Carving Axe Edge Geometry - Part 2 - Demonstration Convex vs Flat Over Hollow

[@itsawonderfulknife7031]

I have a couple of hatchets that I use for carving Greenwood as well as seasoned. They both have asymmetrical grinds on them. As I am right handed, the left cheek of the hatchet has a completely flat grind on it to plane the wood while the right cheek has a bevel on it for biting into the wood. Works beautifully

[@eggster71]

Thanks. Haven't seen a comparison before and looking at tidying up an old beater of a cheap hatchet. 👍

[@unitytira4954]

Good Day, thank you so much for patiently instructing me. I watched your two series videos, and I learned a lot. Blessings.

[@thomasbrooke2369]

This answered so many questions. Thanks!

[@STOGIE01]

Do you prefer a center grind, a left side grind, or a right side grind, & why? Could you please explain the benefits of each, please.... for us beginners? Thank you!

[@JessicaParker-v6d]

Such an obvious difference in performance after the sharpen! I’m pretty inexperienced at this….I’ve been told that I should use carving tools on both green wood and dry wood. Is this true? Does the difference in wood effect the way you sharpen or care for the tools? Thanks in advance

[@woodtamer1111]

for carving seasoned or green wood the principle is the same for sure.

[@vanjkache5942]

Thank you, it very useful and informative 👍

[@impermanenthuman8427]

What sort of ‘belt axe’/‘bushcraft/survival’ axe or hatchet would you suggest for Smaller amounts of seasoned wood processing for fire prep? (a lot of dry Eucalypt laying around on the ground in Australia), particularly getting into the dry center of branches that may be wet on outside, and also cross cutting branches up to about 3-4 inches…rather than chopping down thicker trees where a strictly two handed axe may be necessary. I like the idea of some of the coldsteel tomahawks, but I’m wondering if something with more weight (how much?) would be necessary for processing enough wood for a small scale fire. I’ve heard tomahawk heads over a certain weight tend to snap the handles, but even in the US (with generally softer wood) I’ve seen some of the lighter tomahawks bouncing off wood. Although I mainly just want to chop dry branches to length and then split the wood down to kindling

[@brandonshepherd3317]

Small splitting Axes are the way to go imo.