Ray Mears Wilderness Axe Review
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Hold on... Don't hate me just yet, I know Ray Mears is a much more experienced Bushcrafter than me and has done amazing things to promote the outdoor way of life, but... if you take the "Wilderness" axe into the wilderness with you it will fatigue your arms more to do the same work as a traditional Scandinavian axe, it will be harder to grip, harder to carry and cost a lot more to buy. This is why it is CRAF.
Technical info.
Gransfors Bruks Ray Mears Wilderness Axe
£140.00
Ray Mears Bushcraft logo on handle
Weight: 1.4 kg
Length 60cm
Hickory handle
Protective leather sheath included
20-year guarantee
Hultafors Chopping Axe
£43.00
Weight: 850g
Length 65cm
Hickory handle
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Thanks.
Skye
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I live 20 minutes from Hultsbruk which made your ax.
Super happy you like it so much.
No disrespect to Ray Mears, he is a living legend.
If you read about the axe on the Ray Mears site, it does say it is primarily for felling and splitting. An equivalent sized Hultafors axe is only around £10 cheaper. Just saying, each to their own. 👍👍
“To each their own”
I bought my Grans small forest axe well over 10yrs ago and it has served me faithfully, I did however pay less than £50 for it new so am amazed in the hike in prices!
Haters going to hate! I have neuropathy and hypersensitive hands so I always use gloves to make it more comfortable! I bought my Ray Mears Wilderness Axe to do the heavier work my hatchets could do, but a slightly larger would do better and easier! It's the in between axe and has done a great job! Their are compromises in weight vs performance and this is the niche that the Mears axe fills, it's a good balance between a hatchet and full size axe.
You get it, that’s why I like it, ever been frustrated trying to split rounds for the campfire with a hatchet, one look will tell you that it’s not a felling axe.
Love the total honesty, thank you for your honest review👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
You nailed it, man. Can’t believe I’m just finding you now. I’ve got a little “axe” channel and run the cordwood challenge. Good to hear someone else speaking sense about this axe.
I bought the chopping axe about 3 years ago on your recommendation,and it hasn’t failed me yet
Fair review well done. Unfortunately the only thing Ray Mears and that ax have in common is his name on the handle. The manufacturer tried to come up with a unique design that would make the buyer think they were getting something special but people are paying for the name not the craftsmanship. Thanks for the honest review.
Just got my self a Hultafors, This video just saved me a lot of money and now I've got a really lovely axe.
Thank you.
Thanks, that's awesome to hear. All the best with your new axe 👍
Skye
Sadly I haven't been impressed with any of the GB type axe's Ray Mears has promoted the use of over the years. 95% of my axe work gets done with a Council Tool Boys axe. It's 2.25lb, 28" thin handle with a lovely palm swell and they're only £30. If you can look past the red paint I think you'll like them.
Hi. Thanks for sharing your honest thoughts. Stay safe in these troubled times. ATB. Nigel
I just learned a lot about axes! Thanks a ton! We love our British brothers and our shared history!
Recently bought an inexpensive hand axe to modify for carving. Now I know better what to do.
Great channel, thanks again from across the pond!
Good to see you back Skye good comparison with the two axes hope you are keeping safe atb made 👌
So is his knife. Looks the part but the grind was bevelled after ONE use. Forget carbon steel. Looks good and love the micarta handle but for ~590.00 save your money.
Well so much for having Ray over for a Zima and making friendship bracelets in bushcraft camp😅
140 is way too much
Great video Skye
🤣 yea I'm banking on him not seeing this.
@@SwampValley 😅👊
I found exactly the same problems, first one I received had to go back as the build quality was awful. Mine is far older and quite different but the main problem is the head is too heavy.
My GB Scandinavian forest axe and modified husqvarna forest axe are far better the latter cost £47 posted but I did put some work into it.
This axe was made to sell, Ray's name sells kit.
And you know how to put an edge on an axe!
Nice to see another Bushcrafter I respect, give the same opinion.
I used to have the ray mears axe , I had the same view as you on mine .
I use a hultafors aby axe now ,which I really like . it's about the same length as the ray mears axe but I think is a better example of a true jack of all trades axe
I like the way you talk.
I have this axe and its very different to the one you are showing. I would have posted some comparison pics but I can't on here. My head is rounded off on the handle and has a much bigger palm swell in fact its more like your hultafors axe and nothing like the one your using.
Where did Colin buy it from?
I've had mine a good number of years and clearly someone has tampered with the original design. Great video cheers for the upload.
