Check out axe junkies on Facebook for modification ideas. I go back and forth between carrying an axe/hawk/hatchet and have purchased and used several... if you can find and afford a small norlund or small Gransfors the quality is amazing... SA Wetterlings or Hults Bruks next and then additional vintage US steel after that... old roofing or drywall hatchets are good choices by Keen Cutter or Plumb or Kelly Tools... any number really.