Council Tool WC20PA19C Wood-Craft Pack Axe, 19-Inch
July 5, 2019 - Comment
Use this premium multipurpose axe to easily cut, chop, split, carve, shave, hew, and hammer. The 2 lb. head is made of 5160 steel and is heat-treated on both ends for outstanding strength. The axe also features a curved hickory handle and includes a welted leather mask to protect the super-sharp axe edge.
Product Features
- MADE IN USA
- 19″ HICKORY HANDLE
- 2LB HEAD
- 5160 STEEL
- FLAT GRIND 25 DEGREES
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Great heavier hatchet. I have been looking for a large hatchet/pack ax for a while and ended up with this one. It works great, it is small enough to fit in my pack and heavy enough to get splitting/trimming/cutting work done. I especially like the hardened poll for pounding tent stakes and the cutout that allows choking up on the blade for carving. The striker on the spine is nice as well.
One stop shop camping axe This is an axe you will buy once and take care of for the rest of your life.There were a few criteria that I was looking for…1) It had to be light enough to strap to a hikers backpack on every trip2) I had to feel like, ‘I only need this cutting tool and nothing else’ to process firewood3) Maybe I would compliment this axe with one 4″-5″ knife to handle smaller jobsOn a couple of test runs, this axe outdid my expectations1) It wasn’t…
Too soft for 5160. Mine is wayyyyy too soft. Rolls edges quicker than a Cuban can roll a cigar. The design is nice, the steel in theory should be great, but it’s (mine, at least) just not heat treated well. I even reduced the edge angle. But it’s softer than a Fiskars hatchet and doesn’t hold an edge as long. The other thing was the sheath was too tight at first, and after some conditioning it’s too loose. It slipped off and a fresh edge sliced almost all the way through the top of it. I know council was very…