@Tzuede Off the Cuff I get that much lol. I split wood by hand so for that reason I personally try not to hit wet rounds. Aside from that, I was under the impression the sap would be more evenly distributed if it cures in rounds so to prevent the occasional fireplace burst. I do soak my failed attempts at cooking as if to drown my mistake lol
"if you live in the country where's there's-there's trees" people who don't listen look around. The guy doesn't write a script, he busts out something neat and starts talking about it, not really sure what he's gonna say, just trying to make it relatable to other people on the spot.
I am from Sweden, I think another advantage about stacking firewood around the tree, is that under a tree the soil is always drier, because of “root pressure” so you got less problems with rotten/damaged firewood close to the ground.
I don't know what "root pressure" is, but leaves do keep light rainfall off the ground and things under the tree and the roots suck up water in the soil under the tree drying it more quickly. I like how he uses circular stacks - wood dries faster as the center works as a chimney. As the sun heats the wood the hot air rises from the center pulling fresh air through the wood, so I wonder if the covers keeping it dry negates that; it seems they should have a center hole to be most effective as they will heat up especially if black (they should just be like plates with a center hole and not full covers, in my opinion). Just watched to the end where he mentioned this.
Fiberglass handles are great, until they start to fail from abuse, or weather. Then the glass fibers become almost as bad as Poison Ivy. I prefer wood, even when I miss the mark sometimes. That plastic around the fiberglass may be better, but I agree, the shape and grip of the handle count one heck of a lot.
I've never entered a workshop. I only chop woods once a year my own house from a friend's vineyard/olive grove. I've jumped on this channel randomly. And for some reason I find this all extremely interesting.
Find hardwood bigger than the stone. Make a template with the stone onto the wood, both sides, two pieces. Measure how Thick the stone is, divide by 2. That's how deep you want to chisel out the wood so the stone will fit. It will take some whittling, but it how it's always been done. Thank you gramps, RIP
1:24 if they're still selling it and it's had a recall, that usually means the issue has been fixed. If there's a recall on it too, then it means take it back and get a refund, they're RECALLING the product from customers.
Rather than buying this hatchet just to knock out the handle, I'd find an old head at a yard sale or ebay or the like and make a handle for that. Same price, better quality, and you don't have to deal with the fiberglass and epoxy. Estwing would be good too like you said.
Using a old tool you've cleaned up and rehandled is just a joy and a point of pride. I hope my Grandsons get that feeling when they use my old axes, knives and tools. You can't beat a good old fashioned Estwing for a affordable first hatchet. Enjoyed the video Cody.
I found a vintage ( made in USA) Craftsman hatchet at a thrift store for $2.99. It’s 1 1/4 lb. head and a real nice red wood handle. Just need to sharpen it up.
well the other one was just not safe and was barely a hatchet. he mentioned that this was the cheapest safe one, being that you shouldnt review an unsafe hatchet
@@EthanMeatan I was either refering to the amount being forgettable or to there never having been an axe in the first place. Probably the former but who knows anymore
@wranglerstar, another great thing for breaking windows is an automatic center punch. It has to be one with a sharp point and decent spring, but I've seen tests where even ones with light springs just shatter cars windows and they're more controlled. You can look away without worrying about missing with an axe or swinging to hard and hitting an occupant when the glass breaks. Edit: spelling
Cool Hickory shirt, Cody. Hickory shirts have become my Mon-Fri "uniform" fall winter and spring. Makes me smile to see other people still wearing them.
I don't know **HOW** I ever missed this here one, but THANK you for this! Very valuable, pertinent, and highly valid information here... I never cease to be amazed at the value of the information you provide, Good Sir Cody! Thank yo for this! 😊
Given you mentioned birch bark. I was recently reading about how thousands of years ago birch bark tar was used as an adhesive. That humans would chew it to keep it soft and moist. Using it when they needed it.
I bought one of that variety at my local Harbor Freight. I hacked the head off and put it on a 14" wooden handle. Its my go-to camp hatchet now and I can pound on it without feeling bad about it. LOVE IT.
