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A hatchet or axe is worthless in the hands of someone not an axeman and is more dangerous than a grizzly bear. People casually swing the axe not thinking that a very heavy sharp edge is moving at high speed towards their legs. [quote]

So perhaps the short handle is better advice - it will hit the higher bits and have more opportunities to remove the important pieces to allow for collective clue increase through self-darwinsim - just make sure you take that there little dull hatchet before you reproduce <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />