Thank you for sharing your wisdom and experience with us. You gave us not only the "what" but the "why," explaining why particular saws and axes do what they do. I will be 68 soon, so my life experience is perhaps greater than yours, but my time in the woods doing solo overnights is only about seven or eight years, so I still learn from those younger (chronologically) than I. My choices are very similar to yours, and I choose between my five axes (if you count the Cold Steel PipeHawk), depending on what I'm doing, and have two folding saws and one bucksaw that I also choose depending on the circumstances. Thanks again for sharing. Be safe, and enjoy the forest.
Good topic! That sized axe is very versatile tool. Not the most efficient chopper but controllable enough for finer works. I have an old wetterlings axe and it is very similar in size. Though i would argue that one could go a little notch more and go for a small felling axe, like hultafors felling axe. The efficiency for chopping trees is much better and maybe carry a smaller saw for finer works and maybe a bucksaw blade for big trees. But it is what one prefers.
Great video the tools are environment department in the Southern Hemisphere where I live the smallest axe that will have any effect is what we refer to as a half axe I think you guys call them boy’s axe but honestly we don’t require an axe but do require a saw and silky saws are the best.
Silky saws work. However the replacement blades cost almost as much as a new saw and that initial price is expensive to start with. For a similar price you can buy the Agawa Boreal 21. Being a 21 inch folding bowsaw, the blades are cheap to replace and the cutting ability is far superior. I switched to the Boreal a fair few years ago and unless i want to go out with a pocket sized saw ( the pocket boy ) i never use Silky saws. The Boreal 21 is and absolute beast and i would recommend everyone to consider it long before recommending a Silky or similar. Axe wise. I don't carry one anymore, I found my Fox Bushcraft Parang does just as equally a fine job and is slimmer and less conspicuous to carry and also serves multiple uses where as axes are pretty task specific and heavier and more bulky.
Well that works a medium(boys) sized axe and a saw, while you can go low budget with a bow saw or build a frame saw the silky or a folding saw will be much more versatile as far as an axe I'm pretty impressed by Fisker's performance Alan winner of season 1 "Alone" had one and Rico Dewild of "Life below zero" can be seen using both a Fisker's and Gerber separately so I'm thinking that are a viable option in below zero conditions. YMMV but definitely worth looking into. 😁
I have a couple hatchets & tomahawks but I'm now looking to get my first real, "all purpose/do everything, backpacking axe", mostly for wood processing, shelter & fire creation & maintenance, not as much for woodcarving & crafting, since I already possess a fine assortment of bushcrafting blades. Been doing a lot of research & I'm trying to decide between the HB Aneby or the HB Akka. Been really hot for that HB Aneby since I found out about it untill I found out about the Hults Bruk Akka. Seems to me from all the info, opinion & experiences I've seen & heard online so far that the 'Ideal' length & weight for a really good, all-rounder/do-it-all, 'forest' axe would be a little longer- closer to a 23" - 25" handle, with a 1.5-1.7# head weight & between a 2.3-2.5# total carry weight including sheath system. Seems like for general, all-purpose, axe work, the Akka with its half pound lighter head, 4" longer & thinner handle & 9 oz lighter overall weight, would be a far better backpacking/bushcrafting option than the Aneby. Especially considering its 9 oz lighter overall weight & extra 4" handle length should make it much more suitable for both purposes of 1) tree/wood processing for shelter & fire creation & maintenance 2) backpacking/bushcrafting/woodworking. I already know the 9 oz lighter Akka will be easier to pack even if it is 4 inches longer so what I'm wondering & my questions to you sir are... 1) Shouldn't I definitely be able to chop, fell, limb, split & section bigger trees faster & more efficiently with the lighter-overall, longer/thinner-handled, thicker/lighter-headed, Akka- than with the heavier-overall, shorter/thicker-handled, thinner-headed Aneby? 2) Shouldn't that 4" longer lever on the Akka, more than make up for the half-pound heavier head on the Aneby in sheer cutting/chopping/liimbing/splitting power & efficiency? 3) While still being able to do good woodcarving/crafting with it as well when & if I really needed it for that too? I know the Aneby head has a thinner, more knife-like, wood crafting/carving-friendly shape & the Akka has a little thicker, more axe-like, more wood chopping/splitting/proccessing-efficient shape to it so... 4) If my only reason for packing/carrying an extra 2 or 3# in my kit & on my back is way more for wood processing & shelter & fire creation & a much less for woodcarving/crafting, wouldn't I be much better served by the Akka than the Aneby, with less overall weight & working fatigue & far better packability & body mechanics for extended wood processing, especially in colder, more wooded, climates/environments? 5) Shouldn't t the Akka with its 1.5# head & 2.3# total weight, even be a better, easier, more efficient & less fatiguing, bushcrafting/woodcarving tool than the Aneby with its 2# head & 2.75# total weight? Seems like the Hults Bruk Akka Forest Axe or the Hultafors Aby Forest Axe, which are both longer(24") & lighter(2.3#) than the Hults Bruk Aneby, would be the 'best' size/shape/weight combination for the perfect "all purpose/do everything/backpacking/bushcrafting axe". 6) Thoughts/Opinions?