I have one of those that I use to chop into roots when digging holes. Works pretty good for that, and I'm not ruining any axe edges on my more expensive axes
@@williamvillatoro4041 what kind of trees are you talking about, you cant cut them down after 5-10 years those in the video are at least 70-80 years old.
Interesting review! That looks like a great hatchet to use for yard work, like chopping roots when removing trees (instead of using your 'good' hatchet for that purpose). I recently bought a Council Tool Camp Carver, expensive axe, and being in my 50s I had some reservations about spending so much on an axe (will I ever get $130 of use out of it in my remaining lifetime?). Best decision ever! I love the Camp Carver.
Rather than filing it, I wonder if it's possibly to use a card scraper or spoke shave to shape the handle, might make it salvageable, though I like your idea of using it as a practice hatchet for re-handling it. Good to practice sharpening as well.
I recently moved to the high country, and funny enough happened to find your page soon after I love your videos, great information, easy to listen to, and always quite interesting Thank you for the great content!
my car is always home to: a battery powered air pump, an axe, a snow shovel, motor oil, break fluid, tow rope, iron pipe and jumper cables. aside from the obvious things, the iron pipe is to increase the leave on my shitty tire iron and for beating roadkill to death.
Can’t wait until you don’t have to worry about RUclips’s rules. These are my favorite videos from you. Got my Best Made Hatcher our and started sharpening it up for the summer. Thanks for the inspiration and instruction!
I bought a hatchet in a bargain store in Surrey for £5.99. It was terribly soft steel with a nasty plastic handle, but it actually had quite a nice convex bevel. At the time I was living in a shack in the woods and it was winter. That hatchet needed a full resharpening virtually every time I used it, but it would take a serviceable edge for chopping and splitting wood. Anyway, the thing got me through to spring time because I treated it with love. The best hatchet in the world is always the one you got! That's the attitude you got to have, as I'm sure you probably know.
No, for $20 buy a Vaughan & Bushnell half hatchet. It needs a reprofile but it's absolutely the best money can buy new for $20. Excellently treated American 1080 steel, a great bit profile, and you get an actual hardened hammer poll.
How did those expensive tarps work out after. I remember seeing one tear on your I assume you'll be going to a much cheaper option that lasts just as long?
6-8 small (pea size)rocks/gravel from off the side of the road, thrown HARD at tempered glass, will take care of it!!! (My neighbor, a Ret. LEO, said it worked better than anything he had at the time.)
Wranglerstar....Don’t knock it, until you’ve tried it. I’ve done it once, and it worked. (I could’ve been lucky) I know you should be prepared, but when you have nothing, it’s better than unsuccessfully beating on a window with your fist. You should at least give it a try.
Funny, you go on and on about the bad handle yet I have one and I feel the handle is the best part, after scraping the mould flashing. The head wouldn't bite and just bounced off the logs. After reprofiling the grind its a great little chopper and a much better splitter. To each his own. Thanks for posting.
Amazing content right here. Thank you for another excellent video Mr. W. I’ve missed these type of videos, if you have time to do more I’d love to see more Amazon tool reviews. Much love from your neighbour to the north, Canada
Estwings are almost all hatchet- like, the biggest one they make is 26", the smaller ones are full tang. You can still get leather wrapped handles too but I believe they're varnished pretty hard these days
Also it's a misconception that you can't re-handle one of the larger hatchets/ small forest axes. The axes include a fairly large tang that extends into the composite handle, if you're familiar with knife craft it's fairly simple. Will it be as strong as the traditional full hickory? That all depends on the design you make, it could certainly still be a functional tool with a possibly shortened and wrapped wood or other material handle
i'm from Brazil. Here is pretty hard to find good axes, except for those bought from blacksmiths (for hundreds of dollars). I bought a hatchet in the same price range of this one, same head shape, and it had an awful handle aswell... But the head is hecking brutal, to be honest. I filed the edge to a 20 degree angle in both sides, then made a handle from eucalyptus (it's a pretty strong and lightweight wood, also very cheap), and started using it. I have it for 9 months now. Several camping trips with it, lot's of home carving and i have to say: This head is actually excellent. It holds the edge pretty well, you can make 3 camping trips, or so, using it non stop until you have to re sharpen it... For those who don't have the money to buy a Gransfors Bruk or even a Husqvarna this is a pretty good deal, just put some work on it and you'll be fine. ;) P.S.: The axe head is actually in a "hourglass" shape. The middle is thinner than the bottom and top, making it easy to put a wedge on.
