My brother was the gun guy in the family-everything from an M-1 carbine in .218 Zipper to a marlin lever action in .444 Marlin. But occasionally he came home with an edged weapon, and on one occasion it was a Skatchet. Strange little item, hind of a hammer-ulu crossbreed. The finish was surprisingly good, and it would cut, and chop, and hammer modestly well. It felt sort of good to hold, and made a satisfying weight on your belt, but it was hard to see it as a replacement for things that were actually designed to do each job. De gustibus non est disputandum.