@@blakedavis2447 Well an axe is quite heavy... you could just carry this tool and with your knowledge (and with a much lighter knife) you`ve got yourself an axe!
I think it'll be a cool and interesting thing to have in a bag or kit, and the price point is really reasonable. Some other designs that function the same way don't create as secure and firm a tool as this seems too, so I'm really interested to see how it holds up with heavy use. Mine is already on its way to me, so we'll see!
That's a badass little tool. I like the blend of ancient techniques with modern materials. I'll definitely be picking one up. I'd like to see video how to haft it for use as a adze.
Ever thought of using the axe head as a fucking chisel with a found branch as your mallet? I didn't even have to think five seconds to come up with that. Then again, I actually think of solutions instead of what sarcastic comment I could use to replace legitimate intelligence.
Sorry Elijah, The celt axe was replaced by the socketed axe because a socket is quicker to haft than having to burn or carve a hole in the handle for to mount a celt axe head. This blade sits in a split, not a hole, but I see you didn't bother noticing that. You obviously didn't think that reply out very well. Honestly your ignorance of ancient tech amuses me as much as you thinking you know enough to throw shade on this affair.
A hawk head? Yeah sure, take a branch and carve it from one end to the other, just so you can fit 1 1/2 inches of the eye. I carry a 10 oz hatchet head as my emergency hatchet. It's simpler to carve three inches of a branch to fit the eye, and a couple inches past, then bore a hole above the head for to insert a wooden retainer peg. I can make a handle for it in less than twenty minutes, compared to almost an hour to carve a hawk handle. And yes it does, because I've made many of them. Oh, and it won't slip either like a hawk will and I can use a branch that fills the hand better since I"m not constrained with the size of the hawk head eye.
I thought about it and my complaint would have been using Parachord due to its stretchy nature, but after I considered how quick changing handles would be and how that could be a lot better than nothing, I had a hard time passing on it. Wishlisting this as a travel tool.
Alot of hate in these comments. I couldnt wait to get one of these and now that i have one i cant wait to get outside to use it. It all comes together in a small case to fit on ur belt or bag. This thing is amazing and a great for any survival bag
Have the adjustable Paracord bracelet and the defense Key but I do not see much use for that .. can't split much and not much for chopping . Might beat a blank I guess for small stuff
How much extra weight does a fixed hatchet handle add. I have a Estwing camp hatchet no assembly required, no pins and wedges to loose. Ready to work the moment it's out of the sheath.
The hatchet I bought in '79 still works well. Still has the original wood handle and never had any problems with it. For $12, I got my money's worth out of it.
This is why I like it - the wedges allow it to be used with a number of different types of wood. You can find yourself in a situation where you are in a softwood forrest, the only option you have is softwood handles and it's very difficult mounting an axe head durably on such a stick. The pin system distributes the shock which means your handle stands a chance of lasting more than 5 mins.
Head of a tomahawk is what I use. It's one peice, and you just slide a handle through the head. Just make sure the handle has one end that is big enough to keep the head on during swinging
@steppenwolf Branches naturally grow where one end in skinny and the other end fat. If you know what you're doing, you can fashion a handle very fast, very easily.
@@Nemoticon in a survival situation calories count and that looked like a workout. just give me an ax head with a threaded hole and i can screw in a 1"-1.5" handle and start chopping
@@Nemoticon i saw another video in this toy, a real world assembly and use, it was terrible. the wedges kept falling out, it hammered the stick it was supposed to cut into the ground SIDEWAYS and it required more work and did less then if they just pulled out a Becker B7 or B9 it literally took a dozed whacks to get through a 2" stick
i like my survival tools where you pull them out and start using them, they work as expected and minimize your survival effort and conserves your energy
If you look at ancient tools they realized that you need a hole in the center for the ax head and the tension from hitting the ax should go to the top and bottom not to the sides to split the wood also this ax is just a flat piece of steel with a sharpened edge and will not split a tube of toothpaste. For the little extra weight that it takes to just carry a hatchet I'd much rather have a hatchet. With no wedge on that blade it's practically useless for its intended purpose.
Holy crap! That's extremely cool!!! I'm going to play with this idea and redesign it a bit. Why haven't I seen anything like this before?! I have designed and made blades for years and this is great stuff! Better steel and a slight redesign on the blade and this could be the perfect survival tool. Once the weather straightens up I'm gonna have to play around with this idea. I've made cheap knives to carry just to make into a spear for fishing or small game with the same basic idea in mind. "Carry the blade and find a stick" a hatchet or tomahawk would be great for making shelters and such.
