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Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 17:42:26 No.270868 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>270882 >>270904 >>270920 >>271501 >>272452 >>272537 >>272791 >>273932 >>274235 >>275153

Hey /out

Looking to get a field hatchet/axe and was curious about things like these (pic related)
I tend to shy away from tacitkul stuff like this but I've heard mixed reviews.
Are they worth it, or should I just stick with a normal hatchet I can buy from the local outdoors store?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 18:01:39 No.270882 Report

Quoted By: >>270888

>>270868
Uhhhhhh I would avoid tactical 'tools' as hard as possible, but I dunno man, do you want that shit? Personally I'd go with something you can replace the handle on, especially if it doesn't rely on whatever bolts those are in those specific positions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 18:08:12 No.270885 Report

Quoted By: >>270888

what are you going to do with it when the handle breaks?

buy a nice forged hatchet with a wood handle. If the handle ever breaks you can just make another one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 18:12:09 No.270888 Report

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>>270882
OP here,

Bingo, thats what I was leaning towards. The hatchet I mentioned is a good quality axehead. I've grown attached to the idea of a good hatched to use in the field, but I also wanted something incase something happens and I don't have my pistol at hand.
I have a good field knife for camp tasks, but there are some things a good hatchet/axe can do so much better.
>>270885
mostly field stuff. I was kind of against one of these taktikul things, but I wanted to atleast ask first.
I agree, besides the handle breaking it would be just my luck one of the nuts on this thing breaks at the worst possible time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 18:15:52 No.270891 Report

Quoted By: >>270896

http://www.canadianoutdoorequipment.com/store/camping-axes-by-gransfors-bruks.html

here is an example of a Canadian retailer, dont know where you live tho OP.

Some may consider it expensive. But how expensive is replacing 4-5 axes over a life time and wont get the job done nearly as well?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 18:36:12 No.270896 Report

Quoted By: >>270897

>>270891
murrika. Looking to immigrate to Nova Scotia in a few years.
THanks anon, appreciate it. THink what scares me is not so much it breaking, but it breaking when I need it most.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 18:38:35 No.270897 Report

Quoted By: >>270909 >>270920

>>270896

Stay the fuck out of our country.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 18:47:49 No.270904 Report

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>>270868
>hatchet/axe
get a machete. lightweight.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 18:50:15 No.270909 Report

Quoted By: >>270920 >>271490

>>270897
too late, have a canadian BF, getting married and immigrating in a few years.
I will help your homosex population grow~

atleast im white :3

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 19:08:57 No.270920 Report

Quoted By: >>270924

>>270897

>>270909

Ha!

>>270868

Op a tomahawk has its place

Its not really a replacement for a 1 1/4 pound hatchet but if you know you don't have a lot of splitting to do but still want to carry something that can chop just in case, the tomahawk is a light weight option

The ones with spikes or plastic handles aren't good but a traditional hawk is versatile for what it is, and if you break the wood handle or don't even want to bring it with you, it is pretty easy to make a field expedient haft

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 19:13:30 No.270924 Report

Quoted By: >>270938 >>271925

>>270920
OP here
what use would a tomahawk have? Self defence?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 19:54:38 No.270938 Report

Quoted By: >>270942

>>270924

Self defense if need be

I'm not saying they are the best tools around but they can be useful

If you just want to split logs for a fire at camp an axe or for small logs/kindling a hatchet will do a far better job

A tomahawk has a very thin bit that, while it wont split well it will bite deep, for splitting smaller logs you just split from the side instead of the top

If it had a sharp edge you can take the head and use it like a knife, or for carving wood like a plane

Another thing is they are very fun and easy to throw, generally pretty inexpensive and like I said you can rig up a handle for a hawk easier than any other tool so if you want more chopping power cut and shape a longer handle for greater leverage

If you are inventive the tomahawk can be a very versatile woods tool, it isn't perfect for every job but it will usually do

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 19:57:38 No.270939 Report

Quoted By: >>270942 >>274197

Op, I have an m48 tacticool tomahawk, complete with paracord wrapped handle. I bought it KNOWING it is completely useless outdoors for chopping wood and shit. I keep it in the backseat on my car though in case some faggot roider gets road rage and tries to break my windows. It's really just an accessory to say I have it, and will probably never have to use it. I wouldn't get one for outdoorsy stuff but for keeping in your car its aight

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 20:06:39 No.270942 Report

Quoted By: >>270980

>>270938
thats kind of what I was leaning towards. I usually bring two knives with me when i'm innawoods, my becker bk7 for my field knife and my mark II for everything else.

