Ok heres the Dilemma; Me and my friends (4 in the team in total) are planning a back packing trip to Canada in may 2010. We are currently going through the process of carefully picking which kit we want, advising each other and purchasing, but none of us can make our minds up on which axe to purchase!
Among us, three of us have completed bushcraft trips, one of our party has backpacked across New Zealand, I have camped in Northern America (up state New York), I have been to Scotland, wales, France, Germany. and the other guy Mike has been to America on similar type trips numerous amount of times. But the trip we are planning is like nothing anyone has done before. A 4 month packing trip, beginning in Alberta and going north, from June to September.
We have all picked out the most essential items of our kit, but none of us can decide on which axe to purchase, we have used differnt axes in the past and decided that well quite like the Gransfors range. Currently I own a Scandinavian Axe from the range which I have found to be quite sturdy, robust and can take a alot of punishment! But for this trip we are trying to pack as light as possible and we cant decide which to go fo a Scandinavian axe or Small Forest Axe? We arnt going to be felling any large tree's, its more of a small log splitter, temporary shelters (two camps due to bears, sleeping camp with our tents and a cooking camp, with a temporary shelter incase of bad/cold weather to eat and drink under)
So, apologies for the longish post, but I really want to gauge your opinion, would a Small Forest Axe be up for the job, or would we have to opt for a Scandinavian?
Among us, three of us have completed bushcraft trips, one of our party has backpacked across New Zealand, I have camped in Northern America (up state New York), I have been to Scotland, wales, France, Germany. and the other guy Mike has been to America on similar type trips numerous amount of times. But the trip we are planning is like nothing anyone has done before. A 4 month packing trip, beginning in Alberta and going north, from June to September.
We have all picked out the most essential items of our kit, but none of us can decide on which axe to purchase, we have used differnt axes in the past and decided that well quite like the Gransfors range. Currently I own a Scandinavian Axe from the range which I have found to be quite sturdy, robust and can take a alot of punishment! But for this trip we are trying to pack as light as possible and we cant decide which to go fo a Scandinavian axe or Small Forest Axe? We arnt going to be felling any large tree's, its more of a small log splitter, temporary shelters (two camps due to bears, sleeping camp with our tents and a cooking camp, with a temporary shelter incase of bad/cold weather to eat and drink under)
So, apologies for the longish post, but I really want to gauge your opinion, would a Small Forest Axe be up for the job, or would we have to opt for a Scandinavian?