Thank you for the kind words Phill! The Persevere is fun to play with and definitely one of those items that you and customize to fit your style. You'll have to let us know what you come up with :) -Richard
The thing that amazed me the most when I got it was the instructions weren't even in order, they started on one page went to the back then continued on the front again lol.
Wonder if one could rig on to an hatchet handle and some how keep as an permanent set, all thought I do like the dismantle aspect of it seems to be a back up type tool
Any reason the steps in the instructions that comes with it aren't in order? Having 12 steps is bad enough but having them out of order is pretty bad for a survival tool. I think its useful if you were going the direction of an ultralight waist pack survival kit.
Seems that a little carving with any decent knife can get you a handle for a regular hardware store hatchet head. And since the head is, or at least should be, the heavy part, why would I be carrying that little blade and not a whole small hatchet?
cool idea, but a simple tomahawk head, all u need to do it taper the branch you have and you dont need any wages or pins, cord, nor splinting the handle... you dont even need tools, just rub it on a rough rock
wouldn't it be easier to just cary a plain ax head, use it to cut a handle, insert the handle and use a stone to drive in a wedge to lock the ax head in place? and then you have a full wedge shape ax
I think the idea is cool but I'm not totally sure how effective it would be. A good impact tool needs weight and mass and as small as it is, it doesn't look like it will have either. Plus, all of the loose parts are going to be prone to getting list or falling apart.
I picked one of these up. In addition to being overly complicated, the numerical instructions were out of order, they jumped all over and it went from the front of the paper to the back and back to the front again. Lol. Where was the quality control?
That's ah, that's a interesting design. It's not that hard to haft a traditional socketed hawk in the woods, I guessing the advantage here it's complete flat for storage in a kit, maybe?
The roasts of this product in the comments are the best part, on another note this product is just landfill the guy assembling just does not know it yet.
I like it and do plan on adding one to my kit. The love of bushcraft is building from the land not the 300$ knife or hatchet you carry in and are to afraid to get dirty.
As a frequent axe user on our wooded homestead I cannot at all see how this is a functioning tool. A $8 hatchet, folding saw, woodsman axe, any of the machete, parang, Kukri type blades would all be better than this. I’m not sure when or why this would be the correct tool for the job. I think a bushcraft knife would be much better.
OK so all that effort to chop a stick that would easily be used for a baton. We can baton a decent knife through those sticks with very little effort. The ax concept is a good one - been around for centuries. But, I wouldn't take down a small tree with it. I'd go with one of my knives for that. And then, only if I did not have an actual ax, or saw with me.
It's not a bad idea, but I'd have made it so you could carve pegs out in the field instead of relying on metal parts that can get lost and render the head useless.
You'll spend all your energy and survival materials (550 cord) just putting it together. I'd just carry a small hatchet or tomahawk and use my 550 cord to build my shelter, fishing line, etc... Sorry but this is a no go.
Should come with sutures....There's got to be a better way. Doubtful the adze it converts into is any better. CRKT makes some nice things but this aint it. My wife got me one for my birthday and not to appear uninterested or ungrateful I attempted to use it. The ER doc got a good chuckle out of it all when I explained it. No worries, the feeling did indeed return albeit slow. I knew when I seen it sailing through the air that I should have avoided the thing. Trust your gut....it will save your head. Good companies have bad ideas with poor execution. This is the Edsel of CRKT. "This 5-in-1 survival tool becomes a splitting wedge, knife, axe, chisel, and adze. Even in an arena full of variables, don't let anyone tell you you're not prepared for anything."
When he was notching the stick with sharp side of the axe head towards his other hand, I couldn't help but cringe. I could see the blade jumping out of the notch and taking off his off-hand thumb. First rule of knife safety, taught in Cub Scouts: don't cut towards useful parts of your own body.
A rather bad hatchet, but it does fit the bill of, better then nothing. I guess if you can only carry a fanny pack for whatever reason, and therefore can not fit a real hatchet or tomahawk, this sure beats processing wood with your bare hands.
Man...just recently got into researching and buying camping/survival gear and its crazy how many useless tools like this that are out there. This is so silly lol. There is no scenario imaginable where this would be something you would pack and bring with you. You aren't saving any time and if you can't handle carrying a few more ounces with a better tool you need to stay indoors.
The best feature is that it keep you in the same spot for a long time while assembling which allows search and rescue the best chance at finding you.
Lol, true.
The video is 5 minutes long, if search and rescue can get on you in that short time you don"t really need survival gear.
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You know what tool would be handy to have when assembling this hatchet? A hatchet.
If you need an axe to make this, then your skills are seriously lacking. Your lack of thinking amuses me.
