An AXE is just dangerous in untrained hands, remember your swinging a lump of metal and you need skill to ensure it lands as you aimed for and not in your foot . . .
The ADAMAS 275 folding benchmade brand knife is the greatest cutting tool known to mankind, just unfold the locking blade, place it where you want to cut and strike it with a lump of wood.
BATTONING means using a solid wedge blade to land your cuts exactly as you desire, sure an axe cuts deeper and faster, but you must have the handling skills to make it cut where you wish to slash the wood )
RE: Workshop lesson 3: Axe: You can't look more serious than with an axe in your hands