"Doo Doo Doo Lookin out my Backdoor" (CCR)
It's dang cold out there, so I split some kindling and fired up the woodstove.
The story is this: The hatchet was/is my dad's. It's an old Montgomery Ward PowerKraft hatchet. Don't know who really made it for them, but it's pretty large as far as hatchets go, holds a good edge for a long while. It almost appears stainless when it's cleaned up, but it does get surface oxidizing outside, so i think it's just a decent grade of Carbon Steel.
Estimated age: 35 years old.
The Meat Cleaver belonged to my grandfather, who long ago ran a general grocery store. He raised chickens out back and featured fresh poultry.
Now, before you give me grief, it was my grandfather who started using the Meat Cleaver for other purposes. For many a year, it was funny, he kept it hanging on a nail in his garage, right next to monster ball of twine.
WHAM! That's how he cut twine to length.
Then it became a general bashing instrument. split wood, chop a small tree, break up a wooden crate, anything that needed destruction.
The cleaver is one heck of splitting tool, part hatchet, part froe is how I think of it. I drive it into the wood, and if it doesn't split all the way through, I give it a lateral pry and it pops the peice off. It's too bad the old Meat Cleavers are so darn heavy, carrying one for wilderness chores would be great, plus, just the looks you would get would be worth it.
Cleaver's age? unknown, 80 years old? maybe more since my greatgrandfather also ran a small grocery store, may have been a hand-me-down to my grandfather.
My kindling splitting set-up by the back door.
It's dang cold out there, so I split some kindling and fired up the woodstove.
The story is this: The hatchet was/is my dad's. It's an old Montgomery Ward PowerKraft hatchet. Don't know who really made it for them, but it's pretty large as far as hatchets go, holds a good edge for a long while. It almost appears stainless when it's cleaned up, but it does get surface oxidizing outside, so i think it's just a decent grade of Carbon Steel.
Estimated age: 35 years old.
The Meat Cleaver belonged to my grandfather, who long ago ran a general grocery store. He raised chickens out back and featured fresh poultry.
Now, before you give me grief, it was my grandfather who started using the Meat Cleaver for other purposes. For many a year, it was funny, he kept it hanging on a nail in his garage, right next to monster ball of twine.
WHAM! That's how he cut twine to length.
Then it became a general bashing instrument. split wood, chop a small tree, break up a wooden crate, anything that needed destruction.
The cleaver is one heck of splitting tool, part hatchet, part froe is how I think of it. I drive it into the wood, and if it doesn't split all the way through, I give it a lateral pry and it pops the peice off. It's too bad the old Meat Cleavers are so darn heavy, carrying one for wilderness chores would be great, plus, just the looks you would get would be worth it.
Cleaver's age? unknown, 80 years old? maybe more since my greatgrandfather also ran a small grocery store, may have been a hand-me-down to my grandfather.
My kindling splitting set-up by the back door.
Cherry is such a fine wood for smokin meat.
