Big Enough To Get It Done? Gerber Pack Hatchet

[@donmorris4506]

I do a lot of motorcycle camping and the bear grylls version of this is what I bring. I use it for fire prep and it works fine without taking up my very limited space on my bike. It is great for my scenario. I would also use it for hunting out west in a scenario where you are hunting far from the lodge or cabin and need to make blind. In summary, there are scenarios where it is a really good choice because of size and weight. I use my Fiskars x7 (might be a little bigger, x10?) and my Schrade hatchet in all other scenarios. I keep them in my truck.

[@Kamel419]

I also got this for moto camping... It's such a strange niche, where weight doesn't really matter as much but size matters a ton. I guess I will find out soon if I made a good choice

[@mikedavies5870]

What people aren't getting is that this isn't meant for Paul Bunyan work. It's a great lightweight tool to use rather than your knife for certain tasks around camp.

[@barrybogart5436]

It's perfect where ounces count, like backpacking and bikepacking. I'll also carry a Silky saw.

[@charlescollier7217]

I'm not sure I understand why you thought something different might happen. A hatchet that short simply can't compete with a 10" chopping knife or a hatchet with a longer handle. Physics is still real and leverage still matters.

[@majorwoody1720]

My friends and I fuck around in the woods a lot and this is gonna be perfect for clearing paths. Just ordered it, I’m excited 👍

[@JD4-70]

Instead of beating your hatchet with another branch to drive it through your log, simply wedge your hatchet slightly off centre to your log, flip the entire thing and hit the back of the hatchet on your chopping block, this will use the logs weight you’re trying to cut against itself to drive your hatchet through relatively effortlessly.

[@iLike2Bike]

This review is EXACTLY what I needed to know. Great, unbiased info , cheers !

[@bcjdwbiernfjherwfbowfib]

This is the same as the bear grylls hatchet. I absolutely love mine, the sheath kinda sucks. If I took one too into the woods, I would choose it.

[@yurisilvestri7388]

Just a kydex or PVC sheath :)

[@nobody-zl7gg]

I've got that hatchet, I like it, and being full tang it can take a beating. Fiskars make awesome stuff too for a great price

[@pwotti]

For the Uk market where fixed blade knives are illegal to carry , this could be a good option for small camp fire tasks.

[@jimzee6954]

That pack hatchet is the same as the bear Grylls hatchet. Works good for what it's designed for.

[@FuttFel]

Should've compared it to the Fiskars X5. Comparing it to the X7 is not really fair, it's in an entirely different category if you ask me. The X5 performs similarly, but wears out your wrist real fast if you use it to delimb a LOT of small things. I have the BG version of the hatchet and it'll work fine for smaller tasks, I've previously paired it with a saw and small Victorinox in my pocket and it was a decent combo.

[@thesandmanii8109]

I have the BG version of this. It’s great for battening and limb clearing on soft wood, but as survival tool, you’d probably have a heart attack before you finished your shelter. I like my Fallkniven A1 Pro for most anything a hatchet will do. The Gerber is ok if you like constant blade sharpening.. A Silky Bigboy and a Fallkniven A1 Pro will accomplish most any wood working tasks in the bush..

[@Eric-ew8jt]

Fiskars all day. No cheap Chinese gear for me thanks. Have a great weekend Aaron

[@MaNtIcHoRaOfficial]

Most of gerbers hatchets and axes basically fiskars gear rebranded as gerber. This particular hatchet is the same one at there Bear Grylls version.

[@sawdust6968]

ptpvideogaming yep

[@adirondackbladesmith1895]

Clearly a finer craft tool. I can see it being a froe replacement that can carve

[@DoberDudeProductions]

Bingo.

[@dwightehowell8179]

This is not a heavy duty tool. It is a light weight compact combination of ulu and hatchet. I have something very similar and it is fine for what it is.

[@mikeboone4425]

One of my friends bought one of these had it next to the kindling pile next to the fire place said it was useless for anything other than kindling . Happy trails

[@jornfin5569]

Useful comparison. Would have been interesting to compare the Gerber to the Fiskars X5, which is the same size, but has a heavier, more typically axe-like head, i.e. splits, rather than just cuts, wood.

[@Onechancetacticalsolutions]

I wish you had posted this video way earlier. I bought a pack hatchet about two months ago, it was so terrible it never made it into my pack from testing it in the yard. If anyone wants my hatchet it’s free to a good home 👍

[@davidmcnutt5390]

One Chance TS love to take it to test for myself.

[@Onechancetacticalsolutions]

David Mcnutt it’s yours, just pay for shipping. Get ahold of us and we’ll get it squared away

[@escapetherace1943]

I wouldn't trust that thing for anything but green wood under half an inch thick! LOL!

