Fiskars X7 The Mora of Hatchets for Bushcraft
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The inexpensive Fiskars X7 is a 14" hatchet that splits wood like a champ and is super cheap for the beginning bushcrafter.
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Bought one of these Fiskars X7 hatchet $25. Picked up an Felco fixed blade arborist saw $20 on a closeout. Picked up an Mora Kansbol around $45. That's at the $90 mark for an triad of tools that can aid in firemaking, pounding stakes, nails, cleaving an elk carcass, cutting wood and food prep. It's the most bang for the buck I've ever acquired. Throw an Leatherman or SAK on a belt or pocket and a Worksharp tool in the pack and go outside. Economy perfection
I've partnered an X7 and a Corona folding saw for years... saw to cut and X7 to split. It's a tag team that can't be easily defeated. I routinely split logs up to about 8 inches in diameter with the X7 and although it requires more muscle it's possible to split even larger pieces. I've beat the shit out of it and it still performs.
Thing about Fiskars axes is that they are made to chop wood, they are not made to be all around survival tools. Steep wedge allows for really good splitting and axe does not get stuck. While light handle means that all weight is at the top, so you get maximum stenght delivery at the blade.
And I think for most people this is what they want their axe to do is both at home and outdoors. You would have your knife to do more delicate work, and you can still use the axe blade in pinch to do stuff. While I said it's not all aroubd srucivak tool, I think it's really good survival tool, just not all around.
For me personally, utility and effectiveness of fiskars beats traditional axes in most situations. And it's not like it's aome disposable item, for most people this axe can last lifetime, or at least some decades.
Lifetime guarantee on a solid price of gear. Great product and brand.
I have a couple of hatchets for different things. Then I bought and tried the fiskars. Wow I was surprised how great it was to use. Light and sharp out of the box. I now use it more then my other two.
I have three grandsfords and still throw two Fiskars in the back of my truck an x7 and a 15 or 17” I don’t recall
Had them for years and they always do the job! Love ‘em or hate em they’re good
I like my Fiskars from Finland and like my mora, but clarification, mora is from Sweden. Both are great companies.
then you can substitute mora for pukko ;). both are great :D .
My family is from Mora, MN. They helped homestead the area when they moved from Sweden. Just some unsolicited, useless information for ya.
Great review. When I first got mine and started to chop with it, my facial expression was probably the same as when I seen my first pair of boobs😂
Yay for boobies lol
Well, that's enough for me to know that this is the hatchet for me.
Guarantee this comment is from a man that has never seen a pair of boobs
My wife just got one of these for my birthday a few weeks ago and I've used it a lot since for chopping, splitting, limbing, kindling, etc and was totally shocked by how well it performed. The hollow handle is a little annoying because I also prefer wood but not a big concern
I love how you showed real world testing. This I can relate to. All kinds of things happen during testing that you can’t plan for.
Wet half rotten wood is always going to be tough to split.
Great review. I have this axe, had it for years. Has been a great axe. My friend has the grandsfors axe,.. it is an amazing axe, looks great, feels nice in your hand,. a lot of cash for a small axe. Head to head my little fiskars keeps up with the grandsfors.
and you're less afraid of it too because of the price tag which actually makes you more effective when chopping in my opinion
@@mombasadele479
You can chop the hell out of it alright.
Without worrying the head getting loose, or handle breaking.
I have the X27 for splitting bigger logs and the X11 for smaller logs. Both are great tools at doing the jobs they were designed for.
I have been using these for years and they take quite some abuse. i always have one on my pack . never leave home without it.
I have one of those. I use it a lot, and love it. Great review.
Very light and effective. Sometimes more important than aesthetics.
I wrapped my in tennis racket tape works great buddy and my other one I put baseball bat tape on it works even better . I love mine
+Eldridge Young good info!
I wrapped my fiskars hatchet in hi viz orange paracord and my gerber camp AXE in od green paracord it really improved my grip on both!!
Actually I find that I usually take either a Norlund Voyageur or a Skatchet. I own other hatchets/axes, but these two are the best overall cutting tools I own.
This is not the X7, which is still in production. Although sold as an X7 by willfully ignorant retailers this is the 7550 hatchet. It lacks the heavy teflon paint on the head and the orange rubber overmold on the haft. The 7550 was actually developed as a budget version of the X series.