Angelus_Solus or you could just pack a axe and not mess with what ever LEGO brush craft nonsense this is
You can use this tool to make yourself a fance hatchet.
@@blakedavis2447 Well an axe is quite heavy... you could just carry this tool and with your knowledge (and with a much lighter knife) you`ve got yourself an axe!
@@arenasbritezgabrielalfonso7285 if your too weak to hold an axe, hit the gym before going into the outdoors
For the size of wood you're going to be able to process with this you could just carry a folding pocket saw.
Or your belt knife.
I think it'll be a cool and interesting thing to have in a bag or kit, and the price point is really reasonable.
Some other designs that function the same way don't create as secure and firm a tool as this seems too, so I'm really interested to see how it holds up with heavy use.
Mine is already on its way to me, so we'll see!
Update?
@@ivanncastro He's still assembling it.
That's a badass little tool. I like the blend of ancient techniques with modern materials. I'll definitely be picking one up. I'd like to see video how to haft it for use as a adze.
Find a green branch. Well heck I'm trying to make an axe to cut the wood. What am I going to use to cut off this green branch
your ancestors used a pointy rock... ya know.
Just bring an axe thats ready to use duh
An axe duh,😒
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Ever thought of using the axe head as a fucking chisel with a found branch as your mallet? I didn't even have to think five seconds to come up with that. Then again, I actually think of solutions instead of what sarcastic comment I could use to replace legitimate intelligence.
@@angelus_solus wow you must be a expert, your smarter than the rest of us for sure
just carry a tomahawk head, makes a sturdier hatchet with less messing about
same thought...just carry a Chogan head and make a handle...
Sorry Elijah, The celt axe was replaced by the socketed axe because a socket is quicker to haft than having to burn or carve a hole in the handle for to mount a celt axe head. This blade sits in a split, not a hole, but I see you didn't bother noticing that. You obviously didn't think that reply out very well. Honestly your ignorance of ancient tech amuses me as much as you thinking you know enough to throw shade on this affair.
A hawk head? Yeah sure, take a branch and carve it from one end to the other, just so you can fit 1 1/2 inches of the eye. I carry a 10 oz hatchet head as my emergency hatchet. It's simpler to carve three inches of a branch to fit the eye, and a couple inches past, then bore a hole above the head for to insert a wooden retainer peg. I can make a handle for it in less than twenty minutes, compared to almost an hour to carve a hawk handle. And yes it does, because I've made many of them. Oh, and it won't slip either like a hawk will and I can use a branch that fills the hand better since I"m not constrained with the size of the hawk head eye.
I rather carry this in my pack since its like 1% the weight and size of a regular socket axe head
@@vincenator5000 but it sucks.
Some thought went into this project, wish you success.
This is a sweet tool! I definitely need one!
I thought about it and my complaint would have been using Parachord due to its stretchy nature, but after I considered how quick changing handles would be and how that could be a lot better than nothing, I had a hard time passing on it. Wishlisting this as a travel tool.
Alot of hate in these comments. I couldnt wait to get one of these and now that i have one i cant wait to get outside to use it. It all comes together in a small case to fit on ur belt or bag. This thing is amazing and a great for any survival bag
Have the adjustable Paracord bracelet and the defense Key but I do not see much use for that .. can't split much and not much for chopping . Might beat a blank I guess for small stuff
How much extra weight does a fixed hatchet handle add. I have a Estwing camp hatchet no assembly required, no pins and wedges to loose. Ready to work the moment it's out of the sheath.
Donald Raver the problem here is you actually bragged about having an Estwing.
Cole warrior considering I got for free and it does what I want it's still better than a axe made out of parts
Estwing is tuff as hell. But its a mans tool soooo not for everyone...
The hatchet I bought in '79 still works well. Still has the original wood handle and never had any problems with it. For $12, I got my money's worth out of it.
Definitely not the worst survival axe design, but it's still a bit complicated. The pin/wedge system is just too many pieces
This is why I like it - the wedges allow it to be used with a number of different types of wood. You can find yourself in a situation where you are in a softwood forrest, the only option you have is softwood handles and it's very difficult mounting an axe head durably on such a stick. The pin system distributes the shock which means your handle stands a chance of lasting more than 5 mins.
Head of a tomahawk is what I use. It's one peice, and you just slide a handle through the head. Just make sure the handle has one end that is big enough to keep the head on during swinging
@steppenwolf Branches naturally grow where one end in skinny and the other end fat. If you know what you're doing, you can fashion a handle very fast, very easily.
bet the pins work better if each one comes in at a different side.
