Brian was sleeping when a porcupine wandered in.It was dark,and Brian couldn't see what it was,so he threw his hatchet,missed,and hit the hatchet on the rocky wall of his shelter,causing a nick in...
it was called Hatchet because Brian had to survive without anything but a Hatchet
One word. Hope.
a normal hatchet
No Brian does not loose the hatchet. He drops it in the pond, but is able to retrieve it after diving for it a few times.