Is a dandy!! Brown truck just dropped er off, pruned up a couple pear trees with it, sharp lil bastard...

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.

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

Sweet!

Gransfors is my favorite... very nice Jud...

Sweet.......how much if you don't mind me asking. If ya do just tell me to mind my own business.

Haha cheapest I found was $140 shipped

Nice piece Jud.

Was always curious about this model - short and head heavy.

Best use for either close or overhead work?

Sweet hatchet! Your Brown Truck is way better than mine. 😁😎

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.

Ya. Guy could skin with it, break down bigger critters, nice compact little tool

Good Stuff!

George W. Sears is prolly smilin' down on ya!

Now you just need a double bladed folder!


ya!


GWB

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

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.

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.

Concealed Carry Hatchet

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.

yes.....

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?

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.

Don, I’ll leave er stock....

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 .

Christened ours yesterday on a doe!

What do to guys use a hatchet for when cleaning deer?

Splitting the pelvis, for one.

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.

Dandy!! He’ll love that

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

😂😂

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.

The back edge is pretty handy skinning when nearly frozen..

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.

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.

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

Happy truck came today.

Sweet!!