From: deowll@gmail.com   
      
   "Michael Koblic"  wrote in message   
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   > "deowll"  wrote in message   
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   >> We had a discussion some time back about what to use to cut up dead wood   
   >> on a camping trip. I started off suggest a hawk or hatchet. People seemed   
   >> to get turned off by the very idea of an ax of any size for fear of   
   >> hurting themselves which may be valid. I think they went with a fold up   
   >> saw which is great for cutting across but kind of limited for splitting.   
   >>   
   >> Has anyone played around  with the short machetes from cold steel and   
   >> others? Cold steel makes an 18 inch and a 12 inch blade.   
   >>   
   >> Ontario makes a nice one though the handle on it is not as comfortable as   
   >> the one on the regular machete. Why they changed the shape I don't know.   
   >> I certainly don't consider it to be an improvement.   
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   > A year or two ago I did a comparative trial of chopping wood with a kukri,   
   > Cold Steel Barong machete, a golok and a cheap small axe from Fiskars.   
   > The details are somewhere if anyone is interested I shall dig them up.   
   >   
   > The long story short: The axe was way superior to all the others. There   
   > are modifications one can make to the axe to improve it even more or so I   
   > am told. Furthermore, there are axes of similar sizes but more expensive   
   > which are said to perform even better - let me know and I shall dig up the   
   > links.   
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   > Michael Koblic   
   > Campbell River, BC   
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   I'd like to look at it.   
      
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