Two problems, first, those things are expensive and while I have never had to use my mark II for self defence I would rather use something like a tomahawk first as its cheaper and I would not feel as bad if the thing broke.

2nd, as I mentioned in a few years Im immigrating to Canada to marry my BF and I hear the mounties up there are real fickle about knives and what not and I can forget bringing my pistol.

Also just having something like a tomahawk is just something that makes sense considering I spend most of my freetime in the summer innawoods.
>>270939
Again, this was the info I was going for. Its not so much something I would use in the field, but something to just have around. I have some expensive stuff and besides not wanting to damage it if I don't have to, it would be just my luck that I get pulled over and some cop with an attitude confiscates it and now Im out a $80-100+ knife.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 20:19:36 No.270950 Report

Quoted By: >>270986 >>274197

Get a Wetterlings or Gransfors Bruks (or any other scandinavian axe). You won't regret it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 21:34:43 No.270980 Report

Quoted By:

>>270942

I recommend you look at cold steels hawks, they are inexpensive and tough

The spike hawk with wood handle would be great for self defense while not looking out of place in the woods

Convex the edge and if you want to make it look good strip the coating from the head and give it a patina and stain the handle

The trench hawk from cold steel in your pic is similar to the m48 but it has a inexpensive replaceable polymer handle which I like

If you think you will ever have to use the hawk to protect yourself you should buy the book "the fighting tomahawk" by Dwight C. McLemore its probably the best single source on using a tomahawk and knife for fighting

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 21:46:46 No.270986 Report

Quoted By: >>271465

>>270950
>This.

Fuck Tomahawks. Seriously, fuck'em. They're too light for anything good and any self-defence purpose they serve is much better done with an axe. The ONLY thing 'hawks might be good for is throwing, but then a little practice and any hatchet/axe will be better.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 15 Feb 2014 22:54:01 No.271022 Report

Quoted By: >>274235

Pic related is pretty much all you should be leaning towards.

Gransfors Bruks axes are pretty much the best axes you can get. Expensive sure, but worth your money.

Fiskars axes are almost as good, and it's very unlikely that you'll notice a difference, and even then you'll hardly see it as a problem. They're very affordable, more sturdy than they seem, and incredibly light. The only downside is that they're next to impossible to rehandle, but they come with a lifetime warranty. Though a broken Fiskars tool, whether an axe or a spade, is a very, very, very rare occurrence, and it doesn't just happen in a day so you have time to anticipate it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Feb 2014 19:45:31 No.271455 Report

Quoted By: >>271462 >>271992

Is there anything along the lines of wetterlings or gransfors (notably a wood handle) that doesn't cost over 100$?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Feb 2014 20:20:49 No.271462 Report

Quoted By: >>272042 >>273203

>>271455

Council tools boys axe

You will not find anything better for the price

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Feb 2014 20:27:23 No.271465 Report

Quoted By:

>>270986
but if you throw your estwing or gransfors bruks you might lose it.

throw the tomahawk because who cares

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Feb 2014 21:06:02 No.271490 Report

Quoted By:

>>270909
Didn't know faggots even knew how to swing a tomahawk. What will you do with it? Incorporate it into some ritualistic buttsects?

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Rap-Insulting-Machine Sun 16 Feb 2014 21:28:23 No.271501 Report

Quoted By: >>271670 >>272537

>>270868
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Rap-Insulting-Machine Mon 17 Feb 2014 02:16:44 No.271670 Report

Quoted By:

>>271501
Lel.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Feb 2014 15:38:07 No.271925 Report

Quoted By: >>271943

>>270924
Tomahawk is just the American name for the Frankish Hand Axe. Great for all sorts of light chopping duties, self defense and even for throwing if it's balanced right.

