Hatchet

Short description: Single-handed striking tool

Hatchet

A hand axe (note the lack of a hammer head)

A hatchet (from the Old French hachete, a diminutive form of hache, 'axe' of Germanic origin) is a single-handed striking tool with a sharp blade on one side used to cut and split wood, and a hammerhead on the other side. Hatchets may also be used for hewing when making flattened surfaces on logs; when the hatchet head is optimized for this purpose it is called a hewing hatchet.[1]

Although hand axe and hatchet are often used interchangeably, they are not the same thing. A hand axe is essentially a miniature axe with a flat butt or poll on the back side of the head, whereas a hatchet has a hammerhead on the back.[2]

Hatchets can do some work of a pocketknife when one is not present, or create fire through sparks and friction when a lighter is not.

"Burying the hatchet" is a phrase meaning "making peace", attributed to an Iroquois tradition of hiding or putting away a tomahawk after a peace agreement.

"Hatchet" was used to describe a battle axe in Middle English.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Follansbee, Peter. "How a Woodworker Uses a Hatchet". https://www.popularwoodworking.com/editors-blog/how-a-woodworker-uses-a-hatchet/.
2. ↑ "The Difference Between an Axe And a Hatchet, Explained" (in en). Popular Mechanics. 2015-12-03. http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/how-to/a18403/whats-the-difference/. "He defines a hatchet as simply, "a small one-hand axe used for chopping.""
3. ↑ "Results of Headword Search in Middle English Dictionary" (in en-US). http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED19757.

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