Coleman Camp Axe, Rugged Outdoor Hatchet, Dual-Use, Splitting Wood and Hammering Stakes, Durable Steel Head and Handle with Non-Slip Grip, Ideal for Camping, Survival, Landscaping

More than expected. Excellent weight, strong,sharp hatchet.

The hatchet did come very dull but aside from that, it was very much worth the purchase. I kid you not I was able to chop down a decent sized tree, get bark, and even split wood. I also was able to use the backside as a hammer to nail down my tent. Very great hatchet. Just wish it came with something to cover the head.

Quality and well designed for all camping purposes. Nice weight for driving tent pegs and wood for fires

As I get older I'm increasingly drawn to getting out into the wilderness and relying on my own ingenuity and a backpack full of equipment in order to traverse the distance between where I am and where I want to be, in a manner that is reasonably safe and comfortable. After trying to cut through branches with a sharp hunting knife and a stone (use the stone to drive the knife blade through the branch) I decided to buy a small hand-axe.The good news: it is definitely easier to chop things with than the knife-and-stone approach. The rubber handle offers some protection to the hand if you're going to be chopping for a while.The bad news: of course it's a small axe, you need to keep sharpening it with a wetstone or equivalent tool because it loses its edge pretty quickly, and... it weighs a lot. It is, in fact, the heaviest single item in my pack.So of course it is a trade-off, like many things in life. Is it worth carrying the extra weight in order to have the convenience of a small axe? It's useless for chopping down a mature tree, of course, but it is useful for taking off branches and splitting a dead log for tinder. If you need to make shelter from branches before the sun sets, this axe can save over an hour in comparison to the knife-and-stone approach - which is an hour that can be spent making a fire, boiling water, or maybe (if you are lucky) catching a fish for dinner.UPDATE: Now that I find myself carrying my companions' supplies in addition to my own, I'm more concerned about weight than formerly. 65 pounds is enough to convince me that I'm doing enough for my cardiovascular fitness. Consequently, I now carry a wire saw rather than the axe featured in this review. I can do pretty much anything with the saw that I could do with the axe, but it weighs only a handful of grams, thus cutting down usefully on the total weight of my pack. The axe is now relegated to the trunk of my car for "just in case" moments.

Living along the coast of a hurricane prone state can provide you with some of the most amazing views, incredible seafood, meanest mosquitoes, and scariest hurricanes. If you ever research Hurricane Katrina and the areas that flooded, some of the people who were in their homes when it flooded moved to their attics and got trapped in the flood waters. The people who had an axe chopped their way through the roof to create a hole to get on top of their roof to wait to be rescued. That is why we keep an axe by our attic door. This axe is the perfect size for anyone to use. I have very small hands for an adult and I was able to grip the handle without any difficulty. The axe is also weighted correctly for easy use. If you ever used an axe or any other tool that is too heavy at the top, you will understand what I mean by weighted correctly. The blade of this axe is definitely sharp enough to do the job efficiently and effectively. Hopefully, we never really have to use this axe for anything other than chopping firewood for our firepit, but we are thankful to have a tool ready just in case we ever get more water than we expect in our neighborhood.

I got this for camping. As an axe/hatchet, it's great. Solid. Well-weighed. But I'll be honest with you: for cutting wood down to smaller chunks for a fire, get a little hand saw. It works 1000% better, faster, and easier. But if you need a small hatchet, this thing is perfect. I just don't know what to do with it.

Hatchet is pretty heavy I’d say around 5lbs, blade is super dull. I was having to swing it with a lot of force to cut anything and even at that it was taking 4-5 hits to cut.

not the biggest fan of handle angle but it does its thing really well. not the first one Ive had in my life, probably wont be the last.