Don't I know it! If you notice in my original post I said I used to own one, had an lk35 pack at the time, had it on the bottom of the frame but did not tie it securely enough! Searched for weeks returning to the same location. Never found it
Small hatchet
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Well, Don't pass over the Fiskars line-up. They make good tools and there's nothing wrong with the elastic nature of a fiberglas handle.
Got a small hatchet head a few years back as a present. Now I want a wooden small handle with it, but where to get one?
If I ever had to sell my GB axes I would quite happily replace them with Fiskars. But as others have said look for something old and quality to restore.
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It might be worth looking at the Husqvarna hatchet. You can pick them up for around £25 or so and they're every bit as good as a GB equivalent, once you've given the edge a bit of t.l.c..
Nobody has mentioned the hollow handle of the Fiskars axes....
Storage space. Just mentioning...
Storage space. Just mentioning...
If you don't fancy making one most farmers stores (such as Wynnstay) stock hatchet and axe handles.
Make sure you inspect the handle carefully, so the fibers run perfectly parallel with the handle.
Nothing more irritating that pokey slivers hurting your hand.
Nothing more irritating that pokey slivers hurting your hand.
Not quite a hatchet, but following the theme of Fiskars love in the thread, I have an XA3 brush axe that I can thoroughly recommend if it suits your purpose.
The blunt hook may exclude it from some tasks but I was truly stunned at how deep it will bite into green wood. There are some good videos on yt of people putting them through their paces. Carving would be a biy limited, but I did square up the ends of some 1.5" to 2" thick branches for reindeer faces quite easily (various species, green and seasoned).
Edit - reindeer faces linked in my 'enterprising offspring' post.
The blunt hook may exclude it from some tasks but I was truly stunned at how deep it will bite into green wood. There are some good videos on yt of people putting them through their paces. Carving would be a biy limited, but I did square up the ends of some 1.5" to 2" thick branches for reindeer faces quite easily (various species, green and seasoned).
Edit - reindeer faces linked in my 'enterprising offspring' post.
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I got one of those too. Do not like it, it is clumsy.. I prefer the ancient Marttiini I bought in mid 70's.
Get one of those and you will never look back!
Get one of those and you will never look back!
This much I will say in favour of Fiskars, they make use it and abuse it tools which you are not going to get precious about. Certainly the case with my Fiskars hatchet, whilst I have spent some time restoring older tools, which I suppose is a labour of love, I am not going to use them the same way as I do my Fiskars, essentially not caring if the blade gets nicked or whatever because it is not expensive or rare to replace.
I use my Fiskars X7 since round about 25 years. No stress with a wooden handle like all the others I had before.
It looks used but technical it is as good as new.
The X5 is to short. The X7 with the longer handle has much more working power but nearly the same weight like the X5.
The total weight of my X7 is 600g. It is the old model, but I think the new has more or less the same weight.
That means it is 100g lighter than the usual german kitchen hatchet. On them is printed "600g" but that is ment without the handle.
It looks used but technical it is as good as new.
The X5 is to short. The X7 with the longer handle has much more working power but nearly the same weight like the X5.
The total weight of my X7 is 600g. It is the old model, but I think the new has more or less the same weight.
That means it is 100g lighter than the usual german kitchen hatchet. On them is printed "600g" but that is ment without the handle.
Dad had a German hatchet and knife combo. Anno early 1960’s
Hatchet handle was wood, knife handle plastic made to look like stag antler.
The metal in both was some weird alloy, aluminium like, but the axe had the edge in iron. Borderline usable.
His old HJ knife was weirdly enough made from the same Al alloy.
That one was from -38.
I guess proper steel was reserved for more noble uses.
He always told me that alloy was from the Al pots and pans collected from the people with the pretext it would be made into aircraft, but was not good enough for that.
Hatchet handle was wood, knife handle plastic made to look like stag antler.
The metal in both was some weird alloy, aluminium like, but the axe had the edge in iron. Borderline usable.
His old HJ knife was weirdly enough made from the same Al alloy.
That one was from -38.
I guess proper steel was reserved for more noble uses.
He always told me that alloy was from the Al pots and pans collected from the people with the pretext it would be made into aircraft, but was not good enough for that.
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