>>143905Lets start with the hatchet, as previously stated, its a more useful incarnation of the claw hammer. Good for light work like kindling, cutting down saplings and ranks slightly higher than a rock for hammering tent pegs
The throwing axe: can be double or single bit, and for, yep you guessed it, throwing. also useful as an axe, but not the best
The pack axe: Probably the second most versatile axe you can get. Basically large enough to fall a good sized tree, or split firewood but not the best axe for the job. Its really meant for light work, such as cutting, limbing, and bucking small trees for a campfire or making a shelter.
Medium axes (like the pathfinder): Like it says on the site, basically the quintessential "axe" Great for felling, bucking, splitting etc. you know, typical axe stuff.
The splitting axe/maul: really only useful for splitting saw cut wood. My 8 pound maul is so dull and awkward to handle it would be impossible to fall a tree of any size.
Felling axe: Large, somewhat heavy, single or double bit. Made for falling trees, excells at bucking logs, because thats just falling with vertical swings
Double bit: The best in my opinion, it has the weight of a larger axe with less of the width which makes splitting some kinds of wood easier. Mine has both a felling and a splitting bit, so I'm carrying one axe for two jobs. a majority of double bit axes like the cruiser have to identical bits, still useful because it doubles the amount of time before the axe is too dull to use efficiently.
Theres more I could say, but this is a good general guide.