Makes a good back up tool. Also I made a adze out of that tool works well
Outstanding quality tool wish I had one strapped to my back pack.
Wow, epic version of an old tried and true weapon/tool !!!
nice all around tool to have....thanks for the chance
That was a lot of assembly work to do very little damage to a log...
If you think that was a lot of work, you wouldn't survive 3 days in the wild.
@@Nemoticon in a survival situation calories count and that looked like a workout. just give me an ax head with a threaded hole and i can screw in a 1"-1.5" handle and start chopping
@@megazwatcher Work out? Lol. Oh dear.....
@@Nemoticon i saw another video in this toy, a real world assembly and use, it was terrible. the wedges kept falling out, it hammered the stick it was supposed to cut into the ground SIDEWAYS and it required more work and did less then if they just pulled out a Becker B7 or B9 it literally took a dozed whacks to get through a 2" stick
i like my survival tools where you pull them out and start using them, they work as expected and minimize your survival effort and conserves your energy
I wonder if it would be good for edc because I wanted to carry a nice hatchet for hiking but I dont need a full one
Perfect addition to my bug out bag. Gotta have it.
would a double figure 8 hitch hold the top closed better ?
If you look at ancient tools they realized that you need a hole in the center for the ax head and the tension from hitting the ax should go to the top and bottom not to the sides to split the wood also this ax is just a flat piece of steel with a sharpened edge and will not split a tube of toothpaste. For the little extra weight that it takes to just carry a hatchet I'd much rather have a hatchet. With no wedge on that blade it's practically useless for its intended purpose.
Holy crap! That's extremely cool!!! I'm going to play with this idea and redesign it a bit. Why haven't I seen anything like this before?! I have designed and made blades for years and this is great stuff! Better steel and a slight redesign on the blade and this could be the perfect survival tool. Once the weather straightens up I'm gonna have to play around with this idea. I've made cheap knives to carry just to make into a spear for fishing or small game with the same basic idea in mind. "Carry the blade and find a stick" a hatchet or tomahawk would be great for making shelters and such.
Thank you for the kind words Phill! The Persevere is fun to play with and definitely one of those items that you and customize to fit your style. You'll have to let us know what you come up with :) -Richard
Nice, I'm going to buy a couple.
Now that could come in handy in an emergency kit.
The thing that amazed me the most when I got it was the instructions weren't even in order, they started on one page went to the back then continued on the front again lol.
Excellent sir
this is definatly a good idea for and edc bag that you dont want to put a whole dang hatched in
That looks like a very handy tool!
How much set axe.
Wonder if one could rig on to an hatchet handle and some how keep as an permanent set, all thought I do like the dismantle aspect of it seems to be a back up type tool
I love the pack ability. Great , shit hit the fan tool!
Sooo with what you cut the sticks?
I do love a good survival tool
maybe a double figure 8 hitch at the top of the handle to pinch the two halves together.. insanely strong..doesn't loosen..
Awesome looking Hawk!
It would do in a pinch. Definitely compact and easily stowable
Any reason the steps in the instructions that comes with it aren't in order? Having 12 steps is bad enough but having them out of order is pretty bad for a survival tool. I think its useful if you were going the direction of an ultralight waist pack survival kit.
Cool and compact for carry (couldn't be anymore compact).
Seems that a little carving with any decent knife can get you a handle for a regular hardware store hatchet head. And since the head is, or at least should be, the heavy part, why would I be carrying that little blade and not a whole small hatchet?
Cool design
Great looking knife
very nice
cool idea, but a simple tomahawk head, all u need to do it taper the branch you have and you dont need any wages or pins, cord, nor splinting the handle... you dont even need tools, just rub it on a rough rock
Or you could take a much lighter and more efficient folding pruning saw. Axes/hatchets need a bit of weight behind them to be truly efficient.
Nice I would love one
How do you make an adze out of it?
That's my main reason for wanting one. But nobody answered your question yet either.
Dustin Stevens
stick with a wide knot ?
Dustin Stevens
wide stick .. hole through.. cordage diagonal winding....?
i just found this video after struggling to do this for 2 hours
wouldn't it be easier to just cary a plain ax head, use it to cut a handle, insert the handle and use a stone to drive in a wedge to lock the ax head in place? and then you have a full wedge shape ax
Yes
Cool tool 👍👍👍
Survival axe at its best!
Seems to work just fine, ......... as long as you are not in a hurry
Yeah when the evil trees come after you and you need your axe ASAP...
kinda like the klecker except much better
I think the idea is cool but I'm not totally sure how effective it would be. A good impact tool needs weight and mass and as small as it is, it doesn't look like it will have either. Plus, all of the loose parts are going to be prone to getting list or falling apart.
