My brother was in 101st Airborne, helicopter assault, and was issued one of these tools prior to each deployment for use as a crash ax in case he regained consciousness upside down with his UH-60 wrapped around a building, or as a general breaching tool for urban combat. This means he was issued a new one for his second deployment while still possessing his first, so he brought the one from his first deployment home and we did some testing. Just random stuff messing around in the yard, but we did figure out that spike will pretty easily go straight through a motorcycle helmet. Just sayin...
Awesome demo, I own a Spax tool and have always wanted to put it through a rigorous test. Thanks to your video, my spax will remain a virgin until needed. Keep testing.
Thanks for the USE review. There are a lot of folks on youtube that want to pontificate about this thing while unboxing it. You had exactly what I was looking for by showing it in use. BTW: I have extensively compared several hand held tools for clearing brush and saplings. By far the best I have found id the Fiskars Brush Axe. It's about the same size at the Spax.
Great video , Great ax! You should check out some of the touture I put mine through salvage diving in saltwater , I've had my spax for 5 yrs and she's stood up to everything i chop oysters metal rubber clay wood & concrete , & bone , all in saltwater , no problems. Have it in almost every dive video I have.
ManNamed Darrlle Well, I was thinking of another ontario knife or a SOG tomahawk. It's raining heavily over here right now, no video this week :( Mayor Fuglycool
when you said don't hold the 'axe'(well call it an axe) a certain way but another way, it got me thinkin to myself an I said, thank god I put steel lining in all my work gloves an edc gloves! I'm asking your permission sir to send you a couple pairs of my homemade gloves I've touched razor sharp mirror polished edges pushing very hard an it did not go through the top outside layer of even leave a mark! safety first is right but having a dependable, (piece of tool) gives you even more confidence
+rsimeon77 Well the Ontario crash ax is longer for more leverage, but honestly I would pack the spax instead. If you are in a 75% wooded / 25% Urban setting, I would carry the Crash Ax. Mayor Fuglycool
The design of the axe blade looks dangerous the was it is curved towards your hand and does not cut wood well. Did Ontario give you this product for free or did you buy it with your own money?
+haywood jeblome I bought this. The SPAX is a great tool, and hard to beat for an urban hatchet. Mainly for city environment. Thank you for watching ! :) Mayor Fuglycool
Mayor Fuglycool I like your videos! I also like many of the Ontario products, but this one is odd, almost gimicky. I can see for firefighters....maybe. But they have better single purpose tools and plenty of space to have specialty tools of every kind. And for survival, even urban, I don't see the benefit of having almost a hatchet with a pick and specialty wrenches. Like what are you going to do opening a hydrant without a fire hose? And if you have the hose (and a fire truck) you probably have a few of the wrenches.
***** The pick is nice for prying, and the hatchet does short work of thin skinned sheet metal. I am sure that there are better choices out there for the specific task :) Mayor Fuglycool
Mayor Fuglycool I can't think of anywhere ripping thru sheetmetal would be needed, in unban or rural environments. Even airplanes have doors. Maybe it would be nice to cut thru a metal door in a building. Maybe.
+haywood jeblome Think of this as a breaching and disaster response tool. That was the intended design. it is more of a sharpened utility tool. Not really an axe. it is meant to open doors, break through walls and shut off water and gas. It was actually an issued tool to first responders in Katrina.
That so called spike at the end is not made for breaking rocks and stuff like that I could do that but its more of a hook to help you hang on to something if you want it to be used as a spike then it needs to be a lot straighter
i see a lot of videos where people have a hard time breaking car windows in an emergency situation. can this tool do that. can it cut a large hole into the windshield of a vehicle. great video keep up the good work
