Survival Knife vs Hatchet – A Question of Gear

Awhile back I asked if given a choice between a hatchet or a knife, which would you rather have in a survival situation?  I got back many comments about how an axe is superior to a knife and so on.

I’m asking the same question again, but I want to make it very clear this time that I’m talking about a hatchet – not an axe.

Why? I’ve always liked the idea of a hatchet, but when push came to shove I always wound up using a heavy duty survival knife to do most of my cutting and chopping.  They just don’t seem to have the utility a good survival knife has – at least in my opinion.

If you’ve been reading my gear posts for awhile you’ll know I favor the Becker Campanion for my survival knife.  It’s a work horse and I find that it’s great for small chopping jobs not to mention the million other things you can do with a survival knife.

So here’s the question again:  If you were getting ready to run away into the woods for a couple weeks of survival and you could grab either a survival knife or a hatchet, which one would you choose?

There are no wrong answers here, folks.  Everybody is different and has a different way of looking at survival.  Please let me know what your decision is below.  Tell me whether it’s a knife or hatchet and let me know what kind you’d use.  If I find one that intrigues me I’ll get it and do a gear review for the others.

Questions?  Comments?

Sound off below!

-Jarhead Survivor

BTW:

Did you hear that Cody Lundin was fired from Dual Survival?  I about fell out of my chair when I heard that.