+1 for Estwing. Best bang-for-your-buck hatchet you can buy, and will last a lifetime, or two.
and +1 for Council Tools! Quality stuff all made in the USA.
Posted 20 September 2020 - 03:25 PM
+1 for Estwing. Best bang-for-your-buck hatchet you can buy, and will last a lifetime, or two.
and +1 for Council Tools! Quality stuff all made in the USA.
Posted 26 October 2020 - 05:17 PM
There are any number of excellent axes and hatchets out there. I think it is a carpenters hatchet, long blade on one side, hammer on the other, made by Plumb. Hardened steel edge, holds a edge very well. Total length is 18", so handle is short enough to use with one hand, but long enough to use with two hands as well. For heavy work, I have a Pulaski fireman's tool. Since it has a pick blade on the other side, I gets used for digging or getting unstuck. I also carry two shovels. This way your friend is also digging instead of leaning against the truck drinking beer watching you dig alone.
2005 Reg Cab Dodge Diesel 4x4 6sp, far, far from stock. Gutted 4 wheel camper pop up, now a shell that rests on the bed rails. Rebuilt the interior, much simpler, far more user friendly. Much better.
Posted 27 October 2020 - 12:05 AM
<Snip> I gets used for digging or getting unstuck. I also carry two shovels. This way your friend is also digging instead of leaning against the truck drinking beer watching you dig alone.
Now that makes great sense! I may do the same.
I am haunted by waters
Posted 18 November 2020 - 02:42 AM
There are any number of excellent axes and hatchets out there. I think it is a carpenters hatchet, long blade on one side, hammer on the other, made by Plumb. Hardened steel edge, holds a edge very well. Total length is 18", so handle is short enough to use with one hand, but long enough to use with two hands as well. For heavy work, I have a Pulaski fireman's tool. Since it has a pick blade on the other side, I gets used for digging or getting unstuck. I also carry two shovels. This way your friend is also digging instead of leaning against the truck drinking beer watching you dig alone.
i kind of like being that guy, drinking the beer, and pointing out that i recommended taking a different route !!!
Oregon
Posted 08 February 2021 - 08:03 AM
I don’t have much use for a hatchet while camping. Chopping wood isn’t high on my list of things to do when I’m in the woods - I get enough of that feeding the wood burning stove at my house. Also, I don’t ever want to be the guy who’s campfire got away from him. Still, to each his own.
While backwoods traveling, the need to cut wood almost always arises from a fallen tree or large branch blocking my way. For this I carry a pruning saw with an 18” or so blade. Fiskars or Corona work well. They cut both ways, and unlike a bow saw, you’re not limited to cutting only the width from the blade to the handle. Fast, way less work than chopping, and they store compact.
As to shovels, I carry a long handled spade. Short handled folding shovels are unnecessary extra work, especially if you find yourself digging deep snow or lots of dirt to get unstuck. If I have to reach under my truck chassis to dig, I sure don’t want to be groveling on my knees to reach.
Posted 20 February 2021 - 04:35 AM
I carry the following edged tools with me:
Each tool has a specific purpose and they have all worked well.
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