Still a good tool and I love my 7550, my X7s and my old 7850 hatchet that Ive owned for years, these things last just fine in real cold weather as well.
+TurtleWolf Pack good info! Now I need to find and x7
The Prepared Wanderer they are both awesome tools and as far as small choppers go are a class leader in my experience.
I was going to say you were clueless then decided to go look for myself first. You are absolutely right. All this time I thought I had the X7. When I went to buy it it was sold as the X7. I actually wanted the one with the rubber handle but they did not have it. I just assumed they sold out of the older version. Even other reviews on CZcams call this the X7. There is a guy that compares his old X7 with the new model which he calls the new X7. Thanks for the heads up. Regardless my 7550 (X7 ;) serves me well.
I came here to tell him the exact same thing. On the website this is marketed as the "small hatchet." It's about $10 cheaper than the actual X7
Good review. It's rare that a reviewer actually uses the product! I've been trying to decide on a hatchet for my daughter and I think this is it. Thanks.
Nice video.There is another hatchet on the market you may like,it's called the survivalist.Its put out by hard-core hammers.Might make a good review video as well.
I think the Mora hatchet that they make is going to be the mora of hatchets
I have the same hatchet that I carry on my backpack. I also have the new 36" super splitting axe and that one lives on my Jeep. They make a great product with a lifetime warranty. I too think wood handles are sexier but it's just hard to beat Finland made Fiskars products. They are lightweight and perform too well to ignore.
Fiskars axes, “the Mora of axes”. Can’t think of a more accurate analogy. Picked my Fiskars hatchet up at Walmart on clearance for a paltry sum of $17.
Great video! Learned a few new tricks!! Didn’t know how to shave wood until now!
A great way to refer to it. Mora knives make the best value for the money knives. 😀
Fiskars and Mora are competitors. Like Ford and General Motors. ;)
That is not a splitting hatchet. Fiskars splitting hatchets starts at X11. That´s a chopping hatchet.
You can store stuff in the hollow handle, I have a couple of wound dressings (sealed) and some alcohol wipes (sealed).. So I have emergency wound treatment, and fire starting tinder, with me, every time I have the hatchet with me.!! A superb tool, imho,,
Back in the days, (seventies) the warranty of Fiskars was forever and held true. You can't break this ax by hand!
These guys were also developing the Nokia 3310.
Whoooa. Maybe these guys had been in to the moon?
I agree. $22 on Amazon, and I'd rather have it than ANY $200 axe/hatchet out there. Tremendous value, and something you can depend on 100%
@Weird Science I've only recently been on a knife lusting binge, spending about $3K in the last three weeks on Bark River knives (plus an A1 Pro Fallkniven), so I'm not afraid to spend money on truly great equipment. But I wouldn't spend $200 for a piece of hickory and a hunk of stone-age appearing iron, when I can get the same equipment, in hi-tech fashion, for $20. Now I'd be more than happy to spend $200 for a hatchet -- if it were one using FIskars hi-tech, synthetic hanging method, with a tough, super-steel (say 3V) steel. But...not for what I'm seeing in the market today.
I also have to say that I'm an older guy, and as such I recall a LIFETIME of frustration with true piece-of-shit scissors that hardly worked then, one day, walking into a Walmart and buying some Fiskar scissors for a few bucks that worked like freakin SPACE SCISSORS. So part of my respect for Fiskars is based on that. But, for hatchets I have a Fiskars and a Schrade (about $30, IIRC) and they work fine, and they take (and do a fair job of keeping) a near-razor edge. And also, after a lifetime of seeing wooden handled axes get loose and broken, I decided to embrace Fiskars axes for the same reason I embrace their scissors -- a successfully modern take on older, crap technology.
@Weird Science LOL. You're too emotional on the topic to treat it in an adult manner. But please do enjoy your axes.
I wrapped my fiskars hatchet and my gerber camp axe handles both with paracord, the Gerber in od green and the fiskars in hi viz orange, of course!! It really helped my grip on both of them.
Marcus Maximus GB axe has 20 years warranty, Fiskars has lifetime warranty. I’ve used both since 1995 and Fiskars just performs much better. But, GB are good looking axes, perfect for idiots with too much money. But when you have to do some real work all day every day, it’s Fiskars, hands down.
