Finding a good hatchet a bit like finding a good car; there are a lot of lemons out there, but once you find the right one it's hard to give up. To help you make that crucial decision, take a look at the video below.
These are just a few of the most common tasks you should expect your hatchet to be able to perform. Without a doubt, there will be tools out there that everyone will be trying to get you to fall in love with, and often for good reason.
There are several excellent hatchet companies out there that make great tools. But first and foremost, your hatchet should be comfortable for YOU to use. And if that means a $20 hardware store model, then so be it.
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Hell yeah – /really/ good idea to get an axe and a hatchet /and/ learn how to use them properly long before silliness abounds.
If we’re talking survival, its not enough to just own an axe. Learn how to make handles, pin them, sharpen the head and how to actually use the thing. A few good overstrikes can leave you with nothing but a paperweight and a shitty winter.
Jason Beduhn
or, if you’re REALLY bad at swinging it, a missing foot.
Never walk
away from home
ahead of your axe and sword.
You can’t feel a battle
in your bones
or foresee a fight.
I used my old broken splitter for a wedge
Who knows from experience
Better yet, learn some smithing and you can make your own axe.
#Onojutsu or “axe techniques” is an official part of the Hatchie-ryu Ninpo curriculum because of my own real life survival experience (2 years$#%&!@*bush living, not by choice). Like someone else said, it’s not enough just to own it. Use it. Train with it. Practice. Become intimately familiar with its versatility so that all actions become second nature. Consider the pros sand cons of using it as an expedient weapon, then learn to compensate for the cons.