Hanging An Axe Head With 5 Wedges. Russian Old School

[@TheDavewatts]

Brilliant looking axe handle looks great for wood carving.

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you Dave :)

[@ArtDevil85]

Отлично получилось! Я для безопасного забивания клиньев использую кусок деревяшки и бью не по самому клину а по деревяшке, так он не раскалывается

[@redlock4004]

That is a great thing to do for a present. The more personal and the more effort, the better. Your Father in-law will like it a lot. First you give him the pink troll and now a great axe!

[@juliannaaka-babayega8941]

Спасибо, госпожа выживание Россия. Thank you Mrs. Survival Russia. Работа вашей камеры - отличное видео; Я думаю, что Ларс немного помогает. Your camera work is what makes great videos; I guess Lars does help a bit. ;) Tak, Lars. Jeg er nu 'sub-limed'!

[@jonluchtefeld6639]

love how you approach things. always positive, but not absolute.

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you Jon :)

[@nanibahra5487]

Wow them flies would drive me crazy

[@nanibahra5487]

lol I'm with you brotha

[@MrJRW1]

Excellent job! Very interesting! I really admire how you tackle so many different things on your own, and come out with great results! It's inspiring to me, and sadly, seems to be something that many people have lost. That ability to be self reliant is something we should all be striving for, and your videos are helping us to do that! Thank you from Canada!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Lars, I have never seen the 5 wedge thing before, and the epoxy idea is new as well. I really enjoy seeing how things are done in Russia compared to the USA. Thank you, and keep up the good work!

[@chrisburley7242]

What a wonderful lesson Lars! A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. I have never seen an axe hung in that manner before. I learned something new that I will have to try out now.

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you Chris :) I try to show some Russian things that many of you might not have seen. Not too many English language Russian channels out there :)

[@benbarnard3729]

Watching the whole advertisement to support the channel! - get out there and get it done

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thanks Ben!! :)

[@fredbasset1711]

That is a quality ax head. It sings to you.

[@SurvivalRussia]

It does :) They don't make these anymore.

[@bigoldgrizzly]

I have used this method for many years and it is by far the best way to do it, though it does take a bit longer . It completely fills those little spaces at the ends of the eye and compresses the wood in the eye in every direction. When a head comes loose, it tends to first loosen 'up and down' rather than 'side to side'. This up and down movement is where the greatest forces are found in use of the axe. Round or other steel wedges help to fill the gaps but rarely do so completely. Having said that, I am not a big fan of glue, but prefer to take the time to really clean up the inside of the eye and concentrate on getting a really good fit between handle and head. A tungsten carbide burr is the quickest way to do this. Good video my friend - a job well done !

[@KowboyUSA]

Silky saw is perfect for the task. Beautiful axe and handle ideal for taiga.

[@andyblack5687]

Lars is now a master of the таига.

[@Chris-adams-rc-journey]

I love that you use a stick ruler. They are much more useful that a tape measure in alot of cases.

[@RM-io7qo]

Always great to see how things are done in other countries, Lars. Since we have to wait to see the results of your craftsmanship, I'm hoping that it works well for you. Apart from getting the odd mouthful of black fly/midges/mosquitoes every now and then while putting how you're fixing the Axe, it's nice to see the sun shining. Take care...

[@timhart2652]

Cool little video brother keep it up keep inventing things and I've used a 4 wedge I make him look like a cross between like a Rosewood a bloodwood and black walnut here in Michigan we got some pretty cool would but not like you guys love the video from the Michigan boy good day

[@GunRagDave]

Once again, I sat through the ad and watched the video from beginning to end. Well done Lars, If I had tried it that way, I'd have ruined at least three of the 5 wedges.

[@alaskaraftconnection-alask3397]

AWESOME LARS!!! Funny little story for you... I have some guys from Denmark on a Do-it-yourself unguided fly-out wilderness river float trip. They really wanted to camp in hammocks, however were quite surprised when I said... the first two days in the upper reaches of the trip there are no trees on the tundra and the alpine taiga will have very sparse small trees!!! Thankfully they took my advice and also had decided to bring a good tent.

[@SurvivalRussia]

Awesome :) I hope they will have a good time. I don't like hammocks in bear country. It makes me fell like a bear sausage :) You can tell them that too. I prefer a tarp so I have a 360 view. Most Danes are not familiar with tundra and wild nature. I used to go to Sweden for that. Happily Sweden and my part of Denmark is close.