[@sawdust6968]

fiskars all day twice on sunday;-)

[@SFphotopince]

I paid $40 at the PX...they always charge soldiers more...SMH

[@arctodussimus6198]

If you can find one, I have a Timberline Russ Kommer Bush Pilot Survival Hatchet that is about the same size as this Gerber pocket hatchet, but is so much more useable. Full quarter inch thick makes a lot of difference. Had it for maybe 15 years now. It was used a lot the first five or six years and is still holding its own. But if you want a good small survival hatchet, I recommend the TOPS Wolf pAX 2. A very solid piece of kit. Made in the USA.

[@kieronbevan2949]

I use mine to dress/ butcher stuff I shoot. Straight through bones sinew etc and is small enough to ack away and forget when not needed

[@kaaajeee]

splitting with a knife is incomparable to the hatchet (any of the two) even when you use a baton when you dont have a saw cut flat end pieces. hatchet head gives much longer and narrower wedge which you can drive into a log from a side.

[@MaNtIcHoRaOfficial]

I will say i once got drunk took this hatchet into the woods and chopped town some smaller trees with it cuz we needed firewood. That was 3 years ago. I still have and use the same hatchet.

[@paulprice814]

Hey guys great video, I went and bought the ONTARIO MARINE RAIDER BOWIE because of your past review about the bowie and took it in the backyard for some heavy chopping and chipped the blade from the tip to about an inch down the blade !!! They are using a 1080 carbon steel now instead of 1095 carbon steel.I don't know if it is the steel or a bad grind? What do you guys think?

[@glbwoodsbum2567]

Ontario's website says that they use 1095 for the SP-10 Bowie. With a 57 to 59 RC hardness. Also 1080 steel would not cause a problem whatsoever.

[@christianwilliams4795]

I think that the lack luster performance might be a combination of poor design and expectations. Lots of people really love the GB Mini Hatchet and the HB Jonaker which is even lighter than this one but supposedly is better balanced because of the wood handle. Secondly, the people who use these pocket axes use them for cutting saplings and carving dry wood. Not cross cutting dry wood. I've recently been carrying a tiny 11 inch hatchet for said tasks and been loving it. I doing the dry cross cutting and splitting I would be using a silky saw, mallet and wedge to do that. That's assuming I am concerned about size/weight.

[@kimrandall8135]

I don't know, I kind of like it. It won't take the place of my dedicated camping hatchet, but I would rather use it for everyday carry than a hunting knife. It would do the job in a pinch. And it looks like you could choke up the handle and use it for the more delicate tasks usually done by a knife. The hammer type back, looks like you could use to baton through a log to make slots. I don't think a knife could do that.

[@WhispyWoods.]

The tasteful slowmo was a nice touch!

[@gideonstactical]

Whispy Woods thanks want to start including more of it

[@theozarkbushman5140]

I used my SP10 in numerous camping trips....takes a beating. My daughter has the Bear Grylls version of the Gerber axe.

[@joris7333]

I think it would be of good use as a cleaver, might come handy while cooking

[@runemanscapeboy5681]

The CRKT Birler is 29oz per CRKT's website. The pack hatchet by Gerber is listed as 20.8 oz per Gebrer's website. Gideon says the pack hatchet is 17oz. Looking for clarification. Any help?

[@gideonstactical]

runeman scapeboy ya mine weighed 17oz without the sheath. There website weight probably included the sheath

[@runemanscapeboy5681]

@@gideonstactical Oh ok, thanks. Love the videos, keep it up man!

[@kevinshackleton5295]

Great review! I cant understand the "reviews" that are actually nothing more than unboxing. Well done.

[@guns4funcajanajustin]

Fiskars all day but not to carry. Good testing and thoughts but a hate wrist shock

[@johnvanboolen7820]

Thanks for a balanced video, it's all about the choice of the individual, whether it be a bad or good choice, or it might just be perfect for some reason, for somebody. Anyway you will have helped a lot of people make up their minds.

[@tacticalidiot175]

It's a good axe for $45. Looks cool and it chops when I want it to. That's all you need an axe to do and it does it well.

[@nunninkav]

Its a pack hatchet, for small kindling, not a camp axe like the fiskars. The camp axe stays at camp, the pack hatchet goes with you. Can you hammer with the Ontario? No.

[@realUlfricStormcloak]

Braid lanyard works great with this.

[@joeframo3347]

Hey Gideon hey buddy yes that's a very nice ax and you can throw it too and it works 👍🖐️🖐️😎

[@kaaajeee]

backpacking is where a tomahawk shines. have a selection of different length handles at home to choose from. for a longer cutting edge get a cold steel Norse hawk for example.