I picked one of these up. In addition to being overly complicated, the numerical instructions were out of order, they jumped all over and it went from the front of the paper to the back and back to the front again. Lol. Where was the quality control?
You should design some safety glasses to go with it.
The cave men are drooling 🤤
No disrespect but you should check out IAwoodsman make a tomahawk handle using the tomahawk head. Useful info at the minimum.
Brilliant.
The finished axe looks like Alley Oop's.
That's ah, that's a interesting design. It's not that hard to haft a traditional socketed hawk in the woods, I guessing the advantage here it's complete flat for storage in a kit, maybe?
I like it
The roasts of this product in the comments are the best part, on another note this product is just landfill the guy assembling just does not know it yet.
Love crkt
I like it and do plan on adding one to my kit. The love of bushcraft is building from the land not the 300$ knife or hatchet you carry in and are to afraid to get dirty.
Seems like a lot of work.
Just a spur of the moment comment: Much better than the Klecker one.
As a frequent axe user on our wooded homestead I cannot at all see how this is a functioning tool. A $8 hatchet, folding saw, woodsman axe, any of the machete, parang, Kukri type blades would all be better than this. I’m not sure when or why this would be the correct tool for the job. I think a bushcraft knife would be much better.
not to bad for a survival kit or bug out bag.
Awesome
OK so all that effort to chop a stick that would easily be used for a baton.
We can baton a decent knife through those sticks with very little effort.
The ax concept is a good one - been around for centuries.
But, I wouldn't take down a small tree with it. I'd go with one of my knives for that.
And then, only if I did not have an actual ax, or saw with me.
Pls can I haveit
Pls can I have it
A bit goofy, but considering how small it is, might not be a bad choice,
It's not a bad idea, but I'd have made it so you could carve pegs out in the field instead of relying on metal parts that can get lost and render the head useless.
You'll spend all your energy and survival materials (550 cord) just putting it together. I'd just carry a small hatchet or tomahawk and use my 550 cord to build my shelter, fishing line, etc... Sorry but this is a no go.
Not a fan, but still a cool idea and execution.
cool
Should come with sutures....There's got to be a better way. Doubtful the adze it converts into is any better. CRKT makes some nice things but this aint it. My wife got me one for my birthday and not to appear uninterested or ungrateful I attempted to use it. The ER doc got a good chuckle out of it all when I explained it. No worries, the feeling did indeed return albeit slow. I knew when I seen it sailing through the air that I should have avoided the thing. Trust your gut....it will save your head. Good companies have bad ideas with poor execution. This is the Edsel of CRKT.
"This 5-in-1 survival tool becomes a splitting wedge, knife, axe, chisel, and adze. Even in an arena full of variables, don't let anyone tell you you're not prepared for anything."
Or a tomahawk does the same thing. It's an easier assembly for a tomahawk though...
Just get a Eastwing for $20
no name i mean if your in a pinch that will work but an axe with a wood handle is best since the wood absorbs shock
@@chef_nick3022 And breaks.
dude weres ur freAkn eye protection!
Better than the klax at least
that looks like a terrible idea if you're actually on your own in the woods, not playing around in the back yard
adorable. basically
Just carry a tomahawk head... easier to make a Handle for and stronger
The company's creative crisis looks like it will soon be sold
a stone a bone and a stick with a rope : )
21 century like.
CRKT, love ya, but, why?
When he was notching the stick with sharp side of the axe head towards his other hand, I couldn't help but cringe. I could see the blade jumping out of the notch and taking off his off-hand thumb. First rule of knife safety, taught in Cub Scouts: don't cut towards useful parts of your own body.
Rather carry a small axe
Designed by someone who looks like he’s never used in axe or understands what an axe is supposed to do!
A rather bad hatchet, but it does fit the bill of, better then nothing. I guess if you can only carry a fanny pack for whatever reason, and therefore can not fit a real hatchet or tomahawk, this sure beats processing wood with your bare hands.
Man...just recently got into researching and buying camping/survival gear and its crazy how many useless tools like this that are out there. This is so silly lol. There is no scenario imaginable where this would be something you would pack and bring with you. You aren't saving any time and if you can't handle carrying a few more ounces with a better tool you need to stay indoors.
A stone axe would be better
Lame. Picking a piece of hard wood up of the ground is smarter than trying to cut down a piece of green soft
Or just buy a hawk assembled 🤷🏻♂️
Or just get a trade axe head
If you do not a bullshit a bullshit, it is still a bullshit!
Let's get real tests of their products,why breed fools,after this you have a knife, no one will take.