[@carljansevanrensburg2440]

New subscriber, probably the only one from Taiwan. Enjoyed the video and love your channel. Can't wait to see the axe in action.

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you Carl! I have the feeling you are not Taiwanese actually :) I hope you are doing good down there. Cheers!

[@ronbutler6526]

Great video and the king pin repair by your machinist buddy was awesome, that guy did a heck of a job. Thanks for sharing and take care brother!

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you Ron :)

[@mikeboone4425]

Those black flies should be good conversation for the archeologist in a few thousands years . I have learned something new today, Lars I will try this but when only the axe handle knows . Happy Trails.

[@redsorgum]

I really like that axe head, very cool looking.

[@LtFrankDrebbin]

the ring of that axe is music to the ears...quality steel!

[@SurvivalRussia]

Very true Lt. :)

[@fumasterchu12]

I just finished the video and brother you do some awesome work. That looks very sturdy and pretty cool too. You are like a surgeon with wood and those fantastic Silky saws! You should change your name to The Doctor of Survival, The Russian Survival Doctor or maybe just Doctor Lars. Outstanding video, and your closeups are crystal clear too. Have a safe and awesome filled week my friend!

[@unclefuddelmer9224]

Lars, you always seem to be having fun, joking and laughing, “...blah blah blah😁...” Y’all gotta love the handle with 3 good handholds it makes a good carving & whittling axe. As always Very good job!

[@uploadmastr]

I like how u dont paint all wood surfaces. Natural and nice. :-)

[@GOLDSMITHEXILE]

I must have some Russian in me! I have done like this method more than a few times for axes. Although slightly differently than in your video. I put one long wedge verticallyin a sawn slot, and drive it home. Then split in 2 places with a chisle and drive 2 more in at right angles to the 1st one. So you still end up with a 5 wedge arrangement. I soak the wedges in Linseed Oil and put linseed oil in the sawn slot before assembly. When its all done I trim it with about 12mm exposed, then soak the whole axe wrapped in a oil soaked rag inside plastic bag for several days. I have never liked using metal wedges. All wood is far easier to drill out when you need to replace a handle

[@johnrgmcmenamin]

Very interesting video! Excited to see how it turns out and I can't wait to see the final version of your Taiga ax! Cheers, John

[@taofledermaus]

I don't think the axe head will ever come off. You should make a Russian bug trap.

[@NudeJawn]

@the nose, my Great Grand Mom did that right in in Philadelphia. We would have sparrows with dinner, she would cram a finger sausage in them to make then more hearty. My siblings would joke we were eating birds with sausages up their butts. (it was really in the chest cavity, lol)

[@charlesh7021]

i have to say that's the first time i have seen that kind of wedge system

[@sosteve9113]

i hear already on the tingling noise when your hitting the wedges that it is a good axe head so far so good well done atb Steve

[@SurvivalRussia]

Yes, they don't make them like that anymore. We will see how it holds up friend :) Cheers!

[@NCrdwlf]

The grain on the Russian Birch is beautiful .

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you :) I have now treated it with some linseed oil and beeswax.

[@TangoDeltaDelta]

Survival Russia heat or other wood drying before treating, or not?

[@earthsciteach]

This video is very helpful! I have a Zik axe that belongs to my wife's nephew. He asked me to hang it on a new handle. Looks like I'm going to use 5 wedges. Wish me luck! LOL!

[@sunvessel]

Great thumbnail

[@MOOSEDOWNUNDER]

This was a great episode mate and i really enjoyed the axe mini series. I can imagine you in a leather mask standing over a rooster giving him the last rights, lol. Off with his head!. I am sure it is going to rock, have faith. Cheers Moose. ⚒

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thanks Moose mate :) "Leather mask".. That's a grim picture right there :)

[@jeffreyriek7177]

Thanks Lars!

[@Antipodean33]

When you were getting to the end of banging in the wedges I was holding my breath, I expected to hear a split. Excellent job, especially considering the complexity of that system. Also I can vouch for those Japanese saws, I built a kayak using one and the kerfs are like a razor blade cut it

[@nikolaandjelich1785]

robust and well done axe will serve you a lot of years.

[@goaaron48]

Enjoyed the video ,I always look forward to them .Cant wait to see the next one ,Your oldschool like a lot of us,Thank you.

[@esquiredalegunn]

Another great video Lars!! Too bad you are so far away. I would have you over for barbeque and few beers!!!

[@2CabrasLocas]

Really is a beautiful homestead you have there!!

[@PD-ul4ve]

thanks Lars, going to try that out on my next handle replacement.....

