Buckin, I really don't think most people understand the value of a tool, that is lite weight, easy to use, and can be carried by one man into the woods to get firewood. I'm happy, that you keep showing videos of the original log splitter.
It is nice to see someone who enjoys splitting wood and “woodsmanship” as much as I do. I became physically disabled in 2018 due to an autoimmune disorder that finally caught up to me when I hit 38 years of age. I, like you, am still passing along the little I know to my kids. The legacy we leave is not by acts alone but the kindness we perpetuate throughout the generations. Thank you for being you.
Hi Buckin, it's not just entertaining. Over the years my chopping and splitting has improved because of watching your technique. It really makes splitting a LOT easier if one follows the way you describe and show it here.
It's so satisfying to hear that sound of the wood popping as it splits. My little boys love watching these videos with me. We actually split some firewood today too, I let my boys hit the hatchet with a rubber mallet to make kindling so they can "help"
Hi missed the video was splitting wood. Yellow locust dry hard and stringy. This stuff was like spaghetti when split. Heart was pumping for sure. Love wins❤
In Colorado we get a lot of "Punky" wood. Our Ponderosa tends to rot pretty quick if not removed from the ground. This makes the center much softer and if you don't hit the edge just right, there goes your handle. This is how I learned your lesson.
I love watching you swing an axe almost as much as swinging one myself, I wish my hard maple and red oak was straight grain like your fir thanks again Buckin!!!
I could watch you split firewood all day!! I’ve tried your techniques on my oak wood and I have broke 2 axes and an old maul, clearly I have no idea what I’m doing!! Lol
Man speaks from years upon years of experience..words of a wise man.. been cutten timber all my life.. thank you bukin even i learn from you God bless your soul sir
You can solve all of those issues by using a maul that was invented to actually split wood as apposed to an axe that was designed to cut it. But for those that just can’t help themselves and have to use a thin cheeked axe of the wrong shape, at least wrap it with baling wire that is actually tougher than the wood handle as apposed to paracord which isn’t.
Thanks buckin, youre a great guy with a great mindset. Greetings from across the big pond. Digging your enthousiasm as always. The nurse log was beautiful
Boy that Fir pops apart effortlessly! I agree, if a tool cant be swung with ease all day long, i dont want to use it. Thanks for the tips, Buckin' Billy! It's always a pleasure watching a skilled axman at work.
Everyone if you won’t your paracord wrap handle to stay In place after you wrap it soak it in boiled linseed oil - couple times and let it dry it will not move and it makes the paracord turn hard so that it protects the handle even better been doing this for my whole life it works amazing
Thanks Buckin, good honest entertainment with no cursing, griping, or whining........ you are reaching tons of young men who should learn from us (parents), but are getting it from you when we miss or worse are not present...... good on you brother! If you happen to read this, could you explain why you pull the starter cord when you shut down some saws? This has me perplexed, but I know there must be a reason you do it....... Thanks again, may God bless you and yours with a safe trip to Bunyan, wish I could make it up there.
Hey Buckin, haven't checked in for a while. Glad to see your shoulder has healed and your back to swingin your axes. Your videos have helped me take my splitting to a whole new level. Take care and keep swinging.
This isn't entertainment, it's education. I started splitting wood a few years ago and thanks to you I am a better axeman and still improving. And thanks to you, I now own about 60 Tassies hahaha
It sucks with stringy wood lmao thats why i bought a splitter but i still use the axe on the spot with wood that snaps.. you do make great work of them big rounds for sure!!!
I just picked up a few axes from Tim and Old Saws and chopped down a nice Beech tree on a Livestream as part of a challenge to raise money for fire departments through a challenge. I want to add a few more axes and do some more hand chopping and splitting. Thanks for the tips.
My sisters boyfriend keeps telling me I can borrow his woodsplitter, #1- I don’t borrow tools or anything in general, it can turn a friendship bad quip when said borrowed item gets broken. #2- I love splitting wood by hand, such a good feeling
Thanks for the good advice! I had wrapped one of my axes as you described in an earlier video and it saved my handle from serious damage on an overstrike.
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Howdy mr.bucken, thanks for ringing in,good looking wood for sure,hard work never hurt anybody!!! Sleep good- feel good many have lost that!!!Good stuff!!! Pleasure!!! Sierra John!!!
Good timing. Need to split 16-18" maple rounds. Don't think splitter will handle, PLUS trying to lift it onto the splitter. Older at 71 years but I gotta give it a try with the splitter axe. Norm, Scarborough ON 🍁
Great tip. Thanks again. Just when you think you learned enough! You find out something really helpful. I've had a lot of frustration trying to get an axe out of wood.
Used to [before buckin inspired me to haft my own] as soon as I bought a new one I'd take metal & clad where the over-strike was then tape the heck out of it😂❤
I used to split a lot of firewood when i was in the US. Fantastic way to build upper body and arm strength. But downunder most everybody who can afford it gets a hydraulic splitter these days. To many hardwoods are heavily interlocked grain and insanely tough or impossible to split by hand. I used to have to rip big bucks with the saw to break them down. Ironbark, red gum, blue gum, Blackbutt and a whole bunch of hybrids of the same. Fantastic for heating. I used to enjoy splitting by hand though. Nowadays I need to keep my hands safe for the workbench. Don't want to get carpal tunnel. I remember the sweet smell of the pacific Northwest forests though. Nice. I remember spending weeks milling yellow cedar. Amazing scent but it will give you a headache. Timber is a tough mistress sometimes but I love it.
So your telling me. Don't use the axe handle to split the wood. Lol! I might not know how to split wood after 16 years. But I get it done. But... How ever. Im honest and kind and work hard . your awesome Billy, thank you!
The paracord reminded me of wrapping electrical tape on sledge hammers to protect the handle from breaking. Buy the way if you weld a 1 inch black pipe to your axe you will stop missing because when you miss and the pipe hits instead you will feel it. You see where the wood handle absorbs the energy the pipe transfers it to your hands. Hey, Buckin I appreciate the kind words Great video be safe and may GOD bless you.
This guy, usually tighter than Dick's hat-band, bought a Grundfos Bruks splitter, and came upon your paracord bumper idea out of sheer desperation to protect my investment. Saving up to buy one of your axes. I am looking for the offset grind (to promote my own flickit) in the Oregon Oak grade ax.
Paracord didn't work on my axe. I'm not an overstriker but accidents happen. My first overstrike the paracord freyed and soon just unravelled and came off. Gotta use something more durable than the wood you overstrike against.
I remember this handle very well. You were nervous about it breaking but it turned out to be an amazing tool that was worth the extra time! I was really hoping to pick up the other killinger tassi axe you talked about selling but its just not in the cards right now. Still need to chat about the 4lb Stohler axe hang this winter...Brian in Oregon
