posted 5 years ago
Very difficult with so many varieties, but if there could be one, I feel a single-bit "boys axe" or "half-axe" would have to be it. It would have to have a well-rounded american style face, or phantom bevels, and be ground to an angle obtuse enough for splitting, but still sharp enough for cutting. Properly ground, sharpened, and hung (closed, preferrably) it will cut and split far out of it's weight class. It is light enough to be wielded by one hand on occasion, but powerful enough with two to fell even large trees. Having a poll, it can be used to drive wedges that it can make itself; if hardened it can be used for hammering a wide variety of things. But axes are relatively cheap and are awesome, so I will never have just one!
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