Hi mate. Colin here. I bought my axe from woodlore over a year ago now.
Good Comparison, Skye ; Think I Would Pick The Hultafors. ATB T God Bless
Your video introduction is really looking good.
I agree with your assessment. For a woods axe, I want a chopping axe. And for splitting ( if I intend to do at LOT of splitting)...I bring a maul...maybe wedges ).
Ray Mears' knife is also overpriced.
Outdoorsy people buy the best equipment that they can afford, but try not to be sucked into hype and personality cults.
Otherwise, I really enjoy Mr. Mears' videos.
Edit:- I have learned in the past 10 years or so, to also carry a saw of some sort...folding types are my preference.
Thanks mate, yea I agree 👍
All the best
Skye
ray mears probably never even seen or held this axe, only has his name on it as a sales promotion.
Exactly what I was thinking..
No he absolutely designed it. He has a video of him explaining it's intermediate length and thick head to split. He was directly involved.
@@NaeMuckle Yeah I actually watched another video review of it by a guy who lived in the woods in northern Canada for a few months using it to chop firewood for several hours a day and he was raving about how good it was.
@@rowanhealy I saw that video, that guy used it on the TV Series 'Alone' I believe
I have a hutafors like yours. It’s about the same price 40p = 80$ cdn. I think you did a thorough review. I also was equally surprised as you, when you were chopping that log. 🇨🇦
I made my own ax at the Blacksmith forge, it took 13 hours of actual hammering over 3 days... I used a hydraulic rod off a D-42 dozer.
Great video. It looks similar in design to my Wetterlings Bushmans axe which I find is a great splitting tool due to the broad wedge shape head. I’m no expert like you I just chop firewood for camp fires.
I love gransfors bruks axes but I agree with you on this model. It's not great, the scandinavian forest axe is a better model as far as the gransfors axes go. The hulatfors chopping axe is so similar to it though, that I wouldn't hesitate to buy the hults, if you're not afraid to sharpen it and make a sheath. Thanks for the review.
Thanks Rhys, yea I totally agree 👍
All the best mate.
Skye
Great info. It has taught me what to look out for in an axe.
1) I have had a Wilderness axe from Ray Mears for a dozen years - along with the entire RM axe collection. They are suitable only for hiking, camping, skiing and cross country adventure.
2) I live and work on/in a farm/forest and medium length axes are a waste of time, space and money. Only small short hatchets and large felling axes are utilised on a farm and in the forest.
This axe excels at splitting wood for a campfire, more efficient than a hatchet, I agree with your statement.
I got a cheap unbranded axe for a couple of quid from car boot works perfect for me , I'm an avid believer in a tool that is good is the one you use the most and get used to .most of these branded axes are all hype in my opinion . and I got gransfors axe and my cheap one is always my go to axe .. Good luck and god bless .. Lee
ill stick with my hutafors then :p
🤣cheers Andy, they're so good for the money 👍
All the best mate.
The husqvarna forest axe is around £40 also ?
yeah please tell me where you find the hultafors with £40 cause I want to buy like 100 of them...
Hultafors all the way mate great axe it goes on all my trips
AWESOME video with valid points !!!!
I’ve got the Fiskars X7, it’s a hatchet 🪓 but it fits so well in my bug out bag
Great honest review 👍 It would definitely be a good splitting axe in a semi-permanent Camp , but then hultafors makes a Very good small dedicated splitting axe for about one third of the price , about the same weight. I would not consider it for backpacking multiple days with that weight .
Good video
love my robin wood
Hultafors Chopping Axe? I'm trying to find more info on these but Im not having much luck. Are they discontinued?
If you’re located in the USA, they are not sold here.
I can't find it either. The one that comes closest in terms of dimensions is Hultafors Quartfot. It's from their premium line and where I live it runs about £70, but it comes with a polished edge and a leather sheath.
Or there's HY 10, handle is 1cm longer and the head 50gr heavier and has no "ears" hugging the handle. It runs about £36.
Great video 👌🏻
The HY 20 is perfect for my camp axe😛
Gransfors is hyped I owned the small forest axe and the hatchet and I sold both 🤷🏻♂️
Even though I am a big Ray Mears fan, I do agree with you that his Wilderness Axe was not a good design. I remember it being advertise a Small Forest Axe 2.0, suppose to be an improvement but to me, when I saw the shape of the axe head, I didn't like the wedge shape and the ears were cut off. I think the Small Forest Axe is nearly perfect. Only way to improve the Small Forest Axe is to harden the pole, that's it.