@@Mike_Jones68 ? some of them are ground pretty poorly, nothing a file can't fix and 10 minutes of work. They're pretty solid and hung right, dead easy to sharpen and keep their edge pretty good too, they're a great value and you won't die if you lose it because it's only 15 bucks
I have a discontinued wetterling hatchet and a cheap hardware store folding saw , I do want a mid size axe tho hatchet can fatigue you more quickly than a larger one with more momentum.
New Outback Edition is a much better option for outdoors. Even more pricey than a normal version, but well worth it in my opinion. It feels premium even compared to Silky's own normal line saws.
Get yourself a council tool boys axe with a utility edge. Learn to file it, learn to hone it. Treat the handle. All things you need to learn anyway. Probably safer since its longer and you wont hit that deadly triangle in your groin. Get a bahco laplander, save some money. Then go buy yourself a mora bushcraft black and you'll be good. I'm a small guy, and an axe shorter than 21 inches is a one handed axe, might as well carry a hatchet.
My cold steel trail boss has 2 1/4lbs head and 26 inch handle. But I'm a bigger guy than you so it fits me in the same ratio as you and that hults bruks.
@@AlaskanFrontier1 that makes me happy, mine arrived today in the mail. Was torn between the small forest axe and the scandi, went with scandi in the end.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom and experience with us. You gave us not only the "what" but the "why," explaining why particular saws and axes do what they do. I will be 68 soon, so my life experience is perhaps greater than yours, but my time in the woods doing solo overnights is only about seven or eight years, so I still learn from those younger (chronologically) than I. My choices are very similar to yours, and I choose between my five axes (if you count the Cold Steel PipeHawk), depending on what I'm doing, and have two folding saws and one bucksaw that I also choose depending on the circumstances. Thanks again for sharing. Be safe, and enjoy the forest.
I'm 6'9 so having a slighly bigger axe might make sense for me, cheers from nz great advice for newbies
Wow! I could understand your desire at that height.
Good topic! That sized axe is very versatile tool. Not the most efficient chopper but controllable enough for finer works. I have an old wetterlings axe and it is very similar in size. Though i would argue that one could go a little notch more and go for a small felling axe, like hultafors felling axe. The efficiency for chopping trees is much better and maybe carry a smaller saw for finer works and maybe a bucksaw blade for big trees. But it is what one prefers.
Great video the tools are environment department in the Southern Hemisphere where I live the smallest axe that will have any effect is what we refer to as a half axe I think you guys call them boy’s axe but honestly we don’t require an axe but do require a saw and silky saws are the best.
Great info in this video. Really enjoyed it. Ended up getting myself a big boy, and love it
Silky saws work. However the replacement blades cost almost as much as a new saw and that initial price is expensive to start with.
For a similar price you can buy the Agawa Boreal 21.
Being a 21 inch folding bowsaw, the blades are cheap to replace and the cutting ability is far superior.
I switched to the Boreal a fair few years ago and unless i want to go out with a pocket sized saw ( the pocket boy ) i never use Silky saws.
The Boreal 21 is and absolute beast and i would recommend everyone to consider it long before recommending a Silky or similar.
Axe wise. I don't carry one anymore, I found my Fox Bushcraft Parang does just as equally a fine job and is slimmer and less conspicuous to carry and also serves multiple uses where as axes are pretty task specific and heavier and more bulky.
Thank you for sharing your views. This is an excellent video.
Well that works a medium(boys) sized axe and a saw, while you can go low budget with a bow saw or build a frame saw the silky or a folding saw will be much more versatile as far as an axe I'm pretty impressed by Fisker's performance Alan winner of season 1 "Alone" had one and Rico Dewild of "Life below zero" can be seen using both a Fisker's and Gerber separately so I'm thinking that are a viable option in below zero conditions. YMMV but definitely worth looking into. 😁
I went with a cold steel trail boss and love it!!! Oh and a bahco laplander
@@Wildwestwrangler they had some very good deals on the CS trail boss cheaper then the hard to find Fisker's
I have a couple hatchets & tomahawks but I'm now looking to get my first real, "all purpose/do everything, backpacking axe", mostly for wood processing, shelter & fire creation & maintenance, not as much for woodcarving & crafting, since I already possess a fine assortment of bushcrafting blades.
