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My parents got me a Paul's Hatchet for Christmas. I have been using it for small little chores around the house. Last weekend my parents called in a favor for buying me the PH. They were cutting down one of their Cottonwood trees and needed some sharp tools. Busse to the rescue(hehehe).
I thought it was time to give PH a little beating. After, a few hours the tree was cut down. I needed to start de-limbing the main trunks. The limbs ranged from 1/4" to 2". PH was able to chop through these size limbs with a single swing. I must have taken off over a hundred small limbs. The Busse was still razor sharp. I then started chopping the main trunks(the main trunks were about 25' in lengh and there was four trunks). The trunks were around 8" to 11" thick, it only took around 15-25 hits to cut through it. Two hours later, the tree was cut into 4 foot sections and the PH was still razor sharp. In fact, the PH was so sharp that my dad didn't believe that it was still sharp. He asked to see PH and ran his finger along the edge really carefully and was shocked!!!
The coating on the blade was the crinkle finish. I have a Basic 5 that had the smooth epoxy coat, and when I used the Basic that coating chipped off quite easily. This was not the case with the crinkle coating. The more I used it the smoother it got and it did not chip off, a big improvement in my book.
The handle on the PH is micarta. I have not been able to test the toughness of the material. The scales did not loosen at all and showed no signs of scratches, again a good thing. However, this material is very hard and unforgiving, after 15 minutes my hands began is start showing signs of reddness and blisters. I had to finish the job wearing a pair of gloves. I have never had this problem with any of my Basics, due to the rubber handles(I can't remember the name for the rubber). I really wish that Mr. Busse would offer a rubber handle as an option.
A really neat feature to the hatchet is that one can choke up a the handle and use the hatchet like a knife. Also, PH makes a really good throwing hatchet.
All I can say is that if you have to pack light or God forbid only take one knife, the Paul's Hatchet is what I would bet my life on. A sincere thanks to both Paul and Jerry Busse, for creating such functional works or art.
Darkjedi - "May the Force be with you always."
I thought it was time to give PH a little beating. After, a few hours the tree was cut down. I needed to start de-limbing the main trunks. The limbs ranged from 1/4" to 2". PH was able to chop through these size limbs with a single swing. I must have taken off over a hundred small limbs. The Busse was still razor sharp. I then started chopping the main trunks(the main trunks were about 25' in lengh and there was four trunks). The trunks were around 8" to 11" thick, it only took around 15-25 hits to cut through it. Two hours later, the tree was cut into 4 foot sections and the PH was still razor sharp. In fact, the PH was so sharp that my dad didn't believe that it was still sharp. He asked to see PH and ran his finger along the edge really carefully and was shocked!!!
The coating on the blade was the crinkle finish. I have a Basic 5 that had the smooth epoxy coat, and when I used the Basic that coating chipped off quite easily. This was not the case with the crinkle coating. The more I used it the smoother it got and it did not chip off, a big improvement in my book.
The handle on the PH is micarta. I have not been able to test the toughness of the material. The scales did not loosen at all and showed no signs of scratches, again a good thing. However, this material is very hard and unforgiving, after 15 minutes my hands began is start showing signs of reddness and blisters. I had to finish the job wearing a pair of gloves. I have never had this problem with any of my Basics, due to the rubber handles(I can't remember the name for the rubber). I really wish that Mr. Busse would offer a rubber handle as an option.
A really neat feature to the hatchet is that one can choke up a the handle and use the hatchet like a knife. Also, PH makes a really good throwing hatchet.
All I can say is that if you have to pack light or God forbid only take one knife, the Paul's Hatchet is what I would bet my life on. A sincere thanks to both Paul and Jerry Busse, for creating such functional works or art.
Darkjedi - "May the Force be with you always."