Get the fiskars x11 if it seems to light or small, it makes up for all of its shortcomings. Plus it’s not just a splitting axe like the advertising says, that beast has taken down many pines
Just so you know, you reviewed the 14” Small Hatchet, not the X7. It’s similar, but has a different colored handle with added grippy part near base of handle.
can you tell me what's the difference? i bought the 14 small hatchet from walmart but then i saw x7 online for the same price with sheath. which one should i keep?
Ex Shenanigan x7
@@2681smiley what is the difference
Ex Shenanigan the x7 is the older style it has a better grip, has an orange handle which is easier to see. Overall pretty much the same hatchet but the older one the x7 has more control due to the style of the handle
The fiskars sharpener is also a great addition to your kit. Super light and helps maintain that razor sharp edge
One amazing splitter for the price. I use a lot of there products around the house.
+Survival Mindset for sure
@@ThePreparedWanderer Fav sub $50 hatchet these days?
I got the fiskars x-15. Love it. If u can get ahold of one check it out. Good testing on the x-7. Looks like I better pick one up 👍
Great review. This is the first of your videos that I have seen. I am going to check out the rest of your channel. I hit the subscribe button
Good video but it isn’t a fair video . this isn’t an X7
I camoufloged mine, I've got the same one and black I don't care for I'll go grab my camo rattle can
Thanks for the review.
You could invert the hatchet when attempting to split the wood, it would go much faster and be easier on the hatchet edge. Easier on you, also. :). Thanks for the content.
Mora actually makes a nice camp axe. I think we'd all love to see you do a review of it.
I'll be never purchase another hatchet, this is by far such an amazing little badass strong hatchet, especially for the price. I've absolutely used and abused mine for sooooo many different tasks, and it's never missed a beat. I did order a different leather sheath for it that it's wayyyy better, and looks more badass.
I like the original sheath. Hangs from my backpack easily and easy to dry.
It's a spliter for things thinner than arm. Won't do anything on hardwood firewood logs
Thanks bro! Great video!
I wonder if the new 14 inch hatchet has harder metal than the x7 I would buy one but I'm afraid that it would be the same or worse metal I kept rolling the edge on my first x7 so I exchanged it for another and it did the same so I reprofiled it and now no more problems. it seems that the factory grind was done by a machine that is not watercooled because the surface of the grind is soft thus indicating the axe was sharpened quickly thus putting heat into the edge and losing its temper
I have 2, that isn't the case for either of mine.
No problems here either.
Even after chopping through hard knots, the edge is still razor sharp.
The handle is everlasting.
Just saw this video 5 mins in. Hate to be that guy but Mora knives are made in Sweden. Fiskars is a Finland based blade
certainly it will get the job done...
I'll just get the Gerber version with a rubberized neon green handle. Fiskars really cheaped out when they started making their newer axes without the rubberized textured grip coating on the handles.
They are existing both next to eachother, the rubberized handle version and the all black.
One doesn't replace the other. It's both are being sold by Fiskars.
The Fiskars rubberized version is the X7 btw. which has a partial orange rubberized handle.
Damn fine tool.
one of these days I will get a hatchet or axe of this size, have seen some on eBay with bright orange handles
This is not the X7 model. This is 7550 hatchet. X7 costs about 50eur in EU.
Great review bud.
I have both the axe and the hatchet i go nowhere without them
You probably should have picked a better log the first go-round. This one looks half rotten.
I had to buy a mora knife this isn’t the 1st I’ve heard of them lol just ordered one it’ll be here monday
Awesome..just ordered one .. cheers buddy Chris & Sam
I like the hatchet and love that it has a lifetime warranty but it seems kinda too small :( i have a cheaper one that's bigger but I kind of want a new hatchet I don't k ow if I should get this one
You need to give the Husqvarna 13" Wooden Hatchet a try - $20.00 on Amazon - Amazing little hatchet. Great review.
+GoFeesh 85 I have looked at those. Seen a lot of heat treat issues and broken heads. Hopefully that’s been resolved.
I thought you were going to have at that tree at 13:32!