Make the little wood box for the stone! PS. I commented on the video about your hunting story and you replied. In my comment I said I would go see my grandparents that day. I did. The next day my grandma called and said my grandpa was in the hospital. He was outside doing yard work and 4 people stopped by to help him up. He had heart surgery years ago, so hes on medicine. His heart was only working at 44%, he couldnt open his eyes anymore. They changed his medicine and kept him over night, hes back home now... doing yard work hours after his hospital release! I went by to help him out :)
I wouldn't trust a fibreglass handle ever again as I had one snap on me sending the hammer head flying across the construction site, luckily it missed the electricians just!
For the sharp plastic edges, the side of a chisel used like a card scraper works well. That's a Paul Sellers trick for cheap plastic plane totes that I've had success with.
We're in central Ontario, Canada. Burned 16 cords this winter - 4 more than normal. 8 months straight fires for our 2200 sq house - long winter here in the NE!
Tried a hatchet in the woods for a few months; not too useful. A saw was a huge work saver compared to a hatchet. An axe is awesome, you can really clean up a tree fast with an axe, but a hatchet in the woods can be a real instrument of self-torture.
@@bihalo4860 kind of idk I'm not the best at explaining it. But fiberglass can't really be messed with too much or else it splinters and stings whatever it touches.
any chance we can get a review of the tools you use to sharpen your axes and knives? and also a recommendation on a cheap way to start maintaining your own decently sharp tool edges? It is not easy to figure out a good place to start learning to sharpen tools
I have one of those Coghlan's hatchets, keep it next to the log splitter for whacking stringy stuff real fast. No complaints and the head is still on....
If you happen to choose to make an axe from a metal laying around you what metal would you choose And how about using sandpaper for sharpening which grit will you use and will you use water with it or no
I chopped up a large tree that fell in front of my house with a cheap $14 hatchet. Price isn't correlative to quality, at least when it comes to hatchets.
I don't have a wood stove, a homestead property or any need to split wood but I purchased a Gransfors Bruks American felling axe anyway because it looked nice.
You can get a Truper brand hatchet (made in Mexico) from Tractor Supply for less than $10 bucks and it's good carbon steel that'll take on a razor's edge. I keep one by my fireplace to split kindling and another in the toolbox of my pickup truck.
Fiskars hatchet requires fairly frequent resharpening, but seams like a match better option for ~$24. Better yet, pay $35 and get an Estwing sportsmen’s hatchet. Pretty good steel (1055) and a very tapered head. Good for splitting.
Do not buy this, absolutely don't ever buy it , at least not this version. This is identical to a hatchet with a yellow handle often available at Harbor Freight, the yellow handle like this for $7-$10 and the hickory handled version for $12. And you can get the same kind if stone lots of places for $1. I bought the hickory handled version years ago and the steel is pretty decent, it holds a shaving edge fairly well. Maybe I got the one good one out of 100 bad ones I don't know. I do not like Amazon in general, but I say absolutely never buy this. I say buy the hickory handled Central Forge version from Harbor Freight. Sure you have to go there, but C'mon don't be lazy. Get in your car and go buy one from HF.
I agree Tyler--I noticed that too. I have a couple of those Harbor freight hatchets. I went and grabbed one and it is identical to this one except the handle is yellow. They are pretty much junk and I just bought a couple when they were on sale for $5 dollars or so. I just use them to chop up non wood items and anything else I would not use one of my good hatchets for. It's an ok deal for $5 but be aware it is just a $5 hatchet LOL
I have one of these and I've used it for everything left it outside for a year or so, polished it up and it was fine, sharpens great, it is a very nice example of a budget hatchet
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Here is the link to the Hatchet and Sharpening stone
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Stone amzn.to/2Lk2vhp
Wranglerstar I missed your cheap things from amazon videos
Future video....make a good handle and compare side by side why the wood handle is better by shape wood type etc? I know you have done similar .