Necromancer

Necromancer Mon 17 Feb 2014 16:01:16 No.271943 Report

Quoted By: >>273150

>>271925

The Tomahawk is a type of axe traditionally used by the natives of North America.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Feb 2014 17:30:12 No.271992 Report

Quoted By: >>271996 >>272010

>>271455

why would you not want to spend 100 dollars on a quality tool that will most likely serve you well for 20+ years of heavy use? this is the type of tool you don't go cheap on man

Necromancer

Necromancer Mon 17 Feb 2014 17:47:56 No.271996 Report

Quoted By:

>>271992

I agree almost completely. At the very least get the best tool for your price range, which for an axe would be Hultafors for more or less everybody.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Feb 2014 18:13:29 No.272010 Report

Quoted By:

>>271992

You don't need to spend over $100 for a tool that will last a lifetime

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 17 Feb 2014 19:24:27 No.272042 Report

Quoted By: >>272242 >>272251 >>274235

I've been looking around for an "economical" boy's axe and have my search narrowed down to three axes. The Council Tools axe mentioned here >>271462, the Fiskars x15, and the Bahco 26" axe. I've used the Fiskars before and like it, but I'm a kind of partial to a wood handle. Does anyone have any experience with Bahco axes?

pic related is the Bahco axe

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2014 00:32:25 No.272242 Report

Quoted By: >>272443

>>272042
the baco holds a good edge. heavy head for its size imo and the handle wood is soft, it only took about 10 minutes of someone using it improperly for the handle to loose almost all of its structural integrity, snapped soon after good axe though probs won't take heaps of abuse

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2014 00:56:48 No.272251 Report

Quoted By: >>272443

>>272042

Personally I would go with the council tools boys axe, I think its the best all around value for an axe but the bahco should do fine

Also condor tool and knife makes a 3/4 axe that you should look at too

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2014 07:19:31 No.272443 Report

Quoted By:

>>272242
>>272251
Thanks for the input. I'll take all of that into consideration.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2014 07:50:46 No.272452 Report

Quoted By: >>272458

>>270868

Keep in mind OP, Canadian shit laws are that you have to use equal force; as in, you cant use an axe or any weapons or knifes unless the person who is/will assault you also pulled one out FIRST.

pretty much gotta take it up the butt if someone tries to break into your home, pun intended.

Free Arizonan

Free Arizonan Tue 18 Feb 2014 08:08:39 No.272457 Report

Quoted By: >>272773

Anyone have an opinion on an Estwing Sportsmans Hatchet?

Has great reviews, Cheap (30 bucks), Sharp right when you buy it, and sold a lot of places.

Only foreseeable downside is that it's all one piece. I love that because it's strong, but at the off chance that it does break or bend badly, You couldn't really rehandle it.

Just wondering what /out/s take on it is.

Free Arizonan

Free Arizonan Tue 18 Feb 2014 08:10:56 No.272458 Report

Quoted By: >>272579

>>272452
Couldn't you just keep a shitty hatchet somewhere and just axe the fuck out of the guy, And when he's dead, Wipe the shitty axe for prints and make it look like he pulled it on you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2014 15:03:29 No.272537 Report

Quoted By:

>>270868

>>271501 I think he's right OP. It does look like it would offer a lot of anal pleasure...

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2014 17:18:56 No.272579 Report

Quoted By: >>272580

>>272458
claiming self defense with no self defensive wounds, give it a try and let me know lol.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2014 17:20:15 No.272580 Report

Quoted By:

>>272579

Take a roll down a rocky hill or slap yourself up a bit

Necromancer

Necromancer Tue 18 Feb 2014 23:54:12 No.272773 Report

Quoted By:

>>272457

I don't like one-piece axes because of the weight. That's like 500g of extra weight easy when you could have done with a wooden handle weighing half as much.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2014 00:42:11 No.272791 Report

Quoted By:

>>270868
>Are they worth it,
No.
>or should I just stick with a normal hatchet I can buy from the local outdoors store?
Yes

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2014 00:54:32 No.272796 Report

Quoted By: >>274010

Fiskars X7

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2014 06:14:48 No.272931 Report

Quoted By: >>273010

fiskars. cannot go wrong with finnish steel.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2014 06:21:49 No.272935 Report

Quoted By:

the best axe you can buy is going to be a granfors bruks small forest axe which I personally prefer. but the next best thing is something old back when quality was more important I have had many axes from the late eighteenth early nineteenth centurie that I have given away and I know are still used daily. these axes for me have always performed better than anything you can buy in a modern hardware store.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2014 07:22:09 No.272955 Report

Quoted By: >>272959

I want to get an axe, but have to ask. Why the fuck do you bring a fullsized axe instead of a handaxe?

