![]() There are exceptions to this of course, if the axe was designed to be used as a hammer, and has a hardened poll or hammerhead as a poll, then it should be fine. I have never used my axe as a hammer or sledgehammer to pound on materials such as metal nails. I have used my axe for hammering stakes into the ground, knocking wooden wedges into trees, and other light use. Most Axes just weren’t designed to be used as hammers. I would say NO, it could potentially warp the eye of the axe, deform the poll, and loosen the axe head from the handle. ![]() The poll of the axe (the part opposite the blade, different axes have different shaped polls, the most common is the hammerhead shaped polls, then, of course, there is the spiked and the curved hammerhead. but if you are willing to carry something a little bit heavier, than go for the Gransfor Bruks Small Forest axe. This is the perfect lightweight survival hatchet. The beard is perfect for choking up on for controlled carving, unlike many mass-produced axes, Gransfors Bruks Axes are sharp right out of the box. Made in Sweden, this little beauty is about 13 inches long from heel to eye, weighs about 0.6kg, and comes with a leather mask. This is the gold standard of bushcraft and one of the best survival axes. Handmade with the blacksmith’s initials in the axe head. If well looked after this will be a heirloom item that can be passed down for generations. This is in my opinion the perfect size, weight, and design for a survival axe(hatchet). In forested environments, a combination, of knife and axe is pretty much the sweet spot of cutting tools, in a jungle environment the combination of machete and knife would be better. Some people are of the opinion that a hatchet has a hammerhead on the opposite side of the blade (the poll), and that separates the hatchet from a hand axe, I haven’t noticed that distinction, often a hatched does have a hammerhead on the poll, but not always, I have seen products marketed as hatchets that look identical to handaxes and vice versa. A hand axe or hatchet would be defined as a smaller more compact version of an axe, usually designed to be wielded one-handed, while an axe being slightly larger would be swung with two hands on the handle.
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