here's the finished hatchet that was in my final youtube tutorial on making this handle. took photo in my back woods.
finished paracord handle on fiskars camp hatchet
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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
about 4hrs. thanks.
heres more info:
MAIN HANDLE = a long 3-turn turks head knot with 3 individual 17'+/- strands makeup the main handle for a total of 50' +/- TOPPER KNOT = a 5-turn turks head knot with 1 individual 5'+/- strand (w/ inner cords removed) ADJUSTABLE WRIST LANYARD = 4 individual 4'+/- strands in a sinnet for a total of 16'+/- In total, there is more than 65' of paracord in this hatchet
Beautiful work...!!! I have a fiskars with a much shorter handle.... I might try the same thing.... But it's so hard learning new knots...!!!
Very nice indeed and super neat
Jason
Ps are there books for this kinda thing ?
thanks! if you are serious about doing this, I learned from an out of print book Gibson's Knots and Splices which can be downloaded from scribd.com. Otherwise, checkout the 4 part detailed tutorials I put on youtube.
Looks really nice mate! What is the axe like? Had a feel of one in the shop last week, very light weight handle but obviously didn't get to use it.
thanks; conditions were great for the pic - i ran out back, found a spot, tried a few locations until I found this one. added a few pine cones and needles lower left, otherwise didn't do anything special! took only 15 minutes from when I tied the last night until I had this picture.
I like the feel of mine, use it regularly - swings nice and devours wood.
thanks alex. the tutorial is an investment of your time, but worth it. I've taken painstaking effort to make sure that if you want to do this sort of project, you WILL learn and understand how. You will not just be parroting my motions.
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