Shiressleuth
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Your post got me thinking about the sharpening and grinding and whether that could hide any unique marks on the blade to prevent it's identification as a weapon.Maybe he had different hatchets for different things? or hatchets of different weight for different things. If he was homeless he may have felt it was a two in one tool and weapon against being robbed.
He may have been into less common things like hatchet throwing. (I think that's what it's called). Where you basically throw the hatchet and try and grab it into the tree or target, much like knife throwing or darts. Having more than one would simply make a hobby like this easier because you would be able to toss two or three before having to go collect them and start again (like darts).
He may have had several because they were homeless and he didn't have easy access to a grinder or a grinding stone to keep the blades sharp. Use a hatchet until its dull, use the next one, use the next one, then when all are dull bring them to a friends or a shop with a grinder and sharpen the blades.
Lots of things will dull blades faster then others, like clearing a camp site to set up a tent, cutting meat if they had hunted and weren't using knives, and so on. Think about how fast scissors go useless when you cut paper with them.
When travelling light you wouldn't have the RIGHT tool for every job, but you may have a tool like a hatchet, that helps you to perform many jobs. For instance, I've never used a hatchet to cut wood, but I have used one to bang in tent posts while camping with the blunt end, I've never thought to bring a hammer camping but a hatchet can be used for anything from clearing brush and creating a trail for going to the washroom, to helping dig up dense earth to bury waste, to cutting wood for camp fires or even making sticks for marshmallows.
Clearly DN has used his for other reasons, but if he really was living this way, having a bunch would be akin to why 4 people own 8 steak knives and how they all get used!
JMO
TY for your other thoughts here too.