Most hatchets don't ship sharp. Then you can pick your bevel style without losing any additional metal. There are reasons for different bevel profiles based on whether you want it to split or chop better. Or maybe you want it to be a crafting hatchet. The manufacturer shouldn't be choosing that for you. Some people like a convex profile for the last half inch or more. Some like a straight wedge with a tiny micro-bevel of maybe 1/8 inch or less. The forest service publishes a printed convex profile guide to meet their standards. Axe profiles are complicated. The vendor should not be guessing your application.
I bought one of these for my brother's birthday and same comments as you - very solid made, it has the "cool" factor, but the blade is about as sharp as a butter knife!!!! I took care of that with the sharpening puck.
What's the steel? Stainless or carbon? How hard? How long is the hardened bit section? Gerber almost never tells. That's a much bigger problem than not arriving profiled and sharpened.
In my country Gerber acfually adresses that dullness by stating that it does not have a sharpened blade and it reguires sharpening before using it as an axe efficiently. Would i like it to be sharp right out of the box? Yes. Is it a big deal to sharpen it yourself? No.
What the hell is up with these companies selling is cutting tools that have absolutely NO EDGE FOR CUTTING OR CHOPPING???? I purchased a Cold Steel Vietnam Hawk and it was moderately sharp, but when I bought the CRKT Chogan Wood tomahawk - well let's just say I've bought bologna sharper than that hawk! It took me forever to put a working edge on it
It's a hatchet not a filleting knife it's not supposed to have a knife edge. Sharp edges damage more easily than less sharp ones. Pick up any other hatchet or axe and they all have dull edges.
@@MrGold-dv2jh You and I clearly have different ideas on what a razor is. I sharpen my axes so you can literally shave with them, but not even the manufacturers you list come from the factory that way, the bevel on the blades are pretty wide and the grind on the blades are course. There's a reason for that, a 25% edge is more durable than a 12% edge. My edges require much more attention and maintenance and that's fine for me but they're not durable. Even the blades you mention come with durable edges.
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Most hatchets don't ship sharp. Then you can pick your bevel style without losing any additional metal. There are reasons for different bevel profiles based on whether you want it to split or chop better. Or maybe you want it to be a crafting hatchet. The manufacturer shouldn't be choosing that for you. Some people like a convex profile for the last half inch or more. Some like a straight wedge with a tiny micro-bevel of maybe 1/8 inch or less. The forest service publishes a printed convex profile guide to meet their standards.
Axe profiles are complicated. The vendor should not be guessing your application.
I bought one of these for my brother's birthday and same comments as you - very solid made, it has the "cool" factor, but the blade is about as sharp as a butter knife!!!! I took care of that with the sharpening puck.
Cool! I definitely need to sharpen it.
Iv got the tan version of it a good hatchet have had mine six months and has been great
That’s good to know!
What's the steel? Stainless or carbon? How hard? How long is the hardened bit section? Gerber almost never tells. That's a much bigger problem than not arriving profiled and sharpened.
Good review, thanks for sharing, God bless !
Thanks buddy, God bless you too!
I like it 👌
Thanks James!
In my country Gerber acfually adresses that dullness by stating that it does not have a sharpened blade and it reguires sharpening before using it as an axe efficiently.
Would i like it to be sharp right out of the box? Yes. Is it a big deal to sharpen it yourself? No.
What the hell is up with these companies selling is cutting tools that have absolutely NO EDGE FOR CUTTING OR CHOPPING????
I purchased a Cold Steel Vietnam Hawk and it was moderately sharp, but when I bought the CRKT Chogan Wood tomahawk - well let's just say I've bought bologna sharper than that hawk! It took me forever to put a working edge on it
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Everyone packs Ferro rod why not just a lighter lol
The Gerber machete is cool looking as well. Just my size...and a piece of junk. Not made of good metal for machete and chips break off blade.
Man I hate to hear that
It's a hatchet not a filleting knife it's not supposed to have a knife edge. Sharp edges damage more easily than less sharp ones. Pick up any other hatchet or axe and they all have dull edges.
No.. Axe and hatchet from the best axe makers in the world are sharp like a rasor.. Hults bruk,gransfors bruk,helko werk etc ..
@@MrGold-dv2jh You and I clearly have different ideas on what a razor is. I sharpen my axes so you can literally shave with them, but not even the manufacturers you list come from the factory that way, the bevel on the blades are pretty wide and the grind on the blades are course. There's a reason for that, a 25% edge is more durable than a 12% edge. My edges require much more attention and maintenance and that's fine for me but they're not durable. Even the blades you mention come with durable edges.
@@thermalreboot i have hold several gransfors bruk and hultafors(hults bruk) in my hand and they were all hair popping sharp out of the crate