Great vid mate!
My current fav axe is my Husqvarna Carpenters axe.
I've had my wilderness axe for 5 yrs and have never encountered any of the problems you describe
How many other axes have you got?
@@SwampValley i currently own 2 wilderness axe and outdoor axe and after owning many and trying many over the yrs I settled on these 2 as one axe rarely does all or is more convenient i used the hults chopping axe before I bought the wilderness axe although very nimble and you can be very accurate i opted for the heft of the gb i find i have to do less work for tge same result as the head does most of that i just need to place it accurately, on choking up i thinned the handle down at the shoulder to take that rise out of it which makes it a lot more comfortable and the lugs digging into my hand has never been an issue , I wouldn't be without it 💯
Reminds me of the Les Bushmans axe, thick head like that. I didn't warm to it, but since it was ma mates I didn't want to take a dump on it. I'm sure it all I was doing was splitting its a goody but so thick behind its cutting edge.
Yea I feel a bit bad for Colin but he did say it was okay to make the vid, I feel like he'll have something to say about it when we do another video together though 🤣
The SAW (Les Stroud) Bushman Axe chops extremely well despite being a lighter head, also it splits well above its weight. I did a review on the SAW Bushman several years ago and have owned and used and rebuilt models of all the major Swedish axe forges. The most powerful chopper I have used is a custom built JB Stohler (wedged profile) hung on a 24" SAW 'Hudson Bay' shaft. This axe has a 1.5lb head and bites and throws chips extremely well. Some of the Swedish 'forest' axes are not too good for bucking as they are too thin a profile and stick all the time, though they are very good for limbing and easily remove 2" to 3" branches; they also fairly good for carving and squaring off wood projects, they are definitely not good splitters though. Check out the Billnas axes on my site, they are old Finnish axes and chop well and split very well providing the profiles are cleaned up (I usually get them after many years of extremely hard use).
@@redcanoe14 I'm glad you like it. My friend does too but it wasn't for me. Still it's quite a collectable now going for silly money.
@@Among-the-trees That is a fact for sure!
Good comparison but to me you had more control with the hultafors.
Yea it's a far better axe, it's amazing how it's £100 cheaper 👍
Wow I didn’t realize those changes to the ray mears axe. My GB small forest axe is my go to bushcraft/camp axe. I agree with all the points you made here. Why make changes to something that isn’t broken. The Swedish axe makers knew what they were doing
Thanks superman, yea it was a bit of a negative video but after using it I needed to say it, there aren't a lot of reviews for it out there.
All the best mate 👍
Skye
If you research the 'idea' behind the Wilderness axe it's an attempt to have a more capable axe for the Boreal Forest environment.
It's not an 'upgrade' of the GB SFA for the UK or similar.
Call it like you see it 😉👍🏻
Yep, the weight is too much for a handle like this (or the handle is short for such a heavy head). Using it with bigger swings, sliding your main hand up towards the head when picking the axe up and starting the swing, and sliding it down mid-swing, while also putting more body rotation into it might just make this heavy axe work more efficiently (when chopping) though.
Thanks for the advice but the problem was not in the splitting, it was the comfort and balance when using it one handed and the way it glanced when chopping 👍
All the best mate
Skye
I have the GBA small forest, the Hultafors Åby and Helko blackforest axe. Helko is the winner.
I like my helko, bought it for felling, it’s not, it’s a splitting axe, I know this demonstration was for comparison but I wouldn’t have even tried to chop with it, that’s not what it’s for. You can see a mile away that it’s a splitting axe.
Great demonstration but for me the £40 axe is better i think Ray mears is a world class bushcrafter and outdoorsman but I think he made an error in judgement with this axe back to the drawing board Ray (sorry) excellent video skye
awesome
Where did you get that Hultafors axe from. Let me know because I'll have two...😂
I got it from a website called FFX 👍
Thanks for the info. I'll take a look...👍
Great video man
Cheers Wooly, all the best mate 👍
@@SwampValley no bother man, i have my axe sharpening video coming out tomorrow i think, i used my work sharp, took me over an hr !!! i was cursing my lack of power tools ! you got a mention. now if only i could figure out how to sharpen an axe with a chainsaw
@@WoolysWorld an hour to sharpen an axe!!! Ooft, yea power tools are great. Thanks for the mention, I'll keep my eye out 👍
All the best mate.
