>>880215if you chop wood much with any knife, that tends to destroy it....
...but an axe is really too big for anything except for chopping down a BIG tree, and cutting off BIG limbs. And it's difficult to backpack with.
And most hatchets suck ass because they have a dinky 10 - 12 inch handle, that doesn't swing well.
If you can find one, buy a camp axe. This is a hatchet-weight head but mounted on an extra-long handle about 24" long. It is light enough (for a guy) to use one-handed well (unlike an axe!) but it is still long enough that you can get a decent swing with it.
Pic related, one example available in the USA.
