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Handmade in Germany: The Journeyman camp axe is a hybrid of a hatchet and a conventional axe, and is the perfect all-purpose “in between” companion for the avid backpacker, camper, or woodsman. This pack axe is larger than a small axe and designed to be lightweight, compact, and easy to carry while trekking through wilderness. Comfortable to use one or two handed, the Journeyman will make kindling, limb branches, build your shelter, and other light splitting or cutting work.
C50 HIGH Carbon Steel: 53-56 HRC - Helko Werk axe heads are open-face drop forged individually by hand from German C50 high grade carbon steel. Drop forging is a process in which the blacksmith uses tongs to hold and shape hot steel as a drop hammer falls repeatedly onto it. This hatchet is handmade and hand-forged with a highly polished Classic finish to prevent rust and reduce cutting friction.
Grade A American Hickory Handle: Linseed Oil Finish, 150 Grit Sanded sustainably sourced grade A American hickory handle. All Helko Werk camping axes and hatchets have handles individually hand finished and selected for grain orientation and density with a boiled linseed oil finish and sanded to 150 grit for a comfortable and smooth finish on your axe handle
Includes Full Grain Leather Sheath and 1oz Axe Guard Protective Oil: All Helko Werk axes and hatchets include a vegetable-tanned premium leather axe sheath to protect your axe blade and head. The Axe Guard oil is a metal protecting oil to help maintain the steel of your axe head, and prevent rust over time.
Dimensions: Head Weight: 1-1/2 lb / Length: 20 in. / Total Weight: 2-1/4 lb
The Classic Journeyman is Helko's solution to the quest for the ultimate wilderness pack axe. A cross between a hatchet and a conventional axe, the pack axe is designed to be lightweight, compact, and easy to carry while trekking through wilderness. Its unique head weight and handle length allow for comfortable use with one or two hands, and it is equally capable of performing cutting and splitting work. The Journeyman occupies the relatively underserviced niche between hatchet and conventional axe, and is the perfect all-purpose "in between" companion for the avid backpacker, camper, or woodsman. The poll (opposite the blade) may be used for light hammering, such as striking in tent stakes. The head is buffed and polished to a highly reflective finish that reduces cutting friction and improves rust resistance. HEAD+ Handmade in Wuppertal, Germany+ German C50 high grade carbon steel, 53-56 HRC+ Open face drop forged, heat treated, and oil-hardened+ Polished to a highly reflective finishHANDLE+ Crafted in Switzerland from Grade A American hickory+ Selected for strength, grain orientation, and density+ Boiled linseed oil finish, 150 grit smooth sanded+ Hung with softwood wedge and notched steel ring wedge INCLUDED+ Vegetable-tanned leather sheath, USA made+ 1oz bottle of Axe-Guard SPECS+ Length: 19 in.+ Head Weight: 1.5 lb+ Total Weight: 2 lb NOTE *Handle colors may vary lighter or darker than photos.Visit our website - Helko North America - to see full product line