I show many of your videos to my guys! Great info. I love chopping around with axes (for work & play) -- We landscape & have grown our firewood business very rapidly over the past decade. It went from 10-15 cords a year to 100 cords a year. It brings in ok money (not a ton to make off of incredibly hard work, even with log splitter) -- I do it because it is tremendously relaxing & helps get your energy out & get your mind to a better place -- especially on difficult days. Keep on chopping brother! Be well
Thank you Buckin for sharing your incredible technique for splitting firewood. You are a master at it. Another thing that I need to remember is ....I am at peace and I am not in a hurry. That is when I break my handles. Love to you Buckin and to all the messengers of kindness!
I’m rehanging my first old axe head and maul with my step dad. He used to be a logger and a mill guy from Oregon. An adult when my mom remarried, but thought it would be something we would both enjoy. Keep on keeping on Buckin!
Thank you Buckin. Your splitting tips have saved all of my axes. Also I would like to thank you for helping me get back into the swing of things hahahaha with splitting wood with an axe. It has totally changed part of my firewood situation. Thanks for these tips as they will help Charlie and others. Love ya Buckin. 🌲❤🌲✊🪓
Great accent for sure and from a Canadian... Billy's the best, but don't put him on no pedestal, maybe on a chopping block doing the a bubblewrap tap... 😅 singing a Scottish ballad. Only live at Buckinstock.
I was taught to clip the wood, the instant the axe hits the wood you twist it so that as the axe head enters the wood and the weight of the back of the head is twisting and it pops the wood open. It’s a little hard to get the timing but once you get it the wood flys.
I don't see how could you turn it any amount that'd matter with a proper swing. There is also that axe that spins itself, done some research and seems like snake oil, only hurts your wrist unnecessarily.
@@piciu256 Billy calls it the “flick.” He specifically demonstrated it in several of his videos but I can’t remember which ones. Sorry for that but Mitch is right about the timing as well as how well it works! Especially with a double bit. Lots of torque!
@@cwnorton ah, so you need an axe with a bit of weight behind the handle aswell, wouldn't work with my Fiskars to begin with it seems, all the weight is in the blade.
Enjoying the thorough teaching and demonstration Billy. Making a point to buck out a block, even using some wood that will last and last as a block is a great practice/habit. ATB
I have an axe that I found when I was a kid on a old gold claim out behind barkerville 45 years ago...any way there's only 3/4 of an inch of wood Holden the head on now everyone laughs out loud when they spot it. There's fungus's growing out the cracks it's my special kindling axe only for cutting kindling fond memories of finding that thing in the bush all those years ago with dad....
Buckin' I need to get an axe from ya! And yea, some great tips. TBH I've never split wood before... but boy you can't believe how much confidence you've put in me if/when I have to or want to split some wood! Your explanations make so much sense. Thanks, amigo.
Had an axe handle that lasted 40 years of mostly hardwood work. Reason was my dad wrapped the handle with wire down about 7 inches. It obviously protects the handle, big bonus is it adds about a pound. Boom. Makes a good grip when i do the flip inverted move and bring the peice down on the head.
Good friday to you Buckin and your family. A bed load of axes is a beautiful thing like that Merc. Welcome hello and good day to everyone here especially any new subscribers please enjoy this Buckin show. It's str8 truth to the point. Be kind at every turn cuz it can't hurt
God it's good to watch you again Buckin just came out of well let say holiday in the greens the dark part of my life journey has passed and I'm threw the other side walk-in in his blessings again finally love ya brother one soldier of kindness back in action 😁💪
@@BuckinBillyRaySmith Thank you for your reply it means alot to me Buckin ,I hear you brother ! I'm a man under construction you have helped me on my journey more than I can say much love....!
gotcha buckin! there should be always a method to the madness,hahaha one day you make a real woodman out of me! thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us. have a great day,brother. love yah! hey buckin army family, i wish you all a great and happy weekend!
Good lesson on the subject sr. I will have a wood bullet when you are ready to take orders for them. Cant Waite. Take care and keep the family safe as yourself.
