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Axes, Hatchets & Machetes

Axes, Hatchets, and Machetes

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Why Own an Axe and Hatchet?

Wood Processing

Axes are essential tools for chopping, splitting, and processing firewood. Whether you need wood for heating, cooking, or camping, an axe can make the job significantly easier and more efficient.

Camping & Outdoor Activities

When you're camping, an axe can help with tasks like clearing a campsite, building a shelter, and crafting tools or equipment from wood. It's indispensable for survival and bushcraft skills.

Emergency Preparedness

In emergency situations, such as natural disasters or power outages, having an axe can be invaluable for cutting through debris, opening blocked paths, and even self-rescue.

Gardening & Landscaping

Axes are helpful for clearing brush, cutting down small trees, and maintaining your garden or property. They are ideal for tasks like chopping roots and removing unwanted vegetation.

Different Types of Axes

Axes come in various types, each designed for specific tasks. Understanding the differences between these types of axes is essential to ensure that you use the right tool for the job. Here's an explanation of some common types of axes and their respective purposes:

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Felling Axe

  • Purpose: Felling axes are designed for cutting down trees. They have a long, slender handle and a relatively thin, sharp blade for efficient cutting.
  • Characteristics: Felling axes often have a pronounced wedge shape to facilitate splitting the wood when the tree falls. They are also used for limbing, and removing branches from felled trees.

Splitting Axe

  • Purpose: Splitting axes are primarily used for splitting logs into firewood. They have a heavy, blunt, and wide wedge-shaped head that helps to split wood fibers effectively.
  • Characteristics: Splitting axes typically have a thicker and blunter blade compared to felling axes, making them unsuitable for felling trees but excellent for breaking wood into smaller pieces.

Hatchet

  • Purpose: Hatchets are smaller, one-handed axes used for a variety of tasks, such as chopping, clearing brush, and light wood processing.
  • Characteristics: Hatchets are compact and portable, making them suitable for camping, backpacking, and other outdoor activities. They are versatile and can serve as a multi-purpose tool.

Camping Axe

  • Purpose: Camping axes are designed for outdoor enthusiasts and campers. They are often a hybrid between a hatchet and a small felling axe, making them suitable for a range of campsite tasks.
  • Characteristics: Camping axes have a moderate size, lightweight design, and a balance between chopping power and portability, making them ideal for processing firewood, shelter-building, and more.

Broad Axe

  • Purpose: Broad axes are used for shaping and hewing large, flat surfaces in woodworking, such as squaring logs, shaping beams, or crafting timber structures.
  • Characteristics: Broad axes have a wide, flat blade that allows for precise control when shaping wood. One side of the blade is flat, while the other is beveled, and they are used alternately to create a smooth, flat surface.

Pickaxe (Pulaski Axe)

  • Purpose: Pickaxes are primarily used in construction and landscaping to break up hard ground, rocks, and roots. Pulaski axes are a combination tool, with an axe blade on one side and a pick on the other.
  • Characteristics: Pickaxes have a pointed end for piercing the ground or rock, while the axe side is used for cutting roots or digging trenches.

Tomahawk

  • Purpose: Tomahawks are small, light axes with a long history in Native American culture. They are used for throwing, utility, and as a weapon in some cases.
  • Characteristics: Tomahawks have a flat, narrow head, making them well-suited for throwing and cutting tasks. They are often used in recreational activities like tomahawk throwing.
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  • Toor Camp Axe, Ranger Green G10 / Black KG Gunkote D2

    Toor Knives

    Toor Camp Axe, Ranger Green G10 / Black KG Gunkote D2

    $395.00

    The Toor  Camp Axe was born out of necessity for a strong and capable tool ready to tackle any fire prep or shelter-building task, at the site or out on the trail. The broad head provides plenty of...

  • Toor Camp Axe, Black G10 / Black KG Gunkote D2

    Toor Knives

    Toor Camp Axe, Black G10 / Black KG Gunkote D2

    $395.00

    The Toor  Camp Axe was born out of necessity for a strong and capable tool ready to tackle any fire prep or shelter-building task, at the site or out on the trail. The broad head provides plenty of...

