Hello! And welcome to my channel! My name is David, and on this channel you will find my trips, big and small. Hiking, Bushcraft, Gear and landscape photography.
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My dog would get crazy happy when he saw his backpack getting filled. He knew we’d be heading out for a while. We spent almost four months in 2005 in the northern Rockies traveling from one range to the next, spending a week or so on a trail, and then moving to the next range. It was a bucket-list trip.
I enjoyed this video very much. I would prefer no music but that’s just me. I always have a hatchet or tomahawk when I’m in the wilds. Can’t count the number of times I had to clear the trail from a tree that blew down or fell from too much ice build up over winter. I mostly carry a traditional tomahawk, but sometimes carry a SOG Voodoo. It’s a tactical tomahawk but it is also a great hatchet. My favorite is one I made by putting the head of a SOG Voodoo Mini in the longer handle of a SOG Tactical. I’ve been going into the wilderness for over 60 years, but don’t get out as much as I would like these days. I like to live vicariously through videos such as yours. Thank you for this one. New subscriber here ✔️
@@MyNorthernStories Unless I’m chopping and splitting firewood, I prefer a tomahawk over a hatchet. Although the SOG Voodoo Tomahawk is pretty close to a hatchet as you can get. I like it very much.
I mainly use Fiskars x7 or n7 and this gränsfors outdoor axe, and fulltang beltknife like casström Lars fält. I have though that i would buy small forest axe also later this fall. Nice video!
Yes à axes the size you want my best it is 24 inches the head I cut to be like a Hudson Bay ax don’t need to have a price whit a name my I pay $1 it is a very good quality I bought the head because it had a broken corner so I was knowing the steel was a bit to much temper For minus 40 but summer and fall it is perfect in the north I also Cary a fix blade knife 4 inches blade stainless from 1952 the year I born living north center BC Canada I do not have any big knife better a small knife and a very small belt ax that I used to skin a moose
At the same size, but significantly less weight (and cost), you can take a saw with you, which is way safer to use as an impact tool like a hatchet. With a knife and some wedges you can do everything a hatchet can do for you and cutting down a small tree is easier and faster with a saw. To me, a hatchet is NOT a must-have. You are right, that a long handle with a small head is beneficial, due to the laws of physics, speed is more important than mass (weight). When starting a fire, I use to put down a layer of sticks with some space between them and place my tinder and kindling on top to enhance the draft of oxygen. NEVER use the cutting edge to strike a ferrorod, take a file and put a crisp 90° on the spine of your knife or the top edge of your hatchet (makes great wood-shavings as well). Don't follow the promotions of many 'bushcraft experts', throw away the ferrorod and buy a couple of BIC-lighters - they have a ferrorod as well ('flint'), together with a built-in striker (sparking wheel) AND some fuel to give you instant flame! Don't need tinder then.
I use a saw alot to, but it is more fun with an axe. It all depends on what you enjoy to use. My axe from Gränsfors has 20 years warranty, and my Laplander saw han none.
hi i always can two knives everday but when im out in the bush i take my gransfors small forest axe and a nordic edge carving hatchet. covers all bases. thanks
I'm glad I found your channel. Great tips and examples. The only issue I have with my dog is the special food she eats. It needs to be frozen until use...
Another beautiful and calming video. You have gained a subscriber! I'm still hesitating between this axe and the Wildlife hatchet... the price is the same here. The head of the outdoor axe seems more for splitting and the wildlife more for chopping...
I like a small axe (Gransforce Bruks Wildlife Hatchet), a small knife (Mora Bushcraft Black), Silky Big Boy 2000 folding saw. With this combination I feel like I can do almost anything I need. I do always carry a Leatherman Surge as well. Sometimes depending on were I go, I will take my Cold Steel Special Forces Shovel instead of the hatchet.
I will probably sound like I bring too much but I carry a small hatchet the same size and length as you plus a fixed blade and a collapsible saw that’s my go to tools for processing wood of any size
Great job mate love the work! I’m from Australia and I have a Gransfors small hatchet that works well. I use and prefer a Khukuri as a field knife. I back it with a belt knife and a SAK . The large huntsman. Keep the videos coming
I have a Gransfors-Bruks small forest axe, and while I like it, I am thinking to also get something smaller like the one you have. Great video, I have subscribed. Watching from Toronto, Canada!
My wife’s girl friend gave here a rusty two pound head. I reshaped and sharpened the head and rehung it on a 19” handle. It’s very nice. But doesn’t have a name.
That’s a great location! I wish I could take my dog. He’s too rambunctious for camping unfortunately…. I love my DD! I kind of have an obsession with setting up Adirondack style.
I like your video. If I'm camping I'll take an axe. If I'm hunting or packing light I bring a large knife that can handle splitting tinder and chopping.
@@MyNorthernStories No worries! I think it adds a bit of personality to this! It's like you are being very honest in the video, showing how sometimes, you are just lacking the words for a second 😀
Thank you for watching 🙌 I think they made some changes on it now, like bigger side pockets. But have a look at a new review to, so you know what you will get 🙂
a 1 inch auger drill bit makes piles and piles of shaving tinder in under 30 seconds. just engrave a drill bit socket hole into your axe, or get one with an eye ring opening that you can put any stick you find in the woods through.
I just got an Esee Gibson axe. It’s only 10 inches tall. Very small! But it actually has taught me that smaller is very beneficial. I can throw it in my pack and go. It’s actually safer than a knife in some cases. Kind of teaches you practical applications and potential for your tools.
I use a 570g 34cm Spear & Jackson (local brand, not expensive) hatchet , Mora Companion, Victorinox Tourist. The video is a strong start. Axe handle length, axe weight? Specs help esp VS my local hardwood in Australia. GFB SFA isn’t that useful locally and it’s expensive i.e. AUD 290. Music while making coffee is OK. Skip the music when you speak.
A septuagenarian here…I carry the Gränsfors Outdoor Axe plus one of my 4 inch (100-102mm) fixed blade woodsman’s belt knives and a Victorianox Ranger 79 M as my cutting tool selection in my day hiking / overnight bag, belt and pocket. I’ve never been a fan of beating a good knife through a log to make kindling, that’s what a small hatchet is for. That’s how I roll… In my hunting kit, I swap out the Outdoor Axe for the Gränsfors Small Hatchet…so small, it fits in a pocket. Very handy and compact. I also carry a Victorianox Ranger 57 with the gut hook instead of the Ranger 79 M. There is no such thing as carrying too many blades…just saying.
i appreciate you showing the fire starting in its entirety. lots of youtubers will shorten it to the throw of sparks that gets it going and not the initial build up to it. showing that fire making isn’t always instant. it takes time and fiddling with as you’re making one. you’ve got my sub!
I forget to add a text explaining, but the wood was a tiny bit wet, so I hade to use a fire starter. I dont mind sowing what it can be for real. And if someone is new to this, dosent feel bad for not geting it going strait away. Thank you very much for watching and for your sub! 🙌
