Axe skill videos

[Curt Hal]

Is this guy's cut too high? Safety wise, should it not be lower?

 

[Square_peg]

On the trail I am more often than not standing on the ground. I look for opportunities to chop from on top.

 

[Old Axeman]

As Woodcraft and Square_peg said, blowdowns that need to be bucked for trail work don't often give you the best advantage to buck standing on top of the stick. When you do your own felling, you damn well should have placed the tree on the ground to the best advantage to limb, buck, skid and end up standing at the base of the next tree you want to fell so you take as few steps as possible in a day long felling operation.

 

[Curt Hal]

A reasonable time and approach?

 

[Square_peg]

The dead dry wood slowed him down. He did fine. He shouldn't have stood behind it pushing. Never trust a dead tree to do what you hope.

 

[Woodcraft]

He shouldn't have stood behind it pushing.

 

[Curt Hal]

 

[Woodcraft]

No. No. No. No. No. And.......No.

 

[300Six]

There's a guy that ought to learn how to sharpen a chain! Listening to a saw madly doing nothing is painful. Either that or there will be the inevitable claim that the tree was a Sand Cherry or an Ironwood.

 

[Old Axeman]

Falling with an axe- some might ask why "An Ax To Grind" did not address falling. I wanted to include falling with an axe but the Forest Service decided, rightfully so, that falling was a different ball game as far as safety goes. Also, the intended audience was trail crews, fire fighters, log building restorers, etc. The decision was that axe falling should be a separate manual & video, to be done at a later date. Long story short, never happened.
Falling with an axe is not very much different from falling with a chainsaw. The one exception would be that your cut should be higher up on the stump. You want a straight cut for safety, this makes it necessary to go with a higher cut.
I would recommend a book that was published in 1974-"Professional Timber Falling, A Procedural Approach" by D. Douglas Dent. Doug did an excellent job. Like I said, the procedure is the same with an axe.

 

[Curt Hal]

Thanks, Axeman. I'll look for that book.

 

[Curt Hal]

Some nice axes, but watching this video gave me the willies!

 

[Woodcraft]

Ok, this is officially driving me nuts now. SMH.
Here is a good basic video on safety and set up.

 

[rjdankert]

Some nice axes, but watching this video gave me the willies!

Bob

 

[Agent_H]

I'd have to watch it again but I'd say Glock.

*Looking again it may not be - have to see the profile, edges, and overall geometry on a larger screen.

Bob, I know that wasn't the question though

*New guess is S&W M&P

 

[Square_peg]

Perhaps they are in bear or cougar country. A sidearm isn't a bad idea in large predator country. Or perhaps he has a tiny phallus. Not comfortable for axe work but if there's a reason you make do.

 

[junkenstien]

Kid going nowhere with that double bit was funny.

 

[Woodcraft]

The question shouldn't be why is he armed. The question should be why he is going around putting flat grinds on a 3.5 lb felling ax on a 36" handle.

 

[Park Swan]

I got the sense he was just toying around with a different kind of grind to see what he could see. @RoosterMod

 

[Woodcraft]

I got the sense he was just toying around with a different kind of grind to see what he could see. @RoosterMod

I get the sense his best skillset with axes is in the "carpentry" side of ax use and his sharpening and mod choices and ax design reflects that. No disrespect intended. Just an observation. I'm sure the man can chime in and tell us all how he feels