Ultimate Camp Knife????

G L Drew

G L Drew

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My wife and I are headed for Alaska next summer for 6 weeks of camping and kayaking. I have given a lot of thought to my gear and just completed this little ax to take along. It is small enough to fit in my pack but will still cut firewood; small of course. I figure to use it like an ulu for cooking and use it as a combination knife and ax. It will be almost impossible to peel a potato but I will be taking my leatherman along too. When I lived it the Great White North one of my fishing guide friends used to show off by using a small ax to filet walleyes. Lots of possiblilties here.

What do you guys think?



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I love it!:thumbup:

I like the rough to polished look, very cool.:cool:

Nice wood as well.

I think we should all get one!:D
 
I like it, clean lines, aesthetically pleasing. How's the balance?Weight? Material? Got some pants to protect it from the elements? I can definitely see the versatility of it in the right hands. I might have gone a bit bigger personally, for leverage since I'm not a big guy, but if you're comfortable with it I say she looks great.


Gautier
 
Fantastic! That looks to be a very usefull tool. :)

Any chance of a shot of the spine? Whats the steel?

Thanks,
Matt
 
That's really nice, I like it. BTW in case you haven't noticed, you do great work!
 
Besides that beautiful axe, I would bring an H.I. chiruwa angkola khukuri, I lived and guided in alaska. Have a great trip.
 
Thanks for the comments and kind words.

The steel is 1/4 inch 1095: I just about wore out a hack saw blade cutting this thing out. I heat treated it a little softer than I would a knife just because I want the ease of sharpening in the field. (My leatherman has a diamond sharpener.) I also hope to try it out this week because I anticipate having a deer to skin. I think the sweep of the blade will work perfectly for skinning. I don't know if you can tell but I tapered the tang on this to cut more weight and make it balance heavy to the head.

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I like it a lot. An abbreviated "scout" hatchet that begs for a matching small "woodcraft" pattern knife companion and a dual sheath! 1095. Great!You know, we haven't had a forum hand axe before. Next summer eh? Suppose you could....?

Codger :thumbup:
 
thats a very nice tool ya got there.

as for the potatoes im usually too lazy to peel them in the woods so i'll give them a good scrubbing with cold water, cut them in half and then cook them in tin-foil.

after that i just use a spoon and dig the potato outta the skin kinda the way you'd eat a baked potato.

again lovely work ya got there

cheers
 
That is the coolest mini axe I've seen. :eek: Using is as an ulu is a great idea. I'd really like to see it in action.

I'm down for the passaround also.

I think you got a winner. :thumbup:
 
WOW! Cool little hatchet, I'll have to put one in my Christmas List, when do you start taking orders? :)

I'd imagine drawing back the temper on the back (spine) a bit might make it safer for whacking through tougher logs with a rock or chunk of wood or something...
I'll second the need for a matching small knife and dual sheath!

J-
 
Nice. Kinda looks like the Bush Piolot Survival Hatchet that I saw at Cabelas last week. Same style I mean.;)
 
Do you think the exposed tang will be a problem in the cold, though?

jca21 said:
as for the potatoes im usually too lazy to peel them in the woods so i'll give them a good scrubbing with cold water, cut them in half and then cook them in tin-foil.

after that i just use a spoon and dig the potato outta the skin kinda the way you'd eat a baked potato.
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Why not just eat the skin? it's the best part!
 
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