Billhooks are very useful tools.
They can be used for snedding , cutting down small trees and bushes, and slashing at undergrowth. They should not be hung up in trees or left embedded in logs of stumps or the ground. Always remember where you have left the tool - we have lost small billhooks in thick undergrowth. To use the billhook make a swinging motion whilst holding the tool in one hand. The length and speed of the swing make it easy to cut through things.