Scrama or Nata

[IH_784]

Good morning,

I’m looking a getting either a Silky Nata or a Skrama hatchet. Does anyone have any experience with either one or both of these?

 

[Square_peg]

What do you plan to use this for?

I'm not familiar with either. In general I think these heavy bush knives are striving to perform 2 different tasks and not doing either one very well. Depending on your circumstances you are likely better served by a standard hatchet or machete paired with a good 4" fixed blade knife.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

What do you plan to use this for?

I'm not familiar with either. In general I think these heavy bush knives are striving to perform 2 different tasks and not doing either one very well. Depending on your circumstances you are likely better served by a standard hatchet or machete paired with a good 4" fixed blade knife.

Nata are generally used for pruning and limbing work and are a long-standing traditional brush management tool. Consider them a Japanese version of a billhook or manaresso.

 

[IH_784]

Nata are generally used for pruning and limbing work and are a long-standing traditional brush management tool. Consider them a Japanese version of a billhook or manaresso.

Absolutely. However, the one made by Silky is a beefy little guy... similar to a Skrama. Thanks for looking!

 

[scdub]

I haven’t used it, but I recently got a Nata for my son. This is the smallest of the Natas with a 150mm blade (which is difficult to find in the States FYI), and is a double bevel blade suitable for batonning and chopping hard woods. They also sell a “single edge” or chisel grind which I suspect would be an absolute laser on small vegetation with such a thin edge. From my research on both the Nata and the Scrama, I think the double bevel Nata probably has the tougher edge. Also both of these knives can suffer from handle separation issues over time with heavy use. Solving this for the Nata was simple - I just used some bicycle inner-tube on the grip (pictured). This will keep the handle halves from separating at the ricasso, and also solves sheath rattle.