Most Unique Bushcraft Axe I've Seen. Agawa ADK26
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Date: 2023-08-29
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Comments and reviews: 16
James
I'll stick with my hultafors axe. The swell in the middle of the handle would impede the way I slide my hands together when splitting. I don't carry a knife much and I don't own a hatchet, Just keep my forest axe razor sharp it can do everything I need. I just choke up on the handle when doing hatchet work etc. I've got a decent carbon steel knife but I rarely carry it or use it as I tend not do small intricate jobs. Lots of clearing and splitting of fallen small trees, big stuff is for the chainsaw. I can see for some it would be a good tool. just not for my use case.
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I'll stick with my hultafors axe. The swell in the middle of the handle would impede the way I slide my hands together when splitting. I don't carry a knife much and I don't own a hatchet, Just keep my forest axe razor sharp it can do everything I need. I just choke up on the handle when doing hatchet work etc. I've got a decent carbon steel knife but I rarely carry it or use it as I tend not do small intricate jobs. Lots of clearing and splitting of fallen small trees, big stuff is for the chainsaw. I can see for some it would be a good tool. just not for my use case.
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Woody
Hi Mike - I'd be interested to see a long-term review of this one. I can't really see any advantages of it over the small forest axe apart from a weight advantage if you use the hatchet only - you can choke up on the forest and do most other stuff including small-scale felling. I can see a lot of potential weaknesses to this design - I guess it depends what the tolerance levels of the materials are and the mechanism of attachment are and only time will tell. These could be flaws that you just don't have on a trad small axe. Stay safe) and all the best, Andy
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Hi Mike - I'd be interested to see a long-term review of this one. I can't really see any advantages of it over the small forest axe apart from a weight advantage if you use the hatchet only - you can choke up on the forest and do most other stuff including small-scale felling. I can see a lot of potential weaknesses to this design - I guess it depends what the tolerance levels of the materials are and the mechanism of attachment are and only time will tell. These could be flaws that you just don't have on a trad small axe. Stay safe) and all the best, Andy
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Tahoe
Have you missed and bounced the handle off the log yet? Any damage?
I'd be interested to see the shape of that head under the handle. It looks like it might be a design that would be fairly easy to improvise a field repair handle if necessary. It looks like you could carve a notch, or use a Y branch, and lash it up fairly easily, compared to trying to carve and fit a proper through eye handle in the field.
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Have you missed and bounced the handle off the log yet? Any damage?
I'd be interested to see the shape of that head under the handle. It looks like it might be a design that would be fairly easy to improvise a field repair handle if necessary. It looks like you could carve a notch, or use a Y branch, and lash it up fairly easily, compared to trying to carve and fit a proper through eye handle in the field.
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David
Imagination, yes. But.
A hatchet always can do what an ax can do (slower)
But a busted trinket can't do anything.
All mechanical devices have a failure point. Everyone knows where the point is on this.
The ax is ancient and perfected.
That being said, I applaud the engineers and the innovative!
If and when it breaks. If a handle of wood can be fashioned. Might be a great option!
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Imagination, yes. But.
A hatchet always can do what an ax can do (slower)
But a busted trinket can't do anything.
All mechanical devices have a failure point. Everyone knows where the point is on this.
The ax is ancient and perfected.
That being said, I applaud the engineers and the innovative!
If and when it breaks. If a handle of wood can be fashioned. Might be a great option!
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Benjamin
Too many red flags for me. Axes are ancient technology with plenty of time to perfect and there are reasons gimmicks like this have never been a thing. It would be fun until it fails and failure for these particular features would be potentially lethal. This feels like an axe designed by someone who doesn't use axes enough to know what is unsafe about this design. Hard pass.
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Too many red flags for me. Axes are ancient technology with plenty of time to perfect and there are reasons gimmicks like this have never been a thing. It would be fun until it fails and failure for these particular features would be potentially lethal. This feels like an axe designed by someone who doesn't use axes enough to know what is unsafe about this design. Hard pass.
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EscapeTheRace
Absolutely no way. This fills a niche that doesn't need being filled. A medium axe like that can already be choked up on, and I'd be paranoid of the handle coming apart which could be VERY dangerous.
Agawa's quality though is good, their saws are amazing.
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Absolutely no way. This fills a niche that doesn't need being filled. A medium axe like that can already be choked up on, and I'd be paranoid of the handle coming apart which could be VERY dangerous.
Agawa's quality though is good, their saws are amazing.
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Duke
My non professional opinion is that will break when you need it most. It will most likely get people killed or atleast hurt. Keep a tomahawk with a hammer end it is longer than a hachet and can have a longer hanfle put on in 2 seconds.
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My non professional opinion is that will break when you need it most. It will most likely get people killed or atleast hurt. Keep a tomahawk with a hammer end it is longer than a hachet and can have a longer hanfle put on in 2 seconds.
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Daniel
I love that method of making feather sticks you shared where the axe is stationary & you're just pulling the stick across the blade. Never seen that before. What a great idea. Definitely going to give it a try: )
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I love that method of making feather sticks you shared where the axe is stationary & you're just pulling the stick across the blade. Never seen that before. What a great idea. Definitely going to give it a try: )
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burnzy3210
Nah sorry I don't like it, if that mechanism fails or isn't installed correctly and you swing it, you're gonna have a bad day. I would trust a threaded connection with a reverse counter lock.
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Nah sorry I don't like it, if that mechanism fails or isn't installed correctly and you swing it, you're gonna have a bad day. I would trust a threaded connection with a reverse counter lock.
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shane
Should have made extending handle attachment, into a machete with pins to hold into place. Because with the attachment area being so small, over time (6 months to a year) may become weakened.
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Should have made extending handle attachment, into a machete with pins to hold into place. Because with the attachment area being so small, over time (6 months to a year) may become weakened.
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Dusty
I like the idea of it, but I can't imagine why I'd use that instead of my tried and true 28 forest axe and Leuku knife, that combo serves many more purposes. While that, is an extendo axe.
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I like the idea of it, but I can't imagine why I'd use that instead of my tried and true 28 forest axe and Leuku knife, that combo serves many more purposes. While that, is an extendo axe.
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Thomas
I got their kickstarter email the other day and said to myself this looks very interesting. It looks pretty resourceful and pretty reliable to go with the saw.
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I got their kickstarter email the other day and said to myself this looks very interesting. It looks pretty resourceful and pretty reliable to go with the saw.
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J. C.
It will probably be fine as a hatchet (albeit w/ maybe not the most comfortable handle) but as an axe it presents some problems that would be an issue for me.
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It will probably be fine as a hatchet (albeit w/ maybe not the most comfortable handle) but as an axe it presents some problems that would be an issue for me.
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Ryan
I like the concept. Price is way to much especially as it comes from Canada. Then theres the issue uf customs let it through. I've had knives stopped before
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I like the concept. Price is way to much especially as it comes from Canada. Then theres the issue uf customs let it through. I've had knives stopped before
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flamintasty
LOL at all the internet experts writing it off without even seeing it, let alone using it.
Typical keyboard commandos
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LOL at all the internet experts writing it off without even seeing it, let alone using it.
Typical keyboard commandos
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Shane
im just afraid the head is going to fail and come flying off i would love to know how its connected to the handle itself
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im just afraid the head is going to fail and come flying off i would love to know how its connected to the handle itself
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