This is an old fashion roofing hammer/hatchet for working with cedar shingles

Decided to try this on a two inch ice buildup on my walkway. This handy little axe stood up to the task! The weight makes it easy to switch hands (I'm ambidextrous) and made easy work if busting up the ice!

I've had one of these before. I'm not sure what happened to it but I found it on BUDK again for $5.99! This is a great tool for camping- pounding tent stakes and prying up tent stakes. I would recommend trying to put an edge on it with a file because it is cast iron and you'll never get there with a sharpening stone. It can be used to chop small branches for firewood. Just don't pound nails with it or it could fragment. Get two for the price of one on Black Friday!!!

Break off the pry bar ends and sharpen on grinder, wrap different color duct tape on the handles and use as throwing hatchets. Have entertained guests at the cabin with these for years as they are cheap enough to replace and stand up pretty well to many throws at 12-15 inch diameter tree biscuits cut about 6 inches thick and painted with target designs/colors. Invent any number of games - use 2 to 3 per player - great fun.

The idea behind this is awesome, so I was very excited when I got this. However, it's made out of cast iron, which means the metal is SUPER soft. I couldn't get an edge on it to save my life. And because the metal is so soft the item is very thick to make up for the lack of strength, which also means the item is very heavy.

Solid and functional. But it came slightly rusted and i had to file those spots out. The metal looks as if parts of it were corroding but were covered with the black finish. Nevertheless, it serves its purpose well

Got for gifts for bug out bags I'm putting together. One little tool does a whole lot.

Fair quality, need to sharpen hatchet blade and so on. I have loved these since they first appeared in the 60's, I think they were 6 bucks back then too and they didn't have the nice rubber handle. Not the greatest quality but they work and I've never been afraid to use them for jobs I would not EVER use a real hatchet or hawk for -- cutting wire, working in salt water etc. Perfect for survival pack, toolbox, car -- anywhere they will not be your primary chopping tool but also have need for hammer and pry bar. Incidentally, I'm not buying this one because the others were worn out, but because they were stolen by (at least one) person who told me what a POS it was and that I wasted my money - before he STOLE it. So I'm stealing one back from BUDK for 6 bucks. Thanks BUDK!

Bought 3, one for each vehicle. Had to reprofile each one before I could sharpen them. Hey they are what they are, beaters, you hope you never have to use.

works great as a hammer and hatchet, sturdy, and weighted well, haven't used pry bar yet though