  • Toor Knives F13 Tommy, Shadow Black

    Toor Knives

    Toor Knives F13 Tommy, Shadow Black

    $335.00

    The latest edition to our growing axe family is the F13 Tommy, which is named after the "Filthy Thirteen" of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. The F13 Tommy resembles...

  • Toor Knives F13 Tommy, Ranger Green

    Toor Knives

    Toor Knives F13 Tommy, Ranger Green

    $335.00

    The latest edition to our growing axe family is the F13 Tommy, which is named after the "Filthy Thirteen" of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. The F13 Tommy resembles...

  • Liam Hoffman Blacksmithing Belt Carry Camp Axe - HB-SH

    Liam Hoffman Blacksmithing

    Liam Hoffman Blacksmithing Belt Carry Camp Axe - HB-SH

    $350.00

    Liam Hoffman Blacksmithing Belt Carry Camp Axe. 12" length. Hand forged in North Carolina Liam's axes are hand forged from a block of 4142 chrome/moly alloy steel in the Blue Ridge mountains on the...

  • Liam Hoffman Blacksmithing Bearded Belt Axe - HB-SHB

    Liam Hoffman Blacksmithing

    Liam Hoffman Blacksmithing Bearded Belt Axe - HB-SHB

    $370.00

    Liam Hoffman Blacksmithing HB-SHB Bearded Belt Carry Camp Axe. 12" length. Hand forged in North Carolina Liam's axes are hand forged from a block of 4142 chrome/moly alloy steel in the Blue Ridge...

  • Kershaw Taskmaster Saw 2 - 2556

    Kershaw Knives

    Kershaw Taskmaster Saw 2 - 2556

    $44.00

    Kershaw Taskmaster Saw 2 Tan The Taskmaster Saw 2 brings back Kershaw's folding saw with a revamped handle and a new tan color. Removes finger grooves from the original, modernizing the design while...

  • Council Tool Wood-Craft Pack Axe, Curved, 2lb / 19" - WC20PA19C

    Council Tool

    Council Tool Wood-Craft Pack Axe, Curved, 2lb / 19" - WC20PA19C

    $191.34

    WC20PA19C Wood-craft Leather Mask 2lb 19 inch curved handle 2 lbs. Wood-Craft Pack Axe, 19 in. Curved Handle, with a high quality Leather Mask:  The Council Tool Co.’s WOOD-CRAFT  Pack Axe design is...

  • Council Tool Wood-Craft Pack Axe, Curved, 2lb / 24" - WC20PA24C

    Council Tool

    Council Tool Wood-Craft Pack Axe, Curved, 2lb / 24" - WC20PA24C

    $199.39

    WC20PA24C Wood-craft Curved handle Leather mask Wood-Craft Pack Axe, 24 in. Curved Handle, with a high quality Leather Mask:  The Council Tool Co.’s WOOD-CRAFT  Pack Axe design is intended to produce...

  • Council Tool Wood-Craft Camp Carver Axe, 1.7lb / 22" - WC17CCA22S

    Council Tool

    Council Tool Wood-Craft Camp Carver Axe, 1.7lb / 22" - WC17CCA22S

    $194.83

    Council Tool Wood-Craft Camp Carver WC17CCA22S The Council Tool Wood-Craft Camp Carver combines traditional axe heritage with modern specialized design elements to create a versatile bushcraft tool...

  • Council Tool Hudson Bay Camp Axe, 1.25lb / 14" - SU125HB14C

    Council Tool

    Council Tool Hudson Bay Camp Axe, 1.25lb / 14" - SU125HB14C

    $51.79

    Council Tool Hudson Bay Camp Axe SU125HB14C The Council Tool Hudson Bay Camp Axe represents a living connection to North American trading history, reimagined as a practical modern camping tool. This...

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