What do y’all use? Looking for something quality with a good steel, keeps an edge, lighter in weight and packable.

Fiskers checks all the boxes, and they're cheap.

Hults Bruk is what the cool kids prefer. Not exactly cheap though.

I’d go with Fiskars, but Stihl has one you might want to look at. I still have my Boy Scout hatchet.

Thanks for the responses.

Picked up a nice one at Ace Hardware in Lampasas a few years ago. Does a good job splitting sticks for my smoker.

You have a Woodmans Pal don’t you? What do you do that it wouldn’t do?

Gerber makes some decent small axes.

Yes, I do. But like knives, guns and potato chips, nobody can have just one…

The snivel about light hatchets is they can't do the work a heavier one can. I got a pretty little Schrade hatchet that is only really good for fireplace kindling, too much work breaking down anything bigger than 6 inches across. Belive it or not Harbor Freight has a couple of usable cheap hatchets for sale.

I use a True Temper Tommy Axe. You'll have to find one used on Ebay or wherever, but they are common and not expensive. I like it for camping because it has a hardened poll that you can use as a hammer for tent stakes and has a nail puller for tent stakes.

Not mine, but just like it.

define pacakable?

This game changer is packable, versatile and the handle doesn't often break on you when you need it.

I have the Estwing Axe and hatchet on hand at camp at all times. My axe is probably 30 years old. they can take a beating thats for sure. The hatchet I've only had a few years

I used one of their hammers for roofing and framing. Used it so much I had a new waffle head cut into it. They last forever for sure.




Something I can put into or attach to a backpack without being too bulky or heavy. As was mentioned, I have a Woodmans Pro that will go on my belt.