Which Axe? Suggestions?

[Rgrady35]

Try Ragnars forge, they got some really cool stuff there at a reasonable price. I got a axe from them a few years ago. It's been a great camp axe,the one I have was made in Switzerland. http://www.ragweedforge.com/ThrowingCatalog.html#cs-hawk  Their selection has gotten smaller, but still a few there.

[Black Plague]

I have found that a nice sized rock will pound a nail as good as anything....are you planning on building a cabin out in the woods...or are you pounding big o fatty nails into trees for climbing up'm?  I guess I am just curious because a have never thought to bring nails with me when camping... now, I have used the backside of my gerber to pound in some tent stakes before and that worked fine...but then again in a pinch I always revert back to mother natures hammer....the rock.   

[HoofsandWings]

I have found the longer the handle, the better the chop.
The axe that you can sharpen to a cutting edge that cuts paper. My camp axe is shorter, but I shave with it.
But all is naught if you don't know how to swing it.
Learning how to cut wood is what takes the longest. It does take practice. My father gave me an axe and a machette and pointed to 5 acres when I was 12. You learn alot spending your summers falling trees.