If you had to estimate how many trees there are in those bundles what would you guess
I thought fire wood was saposta cure in rounds, then split once it's cracks are pronounced. Have I been doing this wrong?
@Tzuede Off the Cuff I get that much lol. I split wood by hand so for that reason I personally try not to hit wet rounds. Aside from that, I was under the impression the sap would be more evenly distributed if it cures in rounds so to prevent the occasional fireplace burst.
I do soak my failed attempts at cooking as if to drown my mistake lol
“If you live in a country with trees” *people from the lorax look around*
best comment lmao
"if you live in the country where's there's-there's trees" people who don't listen look around.
The guy doesn't write a script, he busts out something neat and starts talking about it, not really sure what he's gonna say, just trying to make it relatable to other people on the spot.
Kolbey Andersen he made a joke chill out
Let it grow
@@mfnguy2942 Chill. He made a joke 😠
I am from Sweden, I think another advantage about stacking firewood around the tree, is that under a tree the soil is always drier, because of “root pressure” so you got less problems with rotten/damaged firewood close to the ground.
I don't know what "root pressure" is, but leaves do keep light rainfall off the ground and things under the tree and the roots suck up water in the soil under the tree drying it more quickly. I like how he uses circular stacks - wood dries faster as the center works as a chimney. As the sun heats the wood the hot air rises from the center pulling fresh air through the wood, so I wonder if the covers keeping it dry negates that; it seems they should have a center hole to be most effective as they will heat up especially if black (they should just be like plates with a center hole and not full covers, in my opinion). Just watched to the end where he mentioned this.
There is plastic and then there is Tonka Toy plastic.
😂
Tonka Toy plastic. takes hits, gets thrown, rarely bends and still, it's back into the original shape.
Tonka toys make there toys out of metal
@@dieseldylan6641 \m/ Ozzy\m/
Yassssss
The $12 hatchet looks like something out of a videogame.
Yeah like a silly Fortnite weapon or some gta stuff 😂
COD black ops III
Dying light
@Earth_To_Luna lmao the plane axe
It looks like it would cost 10,000$ in a game.
This guy is like RUclipss wholesome survival grandpa lmao love to see it
It's like he became a grandfather the moment he had kids
Nah dad sounds better
I can recommend you Mors Kochansky, R.I.P
Fiberglass handles are great, until they start to fail from abuse, or weather. Then the glass fibers become almost as bad as Poison Ivy. I prefer wood, even when I miss the mark sometimes. That plastic around the fiberglass may be better, but I agree, the shape and grip of the handle count one heck of a lot.
Worse
My wife walked by, saw me watching your video, and said “tell Cody I like his shirt”.
Done🤷🏻♂️
$40 at Whistle work wear @Dominic Easton
I’m sure he’ll post an advertisement for it...
@@thunderusnight Bingo. At least someone can see the obvious
Interesting video. What's the best wood to burn ?
Hey Stan. I love your videos and just wanted to say thanks. Your videos inspire me every day.
Hicory or cherry.
birch imo
Dry wood dead wood
Fatwood
Wranglerstar: the cheapiest axe is actually nice!!
Amazon: *Okay lets make this most expensive axe in amazon*
I've never entered a workshop. I only chop woods once a year my own house from a friend's vineyard/olive grove. I've jumped on this channel randomly. And for some reason I find this all extremely interesting.
Please do a video of how to make the wooden box for storing the inexpensive sharpening stone.
Find hardwood bigger than the stone. Make a template with the stone onto the wood, both sides, two pieces. Measure how Thick the stone is, divide by 2. That's how deep you want to chisel out the wood so the stone will fit. It will take some whittling, but it how it's always been done. Thank you gramps, RIP
Dad joke game strong with Cody. “Axe-ually” dropped twice in the first minute and a half.
3 times axe ually
Axeually it's more of a pun than a Dad Joke.
They made it green cause now you won’t loose it in ...
The forest ?
no green for hunting zombies
TARDO wym
@@aidenpettit9054 green slime zombie hunting color. i would say it is what it is but some times its a strange purple baby giraffe kinda thing.
