After a good multitool, hatchets and axes are the most versatile and essential camp tools. If you’re an avid camper, you know how valuable a good chopping tool is for making kindling, processing ...

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One day after school when I was 14, I took my grandfather’s hatchet and ladder, and meticulously chopped and bucked a 20-foot-tall pine tree in our backyard. Starting from the top and moving my way ...

While a short, light hatchet is great for intricate tasks such as making kindling, carving, or clearing trails, nothing beats a long-handled axe for chopping logs into firewood. With its two-part ...

Brian Kraemer of Sterling takes his turn at the Capitol City Classic tournament held by the World Axe Throwing League. (WTOP / Dick Uliano) From fireman axes to hatchets, a lot of steel was flying ...