which do you prefer a double blade or single blade axe?
and long or short handle?
Update:I myself prefer a single bit long handle, but for hunting uses that means something along the line needed for quartering deer then I prefer a short handle. I always bring a file and stone since a dull axe is more dangerous than a sharp one. Here's too large wood stacks and big gut piles folks I'll let the voters choose on this one.
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Funny you should pick this week to ask this, chris! Just last week, I bought myself a "boy's axe" (2 1/4 lb single-bladed head, relatively short handle but a real two-hand axe, not a hatchet). I can't imagine anything I'd like better! As a woman, I find that it fits me better than a full sized axe, and while the relatively light blade makes me put more into the downswing than if I had more gravity working with me, I can control it far better than if I had to push an 8-lb splitting maul over my head. My first time using it, I split ten logs, and felt I was safely in control the whole time.
A longer handle, a heavier head, or a second blade would make me feel a bit less safe, so I'llstick with what I've got.
Depends,If it is the only blade I can have and Im in the woods stranded with out a good sharpener I would take double with a short handle
If I had access to a sharpener I would take a single with a short handle.
It would depend on the job. For felling trees, I would go with the double bit, but for splitting firewood, I'd prefer a heavy single bit axe. For either job, I would choose a long handle for better leverage.
Actually the correct term is "bit"
I prefer a double bitted axe with a long handle. Lots of leverage and stays sharp twice as long.
Long single. The double was only really useful in logging because you could start using the other side when one side started to dull. Short handle if it's a hike on foot (but not hatchet small).
i might propose commencing up with the unmarried blade skates. From what i've got seen the double blade skates in simple terms tend to slip everywhere in the ice, and then while they do pass to usual skates they have an exceptionally challenging time.
A double blade for clearing stumps...a dull side too abuse. If you are splitting wood you'd want a single.
double you can break an axe if you do you have one more blade do work with. Plus if you throw it at something its has a better chance of doing damage
double blade with a long handle so you can look cool like paul bunion or whatever
i like a steep nose hammer on a 4 foot switch-handle. i raise it back until i touch my heels. 35 cents a day for drivin steel.