>>2427341>>2427356anon you're confused?
i'm making fun of hatchet anon
>bad opinionsthere's a reason fire service anon, axe youtuber anon, and forest service anon (me) all say the same thing... there's a reason if you go ask people irl who do anything involving processing wood in the backcountry they'll probably give you roughly the same answers every time.
if you use these tools its pretty obvious when you want to have a saw, axe, hatchet over one or another. there's overlap in what they can be used for, but not really.
as for fighting off cougars with a tiny juggalo soulja size hatchet, there's a reason why all good self defence gyms and mma gyms stick to evidence based techniques / sparring / practicing against a resisting opponent. fighting cougars with a fiskars x5 is the /out/ equivalent of a mdojo one touch death punch.