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Thanks for the nice words 😉

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Very good input. I do have it with me but didn't show or mention it. But you should have some kind of first aid kit when your out 🤕

Thank you for sharing 😉

I love mine. It was my first also. I don't think it's to much but it depends on what you are out for. It's not to big and not to small if you ask me.

Your sister must love you a lot. That's a great hatchet.

I believe there is no correct answer to the question 'hatchet or large knife'. For me the answer is (small) hatchet & neckknife (and a folding saw), for you the answer is 'large knife'. The most important lesson is to be aware how to safely use the tools you bring into the forrest! If you don't like the hatchet and feel comfortable using a large knife=> voila!

It's personal preference. I prefer not to baton every log. With a hatchet like this Granfors Bruk, I get the leverage of a handle and can split small logs that a knife can only baton.

I was thinking of purchasing the small forest axe but then I thought about the portability. Is the small forest axe that much better than the wildlife hatchet?

Longer handel heavier head beter spliter and better choper. All depends if you are going to do heavier jobs or smaller tasks and small splitting and easy to bring with you.

Don Abbott.. It's your axe, do as you wish, but your load of dangerous nonsense needs to be addressed, especially in view of those just learning to use an axe.. Most notable point, an axe is not a knife and nobody needs a 1-3 pound razorblade on the end of a 14-25 inch stick that's being swung around. A razor sharp axe cuts up the cover/sheath, dulls rolls and/or chips more easily, and its a unnecessary hazard in general.. the slightest contact with skin and clothing results in a cut instead of being a non-event. Its the difference between a cut and bruised kneecap vs profuse bleeding and the cap cut in half. Worse yet, a razor sharp axe does zero for splitting, and doesn't help much with chopping vs a simply sharp edge. For clarity - sharp is good, razor/hair-shaving sharp is not and is instead more of a ocd precocious waste of time. The only axes that should be razor sharp are the Carpenter's, Carving and various wood *shaping* bits, not a general use bush and camp axe.

@@dash8465 An axe should be shaving sharp as well. If you're falling trees and processing wood anything else is a waste of time, tedious and dangerous. A sharp axe is a safe axe, just as a knife or a chainsaw chain or any other cutting tool.

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