mini hatch

Here is my latest - more of an ulu-inspired version:



It's 3/16" A2 tempered at 400F.









It's about 1-1/2" shorter than the others that I've made.

Cool looking.

that is freakin cool.

think i'm gonna have to give a hawk a try. my trail hawk's bee gettin a lotta love lately.

WOW! I really really like that!!! I've always liked little pocket sized choppers. They can be handy to carry for little chores, and that looks very handy! How well does it chop? Is there enough handle to allow you to make a good chop?

Great job! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Thanks. I'd never had a hatchet or 'hawk before I made these. I wouldn't think that they could compete with the larger hatchets out there. They're more along the lines of a camp knife-ish - similar to a PH or PR.

That's really cool. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

I haven't chopped with it yet, but I suppose that it will be somewhat less efficient than the longer version - it surprised me on how well it did. I'll post pictures of it when I do.

I think it would make a cool camp knife for food prep. It looks like you would have great blade control. I like it...

thats too cool

wonder if it could slice like kylie's new favorite kitchen knife






snotpig,
does it have a name?

that looks like a handy little hatchet, good job!

NICE,i love hatchets and i cant explain why but i really love MINI hatchets.

not to take away from yours but here's 3 i have owned.i sold the one on the far right which is a ranger custom.

i would say yours is most like the ranger and swamprat and i like yours better i think.good job.

the GB is a whole other ball park concerning performance.

Those are nice as well.

[censored] Snotpig, did you make it small enough? LOL! A carry conceal axe. who woulda thunk it! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> You'll have to post us some pics at how effective it is as a chopper, I'm seriously intrigued!

i've wanted a mini gransfors a long time.

gransfors...? What's that?

http://www.gransfors.com/

Very nice! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

gransfors bruks. the best hatchets out there. the mini is on the left end in n1's pic.

another popular model is the wildlife hatchet.

http://www.gransfors.com/

I've handled both the GB mini and wildlife hatchet and I really like them. One of these days I'll snag one up, but they aren't a priority for me since a nice DF or FBM would do the job. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Between my Crash Axe and this Estwing, I'm covered for nice axes for now. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

ya know, i was just using my trail hawk and thought that even though it cuts deeper than any of my knives, the big 10" knives don't need crosshairs to aim the blow. also a better tool for wider logs with all that edge. on thinner stuff, you're less likely to miss.

with practice, however, the hawk may be the winner.

I'm giving that thing a 10 out of 10 on the coolness factor scale snotpig. Good job!

Mine is SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET! The snotpig delivers! I have the longer version and I used it to chop ears of corn last night before I froze them, (about 200 ears)and it worked very well! I will get some picks up when I get back.....

Two hundred ears of corn? That sounds like delicious central!

I took out the larger brother and gave it a workout. The enemy was a 3" hickory tree - not huge, but, then again, neither is the hatchet. It took a couple of minutes, but it made it through. A2 is not bad either.








It still manages to shave.

sounds like you may be getting your heat treat down!

Nice job, with the little guy.

i want one how much $?

Nice. Looks as if it took you from early evening to nightfall...

It did, sort of. I ate dinner and managed to keep a one year old both happy and at bay whilst performing this feat.

That's pretty cool! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Now that is what I call multitasking...