The Estwings can be a little 'tiring' on the hands with the metal handle and they are heavy.

Agreed on the HB, they are a good all around, master of none axe, if you want that added length/weight. That's not being sarcastic.


I scuffed at hawks since forever, but have changed my tune that past few years, for a carry around/hunt with kind of axe.

'If you say the parent you were most afraid when you were a kid was your dad, you grew up in the city.'