Also posted this over in Wilderness & Survival forum but thought it would fit in here well.
Hello all,
Just bought a small camp hatchet (Ames True Temper from Lowe's). Seems like a pretty good chopper after giving it a decent edge. One of the things I liked about it is that when you looked at the head from the top it didn't look like a splitting maul like a lot of them do. I'll try to find a pic to post but I liked it because the head is similar to a traditional hatchet even though it has a fiberglass handle.
Can anyone post some pictures looking down on the top of the head of a good hatchet. What I'm looking for is how thin the head gets before the secondary bevel. Just wondering if I need to thin this one out some more to make it chop even better.
By the way, I was inspired to get one after watching the "AtoZ of Bushcraft" video on YouTube about axes.
Thanks,
Hello all,
Just bought a small camp hatchet (Ames True Temper from Lowe's). Seems like a pretty good chopper after giving it a decent edge. One of the things I liked about it is that when you looked at the head from the top it didn't look like a splitting maul like a lot of them do. I'll try to find a pic to post but I liked it because the head is similar to a traditional hatchet even though it has a fiberglass handle.
Can anyone post some pictures looking down on the top of the head of a good hatchet. What I'm looking for is how thin the head gets before the secondary bevel. Just wondering if I need to thin this one out some more to make it chop even better.
By the way, I was inspired to get one after watching the "AtoZ of Bushcraft" video on YouTube about axes.
Thanks,