How good is a Blackjack Viking Raider hatchet?

[Jay Hiewd]

They look cool but would they hold up to hard wood chopping use or more of a novelty? Looks a bit weak in the neck area of the handle.

 

[Hammer67]

You might get more input in the Axe, Tomahawk and Hatchet sub-forum.

 

[tltt]

They can hold up to some light stuff, but the BJ Viking Raider was more of a skinning axe for breaking down game. The 80's and early 90's had a lot of axe, cleaver, ulu combo knives.

The Benchmade AxCailber was another late 80s, early 90s design that did pretty good on wood, but I still can't see it being better than a plain real axe or hatchet -

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