Customer Reviews

Gerber 42730 Extra Large Axe

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The blade handle is very light weight and hollowed out. And after downing a few trees the blade remained relatively sharp.

Bought it as a gift for my son-in-law who is an avid camper. He says its the best axe he has ever used.

We used this during camping and loved it. Once again, Gerber produces another quality product.

I've owned this axe for about 5 years now and love it for general chopping in the backyard -- prepping wood for the wood stove. All of my neighbors have their own axes of varying types, but almost all of them ask to borrow this one if they need to really do some work. The edge is almost sharp enough to shave with and retains it's edge even after hours of work. The best axe I've ever owned! And Amazon has it for ~$15 less than I paid for it 5 years ago!

This axe is awesome! I have chopped tons of firewood with it and it holds an excellent edge. It's also incredibly light weight and easy to carry on my pack. The handle is incredibly strong as well. Definitely worth the money.

This is a great axe! Light weight over all, but a good heavy head for chopping wood. I chopped up 2 nights worth of firewood with it and didnt see any loss of sharpness. The only complaint I have is that I cant find a sheath for it. The reason I bought the light weight Axe was for taking it backpacking. Unfortunately until I find a leather shop to make me one its just a pretty decoration at home.

THIS PRODUCT IS WELL BUILT, SOLIDLY MADE, LIGHTWEIGHT, AND SHARP. IT IS A LITTLE TOP HEAVY AND UNBALANCED, BUT THIS IS PART OF THE DESIGN, AS IT IS MADE FOR BACKPACKING AND CAMPING WHERE WEIGHT USUALLY PLAYS A FACTOR. AS FAR AS BEING TOP HEAVY(BECAUSE THE HANDLE IS HOLLOW) THIS ALSO ADDS TO THE DESIGN BECAUSE IT IS EASY TO SWING AND THE INCREASED WEIGHT ON THE HEAD AMPLIFIES YOUR IMPACT.I AM A LONGTIME GERBER USER. THIS AXE IS BEING GLADLY ADDED TO MY COLLECTION, THIS WILL BE WITH ME BACKPACKING AND KAYAK CAMPING ALONG WITH MY GERBER SUSPENSION PLIERS, AND MY GERBER LMF ASEK (AIRCREW SURVIVAL EGRESS KNIFE. WILL PURCHASE MORE FOR FAMILY PLUS A BACKUP FOR MYSELF. GREAT PRODUCT, GREAT COMPANY, TERRIFIC SELLER!

Good quality but not manly. Seems to be the length for a teenager. If looking for a small axe it is fine. If looking for a man's axe look elsewhere.

I bought this axe for general car camping. The axe is very light, especially in the handle. The composite material seems very strong and unbreakable. The axe performs very well and a strong stroke will drive through a piece of wood to make kindling. However I do have an issue with the axe. The axe has a head of normal width but the length isn't as long as your common axe. What that means is if you wedge it onto a piece of wood and try to lift the piece to strike the ground, the wood falls off the axe every time. This forces you to use it as a wedge and strike it with another piece of wood. Or strike it as hard as you can and hope you don't hit any rocks at the end of the stroke.

Otherwise the axe is well constructed and great as can be expected from any gerber product.