Quote Originally Posted by Beirut
TogakureOjonin,

Nice collection! ...

Speaking of Gerbers... Got one of these as well yesterday.



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Thanks . I love the look of the hatchet. Sleek and modern, without looking to "artsy." Sounds like it's quite functional too, and would make a great tool for backpacking. Is it very heavy?

The friend that I used to backpack with the most is an avid practioner of knife and axe throwing. When we'd go up into the mountains, he'd always bring throwing knives, and he had an old, wooden-handled hatchet (that was unusually well-balanced). We would entertain ourselves by having contests seeing who could stick the most, or stick consecutively, etc. (he almost always won). I really enjoyed tossing the hatchet; the big thunk it made when you stuck it and the subsequent strength needed to extract it (from dead trees, not living ones), tended to give me that proud, manly feeling (lol). As this hatchet is not too expensive, it might be fun to get one for utility and one for tossing practice. Thanks for sharing info about it.