@@SwampValley ah yeah, sure I was taking my time , enjoying it. For about 15 minutes!!
I always liked my GB small forest axe and i'm in the market for a new working axe at home so maybe it'll be the Hultafors. RM stuff is overly expensive just because it's got his name on it and TBH it's not worth it.
First i thought the RM-GB is a Scandi, but that looks like a former Wetterlings?!
Which model Hultafors is that?
I think the hb is a bit more than £40! ? But yeah you're right about the finish is poor on gransfors sometimes I had to take a file to my gb carving axe ( lumps around the base of the head same as the one you reviewed!
Hulterfors classic range not 40 now m8 they’ve jumped on the bandwagon since becoming popular with you tubers they’re comparable nearly to gransfors but be honest I think he was trying to bridge the gap between small forest and boreal type axe and there’s no such thing as a 1axe does it all, I also paid £450 for his knife and don’t use it the handles way too small and twists in the hand, overrated I think so I bought lars falt knife £100 perfect use it forever
www.ffx.co.uk/product/Get/Hultafors-Hulhy20085Sv-7391408402811-Chopping-Axe-850G-Length-65Cm?gclid=Cj0KCQiA0fr_BRDaARIsAABw4EsDCkuUmQsRvJzee-eMdC4sTf2q6qSNIqHxWIhI860ji2NVbHrmFEcaAnLyEALw_wcB
That's a link to it £43 👍
Yeah that’s good price I was looking at the classic range which are same price range as gransfors👍
Any product from Mr. Mears is always horribly over priced. But, you are correct for those prices there should none of the problems you mention. Back to the drawing board. Pity because he is knowledgeable and a good instructor.
Where can you get the hultafors you use in the video
www.ffx.co.uk/product/Get/Hultafors-Hulhy20085Sv-7391408402811-Chopping-Axe-850G-Length-65Cm?gclid=Cj0KCQiA9P__BRC0ARIsAEZ6iriufbWQpeOU3YWOEnXN6dI6CmFP3itO9W9jEMUYgMfnc10YaZX5mzkaAkxyEALw_wcB
Got a chance to use one of these also, terrible axe. Big respect for Ray but I don't think he is much of an axeman. Good splitter but whats the use in that, the cheaper hultafors and rinaldi axes are the way to go
I’ve found a use for mine, splitting wood for a campfire, a woods axe, it is not.
@@alanmeyers3957 yes it looks like a decent splitter for small stuff, still alot of money
It be Glazed cabinet axe Colin! Most Ray Mears products work, of the clumsy finish. Why, Don't really no. Cheers Good vlog Skye,
Enjoyed that - atb 👍🏽👍🏽
that's crazy an extra 100 pound for an axe that ain't as good, cheers for the review dude hopefully people see it and don't go wasting there money👌
Thanks Steve, yea it really shocked me so I figured I better make a vid. All the best mate 👍
Skye
Good job! Next time Colin has to do his own review!! Hahaha!!
🤣 yea that would be funny
Just shows the big name brand is rubbish, compared to a brand that's known for making axes , cheers for review atb . 👍👍👍
Greetings from BC Canada. The GB Wilderness axe you have seems like it has slipped through GB's quality assurance, it should not be finished so poorly. I have not owned one of these but have a large number of Swedish and other axes that get used. I have rebuilt quite a few and several Finnish Billnas axes as well. Some reviews of the Wilderness axe are very positive, I think 'Native Survival Channel' a guy called Mitch runs it. I almost decided to add one to my collection, but I have enough axes. I agree the shaft should have more of a knob on it, particularly when one can be found on the GB SFA, I am sure I have seen a Wilderness Axe with the thicker knob on the shaft, not sure why they would fit such a shaft.
I have seen similar GB Axes that have such.
It is not true, in practice, that wedged shape profiles cannot chop too good and that slim profiles are inevitably better, I suspect the one you have has not been ground correctly. I experimented with JB Stohler heads (pure wedges) and the small one I built came out top pound for pound (1.5lb head), thinner profiles like my HB, SAW GB and Sater Banko's get stuck in softer woods and don't split well unless you use a flick technique (just before the head strikes the log to be split). One of the finest 2.5lbs axes I have used is the Toporsib Beaver, forged in Siberia, (there are some good vids on youtube of this chopping through thick trunks). Slimmer profiles, however, are great for carving and limbing branches up to 3" to 4" depending how resinous the wood is. Thanks for the good review, ATB, WS
Wow, sounds like a great life you've got. Thanks for the info on thicker chopping axes, I'll see if Colin will let me change the grind to make it better.
