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Small axe
Complete guide, history, how to throw and technical sheet
The hand axe is a smaller axe, primarily intended to be used with one hand.
Small axes have been found dating back up to a million and a half years.
From Prehistory to the present day, the hand axe continues to be a tool with many uses: hunting, cutting firewood, gardening, civil construction, sculpture, and even in Boy Scouts it is part of the ceremony with which it begins. to the camp, sticking the ax into a log.
The main use of the small axe or hand axe is to cut firewood.
There are many people who still prefer to use an ax to cut wood since it is very useful for cutting small diameter logs but, in addition, the defenders of axes provide different reasons for using them instead of chainsaws.
Chopping wood is a quiet and meditative task, without the noise of the chainsaw.
- It’s safer.
- It requires less maintenance and less expense.
- It is not bulky, so it is very easy to transport.
- They are perfect if you want to get some exercise while chopping wood.
And as you already know, in Urban Safari we have found an additional utility, throwing it for leisure.
