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RE: bill hook a good alround survival tool ?
Personally, I've never really liked the bill hooks, but I know many people do. I'd always select an axe/hatchet before a bill hook and they have the benefit of also acting as a hammer.
A Fiscars Woodzig pruning saw used by arborists, which is coarse toothed ans which can be sharpened with a chain saw file, a good axe, splitting maul, froe, a Peevey for turning and moving logs, six iron wedges, a sledge hammer, chain hoist, and a two-man crosscut saw, pick-mattock, iron rake, hoe and a good shovel. Then a Leatherman Super tool in tour pocket, and a K-bar on your hip.
billhooks take some getting used too, but once you do they can save you time ,one tool doing the job of 2 or 3 you don't have to stop to swap tools . but saying that i would not be my choice to fell a tree or do heavy work ! they are ideal for small jobs coppicing and hedge laying so i would think they would be a good camp tool for building shelter and camp fire work .
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RE: bill hook a good alround survival tool ?
Seems it has been a while since we did a billhook thread. I thought it was more recent but It seems the last one was long ago.
Good tools but not "stand alone" equipment by any means. One still needs a small blade for crafts and food prep and a heavy cutting tool for chopping and splitting big wood.
or you can equip it with a long pole for a handle and use it to snatch knights off their horses.
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