Axe Safety Part III: How to Buck on the Ground with an Axe. And Axe Giveaway!
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2020
- This is the third part of the axe safety series. In this video, I share the knowledge and demonstrate a few techniques that have kept me safe when using an axe to buck up a log for firewood. This is not meant to be a comprehensive safety video, but rather another comment in the ongoing discussion. Please leave your input in the comments below.
As for the giveaway you must live in the Continental United States, be a subscriber, and let me know in the comments below that you have use for a splitting axe. This will not be a random lottery, so feel free to shower me with bribes and flattery. 
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Yes please count me in for the 100 subscribers axe giveaway. I have two fireplaces and yes I would use a splitting axe. 🪓 Thanks for the videos and your voice is very calming and enjoyable to listen to. Please keep them coming.
Will do. I assume you are subscribed and live in the US? If so, you’re in. And thanks, I am subject to flattery. This will not be a random lottery. Lol
Practice practice practice no matter how you cut if you practice you will learn to cut safely. Good video bro
Thanks, it’s way more dangerous than we think. And when shit goes wrong, it goes wrong too fast to stop.
Good on you starting a channel, if you have skills, sharing them is, just, well....nice.
Thanks, I’m willing to share what has worked for me, but I’m far from an expert in this field. I’ve just always enjoyed being in the woods.
What a simple but extremely relevant byte of info! So much focus is placed on the actual axe itself rather than the axemanship. Awareness, safety, the right axe in the wood, sharpness, and accuracy. You covered it all! Thank you for this! I’m in for building an axe for your next give away. 🪓🪓🪓
That’s kind of you to say. I’m simply sharing what keeps me safe. There’s certainly more that could be said, but it gets redundant at a point. That’s really generous of you. Maybe I’ll set a date for 500 and see how it goes. Thanks again
I'm in! Really appreciate all of the safety tips, I have been making do with a hatchet for too long so I have been looking to get a decent axe, please count me in! Congratulations on the 100 subscriber milestone!
You’re in the US and subscribed, yes?
@@KevinsDisobedience Yes indeed!
Another great video!
Great talking points ..not sure how big a sushi plate is though...haha
I am in for the axe giveaway. I gave away a boys axe for my 100. I definitely use and collect axes. A must have in the northland. Awesome channel my friend
In Japan they typically serve six pieces of sushi on a chunk of wood. Lol. I’ll enter you for the giveaway. Thanks
I don't live in the US, so no giveaway for me. Just wanted to comment that I enjoy your channel very much!
Thank you. I wish I could ship all over the world, but it’s just not feasible. I’m glad you enjoy the content. Plz share with others.
@@KevinsDisobedience Will do, thanks
I find the European method to be more accurate but I usually do it American style as that's what I learned years ago 🙂 I take a wide stance with a shorter handle as I'm over 6'5" which helps keep my legs out of the way.
That’s how I learned too. I still use it from time to time. I often combine the two and cheat on my off hand. Whatever work for you keep doing it. A5 6’5” I would probably stick to handles around 28” or more.
Thats good sound advice Kevin. Accuracy is something i havent mastered fully, but time, patience and practise goes a long way. Wish i could be in on the axe giveaway, but i live in Canada. I'll keep swinging with what i have in the meantime! I am curious though, what you guage your profiles for splitting versus chopping? And how you get those profiles out of a new axe. Take care and have fun! I am enjoying being here!
Thanks Don. I wish I could enter you in the giveaway as well. Perhaps in a future giveaway I can include Canada. You don’t by chance live near a Toronto, do you? Splitting profiles don’t matter much. Big and chunky is fine. Chopping axes should be as thin as you can get them without rolling, 20-18degrees. Some will require a secondary bevel at that angle. I did an old how to sharpen an axe video that might interest you. Thanks
@@KevinsDisobedience i did watch that video on sharpening, and it was super helpful, thank you for posting that! Sadly, i am on the other side of the country in Alberta! Have a great day sir!
I'm in for the 100 axe giveaway! I actually would use a splitter as my few old axes are all profiled for chopping.
You got it. You’re in!
Hi Kevin!!😀😀
I'm a big axe man and love splitting all of my wood with a axe for my winters wood. I use about 30 face cords of wood per year.
I would definitely use it!!
So I'm in for the giveaway!!😀😀👍
Take care my friend!!
Logger Al
You got. I assume you are subscribed and reside within the US, yes? If so, you’re in. And thanks for watching.
@@KevinsDisobedience :) yes I'm subscribed!!
