Hi Yury,
Yes, both axe and pruning saw. The axe on that 4-day hike was the Gransfors Bruks Scandinavian Forest Axe, 24 inch handle, 1 3/4 pound head, total weight on my digital scale is 2 lb'ss, 14 oz, or 1310g with leather sheath.
Yes it is consistent with cutting weight, since this is just an essential piece of gear for my style. "every last bit of weight" is relative.

I camp in awful thick bush, strewn with blowdown and dense shrubs and understory balsam fir (which gets trimmed out), and it rains a lot. I have to clear stems, debris, and often split wood to get dry wood for my fires. I use fire and leave the stove at home often. Fire is one of the reasons I go out. I leave the water filter at home too and drink the water straight, or on that hike, I was melting snow.
The axe with a long handle is also my bear weapon. I do also carry pen launch bangers and bear spray. But that axe gives me piece of mind. Bear is going to bleed bad if it wants me. Never had to use it for defense, but I have used my bangers, and shotgun (sound only) on northern canoe trips, to deter black and grizzly bears. For canoe trips, I consider my axe indispensible, travelling through blowdown hell, clearing porcupine blowdown to clear sites for my tent or now, my hammock. I have travelled in the boreal forest on trips where it rains almost every day, and the wood stays pretty darn wet. I love that GB axe – its like it is part of my body. When its too heavy to carry any longer, then I will be dead (or just about ready to be dead!

). For me its all about my culture of living with fire, by fire, cooking on fire.
