Thread: Tuatahi axe project - small axe / hatchet for hunting, tramping, fishing etc

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

many years ago I had stolen in a breakin at my house at Kaitaia a camp axe and have never seen anything like it again to replace it - I understand it was a carpenters axe and likely very old (sorry dont have pictures ) it had a wide blade and a hammer head with nail claw on back - bloody ideal as a camp axe as one obviously could hammer in and or remove nails as well as a small axe - love to get one again

any half capable engineer could make you one.....cut the required bits off a claw hammer and weld them onto back of a 2.5lb axe...mate used to cut head off hammer and weld it onto fencing pliers to give a better all round tool.