Hults Bruk Jonaker Hatchet (Sweden)

The hatchet is well built and ideal as a pack hatchet. Its short handle allows for a compact footprint and is ideal for camp chores. I have used it around the house and once on the trail already and found it worked great. I would recommend the hatchet to anyone looking for a small camp axe. The sheath is well made and should provide years of service.

Out of the box - beautiful. The rugged kind of beauty you'd expect. The head is hammered to finish with what looks like a ground polish down to a sharpened edge. Noted on the edge of this blade is a small Nick in the edge, something I think will disappear with is and sharpening. The wooden handle is gorgeous and built ergonomically perfectly for the tasks suited to this hatchet. The leather sheath is also superb, it smells of real leather and is built with an interesting design. It does allow you to slide a belt through to holster the sheath, though it may be unpractical and difficult to deholster.

Overall, A+ product.

This is a beautiful little carving axe. It is very small and easy to manage while making spoons. The bevel is perfect for very refined work and stout enough for roughing. Good overall tool for wood carving. Handle is beautiful. I card scraped the warning label off. I think going forward maybe just put a tag on people can remove instead. Had to redo the oil finish on that side afterwards. A final note, at the top of the bit's edge there is a 2 milimeter defect and the bit has a slight twist. These are both minor enough to keep me from returning the axe but big enough to reduce to four stars. With this price point I'd expect those items to be the best of the axe.

This is an amazing axe. I have seriously underestimated the quality of the Hults Bruk Axe line. The head is every bit as good as any Gransfors or whetterlings that I have used and is better balanced with the handle. The axe is very ergonomic, meaning that it does very well for roughing out carving pieces, while not causing fatigue. I used this axe to rough out several spoons over the course of an hour or two without fatigue. The handle selection was right on and everything about this axe says that it is a workhorse and not something you buy for the name. The sheath is much higher quality over the competition.

Nice hatchet. What I would expect from Hults Bruk. Don't expect much swinging leverage with the small handle, but it's a great field tool that is very versatile and lighter than expected. Great price for quality. No need to buy one of those several hundred dollar ones because you saw it on TV. This one is excellent.