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#61 theoregontrails

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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.


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#62 12valve

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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. 


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#63 Wandering Sagebrush

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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.


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#64 goinoregon

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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 !!!


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#65 Keith in Co

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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.


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#66 ramblinChet

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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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