show me your axe/hatchet.

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i just did some chopping with my big knives. they're all effective choppers, so i'm not gonna bother with the short hatchets.

i'm goin for the 15" wetterlings and/or the trail hawk, if anything. it's only about $50 combined.
 
hatchets for me are good for a few jobs knives are just awkward for me to use doing , I either inherited mine or got them at garage / yard sales , so I figure the price is right , the tool is good , why not ?

I use the knives I made from leaf spring soon than Ill use an axe tho ... but there are some things that the hatchet does better , like driving tent stakes , roughing out the shape on a hardwood carving ( bowl coolamon throwing stick etc ) its enough for me that when Im camping , one tags along in the vehicle as far as it comes .. after that I got to think hard about the kind of country we are in etc if the hatchet or a big knife comes along for the walk.

This is just me , and how I work in my environment tho , others choices and prefs are going to be way different
 
generally speaking a hawk will be a sacrifice in chopping ability as a hatchet is designed for that specific purpose. if you were to grind a hawk head for a better chopper you would end up with a axe.
 
Axe with other paraphernalia.;)

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I also have a GB Small forest axe, Scandinavian forest axe, and a Wetterlings small hunter.

I like axes.;):cool:
 
generally speaking a hawk will be a sacrifice in chopping ability as a hatchet is designed for that specific purpose. if you were to grind a hawk head for a better chopper you would end up with a axe.
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OK , not flaming , but on a serious questfor knowledge here

I understand a tomahawk and hatchet to be interchangeable names for the same thing

I get this from answers.com :

hatch·et (hăch'ĭt) pronunciation
n.

1. A small, short-handled ax for use in one hand.
2. A tomahawk.

[Middle English hachet, from Old French hachete, diminutive of hache, ax, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German happa, sickle.]

tom·a·hawk (tŏm'ə-hôk') pronunciation
n.

1. A light ax formerly used as a tool or weapon by certain Native American peoples. See Regional Note at pone.
2. A similar implement or weapon.


What is the "official" definitions of the two here tho ?
 
i don't want to come off like an expert or anything but i always thought a hatchet was handled just like an axe with the head mounting to the top of the curved handle via wedges.

on a tomahawk the head is slid up the handle from the bottom for a friction fit. this makes it more durable and more forgiving when thrown.

if someone knows differently i would like to know myself:confused:
 
I had just assumed that because ye olde original tomahawks ( here in aus anyway ) made by the natives were a shaped sharp chunk of rock held in the slit of a stick , between two sticks , and that there is the tapered handle that goes thru the head pick axe style , and then the old wedge style , and now we are in a modern enlightened age of metal work and ave hatchets that are all out of the one piece of steel even ... it is going to get confusing to use how the head fixes to the shaft to classify it ...

my opinion only tho ..
 
These are my MINI hatchets
One is a Craftsman
(supposedly from the 40's used by housewives to cut up chickens)
The other is unknown

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Heres the only pic I have of mine.Unknown maker I found it in the junk yard and rehandled it then did a little personalizing:)
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interesting finish on that ... Im torn between it looking cool and it looks like someone had a spaz attack with an angle grinder ..

I think I like it :)
 
I have a GB Small Forest Axe that I use on trees and bushes on my property that have begun to annoy me :)

I'd like to get a Wildlife hatchet for the trail but I guess the CS Trailmaster will do for now.

If i was a millionaire you'd bet I get another GB - I love 'em :D
 
atc rogers rangers, justin gingrich custom renegade hammer poll, rmj eagle talon, cold steel frontier, cold steel plainsman.

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Here are mine! :D

The one I use most is the Scandinavian forest axe, followed by the small forest axe.

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My tomahawk bought at Dixon's Muzzleloading Shop in Kempton, PA (unknown maker):

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It's about the size of a Cold Steel Frontier Hawk.

I also have a CS Trail Hawk which I'm warming up to, and a Gerber with which I'm a bit underwhelmed. The Trail Hawk is in this second pic, alongside my 12" Ontario machete and a machete from Harbor Freight:

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mneedham said:
Witchhunter,

What is the long blade scandi by the Ranger? That's nice...
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this is a knife i bought about 10 years ago from kellam knives. it is the most expensive knife i have ever bought. lol. after i seen a picture of it in one of their catalogs i had to have it. it is extremly sharp:eek:

kellam sent me a free video of the smith making the knives. i was amazed to see that he uses a hammer to make almost the entire knife only using a grinder for the finishing steps. the knife is 1/4" thick in the middle and tapered to spine and edge. it cuts like it is 1/16"

http://www.kellamknives.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_33_46_49&products_id=35
 
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