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Survivorman
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Fonly
Residential Knife Guy
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Kommer make good products. Though an all metal hatchet or axe isnt my thing.
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Mystik Spiral
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I was looking at buying that before. I bought the special forces shovel instead. It has sharpened edges and it is a shovel. I've split wood with it, chopped roots, but the blade is tilted a little bit so it's hard to chop a tree. For that reason I also bought a kukri machete. Coldsteel has better kukri's for hundreds of dollars but $20 is a real good value.
http://www.coldsteel.com/92sfs.html
http://www.coldsteel.com/97kms.html
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Survivorman
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Kommer make good products. Though an all metal hatchet or axe isnt my thing. |
Oh, I didn't know Kommer was a brand to trust, in that case, looks like a nice llittle hatchet then
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SpookyPistolero
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[I had a nice post with pictures set up, but the spamware denied me...]
I just wanted to add another recommendation for the Fiskars hatchet. I've had mine for a few months now and have used the heck out of it. I used to hate 'plastic' tools too, when several years ago I was gifted hatchet with a synthetic handle which snapped in half on my first use, and I of course swore off allowing such materials on my 'users' ever again.
After reading all the positive Fiskars reviews, I picked one up and decided to abuse the heck out of it. I tried to push it past its limits, but it just never misses a beat! I use it for firewood procurement, shelter building, carving stakes, general carving, etc. and it does it all. It's lightweight, well balanced and the steel takes a great edge. For $20, it's hard not to try it out!
It's definitely a mainstay in my pack now and an excellent woods companion.
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| Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:26 am |
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Fonly
Residential Knife Guy
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I just wanted to add another recommendation for the Fiskars hatchet. I've had mine for a few months now and have used the heck out of it. I used to hate 'plastic' tools too, when several years ago I was gifted hatchet with a synthetic handle which snapped in half on my first use, and I of course swore off allowing such materials on my 'users' ever again.
After reading all the positive Fiskars reviews, I picked one up and decided to abuse the heck out of it. I tried to push it past its limits, but it just never misses a beat! I use it for firewood procurement, shelter building, carving stakes, general carving, etc. and it does it all. It's lightweight, well balanced and the steel takes a great edge. For $20, it's hard not to try it out!
It's definitely a mainstay in my pack now and an excellent woods companion. |
Hey spooky, Definetly agree. Fiskars are awsome for the money, I think they might even be worth more, at least I would pay more for one.
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