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Is a dandy!! Brown truck just dropped er off, pruned up a couple pear trees with it, sharp lil bastard...
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Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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I don't get the short handle thing. A longer handle adds much greater utility and weighs almost nothing.
Oh sorry, congrats on the new hatchet. I like it anyway.
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Haha I got a regular sized one too. Dunno if it’s the weight so much, just making it compact for packs etc? Throw in your truck consul etc
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Gransfors is my favorite... very nice Jud...
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Haha cheapest I found was $140 shipped
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Nice piece Jud.
Was always curious about this model - short and head heavy.
Best use for either close or overhead work?
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Sweet hatchet! Your Brown Truck is way better than mine. 😁😎
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Haha cheapest I found was $140 shipped That's not bad.......they're $155 on Amazon which is usually a pretty good barometer. I'm not sure I'd ever use it if I had one but ya gotta like it.
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Nice piece Jud.
Was always curious about this model - short and head heavy.
Best use for either close or overhead work? Ya. Guy could skin with it, break down bigger critters, nice compact little tool
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Good Stuff!
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Nice piece Jud.
Was always curious about this model - short and head heavy.
Best use for either close or overhead work? Ya. Guy could skin with it, break down bigger critters, nice compact little tool I have used mine to take apart a couple of moose and a handful of deer. Very handy little devil. Also gets used around camp to split kindling, prep food etc. Lots of fun to make a feather stick with too. Always impresses the kids. Mine is going elk hunting in the morning. Hopefully it will see blood again this Fall. Jeff
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I'm a big fan of short handled hatchets like the GB. I use a Wetterlings, but it functions the same. You can carve and whittle with mine, chop kindling, process game. Tremendous versatility.
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That's nice. I have the Fiskars version, the Back Paxe II.
I wasn't too sure about the short handle, but I like it and use it all the time especially firewood prep for the woodstove.
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I don't get the short handle thing. Concealed Carry Hatchet
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Could you guys educate me on why this is such a good hatchet. I've read it many times but no one ever elaborates. Is it superior steel or design? It looks like a quality tool in the picture but beyond that I don't know.
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judman, you got that handle smoothed-up and flamed and BLO'ed yet? You gonna cut that leather 'nose' off'n the sheath to behind the poll so you can pound stakes and drive nails without taking it off?
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I've got the Gränsfors Outdoor Axe, which is slightly longer handled but every bit as awesome. Taking antlers off a skull, chopping the spine to get to the tenderloins out or for making a warming fire, that thing is always attached to my pack. Love it. Don't ask about the one tenderloin....long story.
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Don, I’ll leave er stock....
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I've got a Gransfors and a Wetterlings. Steel quality seems about equal between the two. The Gransfors handle is better, being actually boiled in a vat of BLO, it doesn't swell/shrink with weather/humidity changes so the head remains tight year round. The Wetterlings handle is just surface varnished and does swell/shrink. The Wetterlings sheath is much better than the Gransfors though, being made of much stiffer leather and having a built in belt carrier with slots .
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What do to guys use a hatchet for when cleaning deer?
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Splitting the pelvis, for one.
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found a deal at LL Bean for a GB hatchet. It arrived today, but I believe I'll just gift it to my son for Christmas, and keep the little Wetterlings I have been using for many years.
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Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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he does. The lad shot a fat 4 point this morning. I took the little ax out and he used it skinning and processing the buck. It sure works well for that purpose. I'll wrap the empty box for Christmas. lol
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Thanks for the reminder on the Gransfors Bruk hatchet. Citi sent a 25% off LL Bean postcard and I had lost track of the expiration date, which was today. Ordered one this morning. $105 + 6% Caesar's share (FL).
Believe there are also 25% off downloadable coupons floating around.
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What do to guys use a hatchet for when cleaning deer? The back edge is pretty handy skinning when nearly frozen..
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What do to guys use a hatchet for when cleaning deer? Gotta admit that while aware that there is more than one way to skin a cat (or a buck), I'm a little puzzled about that one myself.
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a sharp, small hatchet makes a great skinner. The hatchet can be used for easily splitting the breast bone and pelvis if you feel the need. Smacks right through those leg joints as well.
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I've always used a saw, but am open to trying different ways. Does it make a mess? Seems there would be bone fragments everywhere
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I've always used a saw, but am open to trying different ways. Does it make a mess? Seems there would be bone fragments everywhere careful use of a sharp hatchet does not mean bone fragments. The chest is relatively soft, the blade just slips right through. Heck, even a saw means there is some bone detritus floating around
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Happy truck came today.
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