[@TheScoundrel70]

I just rehandled a very nice Bulgarian axe head, and it had a very similar eye shape. I wish I saw this because I think this 5 wedge system is what it was meant to have! Subscribed!

[@ericspratt3164]

New subscriber, great video. Watched it twice and "subliked".

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thanks to the both of you :)

[@caddyking6843]

The Nose Behind The Curtain AvE is pretty darn cool too, but Lars is the Uncle I never had. Get it done.

[@patrickgermond2750]

OMG, this video went on and on like an engineer was giving an instructional video:) So that looks like a nice axe. I'm trying to build one just like that right now. Good job on the handle too. And wow on the wedges. Watching them go in I can see the advantage. I seen this on a You Tube video in an add for an expensive Russian axes from Siberia. And now I got to see them installed. Thank you

[@mmdirtyworkz]

You got it done! Very interesting to see other methods, thank you for sharing this Lars!

[@cillaloves2fish688]

Awesome Lars! We did not see you screw up... this was cool! Love the modified handle!! Very nice present, they will admire it, I'm sure!

[@kristynchuckhenderson3158]

I prefer soaking the end of my handles and the wedges in boiled linseed oil after i rip the wedge slot, but this new technique is good to know.

[@davecatalina3191]

Thanks again as always Lars. Now, back to deep sea fishing, if you can call 10 km out in the Gulf of Mexico 'deep sea', more like all of 20 meters deep. The air temp is +42 C today.

[@E.lectricityNorth]

I feel like we should have had a beer while we were working on your father in law's new axe, Lars. Seriously, I felt like I was there with you in your back yard, great video man. That epoxy/gauze /wedging technique looks seriously OSSUM! Let us know how it performs once everything sets up and you shine 'er up etc.

[@thornwarbler]

That's a great way of wedging a hear i might adopt it......Thanks

[@ellisholcomb2299]

nice job enjoy watching look forward to seeing the finish job wish you all the very best until next time my friend

[@spacemanmoe5622]

Thanks Laz, I saw a guy in FL USA thought he was you, but no. Nice axe handle.

[@Rick1dat]

Nicely done, Lars.

[@SLFYSH]

Well done, useful teaching here. Thank you. There's always at least one laugh too!

[@mikehuntshurtinlots1831]

Nice to see it's not just me who makes snap off box cutter blade knives, they have pulled me out of the sh*t many a time when a proper knife wasn't to hand

[@jontheroofer1968]

that's awesome! That looks way better than the way we do it in the states . it seems like it wood distribute the outward pressure to the inside of the axe eye more evenly and probably increase the pressure too

[@umac76]

Great video, Lars. You're a good ambassador for Russia and Russian ways. I imagine it would be very difficult to get some of those "Masters of the taiga" on camera, but I think that would be fascinating and ambassadorial as well.

[@johndowe7003]

old school; best school

[@fumasterchu12]

I just got this notification and you already have 48 views. That is the sign of an awesome channel brother!!

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thanks Fu12 :)

[@raytheron]

Wonderful job as always, Lars. Super awesome!

[@Schmidt54]

That seems rather complicated... but I guess if the type of wood is in general not ideal, a certain technique might help. What a cool project!!!

[@excellentpuma8500]

Lars the master of many skills!

[@Toad_Hugger]

Awesome video as always Lars! That's a great looking axe! Funky 5 wedge system. I suppose it helps to produce a more uniform pressure on the axe head, making it a bit more durable and less prone to wiggling out. Neat gauze trick. Let's hope it works well. Good thing the handle didn't crack! I was thinking it might xP

[@dwightsparanormalsupernatural]

AWESOME sounds, Lars!, when you were putting in the wedges! Such frequencies! Your Father-in-Law will cherish it!

[@lorisb1513]

Really nice! That Silky saw looks cool too.

[@tosh006]

pretty good English for a Russian guy..... and I like your videos, very great stufffffff

[@GrumpaGladstone1809]

In a Russian language axe mending video the guy drilled holes through the bottom of the cuts, presumably to prevent splitting down the handle when the wedges are put in.

[@lorenzomarquez5622]

Lars...awsome infomercial... I've saved video's under title ' My Masters Guide... the cutting edge of 'Survival... I specially the small change in the curvature on the 'Shaolin Tiger Axe... as for the 'Ninga Flies... good protien... b safe.

[@SurvivalRussia]

Awesome comment :) Thank you.

[@tewdogs4475]

thank you.

