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Q: What makes a hatchet different from an ax?

A: Technically, a hatchet is a type of ax, one that weighs 3 pounds or less. Heaver axes have large heads and long handles, just the thing for heavy-duty work like tree felling, limbing, and log splitting. You can’t put a lot of power into a light, short-handled hatchet; it’s better suited to finer work. The hatchet top left was for installing lath, and the one immediately below it was for shingling. They both have polls shaped like hammerheads for driving nails. The squarer, more robust hatchet head in the foreground would be good for splitting kindling.

When stacking wood becomes extreme....