I'd just like to thank you, Billy, for being such a great teacher with absolutely no ego involved. Just great examples that we can all learn from, and a good heart to go along with it. Gratitude.
I sent a young man I work with home 3 different axes to help him decide what type of axe he would use the most and today when he came in I could see it in face when he said he cut down a smaller Douglas Fir tree. Some people have it in their soul and he's one of them. Thanks Buckin because you've helped me to be able to help others in the axe world.
I can’t believe I’m watching a guy chopping wood, but the truth of it is this guy is so into it and you know the fact of the matter is is that excellence breeds attention and this guy is really excellent at what he does. Love, his attitude..
I have split firewood since I was in high school. Always been cautious and treated it with respect. A week ago at 28, I just had an accident splitting wood and almost lost my big toe. I guess I just got careless and too comfortable.... trying to avoid a knot and take a slim piece off the side of a log and didn’t catch enough. Ricocheted off the log and into my foot it went. Fortunately I was wearing a pair of Nicks Boots- Overlanders. Slice my foot right over the knuckle of the big toe. I believe if not for those boots I would have been in serious trouble! Excellent work Billy Ray.
Same thing happened to me cause you gotta stay in the zone at all times. Not easy to do. Just cause you split a thousand pieces of wood with no problems doesn't mean you let your guard down the 1,001st piece. Glad you got through it without major injury.
I have Learned so much about and felling Trees, bucking them and busting for firewood. Your knowledge passed on is PRICELESS for saving my back. Thank you.
Never seen somebody split with a double bit axe.i always used mine for chopping.I am 73 and can only last for a few hours doing this you are full of energy and keep it up it's good exercise.
Can't thankyou enough BBR!! I enjoy watching every video you put up. Im a little sad that I didn't get to help you split all my wood so anytime you need a hand, I'm here for you. Your message that you put out to the world has more importance than you realize. Keep up the great work!!
I’ve been following your channel for years now , I don’t always put comments, I love what you do and and your messages, and never get tired of watching you split wood , I broke my back also so splitting wood is my gym also thanks for all your videos love you brother.
Glad I found this channel. Love the energy , and the experience just oozes from everything you do. I am learning a ton. At first I thought why does he have 7 identical axes, must be a team of guys choppin' today. NOPE. All unique in their own way and demonstrated by yours truly. Love it
That sounds amazing buckin! We both do tree work for free with the same goal in mind. HELPING PEOPLE! Meeting new people just showed me and my brother the beauty in life! Making relationships with good people is worth more than any money!
4:46 to 5:00 that right there is wat shows us how skilled this man is. love you billy love from Australia. edit. this is getting a little wood exited, one of the best vids i have seen from the billy absolutly stunning work
Many people would probably criticize you about using axes where a splitting maul is usually used. But your method worked well, and I definitely learned a few useful techniques. Thanks for doing what you're doing!
Been watching several months now trying to figure out what you enjoy more Buckin slapping the drums smacking the rounds or working the power saws it seems to me your enjoy all equally I know I enjoy watching all of them equally Thank you Oh one more thing can't forget the most imported thing the good messages your spreading ✊
Thank you for all you show buckin' I helped my grandparents and other family members split wood so they can heat their houses this winter. I get as much done with your techniques and an axe as they do with a 27ton splitter... I got a 28" bar for my 268 and I won't go back to a short bar. I could buck firewood all day with that sucker. Take it easy and take care!
Man you seem like a really good guy big heart,God bless you for everything you do!that axe you made is one of them man goes into the forest and forest disappears lol nice job
When I was a lot younger and lived at home growing up my parents burnt wood we would average around 36 cord of wood a year and I never minded splitting it now I come from a family of 9 kids so we had a axe and a wedge for the tough ones lol and I see the way u tip the axe to split it apart and that is how I use to do it as well their was only 3 boys left at home when I was old enough to cut and split and pile lol the other 3 boys had moved away to start their adult life’s but watching you it brings back a lot of memories of when I was a kid thank you for the memories love ur videos 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Buckin. I spent the afternoon and evening splitting wood with a splitter but would take breaks to try what I’ve learned from your channel. Using a Collin’s 3.5 I got from the bargain tool shed. It’a all oak. Had some fun with a few rounds. Trying to get us two seasons ahead with the splitter for now and then keep it up with an axe. Thanks for everything. Your channel is a blessing.
This video was absolutely incredible to learn how Different axes react to different wood situation. Buckin you make the nicest, most functional axes in this world right now. And you put them to work to show how incredible each tool functions. I would love to get my hands on anything you make in the bunker.
I only have one axe of unknown make so ive been really interested in researching the different head designs, makers etc because I really want to hang my own handle on a vintage head. I really want a double bit and a single wood bullet type just haven't figured it out yet as to what to buy, collins, plumb, council tool etc.. I'm 6'4 295 pounds and I need to split some wood for my own sanity! Thank you Billy Ray for this awesome channel and message of kindness and gratitude. Helping me in many ways!
Taz man... Taz family, greetings I met your doppelganger... What a freaking great dude...him and Nick, Getting 'er done. Was lucky to hand him the hand drum in the parking lot and watched his hands as we jammed for a moment. 🪘🎶🪓
Great content Buckin! I love the segments when you split all different types of wood. It all matches, when you choose your axe. Leaned a lot today, thanks. You,& yours stay safe, healthy, happy, productive,& blessed.💯❤️👍🏾😀🙋🏽♀️✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸
Thanks to Billy Ray I have just completely logged a wind blown veteran oak by hand, I thought it was never possible without the use of my wood splitter, but following the techniques I achieved what I thought was not possible. The sense of achievement stacking those logs to dry in my log store was quite something.