[@gregpenny4384]

Thanks for another great video, always look forward to your Sunday up loads!

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you Greg:)

[@tinkermouse-scottrussell3738]

Nice project Lars, enjoyed this content.

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you Scott!

[@MrSurf247]

Love how Lars just pulled out a Silky he had been holding out on us! Oh and say hi to this awesome saw I have here. Lol. Great job Lars!👍

[@lesliepaulkovacs6442]

Looking Good, Lars!

[@samvittoria9692]

DANG ! Now that is way cool. Thanks for the great info.

[@Mechaninjalo]

never a doubt u would make it work :)

[@nicklausbooks1593]

Lars, EXCELLENT video! Ever since I caught on to your channel last year it's been nothing but Awesomeness. I enjoy watching your videos grow and the work you put into them. Cheers!

[@theN4m3l3ss]

Funny story, Lars! So I'm watching the video and my mom walks in at the point where you were putting the glue on the gauze and she is like he is putting the axe head on it, right? I said yes and she said that her father used to do that. He was Slovakian.

[@BitBurgers]

Cool. I'm looking forward to trying the two systems out myself when getting back home. Especially the wrapping of the handle with the epoxy-infused gauze. Guess you used simple two-component glue? Also a very nice handle. I've spent some time on making axe-handles, being a forester.

[@SurvivalRussia]

Yes. 2-component epoxy resin and 4 layers a gauze. I hope it will hold up :)

[@BitBurgers]

@Survival Russia My worry would actually be the moisture that comes in through the wedging, though I think the epoxy-infused gauze wrapping may (or rather will) actually help to reduce shrinking effects. Looking forward to the test.

[@johnlord8337]

Neat idea, 5 wedging.

[@SurvivalRussia]

It's a quite old way of doing it. Let's see if I have done it right John.

[@mikehuntshurtinlots1831]

Good skills mate

[@RazomDoPeremohy]

So many gnats it looks like this was filmed in the sixties :D

[@SurvivalRussia]

LOL :)

[@hunterfrederick5320]

Beautiful axe Lars I wish it were as was as easy as you make it look

[@huntarama9375]

Im quite impressed with the shape of the handle were you an artist in a past life. I can only do dead straight or dogs hind leg.

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you friend :)

[@phyllismulkey3778]

love the saw,thanks for the how to .very good info

[@linweichold4851]

By the power of Grey Skull! Who ARE you? Woodsman of the World AND Math Wizard. It doesn't get any better than this. Really.

[@LarsRibe]

Grazy wedging! Very cool :-D

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you Lars. Now we have to see if I made it right :)

[@slothbrok3302]

Nice job 👍

[@RatsAndFunTV]

I enjoy for your little weelbarel than whe can see at the begening. This system with a piece of tissue around the wood, i use it when the wood is old and very dry. My grand parents have the habit to do this from always. It is very usefull when you whant to save a very good handle who is too dry .Because of course it is forbidden to put it in the water .

[@logicaredux5205]

Useful knowledge indeed!

[@SurvivalRussia]

Thank you!

[@robbiegmac]

Oh...I love cliff hangers...I wonder how it ends?

[@wackyswanderings3627]

hats off to you fella your an all round DIY genious. love it 😋

[@JonnyVegas11]

awesome! your the man!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Next , plz Thanks Lars ,

[@UK-Blue]

Awesome 🐶

[@465maltbie]

You are suffering so much with the flies that I was feeling them walking on my face! :)

[@SurvivalRussia]

It's not too bad actually. Soon the black flies will be gone and the horse flies and what not will be out in force :)

[@sapiens01]

Как всегда отлично!Скоро будешь готовку каши из топора демонстрировать? =)))

[@lifeseeker9563]

liking the cliff hangers lol cool video Lars : ))

[@fredthorne9692]

THANK YOU! The asymmetry of the axe head before you reshaped the blade angle was making me sindssyg. The care you used to shape the axe is similar to that of the "Hoosier" or "Zeek" toe to cheek style, even though it is Russian Tiaga. The broad belly of the handle will give a lot of purchase when using it for the finer details in woodworking. Truly fine craftsmanship. Bravo!

[@SurvivalRussia]

Yes, it was not looking too great Fred :) Thank you for the kind words good Sir! :)

[@fredthorne9692]

The Nose Behind The Curtain - Yes Sir, had a few items on the "Honey do" list. Frau Diesel must be obeyed. But, no worries, she makes Gutes Schnitzel und Hasenpfeffer mit Kartoffelpuffer.