[@vinnyavalanche]

I rock the crkt woods chogan. Beast!!!!!

[@JuandelaCruz001]

0:22 .... OH BOY! This is gonna be good! (Gets the chicken wings and Heineken...)

[@danielruthven2739]

Ontario sp10 all the way! Love mine.👍

[@gideonstactical]

Daniel Ruthven heck ya!

[@xjeepmanx]

Cool shades. Who makes them

[@mitchellskaterjanes808]

Works good on cutting off fish heads descaling and getting a fire prepped but that was after I sharpened it when I first got it I didn't like how dull it was

[@I0nlyRunFactory]

Haven't watched the vid yet. I own both of the sp10 and the fiskars hatchet... The sp10 batons great but the x7 chops like an animal. They compliment each other really well imo. Now ill watch and see what GT thinks.

[@marklake7749]

Could you please do a review on the Camillus RIG hatchet.

[@bbusigful]

Have you guy's made a rewiew of the EKA Axeblade w1?

[@Gigachadly]

You literally just made it look like a BETTER idea to pay a shop to do it.

[@spider5001]

Lol I was shaking my head right at the beginning. I have had something similar in a different brand. They made a hatchet out of sheet metal. Mine went in the closet of no return after the first outing. It is like hacking with a belt knife with an extremely awkward shape. Fiskars 🎉🎉💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@davidhendershot5734]

Fiskars x7 with a folding pull saw done

[@Mystxry]

is there any differences between this and the bear grylls versions?

[@waywardhero1177]

Mystxry just the handle, it’s a good form but if they brought out the handle just a tiny bit more and it would have been improved

[@PatrickDustman]

Great video, I enjoyed watching. SurvivalAustria

[@michaellaird9262]

Is that the same axe as there BG 1 minus the logo?

[@HoosierRidgeOutdoors]

Yep.

[@MaNtIcHoRaOfficial]

Michael Laird yes. Pretty sure they cut most of the BG gear as the ultimate pro knife has now been branded as default gerber aswell.

[@stevelucier8346]

Put together a pack for one 4'8" and a better steel even lighter hatchet for fire wood makes more sense than the larger knife. Which is what I selected. Such a small person does not lend well to trying to control such a large blade so lets not create that situation. A folding and straight small blades are included. Given the amount of small limbs laying around in the Pa woods. Keep in mind short stature and not chopping logs. Sometimes the seemingly best option should be otherwise. lol Although not normal

[@joeframo3347]

Such another great video 😎🖐️😀👌

[@p37372]

The pack hatchets is great for kids

[@brianmcwhorter2867]

I wouldn't trade my Fiskars for any other hatchet. I have the best, don't need the rest.

[@barrybueler3356]

Wouldn’t buy a gerber axe at least not again bought one when I didn’t know any better the steel is super soft really soft literally like an unhardened tool steel but it won’t snap before it rolls I guess and it is easy to sharpen but u better enjoy sharpening 🤗

[@superpuncher5480]

I just want a good hatchet I can carry on trips that aint too heavy and still gets the job done is that too much to ask?

[@eddiekane1202]

$25-$30 5 years ago and now it’s $40-$55 depending on where you buy it

[@eddiekane1202]

I use a Gomboy Outback folding saw to section then the pack hatchet to quarter. Lot less work.

[@redriver6541]

It says it's a budget....but it's 35 to 40 bucks everywhere I see it. As long as I see I can get a Vaughan's Carpenters Hatchet at Lowe's for 20 bucks.....that Gerber is in no danger of going home with me. That said I do own the Gerber Gator Kukri....and I love that thing. It's good at clearing trails....chopping small wood....or splitting skulls if it ever had to....that's probably just me play pretending like I'm a knight in Monty Python Holy Grail.

[@MI_Prepper]

Maybe for food prep...

[@mozzberg590]

Fiskars is an excellent small hatchet, we use them at work for tree removal

[@johncampbell335]

The CRKT Birler hatchet might be a better choice. It's lighter [10 oz.] but has a longer handle than these. I use a small Hultafors hatchet with a short handle and thick heavy splitting head. Splitting in winter is the only task I use it for.

[@kennywheelus6857]

Hey Aaron, I'd love to see you get your hands on a skrama an test it in your channel an what you think.

