Hello there, new year, I?m swopping a lot of gear for new/different gear and now it is also time for a different axe.
I have a couple of noname axe heads of which i am about to choose one to be slightly modified for my backpacking trips.
They quite look the same, you US people would call it a german pattern i noticed, but here in Europe it is know as a standard pattern.
The only real difference is the ring they have.
One is very high pitched , the other significantly lower.
Is that different due to steel quality or hardness ?
Which one would be the better choice for an allround axe for backpacking trips?