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thumb|Retailer & manufacturer's distinction of axe and hatchet thumb|Hatchet thumb|250px|right|A hand axe (note the lack of a hammer head) A hatchet (from the Old French , a diminutive form of hache, 'axe' of Germanic origin) is a single-handed striking tool with a sharp blade on one side used to cut and split wood, and a hammerhead on the other side. Hatchets may also be used for hewing when making flattened surfaces on logs; when the hatchet head is optimized for this purpose it is called a hewing hatchet.