Coppicing and Material Use 

You're ability to give your knowledge to us less experienced ones is appreciated. Thanks Dave!

Solid work as usual Dave. One of the many reasons you are at the front of the pack, well done Sir.

Thanks again for passing along the knowledge!

very useful information! Understanding wood grain is really important! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Dave. You do such a good job explaining things in your videos. I don't see many people that make things as easy to understand. You got the skills. Keep it up.

The pronunciation of coppicing here in the UK sounds the like cop (as in police officer) Done a bit of coppicing, mainly to harvest stakes (long poles) to help support a newly laid hedge. There is also a variation, called pollarding. Where the tree is cut higher off the ground, partly to prevent animals from eating the new tree shoots. Also when coppicing, should take some care to leave the stump as neat as possible, and so that water can't pool on it, and possibly endanger the tree with rot. Prefered method was to use an axe, as leaves a nice smooth surface that'll water will run off.

Thank you for explaining that. That's going to help a lot of people. Help save people's hard work. RONNIE,TEXAS.

Many of my projects have cracked. Now I understand. Thank you sir!

I think it is great that you do not get upset about the dogs just being dogs in the background. I enjoy seeing them.

This one of the best learning videos you have done, I like the other ones too, but this is full of info.

I had head about coppicing years ago but I have not heard as clear an explanation of how wood reacts when drying and how to take advantage of that knowledge. Thank you

Awesome information that will come in handy! Always appreciated... thanks Dave!

excellent topic and well delivered and received. Thanks Dave.

vital information Dave, thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us

Dave I haven't always agreed with the things you've said, or your attitudes towards certain subjects (not that I am any sort of authority on anything in particular) but it does not stop me from respecting the hell out of you and the things you do and the teachings you pass on. Keep it up and best wishes. Regards, K.T.D

Lotsa lotsa lotsa immense woodworking knowledge. Never taught these (logical) knowledge in my woodworking courses. Tx.

Interesting video. My grandfather "coppiced" the trees around his fields. They were willows. It's traditional here, still being done. (Belgium)

Great Vid. Dave I love your stuff, some of the best on here. Keep up the good work

I did not know but now I do. Thanks Dave!

did not watch ur vids for 2 years.. and damn there as good as ever love the work and ur love for the land!

this happens to the maple tree here in the Northwest. when we cut down a maple for firewood, it grows many shoots out from the stump. great vid.

Great video and great information as usual! Thanks!

You sir are awesome! Plain and simple

Awesome video

Another approach that is similar is the 'pollard', which is basically a coppice cut higher (6' or so) to protect the new shoots from deer, etc. This also tends to generate really straight arrow wood, sometimes within a season depending on the kind of tree

Great Vid Dave, THX!

Well said Dave, liked this video... I'm really interested in these lessons. ATB Buddy

i always watch you Dave

I coppice hazelnuts, willow, and oaks for long poles here at my place in Oregon. Apple trees work this way, too, for long poles, if I do a poor job of pruning and get fast-growing water sprouts. : ) Coppicing is good management in the right circumstance.

Coppicing can also be a form of fodder for goats, cut the tree off and it will sprout a couple times over the summer, feed the cuttings as browse to your goats.

learned something new again. thank you

Never knew what Coppice meant thanks for the explaining, Here in London and England theres many woods and places with Coppice in the name.

I would like to see this explained with wood instead of on the board if you have the time. Or while making something. It is very interesting and I am grasping some of it but some of us don't learn so well off a white board. Thank you for taking time to do all of these.

As always damn good video!! David ur are the best!!!

We still use it now on the estate for woodland management and resources a way of life where I live

To make this tool ambidextrous, thus more versatile/efficient for both lefties and righties, you might consider looping the tip end back up with a 2nd rat tail. Sharpening that entire loop on one edge side would allow thumb finessing from both the push and the pull, no matter who works with it. You might be needing to let your righty friends help with production. As a fellow lefty, it occurred to me during your video, that sharing the workload would leave someone open for other steps in any process. It's nice that you have the forge and heavy tools, but, couldn't this blade be fashioned from found sheet metal? I love my sheet metal sheers. In a less than favorable situation, sheet metal may be more readily available that a farriers file and a forge setup. Just trying to expand on your already excellent tutorial. Thanks

did anyone else dog go nuts at 6:02 when his dog started barking?

Dave...what's the best way to Anti-Coppice? I always try to cut trees (nuisance, to clear) in October and November and during a drought (in Texas) so the stump brushes don't take hold to feed the root system. I've found...it works best during a drought and late cuts in the season...but not always...sometimes I have to cut them 3 times in the following year before the root system dies. I even drilled the stumps and pounded copper rods into the stumps....that were difficult to kill. Mulberry trees.

I've yet to crack any carving because when I started as a kid learning by myself I was dumb enough to start out carving already dry wood like oak.. as I got older I started greenwood and found it much easier to carve haha occasionally I'll still carve dry hardwood when I have the time out of random wood like recently I made several forks from an old dead peach tree. tool a long time but they were worth it.

Dave, how tall do Tulip Poplars get when they are ready to be coppiced? I am thinking of planting a small grove that will provide wood and also serve as a visual barrier, but don't want 100 foot poplars.

HI Dave, I just want to ask could you guys sell the belt axe again? the one with fort meigs axe pattern?

i thought that when a tree is felled down to its stump it will eventually decompose back into the ground . how does a tree stump sprout new shoots ??? thanks

Your dog is on about something!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VRFCxxAKafc.html Hi Dave. In case I didn't paste this link right it is supposed to take you to a video called Cesar et son Canot d'ecorce. It is a video of a Cree Indian making a canoe. Lots of woodcraft. You may have seen it already. It's produced by Ontario national films. I was really proud to have an article in the same magazine as you. It is my second or third one for Backwoodsman. They did a great interview with you. Take care. Jon LeCroy, Aviston Illinois

you need to check your camera Dave, it's a little out of focus here and there.as for the cracking , how about the use of oils?

The rich folk in my state of Indiana are clear cutting all the trees . They don't care about coppicing .

So we have Hydra trees, cut off a head two grow back. lol

WOODcraft.