Kinda thinking. for us northern boys who start filling the wood shed for next winter about when we boil maple sap. Should mention wood specie when your crackin rounds. We don't split much pine, we, make boards from that.
And I forgot . That truck is one mean machine. Sounds amazing and always love your videos. Congrats on the axe men show too. ! I was like Holey cow that's buckin and everyone around me was like who! So I informed them that you were the best trees guy on the web. Killer RU-vid guy.
Three cheers for using the chopping block, but it's gotta be low, short, can't give up too much shaclang power. I've messed up the edge on my maul several times without using a block. And now that I'm using a nicer tool (axe) i don't want to damage the edge. Nice big wide hardwood chopping block, maybe 6/8 inches high is ideal for me. 🔨
Those are some great axes, looks like a pure pleasure to use them. I also love longer handles. For instance F. X27 with length of ~95cm is logs killer. The impact in full swing is violent. It doesn't have a problem to split completely wet birch logs with thick bark from the heel of the tree, 40 cm in diameter. It was like splitting melons sometimes, water splashing out of the wood :).
I can't say it enough, Buckin looks way better with a cap on, eh friends? No homo fr a ball cap just looks so at home on this man's head. Love ya Buckin and ur family. Much love from ours to yours.
What are you not telling me billy? You don’t look quite the same swinging right now. Maybe it’s sad that I notice, but you did teach me how to split wood
I have been splitting black cherry,eastern red cedar and silver maple by hand and I can say I use the flick with my fiskers axe quite alot even though the handle is indestructible it helps to break apart the stringy wood
Im in Arkansas and i only split Oak. The cedar and pine Buckin splits look pretty easy. If you are splitting cherry n maple do you feel the same way? This video helps but we are splitting hardwood. Do his rules apply?? Just curious. I use a basic 3.5 pound head with 36 " handle.
Everytime i see someone asking for help in terms of wrapping a handle to protect the wood, i recommend them to your videos, specifically the "flick" technique. I swear by the flick. Once mastered my handles have remained like brand new and have never damaged my handle since the flick. Especially when needing to reach over pieces to chop, it increases the risk of an over strike and breaking your handle. With the flick, it eliminates all of the risk to the handle. Practice!
Billy you are a rock in a sock . Lovely vid . Good advice and i want that truck . Not sure what sounds better the beutiful truck or the crazy ported saws . And where s ma tea shirt PMSL. U always cheer me up after ur vid . Going to watch this vid again and again . U need to work on the scots accent PMSL .i love it baby get the hat on again with the ginger hairdo . Take care friend . Rock in a sock
I had a plum like that, loved it definitely my favourite I had. Broke the handle wedging a big spotted gum. Had the head and handle on the side on the tractor got back to the log dump and no axe head :( I spend days trying to find it
6:18 what makes it a good profile? I always thought that splitting axes are mode wedge shaped, while this looks very thin throughout. What am I missing?
Way more fun, cleaned gutters for 20+ years... End of summer when the water has been stagnant for weeks and weeks and there's a million mosquitoes waiting for you and the stench won't wash off your hands even with straight bleach... But i won't get into any details 😲😟😷 Big rubber gloves just don't always work, and little plastic trowels break under load, and long push poles just splash the stuff all over your clothes and ladder and sidewalk and ornamentals and the customer standing below watching... But i won't say anything about the birds laughing at me... 🐦
Hey Buckin, good morning. Hope you are doing well, I just picked up a 4 1/2# hytest tassie and was wandering if the killinger handles you get are as slim as the ones that I have. What size handle would you throw on that head? Thanks and be well!
G'day Buckin, if the ground is soft and a chopping block is the answer, what is your preferred length so as it does not take away from the splitting force of your swing ? And it could also become a lamp shade.
Chopping blocks also need to be solid and immovable. I used a piece of heavy eucalyptus buried in the ground. It cant bounce on impact, dispersing some of the force. Using a small block sitting on wood chips or sawdust is the most inefficient.
I've seen all his videos and he's never mentioned using it. I've never found anyone selling blanks or handles from it, either. I have an about 4 1/2' hiking stick I made from a hornbeam sapling over 50 years ago and it is heavy and strong.