No matter how long of a day I've had or how tired I feel...when I watch you hand splitting, I get a jolt of energy that makes me feel like I could scale a building! Thank you, my friend!! Love you all...❤❤❤ Lieutenant Bradley
All I ever split with is a maul, most of the big hardwoods in western PA aren’t fun with an axe, but the flick honestly has worked great with a maul. I don’t use it to make splitting easier so much but it’s great to keep the maul from burying in the ground on the logs that split easier than expected
Crazy how I essentially discovered the "flick" on my own for slabbing off the edges and like you said not burying the maul into the ground where I inevitably hit a rock an inch or so below the soil
Hey buckin ✌🏻 do good an talk about it ...there is no shame in talking about the good you have done ...just dont throw it on everybody like this hyped free lawbcare guys ...you are just the Man buckin greetings from germany much love stay safe 💪🏻
awesome video sorta new to the chanel and so far I love the enthusiasm. Personally I run like an 8lb fiskars maul with a 9.00-20 truck tire to hold the round with a Pickaroon and with enough getvdone attitude I can split a pickup load of wood faster and easier than with a splitter. Plus the wood is cleaner. Let the Axe do the work you've just gotta swing it. I also have to add my Dad showed me rather than trying to spit a big round straight in half keep working around it taking block of firewood off need be turn 90 and split them perpendicular.......Granted we spill down to about the size if a 4x4 or 6x6 at the biggest. Love it!!!!
For over a century, men at county and state fairs across America/Canada have tested their he-man strength with High Striker. Sometimes they compete for a stuffed doll for their gal, and sometimes the prize is the manly pride of beating their buddies. I wonder how Buckin' would do at the Hi-Strikers Ring-The Bell Carnival game? Could he beat the Carnies?
Wait what!? I've been watching your shorts and videos for a while now and only just found out you're in the Island!? I'm in Victoria, you have no idea how stoked that makes me.
Thanks for the content and the help you provide for the youth of your region. I was hoping in a future video you could provide tips on hand sharing axes have a great day
Billy ; talk bout the clues that come from the sound of an axe strike. At least for me, when you hit, I hear when you first strike on a bucked round ; it tells the tale of the future of both wood and axe.
I wish the wood here on the east coast was this easy to split by hand. Hardwoods here are a bugger with the axe unless it's freezing out and the woods is frozen.
You are good with the axe. You are an expert. I bought one that is all plastic and it does not really split I think I have to sharpen it. Your axes are awesome. Those rounds look beautiful there. Thank you for showing us.
I like to allow the water to get into the log, and once in the freezing season rip through them allowing nature to do most of the work. If I have to split, I put the smaller diameter logs on the larger ones, drive the axe into the log then take a sledge hammer with the other hand and hit the back of the axe through the wood. Once you get used to doing this method you get into a cadence and work like a machine. Love watching these vids because I always learn something from you like working around the knots.
hey buckin I love you channel and videos and the love you have for the power saws I have some saw I want to get rid of and think they would find a beautiful home with you I have the complete set of poulan/pioneer saw staring with a 655 boost port then the 525 poulan pro and a 455 poulan pro then I have an amazing pioneer p60 all full wrap handles every Saw all have bars and dogs and all of them run just love them and don't want them to go to some who doesn't love them
Would love to swing some of those axes. I use the long Fiskars splitting axe to pretty good effect but drool over those beauties. I hunt on a Boy Scout camp and several years ago we had a nasty fall hurricane. The camp supervisor called and told me the upper access road had a couple of big oaks and a gum across it and I could have the wood to open the road. I brought a couple friends and a dump trailer that Saturday and got busy. A group of scouts and their master heard our saws and came to investigate. We were working on a big red oak about 30" diameter, my 28" bar was a bit too short to buck. Well the scout master went on to explain that to split wood that big you had to pop off the edges first, I told him I just look for knots and split it and popped a couple of rounds apart. He then said I was much bigger than him...lol. My rather small uncle taught me to split wood when I was 9 or 10 years old. If the scout master looked in the dump trailer he would have seen a bunch of rounds busted to 1/2 or 1/4.
I split a hundred tons of wood as a kid here in Kentucky. We heated our home with wood. Maple, ash, oak, hickory, osage orange, hackberry, walnut, etc. Never used an axe, ever, they were useless with the hard woods. We used a sledge hammer and malls. When the wood was green we struggled to split it.
i m bit jaleous see you working with an axe . since a surgery at my shoulder these kind of work is gone . now i use an hydroulic splitter .😉😉 kepp on bucking 👍👍
So glad I didn’t buy a log splitter. So much faster with a axe or maul. Been working on some red and white oak in N. Georgia. The white oak is besting me up. I can only do so much before my callouses form new blisters-those knots beat me up. I figured out that wearing any type of glove makes me form blisters very quickly, most likely due to the moisture from sweating, but if I don’t wear gloves, the blisters take a lot longer to form, but the key is keeping your hands dry. I almost feel like I would love to use some talcum powder or something just to try.
