Hultafors Splitting Hatchet 20 1/2 inch handle

Superb axe, highly recommended

At age 60 I finally woke up to the fact that my chopping axe(s) are not splitting axes, and all of the axe work I do is splitting. I cut rounds with a saw, not an axe, and a splitting axe processes rounds into firewood and kindling. At 20 1/2 inches length, the Hultafors splitting hatchet hits a sweet spot for canoe camping and car camping. Highly recommended.

Its the camping & splitting axe I always wanted, but didn't know existed.

Compared to the splitting axes I'm used to, it feels unusually short and the head feels unusually heavy. Its small enough to pack in the baggage compartment of a small plane, or unobtrusively squeeze into the size of a typical backpack. After making a few campfires over the holidays, I was really impressed by how good it feels - and how well it performs - splitting wood. That, and the axe is just gorgeous. It made an excellent christmas present for my hard-to-shop-for outdoorsy brother.

Splitting Hatchet

I was very impressed with the speed of delivery and the edge on the axe when it arrived. I am using the axe to split dry fir into smaller pieces to use in starting our wood furnace each morning. As I am recovering from a fractured collarbone, I cannot afford to swing very hard and this axe is pretty much effortless for what I am doing.