[@The_OG_MP]

Digging the slow motion shots. Nice addition

[@Airik1111bibles]

It annoys the crap out of me that Mora charges $22-$35 for their little Eldris yet you can buy a hatchet for the same price. I know this has zero to do with your review brother LOL....I was gonna buy another Eldris but I am so tired of Mora price points , that freaking Eldris is so overpriced yet we all took the bait. I was expecting to see it drop down to $15 for the basic knife but nope its still $22......I can buy the Heavy companion for $15-19 yet the Eldris is less than half the materials of the HD. I wish reviewers would start to call this crap out, you guys have the ability to influence these things ...THE MORA ELDRIS IS INSANELY OVER PRICED. Anyways that's my off topic rant for the day.

[@joshuamoore1091]

Does the Fiskars come with a sheath?

[@gideonstactical]

Yes.

[@granthagen2996]

Love those Ontarios

[@darthblade2016]

Saw another reviewer talk about this "pocket ax", lol, but only mentioned it and didn't compare it to anything, so I enjoyed the discussion on this one. Great content as always!

[@meiowalot7570]

From the looks of it, it's too light and short. As a result you're not getting much mechanical advantage and instead using muscle to swing the thing, which is probably going to lead to fatigue.

[@hksjoshua]

I carry my X7 everynow and then, just have to have the right sheath

[@shootermcmillan]

There really is no replacement for displacement......size and weight makes work easier, it's simple physics yet companies are always trying to sell this magic bullet. CRAZY! I'll stick with my Junglas, but even if I wanted to use some sort of axe, any of the cold steel tomahawks would be better, even an old shingling hatchet . I have a hultafors 850g trekking axe on a 19" handle, paid about $90 shipped. Get a real tool to do work with....I mean yeah you can dig a fox hole with a spoon but your neighbor with the E-tool will be settled in for the night before you are ankle deep.

[@glbwoodsbum2567]

Very well said!!!

[@Frankx298]

A folding saw wood be better combined with a good knife

[@johnnywishbone932]

Lol. You guys have no imagination. Put it in the handle upside down put the screw back in and now you have and 11 inch hatchet similar to the small Estwing, with a weight forward chopping ability. Survival means use what you have.... your Noodle 🧠

[@ToddSloanIAAN]

What not to buy, thanks!

[@desertreaper2769]

the Gerber knuckle buster.....way to short

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

I love Gerber products, put that Fisker Hatchet is just better at that one thing it was designed for. Being an Hatchet. Fisker all day everyday. Also everybody needs an hatchet if you go camping, it's just an must have item. Another great review Aaron.

[@gideonstactical]

Jerry Johnson II thank you sir!

[@brianmccann666]

Gerber's Pack Hatchet is ... The Bear Grylls Survival Hatchet.

[@brianmccann666]

Buy a BRK jx5v1 instead. Condor primitive bush knife

[@thedot3814]

Man I went out last weekend to try to make fire with only a fire steel I failed. My poor little peeper muscles are sore. All that cutting and splitting and hackin...

[@quinnwarman5139]

The small fiskers syle gerber axe is much better than that one i have found

[@earlrohrer9325]

It seems to me that the Gerber would be a better weapon than a tool to do actual work.

[@nunninkav]

shhh.... it's a "tool" ;)

[@Fedaykin8]

Yeah the first thing that I thought when I saw it; Handle way too short... you need that distance between your hand and what you're hitting, and you especially need that leverage so you aren't doing so much more work and burning so many more calories. Big, fat nope!

[@tass8495]

Kershaw Tinder rules for stealth camping and ultralight camp

[@bigyin2794]

like most things it needs about another 4 inches of length....

[@allencampbell9719]

Good video. They should call it the 'Gerber pocket knuckle-buster'. I'll stick with my big chopper.

[@gideonstactical]

Allen Campbell haha nice

[@davidrogers182]

Excellent review as usual Sir! Great channel! Thank you.

[@The_OG_MP]

Brian looks like he has lost some weight.

[@arvienplaythrough5459]

What if they made a thicker head for that. 😄 Better make it compact than lighter.

[@mohdzaudikhasni8829]

Big knives more than 7 inches is more practical than small hatchet. Because small hatchet less cutting edge

[@Life-ob3cn]

cold steel ave gang hatchet

[@Cynocehali]

Condor Thorax Hatchet

[@DoberDudeProductions]

Does Ontario Knife Co. sponsor your channel, by chance? lol

[@KTMitchell1953]

keep waving your off hand around that blade and you'll be reviewing trauma kits!

[@matthewoveracre795]

It looks good but to me it won't get the job done. To light weight but better than nothing. Might be good for hunting?

[@bayleyanderson9848]

Bear grylls exact replica. Eurrgh!

[@christynelong5357]

Bayley Anderson fact-check buddy

[@n9oqu]

Mora hachet do not chip or roll! BORON STEEL!

[@DavidS11]

It's just too thin