^^^ if that would have been me, alcohol would have likely been the root cause. he stopped drinking years ago though.
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Originally Posted by larrie
Well the photo shire makes me re think getting one. The problem is both my hatchet and splitting maul have broken handles. I can not find a replacement handle for the maul. Have not looked for a hatchet handle. Even if I bought no name ones it would still be possible to damage myself with them.
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again, sorry to discourage. just pointing out that the fiskars blades are very sharp and that 14" hatchet is just long enough that you want to throw some back into it, but its not needed due to how sharp it is. some people, like myself just arent careful enough to own blades that effective. good example: heard my mom complaining about never having any sharp knives in the house one year just before christmas. took the hint and went out and bought her a nice all around gerber kitchen blade. the following holiday, i needed a sharp knife for something and asked mama where the gerber blade was and she told me that they had to get rid of it cause they kept almost cutting off their fingers...must run in the family, lol.
and in bold? 100%! summer after my buddy did that to his shin, i was chopping wood with a full sized axe at camp. wood i was hacking on slipped off the block, axe skipped off that piece and nailed me right in the shin. the look on my wifes face....oh man. no blood, but a nice goosebump and some bruising. and yes alcohol was involved with that little mishap
regarding an axe handle for the hatchet. last time we broke one, a replacement handle was 2/3's the cost of a complete replacement. so we bought a new one.