Sandvik hatchet

[Nader]

I got this hatchet at a garage sale for cheap. I like hatchets and axes, and figured this was worth something because it's Swedish. I get the impression the Swedes are good at chopping and cutting things. Like this set of nippers they make which I included in the picture along with the hatchet. I know the nipper is pretty high-end. I bought it from the Boeing surplus store and it probably cut wires on 737s. I also get the impression that if a Boeing jet plane needed a hatchet on board, it would be Swedish.

Anyone know anything about Sandvik hatchets?

 

[lbgradwell]

The Swedes make the best axes in the world.

I don't know anything about that particular hatchet, but if it's Swedish steel and made in Sweden you can be sure it's a quality tool.

 

[ChevyEFI]

Sandvik was bought by Snap-On a decade or more ago. Not sure if that's still the case or relevant.

At any rate, I love my Sandvik pistol grip tree-cutting saw.

 

[rmsg0040]

Wondering about this brand also, I noticed my dad has a sandvik handsaw and something about it made me say "I saw this before". Looked at Bahco tools and the logo is identical.

 

[rmsg0040]

Just asked my dad and he said he bought it from Canadian Tire back in the day.

Whatever happened to CT tool quality.

He's got a mastercraft plastic hand tool box made in Canada, a bow saw made in Portugal, and this made in Sweden