Length 34.0cm x Width 17.4cm x Height 2.1cm
Hatchet with a wooden handle and a wide metal head. The head attaches to the handle through a hollow in the middle of the head. The head is squared on one edge before widening into a diamond shape before widening further into a tapered blade on the head's opposite edge. There is also a thick piece of metal wire around the top of the handle where it comes out of the top of the metal head.
A hatchet (from the Old French hachete, a diminutive form of hache, 'axe' of Germanic origin) is a single-handed striking tool with a sharp blade on one side used to cut and split wood, and a hammerhead on the other side. Hatchets may also be used for hewing when making flattened surfaces on logs; when the hatchet head is optimized for this purpose it is called a hewing hatchet.
Although hand axe and hatchet are often used interchangeably, they are not the same thing. A hand axe is essentially a miniature axe with a flat butt or poll on the back side of the head, whereas a hatchet has a hammerhead on the back.
Hatchets have a variety of uses, such as tasks normally done by a pocket knife when one is not present. The hatchet can also be used to create fire through sparks and friction.
