 Aim4MyHead
...not myself at the moment
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Posted: 12/25/2007 10:46:17 AM
Thank you  J |
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Posted: 12/31/2007 12:46:22 PM
Officer..what do you mean I can't carry my hatchet like this...don't you know about the killer squirels?
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Posted: 1/21/2008 7:45:58 PM
That's not a knife. That's a knife! Or a battle hatchet! That should freak out any gang banger who plans on cutting you.
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Posted: 1/29/2008 10:10:54 PM
I have an Estwing and they are great until the coating on the leather handle inevitably breaks. I own and suggest getting a normal hatchet head and mounting it on a framing hammer handle. Way more power and strength. www.tslrf.blogspot.com/
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pyro6988
How do you like my fire arm?
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Posted: 3/23/2008 8:39:15 PM
gransfors bruks sure are nice but they are pricey
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Robertesq1
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Posted: 5/18/2008 3:00:37 PM
Anyone use the Gransfors hunters axe
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raf
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Posted: 5/18/2008 3:23:11 PM
A little OT, but I just re-hafted a very old Craftsman carpenter's hatchet.
About $6 for the right Hickory handle, and about 20 mins to shape and sand the handle to fit the head right. Gave the finished product a coat of some OD paint lying around. Anyone know of vendors of strap-on axe/hatchet sheaths? |
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Ky_Bob
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Posted: 5/18/2008 8:08:17 PM
Where can you buy them from in the States? |
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pyro6988
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Posted: 5/19/2008 9:51:33 AM
Here is one option that looks to have pretty good prices. www.osograndeknives.com/Gransfors%20Bruks/gransfors_bruks_-_axes_&_bars.htm No experience with the company. |
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WinstonSmith
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Posted: 5/24/2008 3:02:38 PM
I've been very happy with my Fiskars splitting axe. The quality of the materials seems very good so far, but it's still very new.
I picked it up after a good (albiet short) experience with a similarly constructed hatchet. Lost it after about a year of camping here and there. Anymore I keep an eye out at flea markets and swap meets for ooooooold hatchets or hatchet heads. There is an incredible difference in the quality of the steel between them and most of what's made today. To come close to the quality of an 80 year old hatchet for $10 off a guy's table you'd have to spend a LOT more on good scandinavian stuff. Most people don't understand the true utility of a hatchet or small axe. If I had to pick between forgetting a good camp knife and forgetting my hatchet on a trip, I'll leave the knife.  |
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Stryfe
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Posted: 5/24/2008 3:35:17 PM
Anybody know if Gransfors has replaced their stock after the fire, yet? I was after a small forest axe, and ended up with a hunters axe because that was all I could find in stock. |
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Posted: 6/10/2008 6:57:38 AM
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Posted: 6/20/2008 9:23:30 PM
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myitinaw
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Posted: 6/20/2008 10:36:14 PM
[Last Edit: 6/20/2008 10:36:41 PM by myitinaw]
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Posted: 7/3/2008 6:04:17 PM
An Ax to Grind: A Practical Ax Manual
This is also available as a PDF on this page, where you can also get other PDfs or read them in HTML, such as a few on crosscut saws. GL |
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Posted: 7/3/2008 6:18:03 PM
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Posted: 7/8/2008 3:47:32 PM
+1 on the American Tomahawk
Buddy of mine had one at some training and it is a very nice, very solid piece of equipement. The synthetic handle and blade are super strong. We threw it at a tree from about 20 ft trying to work on our "throwing skills". When we were done it didnt even look like we had been using it. Great piece and awsome price for what you get. |
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Posted: 1/14/2009 9:09:22 PM
Wooa, not many places can you hide that!!
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Posted: 2/2/2009 1:54:46 AM
Originally Posted By EdB:
I just picked up the Estwing camper's axe for $38 at home depot. Used it this weekend on a camping trip - very sharp out of the "box" It is well balanced and felt very "handy" if you will - worked great Did you get the long or the short version? It appears the head & handle are one piece. Is this correct? |
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Posted: 4/22/2009 10:12:16 PM
I tried to find ammo at Wally world the other day, since they didn't have any I went to Sears and bought a Craftsmen double bit axe for $32 with the solid plastic/fiberglass handle. Haven't used it yet, but I've never seen one of those handles break on the sledge hammers I've used. I have to admit the yellow handle is ugly though.