If you are marching 100 miles, then obviously its dumb to have the full sized axe, not to mention it dont fit inside the backpacker.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2014 07:34:31 No.272959 Report

Quoted By: >>273004

>>272955
>>272955
the axe you use depends on your environment I bring a full size axe because I live in Washington state and I need to chop and split trees that are 30 inches in diameter

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2014 11:18:06 No.273004 Report

Quoted By:

>>272959
bump

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2014 11:29:06 No.273010 Report

Quoted By:

>>272931
Apart from Swedish steel, that is

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2014 19:26:40 No.273150 Report

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>>271943
the original native american tomahawks had a blunt stone or wooden head and were used as weapons. these were later upgraded with steel hand axe heads bought from European merchants.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2014 21:18:41 No.273203 Report

Quoted By:

>>271462
A boy's axe with a 24 to 30 inch handle is an excellent tool and no more trouble to carry than a hatchet. Good choice.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Feb 2014 23:37:20 No.273932 Report

Quoted By: >>273938 >>274235

>>270868

Tacticool is tactiuseless, get yourself carpenters framing hatchet.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Feb 2014 23:47:37 No.273938 Report

Quoted By: >>273943 >>274231 >>274235

>>273932
i agree. i got a cheap vaughan half hatchet (pic related). it's not the best (the head's a little light) but it's a quite good quality and sturdy, and i love having the hammer on the reverse. every time i get enamored with a neato looking camping/sportsman/outdoorsman axchet they never have the same value as this here tool

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Feb 2014 23:57:55 No.273943 Report

Quoted By: >>273956 >>273974 >>274091 >>274235

>>273938
> and i love having the hammer on the reverse

Indeed, one should not use the poll (back of the axe/hatchet head) as a hammer, as it isn't hardened and will become peaned.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 00:14:02 No.273956 Report

Quoted By:

>>273943
awyea. i like validation. i feel good about my purchase.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 00:52:40 No.273974 Report

Quoted By: >>273983

>>273943

Depends on the design of the head. Some are designed specifically to be able to be used as a hammer while retaining a standard design

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 01:12:08 No.273983 Report

Quoted By: >>273987 >>274050 >>274231 >>274235

>>273974

If it doesn't have a hammer on the back, it ain't for hammering.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 01:15:28 No.273987 Report

Quoted By: >>274231

>>273983
aw maaaan that's the exact hatchet i wanted for mah berfday and didn't get

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 02:27:57 No.274010 Report

Quoted By: >>274024 >>274235 >>274486

>>272796
Or both.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 03:02:12 No.274024 Report

Quoted By: >>274027 >>274199 >>274235

>>274010

Congratulations on buying two of the gayest and least useful hatchets on the market...

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 03:06:38 No.274027 Report

Quoted By: >>274049 >>274062

>>274024
i'm not him but i'm personally a fan of fiskars stuff... they have such a capable feel when you wield one. granted it doesn't have a hammer poll or a nail/stake puller but still... no grabbage

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 03:52:00 No.274049 Report

Quoted By: >>274062

>>274027
Not grabage and not gay... at least not the Fiskars

The SOG in pic was really there more for the point that you don't have to have one or the other, both is not unobtainium.

The SOG, while well constructed and my preference for a hawk, is extremely limited in versatility.

There is a Cold Steel version of hawk that is simplicity itself! That would be my other choice, but for now the SOG suits all my Hawk needs... which are really zero.

The X7 is for backpacking and you won't find a lighter hatchet. If there is a lighter and better one for backpacking, please post

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 03:52:53 No.274050 Report

Quoted By: >>274225

>>273983

Enjoy your carpenter hatchets. Some heads are, as stated before, designed specifically for hammering while retaining a contemporary design.

Case in point, whole head forged and heat treated fire axes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 04:12:02 No.274062 Report

Quoted By: >>274074

>>274049
did you quote the wrong person? i'm >>274027
and i was saying how much like liked the fiskars :s

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 04:53:49 No.274074 Report

Quoted By: >>274230

>>274062
If so sorry. I like my Fiskars and have another largets than the X7, thogh I forget which model at the moment.

