How to Split Firewood with a Hatchet - REUPLOAD (Sound Boosted)

Splitting mauls are great for bashing large logs to bits at home or an established base camp, but are you going to carry one into the backcountry?
Check out these tips on how to safely and effectively split firewood with just a small hatchet, based on my experience of ten years as a camp counselor!
Full article available on my website at bengordonoutdoors.com/split-w...
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Reuploaded from the original video, needed to boost the sound and there's no way to do that once it's already up. Original was uploaded Oct 6, 2020, and is located here: • How to Split Firewood ...

[@jawnjw]

Awww doggie just wanted to be in the video lol thanks for the info

[@LeadingPaws]

Very helpful. Thanks for the advice!

[@classikz]

Nice tips, thanks.

[@carolbrown4378]

Thank you. Scouts are going out next month to split and feather wood to make a fire

[@Rustyc51]

Very helpful!

[@ryanwuzer]

great video

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Thanks so much

[@LeadingPaws]

Please make a video about how to select the firewood. That would be really helpful!

[@crazypigs100]

Use a stick to hold the wood so u dont lose a finger

[@allenking8678]

Saw a video of exactly that, I'm glad he emphasized though not to do it if you are at all uncomfortable

[@LIAMNELSON]

Super helpful and great video man! Subbed and keen to hopefully see some more stuff soon
I need to get back into the uploads myself haha

[@Catrose2003]

Cute dog

[@wildb784]

Are you satisfied with your career as an engineer? Thinking about going into that field myself.

[@JuanRodriguezPhotog]

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[@cameronromano235]

Your hatchet is very dull

[@erenfe]

What gives you that impression?

[@jackchn23]

@@erenfethat hatchet didn’t stick with the first tap on the split piece of wood.

[@MrThorMNFinest]

@@erenfeplus the first piece of wood shot out instead of the hatchet cutting right through.

[@rexman971]

​@@MrThorMNFinestAny hints to make it sharp would be useful(all I have are some old files)

[@MrThorMNFinest]

This guy barely knows what he’s talking about.

[@tinakhomenko7999]

I couldn't help but cringe while watching. Dude, your not even wearing gloves.

[@BenGordonOutdoors]

You need to wear gloves because you wear gloves! In all seriousness, at that point my hands were plenty calloused to not need gloves. Today, they're back in that state, but they lost a lot of that for a couple years when I wasn't doing as much outdoor & handy work.