All the best mate 👍
Skye
@@SwampValley Thanks Skye! I do miss, but have great memories of spending time in Scotland, hiking, climbing, canoeing and camping. Are you loving in Scotland? Keep up the good work and stay safe pal, WS
Oh hey, you're making videos again, again... I'll come back in 3 months for the next.
😂 this time it's every Wednesday 👍
You forgot the ultimate test for an axe. How is it for throwing?
🤣 since I couldn't stick it in a log most of the time I'm guessing it'll be bad at that too 👍
Think I'll stick to my hultifors carpenter axe 😁
Great review by the way 👍
Well mate, your buddy paid for a name not function. I use a Husqvarna 3 lbs axe. Paid a quarter of the Mears axe cost. Very similar to your axe. Never let's me down. 🍻👍
Stay safe. Always enjoy your videos.
Yea Husqvarna are great and affordable like Hultafors I don't see any reason to spend more.
All the best mate 👍
Skye
I think Ray Mears knife & axe are extremely over priced, bit hey that's just my humble opinion. Thanks for sharing the video with us bro.
estwing leather gripped one piece: all the power geometry in a small and light, tough and quality steel package. .$40
If it works for you then that's great, personally I prefer the reduced shock transferred through a hickory or ash handle, saves you getting a sore elbow if you're doing lots of work 👍
All the best mate.
Skye
In the uk that estwing will cost you 90 dollars so not such a bargain
I love my estwing too. Can’t go wrong with indestructible I have GB and wetterlings and many many axes but the estwing always rides with me in the back of my camper
Brilliant I’ve just bought the £40 axe as much as I like ray you can keep your expensive axe butty
Probably paying for his name, more than anything...Cool honest review :-) Came across your channel by accident, but iam happy and a new subscriber, least you sound abit Scottish :-) lol
Thanks for the revue Skye, I guess its just a massed produced £40 Axe with a £100 Ray Mears logo on it. Love Rays books and T.V series but once famous people start selling stuff with their name on that they don't make themselves the quality is generally lame in comparison to the Price. I swore by my Karrimor kit I bought it the late 80's and it still rocks today, Karrimor's current gear is shocking in comparison, sign of the times when the logo or name on a product is valued more than the quality. I will be replacing my current worn out axe with one just like yours. I'd even pay for you to sign it ;) ATB.
That's the truth there, although the boots I'm wearing here are karrimor and been great for a year 👍 have fun with your new axe when you get it mate.
All the best.
Skye
@@SwampValley I cant comment on the boots, glad they're lasting so far, I have a couple of their smaller rucksacks for woodland excursions and to be honest although the zips are good so far but the material is like a sponge to moisture. For none hiking I use either a pair of old skool paraboots or my solagnac hunting boots, and they are pretty waterproof, no blisters, no signs of wear after being used daily pretty much for a year. I guess in the end the kit you can afford at the time has to do but when you pay out big you want a good return on your investment. :) My Leatherman Wave multitool (first generation PST) is still going strong after nearly two decades of use. worth every penny, useless for axe work though ;)
Look at the backlog on the skookum knife.
wait, where you can find that hultafors at 43£?
www.ffx.co.uk/product/Get/Hultafors-Hulhy20085Sv-7391408402811-Chopping-Axe-850G-Length-65Cm?gclid=Cj0KCQiA9P__BRC0ARIsAEZ6irg-Kh604hJrsEikf2tLhNGDf6qP8zDzGtHalsfRTywOPo3ewWybo24aAi69EALw_wcB
@@SwampValley Very nice, thank you! Cheers from Italy
Just checked £51.00. Great value for me!
140 is way to much i though the other axe was the 140 dollar axe first, it sure is a better axe. must be the name that's why it cost so much. great review take care
Yea, I would never spend that much on an axe but I've always loved a bargain 👍
All the best mate.
Skye
Big hugs. OXO.
Thanks dad 🤠👍
Lol, its like you were in mourning the whole way through, having to admit that the man himself had made a piece of crap :D
🤣 yea I was a bit sad about it all.