Fiskar's rcv a lot of hate mail here for no other reason than people who don't have one and have never used one parroting the same tripe ad nauseum.

They break, you can't whittle a handle, they're radioactive... it doesn't matter what it is, the ax snobs want to justify their $200 ax.

Same reason they won't admit Council Tools or Condor also has a vaule to performance ratio that exceeds their precious Granfors Bruks.

I won't say Fiskar's is better than any ax, I will say their whole line is lighter in every class and the value and durability is there for all to rcv.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 05:46:50 No.274091 Report

Quoted By: >>274815

>>273943
and? what the fuck does it matter?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 15:33:56 No.274197 Report

Quoted By: >>274338

>>270939
Being from /k/, i have to say that i was given the SOG fasthawk as a gift, and its absolute shit when you try to cut wood with it, with that flat face it has.

I keep it in the bag in the car, but mostly just to bust a window easily if i need to, and its a better weapon that a fist or my SAK.

>>270950
Id get Les's axe but its too pricey for me atm.

How terribad are these? i am in need of a new camping axe as well but lol broke
http://www.lowes.com/pd_366975-58327-ADI-125SB_0__?productId=4667463&Ntt=axe&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Daxe&facetInfo=
http://www.lowes.com/pd_309102-42268-HC-1.25H-LW+33588_0__?productId=3104145&Ntt=axe&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Daxe&facetInfo=

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 15:49:08 No.274199 Report

Quoted By:

>>274024
Shit nigah i have that exact axe head. I need to get gud at hafting the head though, i split it the last time...
also im balls as sharpening axes.

>tfw i could throw that KeenKutter better than anything else ever

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 17:26:35 No.274225 Report

Quoted By: >>274235

>>274050
> Case in point, whole head forged and heat treated fire axes.

No, just the blade and the pick will be hardened, otherwise the head would be too brittle.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 17:34:09 No.274230 Report

Quoted By: >>274231 >>274232 >>274235 >>274236

>>274074
> ax snobs want to justify their $200 ax.

It's not snobbishness, as one can get an all-steel Estwing carpenters or riggers hatchet for under $40.

Fiskars _hollow plastic_ handle is garbage and was designed wholly to increase corporate profits.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 17:38:01 No.274231 Report

Quoted By:

>>274230
too long/big/heavy for my camping tastes. i got the vaughan here >>273938 but i really want the estwing carpenters ( >>273983
>>273987) as it's only 13" and beaituful

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 17:39:58 No.274232 Report

Quoted By: >>274234

>>274230
> designed wholly
> knowing the minds of the designers
> 2014 mindreading

As though wieght was not a design parameter.

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 17:44:05 No.274234 Report

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>>274232
> 2014
> thinking the global corporate elite give a fuck about quality

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 17:49:17 No.274235 Report

Quoted By: >>274241

>>270868
>>271022
>>272042
>>273932
>>273938
>>273943
>>273983
>>274010
>>274024
>>274225
>>274230
fags. buy a real axe/hatchet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 17:50:08 No.274236 Report

Quoted By: >>274245

>>274230
> was designed wholly to increase corporate profits.

Thats why they give a life-time warranty. Dumbshit. They are sturdy and take an awful lot of beating without breaking. Worth every penny - and if you handle it wrong and the handle breaks just use the warranty.

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 17:57:31 No.274241 Report

Quoted By: >>274251

>>274235
o thnk u

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:02:13 No.274245 Report

Quoted By: >>274247

>>274236

Estwing warrantees their tools also.

Of course you'll never need the warranty, as it's not a piece of shit designed to appeal to soccer moms.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:04:17 No.274247 Report

Quoted By: >>274250 >>274251 >>274260

>>274245
Sorry but this looks cheap/ rubbish.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:09:08 No.274250 Report

Quoted By: >>274265 >>274272

>>274247
> Fiskars toy hatchets
> Mora steak knives

Never change, /out/...

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:09:33 No.274251 Report

Quoted By:

runner-up
>>274247
>>274241

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:19:24 No.274260 Report

Quoted By:

>>274247
>Rubbish
Eurofag detected.

