Need feedback on new axe term for extra long hatchet.

Hickory n steel

Hickory n steel

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I was thinking about how 1-1/4lb hatchets seem a little too heavy for the 14" handles that have become standard, and how they would work out much better on a 20" handle. Then I wondered what you'd call it since it would now be more of a really compact axe than a hatchet (extra short handles axes are called house axes, so extra long handle hatchets should also have a name. And I think I thought of the perfect classification for them
I decided to call them either
a COMP-AXE ( compact axe ) or a PAXE ( pack axe )

I think PAXE sounds good, but not everyone would put them in a pack.
So what do you guys think ?
What would you guys call a heavy hatchet turned into an extra small axe ?
 
I thought they were called hunters axe?
I put a 18" handle on my SAW head, I think it is 1.25 lbs.
 
TheDandyLion said:
Boys axe sounds like what you're describing. Tomahawks are also similar in idea
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Boy's axes are usually around 2 or 2-1/2lbs with 26-28" handles.
I'm talking about putting a 1-1/4lb hatchet ( typically hung on 14" handles ) on a 20" handle and turning it in to a very small axe ( I think anything 20" or more has to be considered an axe not a hatchet )
So being a 3/4lb to 1lb lighter and 6-8" shorter they can't really be boy's axes ,more like toddlers axes :D
 
Add camp axe, and pack axe to the list. Like may things there seems to be a number of different names.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Just call it a "long hatchet".
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But once it has a 20" handle it's no longer a hatchet, but a really light axe ( hatchets are usually 1 handed )
I feel like 1-1/4lb is to heavy for a hatchet, and suffers a lack of potential efficiency on a hatchet length handle.
 
Hickory n steel said:
But once it has a 20" handle it's no longer a hatchet, but a really light axe ( hatchets are usually 1 handed )
I feel like 1-1/4lb is to heavy for a hatchet, and suffers a lack of potential efficiency on a hatchet length handle.
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Context of the original head impacts the name that would be appropriate in my opinion. If it started its life intended as a hatchet head, then it's still a hatchet when outfitted with a longer handle. If it was always meant to have a long handle, that's a "light axe" situation, from a nomenclature standpoint.
 
One & a Half Hatchet.

Poacher's Axe.

Boy's House Axe.

Gnome's Axe.

Shin Splitter.
 
The typical Hudson Bay axes of the early 20th century were 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 pounds on a 18 to 24 inch handle so this light axe would be just a slightly smaller axe. I'd call it a small axe or long hatchet. You could call it anything like the Swedish marketing folks such as Outdoor axe, foresters fine axe, wildlife hatchet etc. I plan to make one up out of a 1 1/4 pound Wm. Beatty hatchet head myself. I've only ever seen broadaxes by that maker. The eye is small though and I need to do a lot of carving on the handle so it's still in my axe head box.
 
I think I'm just gonna call them handy axes, because they'd be the world's handiest axes .
( I see hatchet weight heads on long handles being marketed as small axes , but never axe weight heads as short hatchets ) some people may think I'm weird, but I just typically think of standard hatchets as 12-14" and 16-19" as long hatchets.
 
Hickory n steel said:
( I see hatchet weight heads on long handles being marketed as small axes , but never axe weight heads as short hatchets )
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House axes and miner's axes are both axe weight heads on short handles. A little larger than hatchet handles, though, since they're still intended for two-handed use.
 
There is already a bunch of names that exist for the tool described. I figured out the perfect name though... Jackass.... uhhhh I mean jack axe.
 
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Agent_H said:
Shin Splitter.
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Winner!

Dangerous length for this type of tool, 20"-24".
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