Small axe/hatchet?

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Recommend a good small axe/hatchet for camping use,cutting firewood. I'm looking for something with solid construction(head and handle are one piece) and something that'll
Last a while. Under $30 would be good Lso. Thanks!
 
Find a used Estwing at the flea market/garage sale. Decent little choppers. For wood handled, Plumb is very abundant in the second hand market around here.


-Xander
 
Another option, from another thread:

Steve Tall said:
Vaughan makes a solid steel hatchet (Made in USA) pictured below:

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Craftsman (Sears) has one that looks like the Vaughan.
Kershaw also makes a solid steel hatchet.
Don't know of anyone making larger solid steel axes other than Estwing.
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BriantheBlade said:
well i know you said you wanted something bigger but ill add in that i have one of those Vaughans thats better than 30 years old that i got from my dad thats still holding strong after all these years and does a dandy job splittin wood and such.
Brian
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I'm going to go another route and suggest something a little bigger - the Forest Service Spec boy's axe from Council Tools. A premium axe for less than $60. Big enough to do some real work and still light enough to carry miles up the trail.

Council FSS boy's axe
 
Square_peg said:
I'm going to go another route and suggest something a little bigger - the Forest Service Spec boy's axe from Council Tools. A premium axe for less than $60. Big enough to do some real work and still light enough to carry miles up the trail.

Council FSS boy's axe
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What the...? Earlier this week it was $45. The regular boy's axe from Council can be found for under $30.
 
BTW, I'm not sure that Council is correctly stating the hardness of their FSS Boy's Axe. It looks like they just copied and pasted the spec from their regular axes. They list a different spec for their FSS pulaskis. Whether their website manager knows it or not they likely make the FSS boys to the same spec. Although your sample doesn't sound like it was that hard.
 
Just talked to Margot at Council. The price increase is here to stay:(

What do all of you think of the value at 59 plus shipping?
 
John Frankl said:
Just talked to Margot at Council. The price increase is here to stay:(

What do all of you think of the value at 59 plus shipping?
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That puts them right up there in price to the Sweedish Husqvarna which is now made by Hults....
I just bought the Hults for $63 shipped.
 
John Frankl said:
Just talked to Margot at Council. The price increase is here to stay:(

What do all of you think of the value at 59 plus shipping?
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At that price it's no longer a bargain. If I were in the market I'd get one off ebay and fix it up myself. But I'm a cheap bastard and like fixing axes. I think the Council boy's is still an equivalent value as the Husqy.
 
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