Jack Ryan
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For splitting wood, get a maul. One with a plastic handle.I am looking for a decent axe. Most for splitting wood, will carry it camping, if anything happens then it will be used for self-defense. Not looking to spend more than $100.00. Already have cheap Wal Mart axes and mauls. They don't hold a edge very good. Looking to upgrade. Thank you.
For a hatchet, get an Estwing camp axe or hatchet. Solid, all one piece steel. If you need to you can baton it on through with a piece of wood to split a piece of fire wood and never hurt it a bit. I keep a couple Sycamore limbs by the camp fire just for splitting those "starter" pieces to get a fire going.
Don't be a TV dummy. Never hold what you are trying to split and swing away. Use your "batoning stick" to hold the piece you want to split while you smack it with the axe,hatchet, tomahawk. Then you have your baton right there in your hand if it don't quite make it all the way through and a bonus! You still have all your fingers to hold it with!
If I was planning one of those survivor show trips, that would be my ONE tool if there will be wood there. You can make a hammer and a baton with your Estwing camp axe and then you can use those with the hatchet to double the usefulness of the tool you brought... If you know how to sharpen it you can use it for a knife but a knife makes a horrible axe or hatchet.
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