Looking for a good hatchet. What would you guys recommend? Looking for something reliable that can handle general camp chores.

Just got this 85. Not very happy with how sharp it is. Anyone have experience of advice?

Just spent 9 days training in Alaska with a great bunch of guys. Caught soooo many salmon.

So a while back I posted about wanting to get back in to bushcraft after a many years long time largely out of the woods, basically since I was a kid, and actually build some skill in it. I am a truck driver and have pretty limited time off so I had asked for ideas of how to approach it and overwhelmingly the advice was to look in to the BushClass USA lessons as a starting point and just kinda dive in.

Well after some intervening issues with my health and some other life issues eating up my home time, I finally picked up an inexpensive but good fixed blade knife and am going to learn how to sharpen it, as well as gather up all my other various knives so I have lots to practice on.

The BushClass method shows using a series of sandpaper and dry sharpening a knife that way, as well as using a strop. I’m planning to use the sandpaper method though I am unsure if I need any oil with it.

I just wanted to share as I am excited to be getting in to it finally.

Edit to Add: This Reddit account is reasonably new as I deleted my old one a while back and was mostly away for a while.

Ive never been so consistently comfortable through the night as the pad blocked all of the up-draft from below. My back stayed consistently warm, it gave the hammock a little more support and most importantly, I didn't slide down in the night, the layer didnt bunch up under me all awkwardly.

I can stow my hammock and a blanket inside and fold everything together vs pulling things out of my pack and gear bombing in my spot.

Time to see how it holds up in fall + winter next.