Good morning,

What is everybody's favorite trap-line hatchet? Just curious to see what other brands maybe good. Looking for something that will last long. Currently using the SCAXE-2L and a old boy-scout axe I re-did last summer. I'm looking for recommendations and longevity. Happy Tuesday!

I use a "Snow & Nealley" Hudson bay axe.It will last forever unless you lose it.

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Pretty much any ax will last longer than you, old ax/hatchet heads are everywhere, handles are replaceable, the old boy scout hatchets were good, I think Plumb made them.
You might want to reprofile them depending on what you want it to do but unless your chopping metal or other silly objects even a Harbor Freight chinese axe will probably last long, long time....:)

Hudson bay axe for me with a 24 inch handle.

I looked around and settled on this Vaughan from Home Depot.

This one. Not a hatchet but it's thick convex blade might as well be. It's a golok from bark river knives.

That's a nice looking Blade! I like the look to the Axe head on Snow & Nealley.

I still have and use a "Plumb" brand hatchet that I bought new about 1974. Still has the original handle too. Used on the trapline plus split a lot of rib cages of deer and elk also.
I don't know if Plumb is still in business but the Snow and Nealley is well made as is Estwing. I have a 3/4 Estwing axe that I really like. Estwing products have a steel shank and a leather handle which should about last forever. Estwing markets a trappers axe or hatchet, I saw one in the Sheels sporting goods store in Rochester Minnesota recently.

I like a light boys axe head,thin convex blade-like the Iltis or HB axe on a long handle and kept sharp.I use it for gutting and cutting up carcasses and for timber cruising when brush is heavy.
I use the sandvik when the brush is lighter,or just general use which is most of the time,but always have the axe on the bike or snowmachine.

Nice knife, warrior.

Nice hatchets. I use a gransfors bruks forest axe about 18" long. Not really a hatchet per se, but it works well. I have an older hatchet too, but forgot the name.

Mine's not that pretty, it's a user with patina. LOL

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Good God Gertie what a gasher! $300 for a machete knife???

X3. I bought mine from Trapper Post.

I didn't pay nowhere near that. The one in the photo has more bells and whistles than mine.

estwing

I got a somewhat crappy Gerber one

I prefer a brush axe size, and the one that gets the most use is my Gransfors Bruks Scandinavian Forest axe. the one with the slightly longer handle.

My favorite though is a John Neeman Northlander Forest axe "Stalwort" but it doesn't get much use as it is pretty fancy.

I have a Gransfors Bruks wildlife hatchet that I find pretty handy for hunting and small tasks, but the Scandi Forest axe always goes with me when trapping or winter camping as it is a true workhorse.