Axe Review! Best Axe for Survival and Everyday Use

I’m glad someone has as many axes as I do!

Awesome collection. Double bit is my go to for most things. I also had a accident only right in my knee cap. Was using my Fiskers X15 when it happened and was the bottom tip of axe. 5 staples, full recovery and lesson learned.

My dad ended up cutting himself on the inside of his leg and lost quite a bit of blood from it. He survived, fortunately, but I learned from it. Be very careful with sharp tools. They're great to have around but must be respected. Love your channel.

Use to swing a Council Tool Dayton design 3.5 lb. head ALL day long when I was a wilderness wildland fire fighter for 10 seasons. You can disregard the grain orientation nonsense in the handle as the USFS had grain that went in every direction and I NEVER remember anyone that knew how to use an axe having a broken handle. But give that axe to a newbie and they could break axe handles by damaging the handle where it meets the head, until they got the hang of it. It's how you use it and abuse it, not the grain orientation. I fell trees all day long with an axe as power tools were not allowed in a wilderness area and we depended on the axe for our lives. As long as that grain was hickoy, (not ash) dense and tight, never a problem.

Thanks for sharing your axe collection. It's a great tool to learn how to use safely and effectively.

I’m so glad bill burr is doing ax reviews now.

That large axe you were holding before is a Broad Axe.

My birthday is in January and now that the boys are grown and I don't have grandbabies yet It's just me and the dog in the woods. For my birthday Xmas gift for myself I am getting a couple of axes and building a stone fireplace in my tiny house in the woods and I have been trying to get back into shape and I hate peoplie places aka the gym I decided chopping wood, Mom didn't let me when I was younger because well I understand. But wish me luck So much love and blessings to you all ❤❤❤

This is exaxtly what i was looking for, i have that small forest axe and absolutely love it but want it a little longer so I'm going to get its big brother.

first axe from duluth is exactly what you described, in duluth mn u can see the buildings that are older have that timber frame with the axe marks. very beautiful and they have a lottt of old time tools and such like the taconite pellets and mining tools, boating tools, and of course, woodworking and lumber tools. don’t know much else is needed to know about it

I have one as well primarily used by lumberjacks.

Awesome stuff, Leif! Keep it up man.

Three. One for the big jobs, one for the medium jobs, one for the small jobs. And a couple of 5 to 6 inch fixed blades and a nice assortment of flippers for bush crafting

love my "Michigan" double bitted axe got it at a pawn shop for $10 !!!!

Nice collection ! There just cooler then knive and more versatile to me. But I was brought on axe use.

Nice review. Well done presentation and very knowledgeable. Thank you.

Nice collection of axes. It's good to have the right tool for the job. I've got a lot of axes myself and I prefer my double bit axes for heavy work. I also prefer an axe with a little softer temper for the hardwoods I deal with. I've taken big chunks out of a few axes using them on hardwood. I just hate chippy steel. I think some people get too hung up on having a super hard axe that holds its edge forever. They are not only a lot more likely to chip and lose big chunks out of the bits but they suck to sharpen. One of my favorite axes for light work is a Cold Steel, I think it's called the trail boss. It's my cheapest axe by far but it's an awesome design, it's fairly light and is easy to reprofile and keep sharp. If I had to pick one for a survival type axe it's the one I'd pick. I have a lot of tomahawks too and I've seen videos of people recommending them but they really aren't that good for wood processing. They would shine for selfdefence though so in a SHTF situation they'd be good to have. Cool video.😊

where did you get that jacket and hat i love them? i love my old liam hickory axe

I have an axe to grind with you, LOL, great video.

Great video, man, and I really like your collection. I recently started on mine and came here for good advice