Necromancer

Necromancer Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:21:44 No.274261 Report

Quoted By: >>274267 >>274271

The thing I dislike the most about solid metal tools is that all of the shock of the impact goes into your hand, where as a wooden handle absorbs it and makes it more comfortable to use. This is why blacksmiths all use wooden handled hammers.

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:27:39 No.274265 Report

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>>274250

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:28:41 No.274267 Report

Quoted By: >>274362

>>274261
>where as a wooden handle absorbs it and makes it more comfortable to use.
how about grip tape? dun dun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:34:44 No.274271 Report

Quoted By: >>274282 >>274362

>>274261
fiskars composite handles excel in this category jus' say'n'

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:35:53 No.274272 Report

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>>274250
That Peppa Pig tent is single walled. Those kids are gonna get soaked in condensation. No way itwill hold up in any kind of bad weather They should have got a Helleberg 4 season.

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:53:45 No.274282 Report

Quoted By: >>274284 >>274292 >>274305 >>274309 >>274514

>>274271

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 18:55:21 No.274284 Report

Quoted By: >>274305 >>274309 >>274317

>>274282
This was posted on /diy/
Most people were shitting them selves at the sight of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 19:08:35 No.274292 Report

Quoted By: >>274305 >>274309 >>274317

>>274282
that looks to be the older version, before they started calling the 14" the X7. I gotta admit that the hatchet being plastic worried me, but I dont see it being a problem unless youre being stupid and using it in a way its not intended or have poor hand/eye coordination.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 19:29:08 No.274305 Report

Quoted By: >>274317

>>274282
>>274284
>>274292

this
>>273925

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 19:38:24 No.274309 Report

Quoted By: >>274317

>>274282
>>274284
>>274292

One broken axe is just one broken axe.

If you dislike Fiskars axes because of that picture, you're a fool.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 19:57:54 No.274317 Report

Quoted By:

>>274284
>>274292
>>274305
>>274309
> One broken axe is just one broken axe.

Indeed and given enough effort, anything can eventually be broken.

But the reason you can get a Fiskars hatchet for $20, is because the manufacturer
only spent $0.05 on the injection moulded _hollow_ plastic handle.

Why waste even $20 when for $40-some, you can get an all-steel Estwing that your
grandchildren will still be using?

Hell, even a $10 wooden handled Chinese made hatchet from Wal-mart, is better
then the Fiskars hipster _hollow_ plastic handle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2014 20:33:48 No.274338 Report

Quoted By:

>>274197
the one with the wood handle looks nicer and probably feels nicer too

Necromancer

Necromancer Fri 21 Feb 2014 21:33:46 No.274362 Report

Quoted By:

>>274267

That just makes it grippier, it doesn't absorb the shock.

>>274271

To be honest, since discussing it with people on /out/ I am now of the opinion that Fiskars are great if you want them they're just not my cup of tea. Unless I hear otherwise, my opinion is staying there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Feb 2014 03:28:34 No.274486 Report

Quoted By: >>274510

>>274010
it wouldnt make it work any better, but i always thought the Fasthawk would look good if you would make a wood handle for it.

could be too awfully difficult...

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Anonymous Sat 22 Feb 2014 05:41:21 No.274510 Report

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>>274486

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Anonymous Sat 22 Feb 2014 05:55:58 No.274514 Report

Quoted By: >>274530 >>274822

>>274282

same reason why i'll never buy a glock

they WILL break 100% of the time, according to random strangers on the internet

someone should tell the 60% of all law enforcement officers that have been using them since the 80s

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Feb 2014 07:04:57 No.274530 Report

Quoted By: >>274798

>>274514

Note that there isn't a CZ listed [:

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Anonymous Sat 22 Feb 2014 22:41:24 No.274798 Report

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>>274530

the czech couldn't make a bad gun even if they wanted to

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Feb 2014 23:16:25 No.274815 Report

Quoted By: >>274827

>>274091
Not the anon you asked, but what will eventually happen is the eye will become misshapen and you might end up with a Deuteronomy 19:5 situation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Feb 2014 23:31:17 No.274822 Report

Quoted By: >>274826 >>274835

>>274514

Glocks are actually extremely reliable, it was the Gen 1 Glocks that were chambered in .45 that were the problem. The chamber was not strong/thick enough to handle the the explosion, they they would blow up, hence where glocknade came from. The issue was fixed ling ago, now when they blow up, it is just by luck.....well if you call it luck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Feb 2014 23:44:49 No.274826 Report

Quoted By:

>>274822
Wasn't that .40, not .45?

