I am going on a campout soon and would like to get a nice hatchet to bring along. I had a simple wood handled one for a while but it seems to have been misplaced. I am not looking to spend a lot. Any suggestions? I have been eying the estwing sports hatchet.
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What hatchet to buy?
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Eswtings are good, damn hard to break. Of course my automatic answer would be to buy a vintage american hatchet but y'know. Another option is a Husqvarna hatchet, fairly affordable (as far as modern swedish axes go).
Yeah, I don't use a hatchet all that much so a strong reliable one fits the bill. BTW, how would you go about sharpening a hatchet. File, grinding wheel, spyderco sharpmaker?
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I use a file if it's really bad, most of the time I just hone it with stones. Sand paper works well too.
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That helko looks nice. I may have suggested the German Standard hatchet because I think it is a better bushcraft axe, but it's out of stock, the one you chose is probably a better splitter which may be what you prefer for camp duty, and although you do not need a hardened poll to drive tent stakes, it is still very cool.
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I Second the Estwing. A real work horse. Take the face down on a stone and you'll have a better slicer, chopper than splitter. DM