Cold Steel Assegai spear

[Bullet Bob]

Bring on the lions - hopefully the cowardly type. The very definition of "impulse buy".

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Lately I’ve had the urge to buy a Hatchet.
Lowe’s has some nice ones, cheapies down the street at Harbor Freight.

 

[Absalom]

Might as well go all the way, especially if your neighborhood is infested by mounted knights you can bowl off their horses ...

Also from Cold Steel. Comes with a 65” ash pole.

 

[ContinentalOp]

Bring on the lions - hopefully the cowardly type. The very definition of "impulse buy".

I don't know what you're talking about. It's obviously a gardening tool.

 

[tt66]

Lately I’ve had the urge to buy a Hatchet.
Lowe’s has some nice ones, cheapies down the street at Harbor Freight.

Check out the Cold Steel hatchets. Good for their purpose and relatively cheap.

Tim

 

[s&wchad]

The very definition of "impulse buy".

You certainly should be able to get your point across with that!

I’ve always been more of an axe man...

 

[vipermd]

Lately I’ve had the urge to buy a Hatchet.
Lowe’s has some nice ones, cheapies down the street at Harbor Freight.

Do it! I have a few Cold Steel and they have held up to me throwing them. Be Safe,

 

[Oracle]

Lately I’ve had the urge to buy a Hatchet.
Lowe’s has some nice ones, cheapies down the street at Harbor Freight.

Practice with the Harbor Freight then buy a quality hatchet.

 

[k22fan]

Bring on the lions [...]

Dress appropriately, bare feet and nothing but a loin cloth.

Lately I’ve had the urge to buy a Hatchet.
Lowe’s has some nice ones, cheapies down the street at Harbor Freight.

If you have the silly notion that you are buying a weapon then disregard this.

Except for the rare occasions when I want a light hatchet in the hammer loop on my pants, the best general purpose hatchet has a 2 1/4 lb. head on a 17" wood handle. Large companies sold them as hearth axes and house axes. They are a boy's axe head on a shorter handle. If you have a head the handles are sold at stores that sell to loggers. Vaughn, Craftsman and others sold good ones with forged heads for $25 to $30. Estwing's $45 version looks cool but does not balance as well. Rigger's hatchet/hammers are almost as good and their straight handles make them a lot better for double duty as a framing hammer.

 

[texmex]

Edged weapons don't run out of ammo.

 

[6518John]

You certainly should be able to get your point across with that!

I’ve always been more of an axe man...

This is the garage from the Geico commercial where the college kids run to a garage full of chainsaws to avoid the masked serial killer instead of the running car!

Let's Hide Behind the Chainsaws - Geico - YouTube

 

[s&wchad]

This is the garage from the Geico commercial where the college kids run to a garage full of chainsaws to avoid the masked serial killer instead of the running car!

Nah... That’s just my subterranean sanctuary, where I go to relax and remind myself how glad I am that I don’t have to chop wood for heat!

 

[Old_Cop]

you'll poke our eye out.

 

[Drm50]

I’ve got several hatchets and axes. I use to have a Herters Double Bit belt axe. It got lost along the years. I think Herter stuff was German, that little axe would hold an edge you could shave with.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

In a discussion about knives I posted this picture the other day - but my point here (pun intended) is the SOG hatchet/tomahawk. It's quite a high quality tool for whatever purpose you're intending.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I came home from work one day to find my sons using my good tomahawk for throwing practice. (I was not happy, but I wasn't mad at them, I'm the one that neglected their needs!) We bought several normal modern hatchets. cut off the worthless "S" handles and installed 18" "California Framer" handles. In 1993 the cost ended up being $13 total each for the 9 of them (and about 3 hours work ) The boys all had 3 "Throwing Hatchets"

Back then my principle source of 2 by lumber was discarded waterbed frames. The boys put a layer of 2 by 8's & 10's on one side of a dilapidated out building, and painted a "Gingerbread Man" on it as a target, they named it Fred!
That summer they practiced hours a day throwing hatchets at Fred. They became accurate enough that at 25 yards they could stick Fred 10 for 10 throws in the head or groin! The next summer they worked on running paralle, and throwing as the passed.

My oldest now has a 12 year old boy, but they live in town. If I can figure out a safe target, I give him a stack of hatchets! While camping last week I had one of the throwing hatchets to split kindling with. I held it up and yelled, Does this remind you of anyone? My two older sons were there, and the second son yelled back "Fred!" My daughter stomped over and demanded I never mention Fred to her 10 year old triplet boys! I said, "But honey, you'll be stunting their manly development!" She said that New Jersey wasn't ready for that kind of manly! at least not from 10 year olds! Oh well!

Ivan

 

[ditrina]

You certainly should be able to get your point across with that!

I’ve always been more of an axe man...

Uhhh let me AXE you a question

Does your Momma know...you play with sharp objects

 

[Stevens]

Here are some spearheads that a customer gave me on one of my trips to Sudan. The two barbed ones are supposed to be for spearing Crocodiles which are common in the rivers over there, the other for hunting game I'm not sure what kind maybe gazelles or similar, not much of that left over there.
These were probably made for the tourist trade.
Those barbed ones would hurt going in, but, really hurt coming out!
Steve W

 

[6518John]

I want to know what you do with him once you spear him!?

 

[ContinentalOp]

I want to know what you do with him once you spear him!?

Apologize...?