Ray Mears WILDERNESS AXE Gransfors Bruks
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Here is a closer look and demonstration of the Gransfors Bruks Wilderness Axe. I have been using this Bushcraft Axe almost everyday for the last 3 years and I absolutely love it! 10/10 Bushcraft/camping/survival axe
From min 5:30 to 6:40 was filmed by the great TrustinTimber
I see tons of Bushcrafters using dynamic force to split small wood.... glad to see a respected crafter in our community showing it can be done safer using less force.
Alabama Woodsman thank you so much! I really appreciate that!! Cheers!
Hey Nick- really enjoyed your video! Thanks for sharing. I’ve had my Ray Mears Wilderness Axe for a few years now and it’s also my favorite and I take it with me on hiking/ camping trips all the time and also put it to use at home for firewood and kindling.
Very cool tips Nick. Glad you could share some of your backwoods knowledge on safety. Always like when you post videos and looking forward to seeing some of your campfire cooking episodes. Thanks for sharing and we’ll catch ya on the next adventure. ATB Mike
Mike Favia Outdoors thank you so much I really appreciate that! We have a whole series of camp cooking videos to film coming up soon!
Thanks for the Axe Tips, Nick! I didn't know about "setting" the bottom of the Axe blade into a piece of wood, it makes alot of sense! I'll have to give that a try this summer!
Alex Wong glad you enjoyed brother!! Hope it serves you well!
Great tips and such a beautiful axe you where given. Cheers
woodsman _87 thank you so much
Great vid guys! Love the axe and knife play. Keep us posted on the Mears axe over time.
Mike Lychock thank you so much!! Ya I have been using this axe on the daily for about 3 years now and love it! Never have I felt the need for a different axe while on my adventures!!
Awesome, that's some endorsement!
Mike Lychock can’t say anything bad about this axe!
What a honor get it from Mr. Mears. :)
Pretty Outside I couldn’t agree more, I consider myself very lucky and this axe is so precious to me!
I was just wondering I seen you using the axe to hammer steaks Into the ground.
Is the temper on the head good to use this technique?
Yes it is, hammering steaks isn’t that hard on an axe
Just want to point out that at 4:30, that's not a safe way to split wood. A lady on the survival show "Alone" cut her hand with an axe doing the same thing. It's safer to use side splitting. If you must tap split, it's better to hold the wood with another wood so your hand is out of the way.
Kaze hi there! Thanks for the comment. Sadly the lady on the show had no business being there due to extreme inexperience. If I remember correctly she was doing that on top of a log, and for some odd reason she was rushing and had a loose grip on the axe and wood. She should have definitely been using the side of the log. I feel terrible as likely she will have nerve damage from a cut like that, and it all could have been avoided if she was focused on what she was doing and turned the log sideways. I was doing this on top of rock, so I don’t have the option to turn the log sideways as it will destroy my axe. I understand how it looks extremely dangerous but with a firm grip, elbows stiff, a lot of focus and experience, it is actually more safe than using the amount of force to spilt the log on its side. That being said, it is way more time consuming to do it this way, but with no wood base around I have no choice. I have been “tap splitting” for upward of 8 years now (only when I need to) and never an accident or even a close call. Hope this helps!! Cheers
Splitting wood is a dangerous action all the time. Technically, there is no "safe way" to split wood. It is inherently dangerous. The best we can do is to minimize the risk.
Great video Nick!
Nice of Ray to gift you the Axe personally I’d have been asking for his Alan Wood woodlore 😂
They are the same weight, just different profiles.
This is an early prototype which has some differences from the one they make now