Need new hatchet

[Square_peg]

....Must hold up to being continuously hit with a hammer

I don't know of any boy's axes or hatchets that have hardened polls that you can pound on with a metal hammer - wooden baton of sorts, yes, but everything short of a hardened poll is going to deform.

Nobody makes an axe whats intended to be used as you describe.

Honestly, sometimes it's handy just to have a POS hatchet that you don't mind ruining. Grab a cheapy import wood handled hatchet at the local hardware store or Harbor Freight and treat it like it's disposable - because it is. I have one like that which I've mushroomed the crap out of. No guilt.

 

[blade dude]

hi Bladedude, if you want a longer handle then maybe you should try a boy's axe instead of a hatchet. Going up from the two lbs (or so) of a hatchet to 2.5lbs gives you some different options.

I don't know of any boy's axes or hatchets that have hardened polls that you can pound on with a metal hammer - wooden baton of sorts, yes, but everything short of a hardened poll is going to deform.

American made? Council Tool has offerings. I think their boy's axe runs about 40$ or so on Amazon.

If you go the boy's axe route then hanging your own head on a handle might be a better bet. There may be some members here that probably have more advice and even "resources" for you :



There ya go.

Actually it was that 9 inch mini hatchet thing. I got to try out an old plumb and realized my hammering was how I compensated for its light weight. Shipping weight was 1.5 so it's very light. So I by next Wednesday will have a 1.8lb head on a 16 inch handle


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