Ray Mears - Choosing and using an axe, Bushcraft Survival 

100% agree with this fine statement.

The best by far!!!

He could talk the panties off a nun The English can sound so convincing

l totally agree 👋

I listened to lofty wiseman slagging him and bear grylls during a conference, pretty sad really when people become so far up their own arse,

Well said... I agree..

Received Pronunciation, it is a distinct English accent.

I think I fall under that category of RU-vid channel 😂

Completely agree. Ray has a talent for teaching bushcraft and it’s not glamorised or reared for entertainment (looking at you Bear Grylls), but rather for education and information. Whilst his voice is soothing, I disagree with one thing here though... Ray doesn’t speak with Received Pronunciation. The Queen speaks with RP. It’s actually very rare dialect nowadays. Ray doesn’t even speak with a standard British dialect (which is actually general regarded as the dialect as spoken in and around Oxford), but for those who can identify such things, he speaks with a slight Kentish English dialect (although he has ‘poshed’ it up slightly).

Agree. Nor is he a poser, whom I feel a few are. He's the real thing. Integrity.

You aren't the only one who calls it that, it was taught to me as the "Ray Mears method" while I was in the Scouts some years back.

It's only about the most handy technique ever. I remember watching this vid years ago. These days I can carve with an axe.

he is like a teacher

And no nonsense extra talks . He is just amazing and informative.

I can believe it would probably be good to use on Nice, dry rounds, but for chunky trunks i can imagine a slam with a splitter is a good option

Just think of the physics of what he said.....like lets really think about the hole thing real quick...here we go....we have a sharp axe...we are gonna use it to split wood.....but we dont want are axe to get dull so we do a wrist flick so the sharp bit dont hit the chopping block making it dull .......uhmmmmmm the wood we are splitting is wood....then chopping block we are trying nkt to hit is also effin wood.... So why is it perfectly fine to hit one wood but not another??..........it makes zero sense at all......in fact the only time it does make any sence to do a lol wrist flick to protect are axe from getting dull is if yoir splitting wood without a chopping block and dont wanna hit the ground and chip ur bit up on rocks.....like say if you wood is on the ground and ur to lazy to put it on a chopping block.......alot of us real axe guys splitting cords upon cords of wood a year with axes dont use chopping blocks and try not to handle the wood wasting time and energy to grab a lof and set it in a block and blah blah....so we will leave the log on the ground and sometimes may do a flick to not hit the ground and rocks......but if ur using a chopping block and ur fancy ass axe like cant hit the wood chopping block without dulling u better go buy a new axe cuze the one u got is a junk steal

@@codyrivenburgh2926 Hitting two bits of wood per split, your axe is doing twice the work and therefor dulling twice as fast, ‘real axe guys’ aren’t the brightest sparks it seems

Hey Mitch, loved you on Alone. You did an amazing job.

@@chinkkat no see ..u make a point that 2 peaces of wood will dull ur axe twice as fast as one.....but the fact is....hitting one and trying not to hit another is honeslty just wasting energy that doesnt need to be wasted.... I mean sure if ur using a little 1 3/4 lb to 2 1/4 lb basicly long handled hatchet. Ur not waating that much energy....but in the real world of full size axes in the 3 and half to 7 lb range that wrist flick wastes alot of unneeded energy.......and to be honest...alot of axe guys that use axes daily for more then just the( lets go camping and pertend to survive thing).. We have more then one axe....normaly a smaller lighter 2 and half to 3 and half lb axe just for chopping it normaly has a very keen edge we are very carful to protect..... Then we have a heavier 3 amd half to 6 lb axe for splitting....that has very blunt angles that wont dull or chip easily so we can abuse them alittle more.....amd then a beater axe....normaly an old ugly beat up double bit....that we dont give a fuck about that we can beat the shit out of chopping roots outta the ground, limbing trees and do whatever without feer of dulling or chipping it......yea i get it u guys wanna camp and wanna pay an ridiculous price for an axe that really doesnt chop or splitt as efficently as a properlly sharpened axe with proper bevals anyway....i mean come on u granfors brucks fan boys love them 130 ish dollar axes that have poor bevals and handles I have to shave nd file attleast 1/3 of the handles wood off of just to thin it enough to feel somewhat tuned properly for efficent use......come on now..just admit your camping and pertending survive axes amd half ass axe knowledge is not what you think is

More than a little late and you might not get to see this but click on his title above "Rick Mears and Woodlore Ltd', then 'Videos', for a load more.

Damn is there anything better than axing wood? I wanna run my hands up and down that smooth shaft. Feel the cold rugged wood shaftl in my hands. Then swing with the force of a hairy Viking into decrepit wood.

Yeah ... that last bit was just way to ridiculous to really be worth having in this video. It's like saying "when I draw a line with a pencil I can either draw it from right to left, left to right, top to bottom or bottom to top .. but I can also .. " .. or are there anybody out there stupid enough to really need instructions how you can split a piece of log?

cuts up bodies like nothing

martini carbine You betcha baby boy

martini carbine Did I say anything bad about the axes? No .. so what did your reply add to the discussion?

bit harsh calling him a tool haha

This primal knowledge is time tested. As good now as it was 100 years ago or as good as it’ll be in 500

Nope. Nasty evil creatures get knighted. Ray is certainly does not fit into that category.

Ray Mears is the man.

Seems like it probably should be if you're in avalanche territory

Of course. They're ideal for bringing billy tea to the boil.

Using nothing but his spork

Well, with _Australian_ wood you're lucky if it doesn't give you a poisonous bite.

Bear grills wasn't in the SAS. He's just a dick.