About this item

• HANDMADE IN GERMANY: The Wölfling is Helko Werk's smallest hatchet. This compact, ultralight hatchet is designed to be packable, convenient to carry, and versatile in use. This small one handed hatchet works well for kindling, carving, and fine cutting work. While small and light, it is comfortable to choke your hand up on the neck of the handle for fine maneuvering of the cutting blade. DIMENSIONS: Head Weight: 3/4 lb / Length: 10-1/2 in. / Total Weight: 1 lb | C50 HIGH CARBON STEEL: 53-56 HRC Rockewell Hardness - Helko Werk axe heads are open-face drop forged individually by hand from German C50 high grade carbon steel. Drop forging is a process in which the blacksmith uses tongs to hold and shape hot steel as a drop hammer falls repeatedly onto it. | GRADE A AMERICAN HICKORY HANDLE: Linseed Oil Finish, 150 GRIT SANDED Sustainably sourced grade A American hickory handle. All Helko Werk camping axes and hatchets have handles individually hand finished and selected for grain orientation and density with a boiled linseed oil finish and sanded to 150 grit for a comfortable and smooth finish on your axe handle. Hung with hardwood wedge and steel ring wedge. | INCLUDED: Full Grain Leather Sheath and 1oz Axe Guard Protective Oil: All Helko Werk axes and hatchets include a vegetable-tanned premium leather axe sheath to protect your axe blade and head. The Axe Guard oil is a metal protecting oil to help maintain the steel of your axe head, and prevent rust over time. | DIMENSION: Head Weight: 3/4 lb / Length: 10-1/2 in. / Total Weight: 1 lb