend getting a wood handled hatchet. The fiberglass and metal handled hatchets are hard on your hands/joints/arms after some use. Some people never notice this, and others (like me) cant stand the way these handles feel.

They are cheaper alternatives though, so maybe you should try those first. The Estwing hatchets, if you like the metal handles, are good quality and pratically indestructable.
 
Thanks everyone. I got a used Estwing on eBay and will hopefully post some pics when it arrives. I love the Wetterlings, but the extra $20 was nowhere to be found. I chose the Estwing over the Fiskars for my perception of durability. If one's hatchet is a solid piece of tool steel (hard though it may be on the joints) then there isn't very much risk of needing to carve a new handle for it.

For better or worse, cheap is my middle name right now. On the other hand, the money I'm not spending on knives is going to buy some nice property for playing with them...when that package arrives, I might need to fell some trees :)
 
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