Sorry, but they aren't the "Mora of hatchets". The steel on them chips out easily, it's the wrong steel for a hatchet. I like the handle though, and it's easy to carry around my property. Doesn't mind getting left in rain. Inexpensive and great customer service.
Nice review buddy
Atb
Steve
they kick ass
Which one is the one that comes with hacksaw blades and a coupl othe features , I know it was a fiskars camp axe similar to this but I can’t seem to find it now
Might be a Gerber
Zippo Axe
MORA IS MADE HERE IN SWEDEN MY DUDE. MORA IS THE SWEDISH CITY IT'S PRODUCED IN.
Fiskars Chinese hatched. Buy Eswing as made in USA
This or mora axe?
Good vid. Should talk a little about hatchet safety - much more dangerous than an axe to the user.
You were using the chopping axe
Have you tried the Estwing? It’s about the same price and seems like more of an ax that will last for generations.
+snaponjohn100 just the tomahawk. The estwing is way more the fiskars
I just ordered the X17 splitting ax with short handle 24”
I read(take this with a grain of salt) the main difference between the x7 and the estwing hatchet is the hardness of the metal and the handle(estwing uses slightly softer metal for the axe/hatchet head)
@@omniuse6723
Having compared both the Fiskars X7(hatchet) leaves the Estwing hatchet in the dust.
Better chopping tool, also, the Estwing transfers a lot of shock due to the metal handle.
My experience, YMMV.
Off topic - what is the bag at the start of the video?
I have one that's three he half assed would have fell in 6 hits
Is your first time??
I've had one for a couple of years now and it chops very well as well as splits. If you're wanting to replace the mask look at C2FFAB.com. Gary Lawson is the owner and here makes great Kydex gear. I bought one and like it. Thanks for the review video.
+Scott Hill thanks I will check them out!
I fabbed my own kydex style clamshell sheath for mine out of 4 inch thin walled sewer pvc pipe from lowes, I cut a piece of the pipe, then flattened it out with my heat gun, then formed it around my hatchet head, so the handle side is open just like a kydex sheath, the other parts are held together with rivets, then I cut it and trimmed it nice and neat and spray painted it flat black, it did turn out really nice!!
Hello. But is it a particular model? I can't find it on the fiskars website
What the hell is a Mora?
Mora of hatchets? What a about the mora hatchet lol
It's a chipper.
Mora < Fiskars
Best is:
Mora 👉 knives.
Fiskars👉 hatchet/axes.
Best combo.
mora?
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Mora makes a hatchet.....
The mora of hatchets is actually hatched made by mora...
The Mora of hatchets?...Mora makes a hatchet
Mystic Forge The moron of hatchet reviews....
Is it a mora bc it’s ugly but works well? Lol.
Just bought one of these online for $24 at wallyworld
Isn’t Mora the actual Mora of hatchets?
Their hatchets suck
@@clydemactavish3457
Relax Clyde.
Fist off, literally, NOTHING Mora makes Sucks.
You should probably try one. Or talk to Anyone who actually has one.
Unlike some Fiskars PoS or pretty much any other brand that makes a lightweight camping axe, these are a Mora. And that means tough as nails and able to take a Beating
@@ReiMonCoH lmao
Leave "Batonning" for parade / Mardi gras... Splitting axe/hatchet all year round!
👍🇺🇸💤💤💤👏🏈🍺🏈🎃🐯🎃👹👿😈👹👻👻👻👻 good review happy Halloween James Kansas City Missouri
+James Lane thank you!
Nobody uses a hatchet that way bro when you are trying to bust something open hit it with the hatchet and then hit it on a stone.
+john stanley yeah ok
Your aim is bad lol
Total garbage absolut garbage the still it s to soft u get a lot of vibration true the handle one word junk
bobby bulan I've never felt vibration from the handle. Have you actually used one of these?
Holy hell, you need to go back to school my man. I'm talking back to grade 1. It is also obvious you've never used one, the steel is just fine and there is no shock or vibration through the handle whatsoever.
bobby bulan after deciphering your unintelligible text, I came to conclusion that either you’ve never used one or you have spagettihands and axes are not for you at all.
Fiskars X7 and this all black version are my favorite hatchets.
They are excellent. Using them is pure bliss.