any one got hands-on experience using a small double-bit axe? i've used large, double-bit felling axes and they are a whole different thing (great fun to throw btw ). the thing i'm thinking of would be about the length of your forearm as opposed to the full arm-span of a felling axe.
in the book "Forest Life" (2018, but the material was originally published in 1884) George Washington Sears -- aka "Nessmuk" -- talks about using a small, hatchet-sized, double bit axe as his EDC belt axe. the cool idea is that he sharpened his asymmetrically: one bit to 35-ish degrees for heavy chopping (knots, bone, splitting, etc) and the other to 25-ish degrees for finer work (carving and such like).
i do a fair amount of small, carving type work -- spoons, spatulas, etc -- and i find this whole notion rather tantalizing. with the right shape and weight such a thing could do a lot of camp chores nicely, and be totally suitable for some nice, sit-down carving.
so, what do we think: BS or the best of both worlds? Nessmuk seemed to think the latter, he raves on about the thing but then he had his custom made so who knows what woodsy wisdom brought his into being.
in the book "Forest Life" (2018, but the material was originally published in 1884) George Washington Sears -- aka "Nessmuk" -- talks about using a small, hatchet-sized, double bit axe as his EDC belt axe. the cool idea is that he sharpened his asymmetrically: one bit to 35-ish degrees for heavy chopping (knots, bone, splitting, etc) and the other to 25-ish degrees for finer work (carving and such like).
i do a fair amount of small, carving type work -- spoons, spatulas, etc -- and i find this whole notion rather tantalizing. with the right shape and weight such a thing could do a lot of camp chores nicely, and be totally suitable for some nice, sit-down carving.
so, what do we think: BS or the best of both worlds? Nessmuk seemed to think the latter, he raves on about the thing but then he had his custom made so who knows what woodsy wisdom brought his into being.