No. It's so you wont lose it when you aim at a scout main
i just realised other country have green frosts
Test a fiskars hatchet or axe, those are everywhere in Finland, and we think those are good axes.
Most of the plastic/fibreglass handles file down and reshape well. Good for a spare or emergency Axe. John
At the end of its life you can snap it in half for a glow stick.
1:24 if they're still selling it and it's had a recall, that usually means the issue has been fixed.
If there's a recall on it too, then it means take it back and get a refund, they're RECALLING the product from customers.
Rather than buying this hatchet just to knock out the handle, I'd find an old head at a yard sale or ebay or the like and make a handle for that. Same price, better quality, and you don't have to deal with the fiberglass and epoxy. Estwing would be good too like you said.
Using a old tool you've cleaned up and rehandled is just a joy and a point of pride. I hope my Grandsons get that feeling when they use my old axes, knives and tools. You can't beat a good old fashioned Estwing for a affordable first hatchet. Enjoyed the video Cody.
I found a vintage ( made in USA) Craftsman hatchet at a thrift store for $2.99. It’s 1 1/4 lb. head and a real nice red wood handle. Just need to sharpen it up.
Surprising how much the stone soaks up
Almost as if it's..
a water stone.
@@westsenkovec Or maybe a whetstone?
Title: testing the cheapest hatchet on Amazon
12 seconds in: this is not the cheapest hatchet on amazon.
Gimme my money back now
What money?
well the other one was just not safe and was barely a hatchet. he mentioned that this was the cheapest safe one, being that you shouldnt review an unsafe hatchet
@@zaferoph r/woooosh
@@EthanMeatan I was either refering to the amount being forgettable or to there never having been an axe in the first place. Probably the former but who knows anymore
The axe looks like a toy, *but it can kill* .
It may kill, but will it Keel?
“It will kill”- Doug marcaida
Let me show you its features
Might kill the user in the process too.
"Nothing is more dangerous then a loose head on something." - True for people too.
Thanks for representing my awesome state of Nebraska! Means a lot to us! Loved seeing the hat on you! Nebraska Strong!
@wranglerstar, another great thing for breaking windows is an automatic center punch. It has to be one with a sharp point and decent spring, but I've seen tests where even ones with light springs just shatter cars windows and they're more controlled. You can look away without worrying about missing with an axe or swinging to hard and hitting an occupant when the glass breaks.
Edit: spelling
Pocket83 did a review and upgrade for both of those axes on his second channel. Shouts you out on a recent axe video too.
Do I sense someone wants their red handled Hatchet back? lol
13:06 that's what i've said to my gf
you mean that what she said ?XD
@@asd545a Jesus, slippery flat and dead. I'm glad my manhood is much better than that.
You mean you wish
I'm so sorry dude.
Cool Hickory shirt, Cody. Hickory shirts have become my Mon-Fri "uniform" fall winter and spring. Makes me smile to see other people still wearing them.
A good piece of gear to carry in a car is a spring activated center punch. Always keep one in my car because you can smash any glass with it.
Follow up video of you making a new handle for this hatchet???
Yes!
Yeah this
It's got a handle on it already. If it ain't broke don't fix it!!! Respect tools. Even the cheep ones.
Shlami Mk4 if it has good steel and a crappy fiberglass/plastic handle, respect it by putting some good wood on it
Shlami Mk4 so push it to the limits until it breaks and then put a new handle on it
I don't know **HOW** I ever missed this here one, but THANK you for this! Very valuable, pertinent, and highly valid information here... I never cease to be amazed at the value of the information you provide, Good Sir Cody! Thank yo for this! 😊
Given you mentioned birch bark. I was recently reading about how thousands of years ago birch bark tar was used as an adhesive. That humans would chew it to keep it soft and moist. Using it when they needed it.
I bought one of that variety at my local Harbor Freight. I hacked the head off and put it on a 14" wooden handle. Its my go-to camp hatchet now and I can pound on it without feeling bad about it. LOVE IT.
Fiberglass is great untill you have to work on it in a body shop lol
Oh god screw working with fiberglass itchy as hell
@@skylerpainter1307
Itchy?