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Posted: 5/3/2009 6:02:15 PM
mall ninja holster....
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Posted: 5/19/2009 11:23:23 AM
Originally Posted By P35FAN:
Originally Posted By EdB:
I just picked up the Estwing camper's axe for $38 at home depot. Used it this weekend on a camping trip - very sharp out of the "box" It is well balanced and felt very "handy" if you will - worked great Did you get the long or the short version? It appears the head & handle are one piece. Is this correct? Estwings are all one piece. I've had an Estwing hatchet for years, if it had a 18 or 19" handle instead of the 12" it would be perfect.....if you break an Estwing you are a true menace to society. 
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Robertesq1
Retired JBT - Police Executive - Practicing Atty
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Posted: 5/19/2009 6:47:53 PM
Originally Posted By TimJ:
Originally Posted By P35FAN:
Originally Posted By EdB:
I just picked up the Estwing camper's axe for $38 at home depot. Used it this weekend on a camping trip - very sharp out of the "box" It is well balanced and felt very "handy" if you will - worked great Did you get the long or the short version? It appears the head & handle are one piece. Is this correct? Estwings are all one piece. I've had an Estwing hatchet for years, if it had a 18 or 19" handle instead of the 12" it would be perfect.....if you break an Estwing you are a true menace to society.
pretty sure they have a larger Estwing in that size. I have one, its pretty old but it has a long handle not really an full fleged axe but a long hatchet http://www.estwing.com/product.php?product_id=1300 |
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Posted: 5/20/2009 11:32:09 AM
Originally Posted By Robertesq1:
Originally Posted By TimJ:
Originally Posted By P35FAN:
Originally Posted By EdB:
I just picked up the Estwing camper's axe for $38 at home depot. Used it this weekend on a camping trip - very sharp out of the "box" It is well balanced and felt very "handy" if you will - worked great Did you get the long or the short version? It appears the head & handle are one piece. Is this correct? Estwings are all one piece. I've had an Estwing hatchet for years, if it had a 18 or 19" handle instead of the 12" it would be perfect.....if you break an Estwing you are a true menace to society.
pretty sure they have a larger Estwing in that size. I have one, its pretty old but it has a long handle not really an full fleged axe but a long hatchet http://www.estwing.com/product.php?product_id=1300 I like the blade profile on the camnpers hatchet. http://www.estwing.com/product.php?product_id=1600 I 17-19" handle and that blade, it would be an Estwing version of the Gransfors Bruks Small Forest Axe, which I think is the ideal small axe. |
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Posted: 6/8/2009 3:11:40 PM
[Last Edit: 7/31/2009 3:24:23 PM by RckClimber]
I just picked up the 14" Fiskars Hatchet. First impressions are very good. It's technically my fathers day present, so I haven't been able to use it much (if my wife asks, I haven't used it at all
). I used it in my mom's garden to cut back some bushes. Worked great. I also grabbed a big hunk of wood from their wood pile that had hatchet marks on it from previous attempts to spit it that had failed. I was able to split it without much effort. Best part was that with the plastic handle, it absorbed a lot more shock than with the metal ones I've used in the past. I'm hooked, and am planning on adding the 23.5" chopping axe and either the 23.5 or 17" splitting axe in the near future.
ETA: Forgot about this post. I took this along with the Fiskars Powertooth 6" pruning saw on a backpacking trip to Utah's High Uinta's over the 4th of July weekend. Even though the area we went to only had a few people that weekend since the hike in is farther and rougher than most people are willing to take on, it's still a heavily used area. As such, most "tinder" is gone, and the majority of dead wood on the ground is at least 4" thick and up. Basically a bunch of tree trunks laying around everywhere with the branches broken off. I'll start of by saying that the hatchet worked better than great. While it had a hard time splitting the knotty pines, it chopped through them in seconds. Everyone that used the hatchet was very impressed by how light it was, how sharp it was and stayed (I swear, it gets sharper with use!), and how well it worked. It will be on every camp out I go to from now on, period. As a side note, the saw worked very well also, and made very clean cuts without much effort. We used both during the weekend, and found them to be about the same speed. The saw seemed to work up more sweat though, although it is much lighter. Can't split wood with a camp saw very easily though. Since it's only a few ounces, I'll probably bring the saw on all camp outs as well since saws come in handy. |
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