Hatchet help

[Rambunctious]

I don't think that hatchet's thick enough to be useful.

I bet I'd bend it. Get it stuck good and then bend the crap out of it trying to get it loose.

It should at least have a rib on either side.

I wonder what's its use is... I was thinking ice...

 

[Unkotare]

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Hey, does anyone know what the round hole like area on the blade by the handle is for? I can't find any info on it. I mean it may not be for anything. Just asking, thanks.

It's for getting chumps to buy an impractical toy.

 

[miketx]

It's for getting chumps to buy an impractical toy.

EAD

 

[Woodznutz]

Don't stick your pecker in there.

Mine would fit, even soft.

 

[Woodznutz]

Could be used to hang it on a nail, there's no hole in the handle for that. Or just part of the design so it looks cool.

 

[The Duke]

Could be used to hang it on a nail, there's no hole in the handle for that. Or just part of the design so it looks cool.

Or you could just hang it on your..

 

[1srelluc]

Da fuq good is a light hatchet?

I find my older Finnish-made Fiskers 14" very useful. I bought one at a yard sale 20+ years ago and have not messed with another hatchet since. It has a 1# head.....It even finds use on the butchering table for splitting deer pelvises.

I believe it's called the X7 now.....Still made in Finland.

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.wWViSeIGT0AviIUYoAnJAQAAAA?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

 

[Woodznutz]

Or you could just hang it on your..

...whatchamacallit?

 

[The Duke]

I find my older Finnish-made Fiskers 14" very useful. I bought one at a yard sale 20+ years ago and have not messed with another hatchet since. It has a 1# head.....It even finds use on the butchering table for splitting deer pelvises.

I believe it's called the X7 now.....Still made in Finland.

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.wWViSeIGT0AviIUYoAnJAQAAAA?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

That's a real hatchet.

 

[1srelluc]

That's a real hatchet.

Yes, but not in the traditional sense when you compare it to the Gränsfors in the article or the plethora of single bit hatchets like say the old Boy Scout or .mil hatchets.

The one in the OP is little more than a fantasy piece.

 

[Woodznutz]

That's a real hatchet.

The secret is the thin head and the ability to put a razor edge on it.

 

[1srelluc]

The secret is the thin head and the ability to put a razor edge on it.

It's a decent camp wood splitter too. The butt end (or pole) is plenty wide enough for camp chore hammering too.

 

[The Duke]

It's a decent camp wood splitter too. The butt end (or pole) is plenty wide enough for camp chore hammering too.

The hammer factor is something one would lose with a hatchet like in the OP.

I used to have one with a nail-puller notch and an actual hammer head on the back side.

 

[1srelluc]

The hammer factor is something one would lose with a hatchet like in the OP.

Again, it's a fantasy piece, nothing more.

 

[Woodznutz]

The hammer factor is something one would lose with a hatchet like in the OP.

I used to have one with a nail-puller notch and an actual hammer head on the back side.

I wouldn't even use it as a hatchet. It could be used as a large paper weight, or an example of the idiotic things that are sold today.

 

[1srelluc]

The hammer factor is something one would lose with a hatchet like in the OP.

I used to have one with a nail-puller notch and an actual hammer head on the back side.

That's called a half-hatchet.....Very useful but heavy.....That's what I would use for building tree stands and such.

 

[Woodznutz]

This is what I used to split wood. I sat on my knees and used the hatchet as a 'splitting wedge with a handle on it' and pounded it through with a short handled sledgehammer. This eliminated the dangerous overhead swing with an ax or heavy splitting maul as well as all the bending up and down. Easier, faster, safer, although not as 'manly' to observe.

Nowadays I use an electric/hydraulic splitter. Love it!

I modified the two-handed operation 'safety feature' to one-handed, so it would actually be safer to use. Ironic eh?

 

[Rambunctious]

Amazon product

WEYLAND Survival Hatchet & Camping Axe​

 

[1srelluc]

This is what I used to split wood. I sat on my knees and used the hatchet as a 'splitting wedge with a handle on it' and pounded it through with a short handled sledgehammer. This eliminated the dangerous overhead swing with an ax or heavy splitting maul as well as all the bending up and down. Easier, faster, safer, although not as 'manly' to observe.

My daughter bought me a Kindling Cracker as a Christmas gift several years back.....Too much fun, I bet I have enough kindling for this season and the next. It's almost addictive using it.

LOL....Check this thing out!

 

[Unkotare]

When I was a kid my father would get a cord or two of wood at the start of each summer. As soon as school was out, me and my brothers would spend days splitting and stacking wood for the winter.