Strike the cut line sharply with the hatchet then lift the shingle and bend it along the line made by the hatchet to separate it.
Roofing hatchet for survival.
Set the shingle you re cutting on the roof deck then measure the cut line with a tape measure and mark it with chalk.
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Estwing shingler s hatchet why it doesn t work well for general work outside of either roofing or demo work is because it s striking surface is actually slanted from a direct 90 degree angle so that when it hits a the field of a pitched roof it is less likely to not hit a roofing nail head square on.
An overview of how i reworked an old carpenters hatchet into a functional tomahawk with an 18 handle.