Axe Work and Proper Woodcraft Splitting Tips

[@mindfulicious]

Lol "is this axe even sharp" my exact words when practicing using a brand new axe. This is very helpful. Thanks!❤

[@franklegerski9682]

Great basic tips. This works for hand and chain saws! I'm 70 this year. I e been in the mountains since before I was born. (My mom was pregnant with me, and they went on a horseback pack trip! You're never too old to learn. I really enjoy this channel.

[@Assdafflabaff]

Happy 70th.

[@jasongarling20]

That was bucking awesome, or awesome bucking?! Great tips!

[@davidglazener7921]

Good video. You might have mentioned to be wary of hidden rocks beneath leaves that can ruin your edge. Particularly something like chopping on the tree root as you showed.

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Aah, that beautiful spark leaping up out of the ground as your heart sinks for your edge lol.

[@petercannova5026]

Hi some people split logs with a steel wedge and hammer I've used an 8 oz railroad spike for the wedge -- it works good for me thank Peter

[@margueritemitchell1829]

Hello from British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦🖐👍❤🎠🎪👌🖌🎨😎🌳🚐🌲🎪🎠

[@WDCallahan]

This seemed so very obvious to me the first time I started swinging and I felt all the momentum vanish in to the movement of the log or ground or whatever. I figured it out and assumed that everyone else would figure that sort of thing out as well. But I know you have a school and have seen countless students, and you wouldn't make such a video unless it was something that a lot of people needed to be told. So it makes me wonder how many people are bored with other 'obvious' things that were a complete game changer for me! :)

[@returntoyehovahthelord6185]

Good stuff that not everyone might know. Thank you. 👍👊👏

[@earlshaner4441]

Good morning from Syracuse NY brother

[@mikejettusa]

Great tips

[@shawnfisher9976]

A series of primitive traps please. Detailed construction and breakdown.

[@christophermichaud]

Bucking fantastic 🤌🏼

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Hardwood gluts can also be very handy for locking a piece in place. If you have a tree for a stop then you just hammer a couple in the ground either side of the piece, if not then use one or two more as a stop at the end of the piece. Nice little firetask of an evening just making up a set of six gluts, if you want to go posh you can drill a hole in the glut for stringing together for transport, fire harden the tips and lash the head ends.

[@bretjohnson6188]

What is a glut?

[@asmith7876]

@@bretjohnson6188Wooden wedges. A regular wedge, just made of wood.

[@guzgrant]

Bucking brilliant

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

😊Thanks Dan

[@ericathompsen8110]

Awesome and epic video as always thank you so much for making it ❤️👍

[@honorableoutfitters]

Excellent points and presentation but using a live standing tree will scar the tree. Also your ability to keep a line of sight with this method is severely diminished and could lead to accidents. Thanks for the video!

[@freddyoutdoors]

Great stuff

[@eddierichardson1262]

Good video, keep putting out great info.

[@RobbieCec]

Using a tree is now added, safe and very efficient 👌

[@beerdrinker6452]

Thank you for the common sense.

[@gonnahitcharide]

Super informative, thank you.

[@yousnoozeyouloze]

Hard to believe there are people out there who don't inherently understand this.

[@mr.commonsense]

Welcome to the internet

[@creedbratton3284]

Everyone starts somewhere, and it’s always good to remind yourself of the basics and hone your foundational skills :)

[@mr.commonsense]

@@creedbratton3284 but this is the basics of basics. If someone doesn't understand what 1is, how can they even learn math? Either the average is more stupid nowadays or these people have difficulties

[@creedbratton3284]

@@mr.commonsense Some people don’t grow up learning outdoors skills, I just thinks it’s a bit harsh to label those people as inherently stupid. We should encourage everyone to learn skills to help them in their natural environment, even if they have to start at the absolute basics.

[@mr.commonsense]

@@creedbratton3284 I grew up in the city all my life and all I've done is simply chop wood, yet I still know some outdoor skills. Stupid people are those who don't have any special conditions, yet still have difficulty understanding basic things. Yeah, we do have to help everyone, but we can't help everyone, if the people keep making the same mistakes forever

[@markfletcher5457]

Cool stuff.

[@jamesdude4220]

damnit Carl it's bouncing 😂😂😂😂😂

[@seedy-waney-bonnie4906]

Cool.

[@DanielBelliveau-y5x]

How much wood would a woodchuck buck if a woodchuck could buck wood?

[@memathews]

Oh, some of that was painful to watch! Thanks for doing a good public service announcement on safe and effective way to cut fallen limbs and saplings. As for cheating with saws, I've got some 6-foot, 8-foot bucking saws and videos I can share from trail clearing in wilderness, definitely the most effective way to handle wood of that size 😂😂

[@kellywelch3]

Yep. High School Physics. Do they teach that anymore? (Learned this kind of stuff waaaay before physics class though)

[@Timejump369]

Great lesson but try not to use live trees because if you miss you’re gonna damage the tree now you might not yet a novice is going to injure the tree. Lakota and others will feel same way.

[@clarkkent3133]

Just finished making 4 posts for a split rail fence today, and did these tips without even noticing. I feel like I'm living in a matrix right now

[@asmith7876]

What the buck is he going on about now? 😂

[@billg7101]

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[@jimjasinski4861]

Did you leave to go camping yet? 😮

[@scottfergusson8411]

Since you were on Alone … you should do something on like….” Lessons from Alone” . That could be interesting. Anyone who watches the show can see that a real life grid down situation will not be easy…..after all the supplies are gone ….. now what ???

[@chriscjjones8182]

Interesting points, I'm still a cheater though 😂 😂 😂

[@AxeGrind-w3b]

Put your stick on top of a big rock 🪨 then you can chop away all day 👍

[@redschanel]

My missis always says a good hard bucking is the key to spliting it just right.....

[@kevinschmith9379]

You’re bucking nuts

[@stevestumpy6873]

why not just snap the stick between a split in a tree?

[@llvn11]

The stick is just to show, you can't snap a log.

[@stevestumpy6873]

@@llvn11 I'm not going to cut a log with an axe, unless that is my last option. A saw is lighter and faster when it comes to cutting larger pieces of wood, an axe is good for smaller trees and debranching trees. Plus, an axe is noisy.

[@oilburner8548]

Most adults would have a basic understanding of physics ? You'd think but actually a lot don't .they do know how to use a smartphone really well though.

[@mikejettusa]

Some tree huggers are not going to be happy with you banging on the roots. you might hurt the tree

[@zenquisoutdoors]

:)

[@stranger3131]

Seems so obvious, but it's not. Thank-you.

[@billg7101]

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[@jesseheilman]

Your video is just fine but the ACT you were doing was chopping not cutting

[@paulfranks195]

Sorry Dan, you've done much better clips. This one looked like you brought an axe to a handsaw video. Chopping a branch across a tree with only one end held could cause eye/ facial injury if axe strikes are not dead centre.

[@theyarenthere]

Three thirty two. Dont go hacking into tree roots people please.

[@mikec.8556]

Lol cheater …… 😂

[@billg7101]

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