@@l0sts0ul89 fiberglass splinters into little needles as it breaks down with age. Its really really itchy and kinda painful
I have one of those that I use to chop into roots when digging holes. Works pretty good for that, and I'm not ruining any axe edges on my more expensive axes
"if you live in a country with trees" Darn there goes my plans :(
Lol
Plant some trees wait 5 to 10 years done
@@williamvillatoro4041 what kind of trees are you talking about, you cant cut them down after 5-10 years those in the video are at least 70-80 years old.
@@gky3019 we have trees that grow taller than those trees in 6 years they are calling them like super trees
@@gky3019 look it up its interesting
Cody can you make a handle for that please ? or have jack make one
if you want to break a glass window you need to use something harder than glass. so flint chert or hardened steel spark plug.
Because it's current year a tennis ball can break glass
a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Interesting review! That looks like a great hatchet to use for yard work, like chopping roots when removing trees (instead of using your 'good' hatchet for that purpose). I recently bought a Council Tool Camp Carver, expensive axe, and being in my 50s I had some reservations about spending so much on an axe (will I ever get $130 of use out of it in my remaining lifetime?). Best decision ever! I love the Camp Carver.
Rather than filing it, I wonder if it's possibly to use a card scraper or spoke shave to shape the handle, might make it salvageable, though I like your idea of using it as a practice hatchet for re-handling it. Good to practice sharpening as well.
I recently moved to the high country, and funny enough happened to find your page soon after
I love your videos, great information, easy to listen to, and always quite interesting
Thank you for the great content!
My truck does not leave the driveway without a Estwing long handled campers axe.
my car is always home to:
a battery powered air pump, an axe, a snow shovel, motor oil, break fluid, tow rope, iron pipe and jumper cables.
aside from the obvious things, the iron pipe is to increase the leave on my shitty tire iron and for beating roadkill to death.
Can’t wait until you don’t have to worry about RUclips’s rules. These are my favorite videos from you. Got my Best Made Hatcher our and started sharpening it up for the summer. Thanks for the inspiration and instruction!
That's a lot of wood. It looks cool though with how you kind of have a path you can walk down right in the center between them.
I bought a hatchet in a bargain store in Surrey for £5.99. It was terribly soft steel with a nasty plastic handle, but it actually had quite a nice convex bevel. At the time I was living in a shack in the woods and it was winter. That hatchet needed a full resharpening virtually every time I used it, but it would take a serviceable edge for chopping and splitting wood. Anyway, the thing got me through to spring time because I treated it with love. The best hatchet in the world is always the one you got! That's the attitude you got to have, as I'm sure you probably know.
Wranglerstar please review the Kobalt camp axe from lowes. I believe that it is the best for its price at around 16-20 dollars
Ashton Ozimek I’d also like to see a review. I have one and I love it.
Ashton Ozimek I would love to see that as well.
No, for $20 buy a Vaughan & Bushnell half hatchet.
It needs a reprofile but it's absolutely the best money can buy new for $20.
Excellently treated American 1080 steel, a great bit profile, and you get an actual hardened hammer poll.
@@TylerSnyder305 1080? Thanks for the tip!
@@oceanwaves83
Yep 1080, it's a great steel for the application and Vaughan & Bushnell treats it well.
in Poland we have this stack wood too
You can scrape sharp edges and flash from plastic with your knife.
Currently at Bass Pro Shop gettin new boots but I'll be sure to watch this when I get home. These testing videos are my favorite!
How did those expensive tarps work out after. I remember seeing one tear on your I assume you'll be going to a much cheaper option that lasts just as long?
6-8 small (pea size)rocks/gravel from off the side of the road, thrown HARD at tempered glass, will take care of it!!!
(My neighbor, a Ret. LEO, said it worked better than anything he had at the time.)
BS,
Wranglerstar....Don’t knock it, until you’ve tried it. I’ve done it once, and it worked. (I could’ve been lucky) I know you should be prepared, but when you have nothing, it’s better than unsuccessfully beating on a window with your fist. You should at least give it a try.
i just love those stack of wood. is so interesting.
"I have seen exes, lots of them. Don't lean your ex against the wall."
Best advice ever.
