I recently bit the bullet and bought a Gransfors Bruk Wildlife hatchet because I needed a hatchet. I am amazed at how well it cuts. It cuts really deep on each blow. It seems to be all it's cracked up to be.
What about a felling axe? Anyone have an opinion on what is good? I wonder if the Gransfors Bruk American Felling Axe would be good for this? Or do you think something cheaper is just as good? (BTW, a Fiskars hatchet gets great reviews, and costs a fraction of what a Gransfors Bruks does.)
I have two needs. First is I have a lot of dead hardwoods on my property due to drought a few years ago. Many are pretty rotten. I wonder what would be good to chop them down? Second, I have a lot of thinning to do of undesirable hardwoods. Such as sweetgum that need to be thinned around more desirable trees. These are growing, green trees.
Of course, I could use a chainsaw, but chopping is good exercise. If it wears me out too much, back to the chainsaw, lol. I saw a thread on another forum about using a crosscut saw, and I could do that, but also wondering about just using an axe.
What about a felling axe? Anyone have an opinion on what is good? I wonder if the Gransfors Bruk American Felling Axe would be good for this? Or do you think something cheaper is just as good? (BTW, a Fiskars hatchet gets great reviews, and costs a fraction of what a Gransfors Bruks does.)
I have two needs. First is I have a lot of dead hardwoods on my property due to drought a few years ago. Many are pretty rotten. I wonder what would be good to chop them down? Second, I have a lot of thinning to do of undesirable hardwoods. Such as sweetgum that need to be thinned around more desirable trees. These are growing, green trees.
Of course, I could use a chainsaw, but chopping is good exercise. If it wears me out too much, back to the chainsaw, lol. I saw a thread on another forum about using a crosscut saw, and I could do that, but also wondering about just using an axe.