Gränsfors® Hand Hatchet

Small, fits in the hand hatchet. The fact it is a Gransfors Bruks automatically tells you its hand made, top of the line and will arrive razor sharp. I paid about $100 bucks for the finest made hatchet in the world. Its tough and super sharp. The quality of the steel is the best. Only the best steel can be sharpened to this degree of sharpness. Its about a foot long total, comes with a nice sheath and can be carried in a back pack very easily. Its great for chopping up kindling and would be good to have in the event you needed to defend yourself while out in the wild. If you don't have a firearm, this little hatchet would be far superior over a knife of any size. And should you forget your razor, hey, just be careful cause this baby is sharp. If you are the type to cut your own Christmas Tree, this hatchet would be perfect so long as you're not going too big. I believe this hatchet has the same head as the Small Forest Axe, just a shorter handle. My main reason for this purchase is to take it along on my motorcycle camping trips, it packs super easy.

Really nice, well-made, and quite sharp.

Just picking this tiny mini hatchet up and holding it without a single swipe puts some of my bigger, "name brand" full size axes and bush tools to shame. Hand forged. Perfection personified in every way. Balance is perfect. Blade is beyond razor and this tiny almost weightless hand hatchet does jobs that other blades would choke on. I know times are tough but the rule "Buy nice or BUY TWICE!" applies here. Will never use another brand of axe or hatchet ever again. Goodbye Estwing, Goodbye Fiskars. Not that they don't get the job done but they're like the Toyota of the axe world. This thing, as pricey as it is, is a Rolls Royce or Lamborghini. It just feels good in my hand and I want to carry it with me everywhere but doubt the local law enforcement would appreciate my affection for a simple bush hatchet, so away it stays til my next back country trail. If you can afford it--take the plunge. Go and YouTube, take the tour of the factory in Sweden and watch what goes into these axes first and actually watch them make these things. Superbad! They stamp their initials on the axe head as a show of pride in their workmanship. I wish more domestic manufacturers were that good and told that much pride in their work. Worth every penny and I have my next 2 axes picked out for spring and summer to make matchsticks from huge dead tree trunks. You won't be sorry.

This isn't an axe for bringing down trees or chopping cords of wood for the fireplace. It's a very small hatchet, more about handling housekeeping duties while living in the woods. Clearing trails, culling uninvited saplings and smaller tree trunks, maybe helping build a pine bough rain shelter or feed a reasonably modest campfire for the night. It arrives from across the sea sharpened as fine as any cutting tool I've ever held and to that end could replace a fixed blade knife in an experienced hiker's backpack. I can see this tool slicing and dicing up ingredients for a hunter's stew as adeptly as the average knife. The heads are mechanically hammer-forged by trained smiths from recycled steel (old Saab engine blocks, probably) and as such every one made is unique. This is every inch an Old World tool - even the handle, when held in a certain light, reveals hundreds of small chisel marks which indicate it was formed from skilled human hands and eyes. Head-to-handle fit is impressive and superior to my old Wetterlings hunter's axe, which has been used for over a decade. That larger, harder working axe has never worked loose and I can't possibly see where that would ever become an issue here. Workmanship and materials are all first rate in every respect. You're paying for the Rolls Royce of hatchets, and you're getting it.

I purchased through the seller named Stormvard and received a somewhat disappointing hatchet - the handle was poorly finished and there's a fold in the blade that will take me a while to correct. The grain on the handle is really tight and is oriented correctly, but I'm wondering if this was a factory second... This is my second Gransfors Bruk product, and this one fell short of expectations.

This is my second Gransfors Bruks and is the companion to my GB Swedish Carving Axe. I have owned (and used) my carving axe for over 10 years. It is still like new- razor sharp and ergonomically correct. A joy to hold and use...my secret treasure. It is the 'ONE TOOL' I would grab if I could only have one tool. This GB hand hatchet is also known as 'Kuben'- meaning 'bowler' or a tool used to carve bowls. There is a reason GB axes are legendary, and five star....they are the finest hand forged tools you can own, bar none ! From the fit and finish of the hatchet head, the superior quality steel to the short chubby and rough ergonomically correct hard hickory handle....perfection ! Mine came from Germany, with 'The Axe Book' printed in German. I don't care... Because I now own two of the finest tools made in the world. Expensive- NO ! These are not expensive if you consider quality, ease of use and the fact that these tools will exist long-long after you are gone. Heck- my Swedish Carving Axe is worth a lot more now than what I paid for it. These really are heirlooms- functional tools for use now, and that someone else in future generations will also love too. Remember- Buy right, and you don't have to buy twice !

Unless you're into carving, this isn't a very useful tool. My winkler and ESEE knives do almost all I need, so I wound up selling this one. I love Gransfors Axes and Splitters, but this one is more of a hyped hipster accessory than useful for most survival applications. Once I saw it just sat around, while my other axes and hatchets got regular use, I decided to sell it and don't regret offloading it. If you want the best survival hatchet that can also carve, look no further than a Tuatahi Trapper.

Husband lives this. Great quality. Uses it allot!!! Would buy again