I really enjoyed the critique of this tool. Love the content
Funny, you go on and on about the bad handle yet I have one and I feel the handle is the best part, after scraping the mould flashing. The head wouldn't bite and just bounced off the logs. After reprofiling the grind its a great little chopper and a much better splitter. To each his own. Thanks for posting.
Amazing content right here. Thank you for another excellent video Mr. W. I’ve missed these type of videos, if you have time to do more I’d love to see more Amazon tool reviews. Much love from your neighbour to the north, Canada
Whats the difference between a axe and a hatchet
What's the estwing? The $30 one he recommended? He should really leave Amazon links to the stuff he recommends!
Estwings are almost all hatchet- like, the biggest one they make is 26", the smaller ones are full tang. You can still get leather wrapped handles too but I believe they're varnished pretty hard these days
Also it's a misconception that you can't re-handle one of the larger hatchets/ small forest axes. The axes include a fairly large tang that extends into the composite handle, if you're familiar with knife craft it's fairly simple. Will it be as strong as the traditional full hickory? That all depends on the design you make, it could certainly still be a functional tool with a possibly shortened and wrapped wood or other material handle
i'm from Brazil. Here is pretty hard to find good axes, except for those bought from blacksmiths (for hundreds of dollars). I bought a hatchet in the same price range of this one, same head shape, and it had an awful handle aswell... But the head is hecking brutal, to be honest. I filed the edge to a 20 degree angle in both sides, then made a handle from eucalyptus (it's a pretty strong and lightweight wood, also very cheap), and started using it. I have it for 9 months now. Several camping trips with it, lot's of home carving and i have to say: This head is actually excellent. It holds the edge pretty well, you can make 3 camping trips, or so, using it non stop until you have to re sharpen it... For those who don't have the money to buy a Gransfors Bruk or even a Husqvarna this is a pretty good deal, just put some work on it and you'll be fine. ;)
P.S.: The axe head is actually in a "hourglass" shape. The middle is thinner than the bottom and top, making it easy to put a wedge on.
Fiskars hatchet is incredible. Lightweight handle and its comfortable, can put a nice edge on it and it holds its edge well, good price point as well
Make the little wood box for the stone!
PS. I commented on the video about your hunting story and you replied. In my comment I said I would go see my grandparents that day. I did. The next day my grandma called and said my grandpa was in the hospital. He was outside doing yard work and 4 people stopped by to help him up. He had heart surgery years ago, so hes on medicine. His heart was only working at 44%, he couldnt open his eyes anymore.
They changed his medicine and kept him over night, hes back home now... doing yard work hours after his hospital release! I went by to help him out :)
Did anyone notice that he sweared at 11:22
Swore
Oh no, he studdered trying to say shave, how dare he
ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AHHHHHH. He stuttered, what's so bad about that?
I’ve had that same stone and I use oil on it. It’s starting to not be flat but it’s been great. Well worth the money
I wouldn't trust a fibreglass handle ever again as I had one snap on me sending the hammer head flying across the construction site, luckily it missed the electricians just!
For the sharp plastic edges, the side of a chisel used like a card scraper works well. That's a Paul Sellers trick for cheap plastic plane totes that I've had success with.
WW3 looming around the corner and I begin getting survival guide recommendations tf?
luninherbun same
No it's not.
Even though it is improbable,it can still happen
Edit:a week has passed,nothing happened,coast clear guys
There is prob gon be a war, but not a world war
@@noodlesrgood1119 so damn serious looool
We're in central Ontario, Canada. Burned 16 cords this winter - 4 more than normal. 8 months straight fires for our 2200 sq house - long winter here in the NE!
I knew this video would be real hatchet job.
I have that sharpening stone and it works very well
It's literally a green dyed harbor freight hatchet
some asian guy ayeee harbor freight gang
Tried a hatchet in the woods for a few months; not too useful. A saw was a huge work saver compared to a hatchet. An axe is awesome, you can really clean up a tree fast with an axe, but a hatchet in the woods can be a real instrument of self-torture.
Put some Glock style finger grooves in that axe handle lol.
It probably wouldn't be a good idea to file into fiberglass.
