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I've been looking into getting a Gransfors Bruks small forest axe for backpacking, but the thin head is really turning me off for its difficulty with splitting wood. Would there be anything wrong with using a smaller splitting axe as a backpacking axe? I was thinking that instead of getting the 19" long 1.5 lbs. head small forest axe, I'd get the 23" long 2 lbs. head small splitting axe and use it as a camp axe. I can't think of the last time I went camping where I actually needed to fell a tree, but splitting is something that I find more common.
