Pulaski Hatchet/Hawk

[lmalterna]

I have poked around and do not see anything commercially produced to satisfy my interest. It seems like a hatchet or hawk sides Pulaski would be an ideal foraging tool? Maybe a spike hawk with a flattened mattox shape vs spike. I would prefer it in a hatchet style that can do light splitting better than a hawk.

Does anyone know of someone who is making something similar OR would be willing to mill a hatchet head to accept a welded in add on for digging?

Thanks,
Bill

 

[I'mSoSharp]

Ask FortyTwoBlades he's on here & this is one of his.

 

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Ask FortyTwoBlades he's on here & this is one of his.

That’s a cool tool and I’d like one. But it’s a carving adze not a digging hoe like a small Pulaski would have.


An army surplus pick/entrenching tool paired with a hatchet might serve your needs.

 

[I'mSoSharp]

it’s a carving adze not a digging hoe

Only in name. If you call it a digging adze it becomes one

Yes it'll have a harder edge but there's no reason you can't dig with it if it fits the bill, I don't see it having a hard life "foraging" as L lmalterna requested.

How many old carpenter's & ship's adzes have been used to dig ground by folks who don't know better?

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

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I think he meant to link the "Hazelnut Hoe" model, not the hatchet adze.

I'm out at the moment but as luck would have it a few should be landing in a few days.

 

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I think he meant to link the "Hazelnut Hoe" model, not the hatchet adze.

I'm out at the moment but as luck would have it a few should be landing in a few days.

Yes, that’s more appropriate for digging! The adze is more open and it will be easier to dig with.

Do you have those in stock, Ben?

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Yes, that’s more appropriate for digging! The adze is more open and it will be easier to dig with.

Do you have those in stock, Ben?

As noted in the last post, I'm out right now but have some arriving in a few days.