Been doing a lot of research & I'm trying to decide between the HB Aneby or the HB Akka. Been really hot for that HB Aneby since I found out about it untill I found out about the Hults Bruk Akka. Seems to me from all the info, opinion & experiences I've seen & heard online so far that the 'Ideal' length & weight for a really good, all-rounder/do-it-all, 'forest' axe would be a little longer- closer to a 23" - 25" handle, with a 1.5-1.7# head weight & between a 2.3-2.5# total carry weight including sheath system. Seems like for general, all-purpose, axe work, the Akka with its half pound lighter head, 4" longer & thinner handle & 9 oz lighter overall weight, would be a far better backpacking/bushcrafting option than the Aneby. Especially considering its 9 oz lighter overall weight & extra 4" handle length should make it much more suitable for both purposes of 1) tree/wood processing for shelter & fire creation & maintenance 2) backpacking/bushcrafting/woodworking.
I already know the 9 oz lighter Akka will be easier to pack even if it is 4 inches longer so what I'm wondering & my questions to you sir are...
1) Shouldn't I definitely be able to chop, fell, limb, split & section bigger trees faster & more efficiently with the lighter-overall, longer/thinner-handled, thicker/lighter-headed, Akka- than with the heavier-overall, shorter/thicker-handled, thinner-headed Aneby?
2) Shouldn't that 4" longer lever on the Akka, more than make up for the half-pound heavier head on the Aneby in sheer cutting/chopping/liimbing/splitting power & efficiency?
3) While still being able to do good woodcarving/crafting with it as well when & if I really needed it for that too?
I know the Aneby head has a thinner, more knife-like, wood crafting/carving-friendly shape & the Akka has a little thicker, more axe-like, more wood chopping/splitting/proccessing-efficient shape to it so...
4) If my only reason for packing/carrying an extra 2 or 3# in my kit & on my back is way more for wood processing & shelter & fire creation & a much less for woodcarving/crafting, wouldn't I be much better served by the Akka than the Aneby, with less overall weight & working fatigue & far better packability & body mechanics for extended wood processing, especially in colder, more wooded, climates/environments?
5) Shouldn't t the Akka with its 1.5# head & 2.3# total weight, even be a better, easier, more efficient & less fatiguing, bushcrafting/woodcarving tool than the Aneby with its 2# head & 2.75# total weight?
Seems like the Hults Bruk Akka Forest Axe or the Hultafors Aby Forest Axe, which are both longer(24") & lighter(2.3#) than the Hults Bruk Aneby, would be the 'best' size/shape/weight combination for the perfect "all purpose/do everything/backpacking/bushcrafting axe".
6) Thoughts/Opinions?
the 15 dollar harbor freight hatchet
weighs 2.1 pounds total (with my german sheath)
@@escapetherace1943 here we go with the harbor freight comments smfh
@@Mike_Jones68 ? some of them are ground pretty poorly, nothing a file can't fix and 10 minutes of work. They're pretty solid and hung right, dead easy to sharpen and keep their edge pretty good too, they're a great value and you won't die if you lose it because it's only 15 bucks
I have a discontinued wetterling hatchet and a cheap hardware store folding saw , I do want a mid size axe tho hatchet can fatigue you more quickly than a larger one with more momentum.
Very nice footage. Big like 👍from me! I love camping, fishing, hiking too. Keep on!!!
7:19 fkn fly made me smack my head set off
Sorry about that!
this really helps narrow things down, very helpful video. itself is definitive
Another good option is the Council Tool 19" Woodcraft Pack Axe.
That is true!
Thanks for Sharing
It is interesting how we start out with "bigger is better" than realize that smaller works better.
Great work on video mate greetings from spain 👍👍👍
New Outback Edition is a much better option for outdoors. Even more pricey than a normal version, but well worth it in my opinion.
It feels premium even compared to Silky's own normal line saws.
Get yourself a council tool boys axe with a utility edge. Learn to file it, learn to hone it. Treat the handle. All things you need to learn anyway. Probably safer since its longer and you wont hit that deadly triangle in your groin. Get a bahco laplander, save some money. Then go buy yourself a mora bushcraft black and you'll be good. I'm a small guy, and an axe shorter than 21 inches is a one handed axe, might as well carry a hatchet.
Nice review - thanks.
Good video
success for outdoor👍
Thanks for coming
Silky saw best saw
What headlamp do you carry?
Petzl Tactikka RGB+
My cold steel trail boss has 2 1/4lbs head and 26 inch handle. But I'm a bigger guy than you so it fits me in the same ratio as you and that hults bruks.
Also I just stick with my bahco laplander and corona razor tooth saws
you should try a silky saw, youl never go back
Which axe is that
24” Council tool pack craft axe
You know it!!
what is your favorite Axe AlaskanFrontier 1 ?
GBA Scandi Forest axe no doubts
@@AlaskanFrontier1 that makes me happy, mine arrived today in the mail. Was torn between the small forest axe and the scandi, went with scandi in the end.
@@jcproductions007 both are great. Scandi is better
At 2:09 I swatted at my right ear
😂 me too, he should buy a Thermacell
Same
I would have liked you to opine on teeth sizing your saw.
#unintentionalASMR
Why are they all $100+???????????
Haha 🤣🤣🤣🤣wait what are we talking about?
Does anyone really know?
Never admit to knowing anything! It's easier that way 🤪