Freelander Camping Hatchet Axe, 11'' Hand-Forged Axe with Sheath, Bushcraft Axe for Chopping Wood– Ideal for Outdoor, Gardening, Survival, Wood Carving

This mini hatchet is phenomenal! Came very sharp with a edge that can be easily honed to a razors edge! This product is in the gold vein of a Gransfors Bruk design. The price is right! Compared to a axe from Gransfors costing 4x as much. The steel holds an edge fairly well! And can be resharpen right back after the days done. I am so pleased with this item. Very good sheath with a center welt! Even comes with a sharpening stone and 2 extra wedge’s if you ever would need them. The only thing I found wrong was that the wood grain was the wrong direction ( but for how much force the axe handle would need to split the handle is negotiable if it can even be done by man ) rest assured this is a good purchase!! The handle was set properly with no spaces around the head. This hatchet is designed for limbing, splitting small logs , hammering ,carving and doing about 90% of bushcraft projects. You can choke up on this baby and carve with great accuracy and control! I bought a leather strike protector ( Amazon for 15.00 ) and this axe is now turning heads at the camp grounds and at my Bushcraft club.

This is a nice compact size. It did not arrive very sharp but with about 5 minutes of work with the included sharpening stone I had a decent edge.

So this is a solid little axe , and I will keep it, however the craftsmanship is questionable. The head was not properly aligned when forged( skews to the left of center, with a twist) which is pretty odd. I'm going to have and spend some time filing this twist out as much as I can, but it will work for my needs. Also, the description says it's hardened steel, and I hope so, but if it is DO NOT use the hammer side on other steel! Hammer steel should be non tempere, like a maul head. I may heat cycle the back hammer edge a little bit to remove any potential tempering for this reason. The axe head design is a good design,but out of the box it was very dull so expect to spend time time sharpening this, dull tools are dangerous tools. Best of luck. The leather scabbard is good leather, I am a hobby leatherworker, the scbbbard is a heavy/ thick leather, with a good snap and edge spacer, I may unstitch the scabbard, tool the leather, add on a belt loop, and restitch it together again as its that good a scabbard. The sharpening stone is no good, except in a dire pinch( use your own files/ stones). Be well

I purchased the beavercraft craft axe at the same time as this purchase. This hatchet is so much better in quality and form. I had to spend hours with an axe file to correct the blade profile on the beavercraft. This Freelander came perfect out of the box. I may touch the blade up with a puck but no major changes are needed. The handle and blade are perfectly centered and profiled. If you are looking for a small craft axe to play around with, this is the one. I wish I had gotten two of these instead of spending more money and getting the Beavercraft model, which is taking a lot of time to correct.

I really wanted to love this hatchet. I initially bought 2 to compare the quality. Of the two, one clearly had some fitment issues and appeared to have some wood filler used to secure the head since the handle had been over sanded; that one got sent back immediately. The 2nd one actually looked really nice and promising. It looked it was going to be a great deal for the price. Unfortunately, this hatchet when used on a recent camping trip survived maybe 10 strikes before the head broke off from the shock of impact (no the handle did not make contact). This was really disappointing and rendered useless from that point on. Overall, it had potential, but quality issues make this a gamble at best.

Works great! We used it over our camping trip. It's not as heavy duty as a real axe but works great in a pinch.

Initially thought this was a great buy.. before I even used it though, I picked at some glue looking residue at the top of the hatchet and the whole head became loose.. they tried to tighten it with wood glue. Not even safe to use. Would avoid.

Don't take the title wrong - I expect to have to regrind the profile on any axe (hatchet) that isn't made specifically for carving. This one comes with a convex grind at a steep angle, which is exactly what you want in a camping/bushcraft axe. For carving, you want a flat or hollow ground bevel at a lower angle. Just took a few minutes with a flat file to get the profile I wanted, a few more to get it nice and sharp and now it's a champ. As long as I stop and strop every now and then, I don't need to use anything more abrasive than leather and honing compound to keep it sharp.