All the best mate 👍
pretty sure I read somewhere ray mears gets paid to allow the use of his name to endorse things like this but wouldn't actually use them himself so for me anything with his name on it id be suspicious of, to be honest anyway update on this Schrade knife reprofile I think I'm going to go old school with it I am an engineer so if I use a long-winded sharpening process by hand I should be able to get it something like I will update once this lockdown thing is over and I get back in a workshop so you guys stay safe take care
Damn.. ray mears let a chunkosaurus of an axe out the barn with his stamp on it didn't he? Those smaller axes like that show poor lines and bad proportions much more obviously than bigger heads it seems like to me. The poor finish grind on the flats and down by the bottom of the eye on the Mears axe are sad to see on such an expensive axe with that prominent of a branding.
I like that other one you have much better. Its nice and slick, someone took a bit of pride shaping that one at the forge.
Not grind lines, forged that way.
after having recently cut myself with a large Knife while crafting, axes TERRIFY me now.... i love the Power and the feeling using one.... but each time you glanced my sphincter clenched
It's all about planning where the axe will go if it misses or glances, as you see every time it is far away from my legs, unlike splitting I'm standing with my legs quite close together 😉 but chainsaw chaps might be a good idea to build confidence, these razor sharp axes are serious. I always have a decent first aid kit with a tourniquet close, if anything it's to remind me to pay attention 😅
Right, why not chop away in full armour like a medieval warrior? About as cool as it gets!
I had an axe glance and go into my foot, not a good experience. Just think about what you're doing before you start swinging and when you get tired hang it up. Ugly swings will just get you hurt. Axes are awesome and I thoroughly enjoy relaxing while chopping wood even after the 19 stitches.
@@jacksondavis6948 ooft! That sounds nasty, hope it healed up okay mate.
All the best.
Skye
If you can afford a £100+ for a axe you have lost the bushcraft way. I have £20 axe from bq youesd every day for six year's. Great work with the channel.
Thanks mate, all the best 👍
Skye
Ray mears passed on in Wyoming and a helicopter crash someone is just using his name and printing it on a handle I wouldn't take much stock and what they say thanks for picking on the Dead
You lying Prat !
While filming a documentary in Wyoming, US in 2005, Mears was involved in a serious accident. The helicopter in which he and his camera crew were travelling hit the ground during a steep low level turn, and broke apart, rolling to a stop. The fuel tank was ruptured in the accident and escaping fuel covered Mears and the crew. No fire occurred, and Mears was able to escape the wreckage uninjured and assist in the rescue and administer first aid to one of the crew who was badly hurt.
He is very much alive, don't be a Troll !
👍👍🤠🤠
A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one
Well said, they should’ve marketed this axe as a camp splitting axe and it would’ve gotten rave reviews.
They just pay Ray to license his name and jack the price.
Though there is a video floating around some where with Ray Mears giving a review of this axe, and his version looks far better than the version you have in this video.
*Splitting 🤣👍🏻
The grain on GB's axes is the worst of the lot. Got the Husqvarna forest axe and it is perfect! Paid £39.00 and it is awesome. This is just a marketing ploy. Total rip off!
It wouldn't made like if it is from ray mears.
Skye, Chopping your praised axe with a rock, just an't !
$140! Craigslist and Ebay has much better ones for $10.
$10 might be s bit ambitious, it is still a well made axe that will last a lifetime, it's just the geometry that's all wrong
The 100£ difference is the logo.
Wetterlings was superior to gransfors until ray poked his nose in
I agree, Ray Mears stuff is always overpriced, and not always the best for the job..
Thicc women and thin axes
Same as the Ray Mears knife. What a sell out. His knife is O1 tool steel with a Micarta handle making it worth maybe $150 - $200. Instead it costs $500! Unlike you I have no respect at all for Mears.
I've got to say, this seems like total bs. There are so many other good reviews from more respected bushcrafters . and I dont believe ray would sell something inadequate. And a heavier head should fatigue you less
Yea, I just gave my opinion that's all. Tried to explain why as best I could, I know a heavier head is more efficient for splitting big rounds but for general camp use like carving or lighter chopping it just means you're having to repeatedly lift that heavy head which is less efficient. I was shocked too but that's just what I found. I did notice a lot of reviews just stated exactly what it says in the Woodlore description so not sure if they really expressed their own thoughts.
The problem is in the marketing, this isn’t a woods/ forest axe, it’s a splitting axe, not a chopping axe, you can see that a mile away without even picking it up. I’m fairly sure that you don’t have a whole lot of experience using an axe, we all start somewhere and I wouldn’t recommend this for a forest axe, the Scandinavian forest axe is much better, it will do big work but still packable.
try buying a bear grylls axe from go outdoors store lolllllll
I think I'll pass mate 🤣😅
All the best
Skye