I live in central Wisconsin.
another fantastic video, I think chopping in line is a lot easier, especially for beginners. Had a lot of feedback where people were amazed by how much it helped. Always good to learn and practice both methods though. One of the most important things I think is to keep in mind when making the driving cuts that your leg or foot isn't behind the notch.
I think so too. I actually use a combination of both quite often where I shift to my left side and swing over my shoulder on my right. Sometimes you just can’t move your feet. You probably experience this too, but it’s difficult to explain the little things you do to stay safe on camera. A lot of it is about reading the wood and adapting accordingly.
We have a saying for the underhand chop in timbersports over here in England “toes cock and nose “ it’s practically the same as you described as the “European method”
Great series of videos on axe safety friend just love it and as a former pipe smoker my self I'm curious is that a peterson you are puffing on as it's a beautiful pipe
It’s a Boswell. Handcrafted in PA. I have two-the other is more fancy-but this one smokes the best. It has really thick walls, so it never gets hot.
@@KevinsDisobedience man that's cool I was hankering on boswell but it reminded me of one of the peterson range the only pipe I have left after giving them away is my peterson army I just love it even though I don't smoke any more 👍
Boswell's are nice. I don't have one 😄
I only smoke the pipe now when I’m in the woods, but I do enjoy it.
I can’t speak to all of them, but I like the one I got.
Bucking is my favorite part when i cut a tree . And i think bucking with a felling axe 32" is more safer vs a boy axe 25" . You fall down the tree with the boy axe and you buck with the felling axe .
Well you’re in luck then because bucking is the vast majority of the work. And yeah on bigger wood something heavier with a slightly longer handle isn’t a bad idea for bucking. Personally I don’t like or prefer anything longer than 32”, and even 32 feels long for me. I prefer 25-30”. After using Basque axes for awhile, I noticed I started to use shorter handles than I ever thought possible. Thanks for checking out my old vids.
@@KevinsDisobedience thx Kev for your channel it is interesting , i gonna check the test of the lamaca work axe , this axe is a piece of art and look very badass peace
It is a beautiful axe. There’s no argument there. I actually traded it with Owen after a little more use.
More great content! Count me in for the 100 subscriber giveaway. I've got about 4 cord of chainsaw bucked ash, maple and cherry to split to keep the fires burning next year. My current axes are more suitable for felling, limbing and wedge bashing while felling trees with a chainsaw, than they are for splitting. As such I've been using an old maul I rehabilitated and rehung.
For nearly two years I've been looking and asking around in search of an old splitting head to rehabilitate and rehang. That has proven problematic due to the influx of NYC area people to this upstate NY area. The result of this influx of people is old axes and heads are being gobbled up for decorations and are being offered for stupid money.
BTW, I suggested to Buckin' Billy Ray that he should visit your channel and refer people here. This as your safety videos would be valuable for many of his east coast viewers (cherry, maple, ash, and other hardwoods vs. his softwoods).
Thanks John, I can use all the help I can get with the channel. I love Buckin! Anyway, you’re in for the 100 giveaway, and right now I got to say you’re in the front running. Thanks again.
@@KevinsDisobedience Happy to help. You are providing valuable information from which new guys, regardless of age, can benefit. As you said in one of your videos (or descriptions?), not everyone was born with a tool in their hands. I, and my sons, came close. My parents tell stories of me on the job site when my father was building our house, e.g., hitting a brick with a hammer while in diapers and sitting in a mud puddle. My oldest son hammered in his first tacks while wearing diapers (nailed some aluminum over a hole in the floor where I removed a waste line while doing renovations--he was dropping toys through the hole and hitting the duct work below. He liked the sound... LOL).
I’m in for the 100 sub giveaway. Although I do love the ole silver toilet surfer, I would love to have a different splitting axe. Unlike most people who will be commenting, all of my axes, except for one, are meant for cutting not splitting or throwing 😉
You’re in, brother. Thanks for commenting consistently.
I will never buck, I like my bow saw. It is dangerous I don’t like the odds.
I’m not going to say it’s not dangerous because it is, but once you’re comfortable swinging and axe and can hit what you’re aiming at it isn’t nearly as dangerous as it might look.
I've heard bottom, top, middle?
Whatever works for you. Basically just work out an overlapping pattern that works for you. Makes sense to go in a line to me-either top to bottom or bottom to top, and then once the biggest chips are put you can focus on middle and bottom.
So how do you split them after with that cone shape?
Good question. I have another video showing that. Hope it helps.
@@KevinsDisobedience Thanks. I must have missed it because I looked before commenting!