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This section of my wood splitting series is just putting into practice what I've been talking about. It offers an opportunity for subconscious visual learning, which I think it invaluable. This is not the best or only way, it is what works for me due to a combination of personal preferences, physical factors, the tools I have access to, the wood I split, etc...
Wood splitting videos worth checking out. I had to sift through a load of crap to find these few gems!
Damn, can anyone say badass? I like the horizontal splits. Been playing with that for smaller pieces. [ Ссылка ]
And another bad ass! A serious professional. [ Ссылка ]...
Score one for the badass ladies. Show 'em how it's done! This is Pamela Paquin who started a roadkilled fashion fur business, way cool! [ Ссылка ]...
And another beautiful and talented wood splitting woman. Delicate and graceful, but effective. And splitting over rocks even. Just beautiful. this is one of the Vido Daughters. I have communicated with them about scythes and other self reliance/tool stuff. Lovely people, check out their youtube channel, scytheconnection These people are the real deal, rare authenticity! When they talk, people should listen. [ Ссылка ]...
This guy split professionally with a relatively light and very thin axe he designed just for splitting. Entirely different than my generally heavy handed approach. Here he races a hydraulic splitter. Also splits wooden matches lengthwise! [ Ссылка ]...
Eustace Conway. A remarkable man in general and subject of the book The Last American Man. I met him when I was 19. He blanked out a piece of wood for me with his hatchet. I was trying to make a bowl out of it, but I only had a swiss army knife. It was the first time I saw anyone use a hatchet with any proficiency, a Eureka moment for sure. I've been in love with axes and hatchets ever since. Anyway, his technique is interesting. Poetry in motion! [ Ссылка ]...
I like this guy's video. His wood is easy splitting and sounds/looks frozen, which makes it even easier, but he's using a small short handled axe and he clearly knows what he's doing. He's got the speed building rotation around the wrists thing going on too. Also, very interested in his hit actually off of the far edge of the round thing. I'll definitely be playing with that. [ Ссылка ]...
This guy is great. he's got a big old axe and is just totally freakin' berzerk, but very effective and deadly accurate! I'd love to see what that axe could do to some of the harder wood I split here in such efficient hands. It's nice to use an axe when it does the job it just sort of slides on through, unlike the fat maul bits I use most of the time, but when axes jam up, the narrow bit sinks in deep and is a lot harder to pull out. [ Ссылка ] Watch beginning of part 2 as well. [ Ссылка ]... Again though, with the very straight, grained soft, easy splitting wood.
Here's another one I'm adding of an axe splitter, double bit and lots of splitting of horizontal wood on the ground. This guy knows what he's up to son! [ Ссылка ]
Okay, this guy is a true Berzerker :D [ Ссылка ]
Lengthwise splitting, common in scandinavia and Germany. Wood is cut into manageable lengths, split, seasoned transported and then cut to final length. [ Ссылка ]
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