FishTaco 650 how come? Not being rude I just genuinely don’t know why
@@bihalo4860 fiberglass doesn't make powder it makes little bitty splinters when you saw or file it and those little splinters hurt like crazy.
FishTaco 650 like actual glass?
@@bihalo4860 kind of idk I'm not the best at explaining it. But fiberglass can't really be messed with too much or else it splinters and stings whatever it touches.
any chance we can get a review of the tools you use to sharpen your axes and knives?
and also a recommendation on a cheap way to start maintaining your own decently sharp tool edges?
It is not easy to figure out a good place to start learning to sharpen tools
“Axe-ually, before we get started”
I always manage to learn something from your videos. Thanks!!!
I guess if you're a serial killer and need some cheap disposable hatchets these seem good. 🐸
What the heck... i don’t even wanna know.
How did you get the handle straight I? I have a old arvika double bit and I don’t want to take the handle off
So what budget hatchet WOULD you recommend?
Kevin Harrelson marbles small axe. He did a video a couple of years ago on it. I’ve had one for a few years as a wedge driver and camp axe
I have one of those Coghlan's hatchets, keep it next to the log splitter for whacking stringy stuff real fast. No complaints and the head is still on....
This guys looks like if Elon musk became a forest legend
SSwysh this is so actually so accurate
If you happen to choose to make an axe from a metal laying around you what metal would you choose
And how about using sandpaper for sharpening which grit will you use and will you use water with it or no
You should buy and review the olympia 14 in hatchet from tractor supply, its like 15 dollars. I bought it and so far factory, for me is good
I chopped up a large tree that fell in front of my house with a cheap $14 hatchet. Price isn't correlative to quality, at least when it comes to hatchets.
I got a similar one 21yrs ago, looks very second hand, but she still chops this hard af Australian wood
i always love it when he starts chopping wood, it sounds so calming.
0:43 “AXEually”
I don't have a wood stove, a homestead property or any need to split wood but I purchased a Gransfors Bruks American felling axe anyway because it looked nice.
Your like the hank hill of tools, in a good way
You can get a Truper brand hatchet (made in Mexico) from Tractor Supply for less than $10 bucks and it's good carbon steel that'll take on a razor's edge. I keep one by my fireplace to split kindling and another in the toolbox of my pickup truck.
Wranglerstar: i don't like Fiskars because of the fiberglass handles
also wranglerstar: i like this hatchet for its fiberglass handle
could you substitute the hatchet and saw with a machete that has a saw on the back of the blade?
I wonder why they call me SUPERMAN when they have men like you around and I'm not even a human..
im a gamer who has never seen sunlight but for some reason i am binge watching this channels videos
I just found myself unsubscribed to this channel. I was wondering why I wasn't getting videos RUclips must be at it again
Fiskars hatchet requires fairly frequent resharpening, but seams like a match better option for ~$24. Better yet, pay $35 and get an Estwing sportsmen’s hatchet. Pretty good steel (1055) and a very tapered head. Good for splitting.
Do not buy this, absolutely don't ever buy it , at least not this version.
This is identical to a hatchet with a yellow handle often available at Harbor Freight, the yellow handle like this for $7-$10 and the hickory handled version for $12.
And you can get the same kind if stone lots of places for $1.
I bought the hickory handled version years ago and the steel is pretty decent, it holds a shaving edge fairly well.
Maybe I got the one good one out of 100 bad ones I don't know.
I do not like Amazon in general, but I say absolutely never buy this.
I say buy the hickory handled Central Forge version from Harbor Freight.
Sure you have to go there, but C'mon don't be lazy.
Get in your car and go buy one from HF.
I agree Tyler--I noticed that too. I have a couple of those Harbor freight hatchets. I went and grabbed one and it is identical to this one except the handle is yellow. They are pretty much junk and I just bought a couple when they were on sale for $5 dollars or so. I just use them to chop up non wood items and anything else I would not use one of my good hatchets for. It's an ok deal for $5 but be aware it is just a $5 hatchet LOL
I have one of these and I've used it for everything left it outside for a year or so, polished it up and it was fine, sharpens great, it is a very nice example of a budget hatchet