Restoring a hita nata

I'm restoring a Japanese Hatchet because I need to harvest some more bamboo. The Japanese Carpenters Axe worked but Hita Nata are made for this job. I also need a shave. So two birds with one blade :)

Here is the shaving video:

Now I would normally call a tool like this a bill or a bill hook not a hatchet. For some reason its very common for Nata of all types to be translated as Hatchets not bills or machetes. Does anyone know why?

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[スカシレコクサモナカ]

Thank you for introducing the traditional Japanese tool "Hitsunata".
hitsu means a hole for inserting a handle.
Machete is a widely used term for forest swords used by locals in Latin America in Spanish.
Translators are wondering whether to classify them as machetes or Hatchets, as many Japanese nata have special shapes depending on their use.
Please call them Nata. Thank you.



ヒツは、ハンドルを挿入するための穴を意味します。


それらをナタと呼んでください。ありがとうございました。

[ericlipps]

Surprised to find out you do videos, I have purchased some of your tools, hope things are going well.

[louel]

I've got one of these from a surplus store and I'm wondering what is the front beak part for? Tnku