Either way, I don't shoot Glock because I don't like the way they fit/feel my hands. I have no objection to the gun itself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Feb 2014 23:45:16 No.274827 Report

Quoted By: >>274839

>>274815
> Deut 19:5

Make me look it up.

Very apropos.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Feb 2014 23:54:12 No.274835 Report

Quoted By: >>274842

>>274822

i was kidding of course

i've personally but 7000 rounds through a glock 23 without any breakages or malfunctions

i've also used Fiskars axes and hatchets for years to the same effect

Manslayer

Manslayer Sat 22 Feb 2014 23:58:59 No.274839 Report

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>>274827
That would make a good trip.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Feb 2014 00:05:05 No.274842 Report

Quoted By: >>274844

>>274835
i put a fiskars splitting axe right through my foot when i was chopping a stump out. the handle didn't bend or bounce or nothin :3

it was quite an ordeal though

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Feb 2014 00:11:36 No.274844 Report

Quoted By: >>274850

>>274842

collateral damage has been an issue with my fiskars too. a drunk friend got a hold of it one night and planted it square in his shin

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Feb 2014 00:24:43 No.274850 Report

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>>274844
alcohol and sharp things are not a good combination

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Feb 2014 13:33:06 No.275142 Report

Quoted By: >>275156

anyone have a good link on how to haft an axe/hatchet? mine was great until i drove a metal wedge in it like the packaging said, it split the wood down to about an inch below the hatchet head.

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Anonymous Sun 23 Feb 2014 14:24:10 No.275153 Report

Quoted By:

>>270868
Consider a Fiskars X5 if you want something really light. I've had mine for a number of years now and it's yet to let me down.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Feb 2014 14:32:58 No.275156 Report

Quoted By: >>275553 >>275607

>>275142
No link, but how tight was the handle before you put in the wood wedge? It should be hard to move in and out without any wedges and the metal wedge should go at a 45 degree angle to hold the wood wedge in place.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Feb 2014 02:07:16 No.275553 Report

Quoted By: >>275555 >>275561

>>275156
i guess the anngle was too shallow. might have been why it split.

I think next time i might just drive in the wooden wedge and then soak the shit in a bucket of hot water all night, then skip the metal wedge

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Feb 2014 02:10:31 No.275555 Report

Quoted By: >>275558 >>275761

>>275553

Soak it in oil not water

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Feb 2014 02:29:13 No.275558 Report

Quoted By: >>275607 >>275761

>>275555
This!!!! Boiled linseed oil FTW.

And don't skip the metal wedge, the wood one will work out over time without the metal one to hold it in place.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Feb 2014 02:32:53 No.275561 Report

Quoted By: >>275761

>>275553
The most likely reason it split was that the handle wasn't cut tight enough to the eye and the wood wedge opened it up too much.

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Anonymous Mon 24 Feb 2014 04:23:07 No.275607 Report

Quoted By: >>275761

>>275558
>>275156

I've seen antique axe restorers using metal wedges (including ring types) but the U.S. Forestry Service say not to;

Article:
http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/htm99232823/page03.htm#hang
Website:
http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/htm99232823/toc.htm

"Never insert iron, steel, screws, nails, or any other metal object down in the wooden wedge to tighten the handle, even though you see this being done on many factory–handled axes. Epoxy should not be used, either. This advice applies for the entire life of your ax. The metal wedges tend to split the grain on the hickory handle. I can't see any reason why you would want to do that to a properly hung ax.

A loose handle can be temporarily tightened either in the field or in the shop by soaking the head in a bucket of linseed oil. Never soak the handle in water, except for short–term, emergency field tightening. Water will tighten the handle to the head, but the water dries out rapidly, leaving the head looser than before you started. Tightening the handle by soaking it in linseed oil is also a temporary measure. The ax must be rewedged or hung again to keep it tight."

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Feb 2014 12:44:06 No.275761 Report

Quoted By:

>>275607
many thankings komrade
>>275555
>>275558
>>275561
you guys too

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