joined to a wooden handle — an axe has remained unchanged due to its timeless utility. Stainless steel, ballistic nylon and plastic composites have ushered the axe into the contemporary era, while ...

Weight: How hefty is the axe? Is the weight a benefit or a problem when working with it? Value: Does the price tag match the handle material and steel quality? Does the axe perform additional ...

However, the ergonomics of the blade threw me off: the hatchet didn’t want to bite into the wood in the center of the axe ... Kit is as useful as it promises — with some caveats. The ergonomics of the ...

but it's certainly more out of the way than an unsheathed blade on a fixed-head axe. The Provoke X couples a titanium nitride-coated D2 steel blade with a stainless steel handle featuring glass ...

The dead-blow portion of the axe is a steel box filled with lead (Pb) BBs. Since the BBs are trailing the axe head within the box, the force from the BBs is delivered later than the initial impact ...