budget axe

[MONKEY8MAV]

is there a good budget axe anywhere under £40 if possible all help welcome

marco

 

[copper_head]

Check out the Husqvarna hatchet, hand forged Swedish steel for £20 bargain!

 

[Niels]

Look for a Husqvarna hatchet have heard good of them here: http://woodtrekker.blogspot.nl/2010/10/husqvarna-hatchet-review.html

 

[woof]

The Hultasfors are good quality, i have the trekker, at 17" long its slightly shorter that the sfa.

Rob

 

[Thetillerman71]

One of mine is the Husqvarna, pretty good for medium sized work but not great for carving. Id base your final decision on both size and cost

 

[Everything Mac]

Hultafors or husquvarna are the way to go. Wetterlings?

Cheers

 

[RE8ELD0G]

I just bought a normal hatchet from toolstation for £4
Took a while to sharpen but it does the job

 

[Niels]

Yes but a quality one will usually have better design, hold an edge better, and the head and handle will be attached to each other longer. Also those cheap axes have laquer on the handle and give you blisters.

 

[BBH-Skip]

On recomendation from those on here I got a husqy hatchet. Great piece of kit - and fantastic for the price. Was supposed to have been an Xmas present but it has been well used since I bought it 5 weeks ago

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[demographic]

Axe or Hatchet?

 

[santaman2000]

To be honest, I'd be leery of anything that cost MORE than 25 pounds!

 

[Shovel]

Condor Woodworker of Condor greenland hatchet. Great reviews for both of them, seem to be good quality. I like them because they have a longer handle than the husqvarna. Fiskars lines are good too.

 

[Jared]

As said previously, one of the Hultafors Agdor range

A selection here

http://www.casstrom.co.uk/epages/Ca...Outdoor/Categories/Axes/Hultafors_Agdor_Range

 

[Niels]

To be honest, I'd be leery of anything that cost MORE than 25 pounds!

One English term I like is: Reassuringly expensive.
It goes for axes IMHO

 

[toilet digger]

+ 1 for the husqvarna
my husky hand axe gets used for hedge laying and is yet to fail. holds an edge well, good size with decent oomph.

 

[demographic]

One English term I like is: Reassuringly expensive.
It goes for axes IMHO

One Swedish term I just made up is : Husqvarna Hatchet, reassuringly inexpensive and mine cost less than £25

 

[ED-E]

I had a few Axes from Wetterlings and one from Husqvarna.. I still have a GB SFA and a Fiskars X7. If you're tight on budget or simply don't want to spend much money on an Axe, I can totally recommend the Fiskars X Series.

 

[little_leaf177]

I've had 3 wetterlings axes.
First was a small hand axe which I got years ago from attelborough accesories for £15.00
So then that got robbed on a scout camp
Then I got the same style axe from springfields at the bushcraft show @ windemere for £18.90
And this year I got the wetterlings forest axe for £50 with a free stone from bushcraft store from bushcraft show this year

Far better value than gransfors IMHO.

Regards
Leaf177

 

[santaman2000]

One English term I like is: Reassuringly expensive.
It goes for axes IMHO

A logger's term I like is, "An axe is an axe, is an axe. But an axeman is altogether different."