Needing help in choosing between Roselli long axe and Wetterlings bushcraft axe

[EuropeanScout]

Hello everyone,
I am having some difficulty in choosing an axe, between the Roselli long axe and the Wetterlings bushcraft axe. I am a scout in France(Scouts d'Europe) and the weight of the axe has to count(atleast part) but if i have some precision work to do i can just use my knife(ESEE 4). I will be using the axe mostly for chopping and splitting on a regular basis. And preferably with no varnish so I can put it on myself. Since I am in France I have only these two axes that I can get and that fit the scouts regulations.
Thanks.

 

[Square_peg]

I'd choose the Wetterlings. I think the wide eye of the Roselli will get in the way.

 

[Lieblad]

I say Wetterlings too.

There is a good reason virtually nobody else makes an an axe like Roselli.
Thats more a piece of modern art design. Yes, it works, its no competitor to a familiar woodsman design axe.

Btw, Do you ever pound pegs ? Look at the differences of effectiveness.

 

[300Six]

Hello everyone,
I am having some difficulty in choosing an axe, between the Roselli long axe and the Wetterlings bushcraft axe. I am a scout in France(Scouts d'Europe) and the weight of the axe has to count(atleast part) but if i have some precision work to do i can just use my knife(ESEE 4). I will be using the axe mostly for chopping and splitting on a regular basis. And preferably with no varnish so I can put it on myself. Since I am in France I have only these two axes that I can get and that fit the scouts regulations.
Thanks.

My compliments on your command of English. Stay away from Varnish; it is a surface coating which will peel or wear off. Rub the wood down with some sort of oil instead. Oils such as linseed soak into the wood and can be re-applied as often as you want.