He defines a hatchet as simply, "a small one-hand axe used for chopping." These are ideal for splitting small pieces of firewood and chopping small branches from trees. Their diminutive size ...

This enables Axxis to be used as a knife or a hand axe, for preparing a meal or kindling for a campfire, for example. But should it be required for more arduous tasks, a 10-ft (3-m) included ...

Ben, nine, discovered a 50,000 year old Neanderthal hand axe on Shoreham Beach A boy who found a shiny rock while playing at a beach has been told the item is a Neanderthal hand axe that could be ...