I let my environment tell me what tools I need.Īlso certain crafts might dictate my tool choice. Rainfall dictates how much wood needs to be split. Temperature dictates how much wood needs to be cut. Foliage density dictates whether or not I might need to clear brush for camp. Generally both of us will carry a saw, one of us will carry a machete/large knife and the other a hatchet or small axe. I generally go out in the woods with at least one other person. "I somehow intuitively choose one or the other based on the day’s anticipated tasks and I’m generally pleased with my choice." Īs a side note, a few of these pics were internet pics, some I just don't have loaded to my image shack account =o/ but even at that, I still always carry a folding saw, and a smaller more traditional bushcraft knife like a Puukko or that knife paired with that TM Hunt M18 ( the Yuma ). best I've been able to formulate as a one tool option for wood processing needs. machete length, knife thickness, weight forwardĪ selection of Condors, a BK4, and a ZT Rat Bastard. but I have about 3 that are 18 to 22 inches long, 3/8s or more thick across the spine. these are not my bushcraft kuks, just some I happened to have a pic of already loaded. machete length, knife thickness, weight forwardĪ selection of traditional Kuks. the cutting edge is 12 inches long, handle is another 8 or 10.
look at the top profile of axe head in top pic. Somewhere between the 24 inch handle on the top pic, and the 10 inch handle on the bottom pic. knife thickness head, machete length, weight forward design ( my version has a 19 inch handle and the cutting face is over 6.5 inches tip to tip ) knife like blade, machete length, weight forward design knife like blade, machete length, weight forward like an axe. an axe style item.with a thin knife like head that can be used choked up on, or held back near the end depending on whats needed ATM.īecker Kukri. pushing boys axe diminsions, somewhere between 18 and 20 inches overall and with a weight forward design like an axe, so that the sweet spot is way out front. length of a machete.thickness of a knife. like some Condors, or Aranyik blades or even longer Kukri knives. for a chopper, really looking at anything near the 0.25 inch thick spine area. when I consider big knives and machetes, and the difference between them.a machete should be a light fast tool with a thin semi flexible blade that is used in a whip like motion.like a Tram or Imask.a knife should be made of thicker stock. I like big knifelike machetes.įor example. that " one tool to rule them all " kinda thing, and it has proven to be remarkably elusive. I've been looking for that perfect compromise for years.
And the poll of an axe has its uses.Īgain, your thoughts and experiences are invited. I somehow intuitively choose one or the other based on the day’s anticipated tasks and I’m generally pleased with my choice.Īm I just overthinking this or is there something to this sweet spot thing? I realize a long blade, say for a Skrama is useful for other things, other sections of the blade.
I offer that as a statement, but it’s really a question. So that makes my axe a more efficient tool if I’m carrying it. For an axe or hatchet, the sweet spot is somewhere within the head. A 24 inch blade is effectively a 20 inch cutting tool because of the weight distribution. And my $20 Ontario is good yet cheap.īut here’s where my thought question comes in. For small limbs I like a machete or one of its cousins mostly because of the thin blade, but also because I might find myself working near the ground and I don’t particularly try to protect that portion of the edge farther from my hand than the sweet spot. There are significant differences-I understand that. No big preference one over the other, but I choose one over the other based on some process I don’t understand.
I use both small axes and machetes or even chopper knives.
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