The Craziest Axe Ever Made! 

Wranglerstar 26 on the Bismarck

Thanks so much for making this video! I've been waiting!

put the chopper up against a similar sized splitting axe

Wranglerstar Did Did You wont to get coffy

Wranglerstar try the test with your 2 worst axes or mauls.

wish i could do too! :)

For real tho

Honestly. I love this guy's channel

Homesteading is just awesome, such a simple yet demanding lifestyle

First 28 second 27

I’m dying laughing 🤣

Yes

Facts

Throwing shade my dude

@@NothinbutRye Eminem slowing down somebody gotta pick it up

You’re funny 😆

"I can go on and on all day.." explaining about the axe handle. Explains in less than 5 minutes. Even if it's more than 5 minutes I doubt you can spend all day talking about it's features without mentioning the same thing over and over.

@@insanelogic9955 I was just joking, I like camping/survival tools, that's why I watched the video.

And repeatedly stroke it

@@bassbro1 After watching him stroke that handle when this video first came out, i thought thew next video was going to be him marrying that handle. I think they are at-least dating by now.

Ah so it wasn't just me with the lockpicks, I didn't get the mousetrap ones but I'm here with the woodsman now. I wonder what's in store for us next on this journey.

missed out on the mouse traps as well

lol spot on for me

Lmao I was just watching lockpicking and just before that I watched bee keeping and hive removing

My algorithm must be a few weeks behind yall

Not a pro, but the maul had to be pulled out of the wood after almost every hit, so I would argue more effort.

Maul is heavier and takes more force to operate the splitting axe is lighter and swings faster the down side is it feels like it kicks back or hit something hard similar feeling to a post pounder at least in my experience anyways if ur grip and hands can handle the shock splitting axe is better IMO

@@dentman5679 excellent points. I myself like to use a maul and an ax and a sledge hammer. I like a maul that sticks some, so I can pound it through with the sledge with fewest swings. But no can do all day like that. The ax I can swing much longer for those chunks that aren't too tough.

i counted 23 on axe and 27 on maul

@@paulrevere2379, you must be a young fella, and I mean younger than 40. I live in Oregon, my Dad plus quite a few of the other men his age still living around here used to work 12 hour days doing nothing but splitting wood, my Dad is 87 and is still much a man. Different way that generation grew up since we now have so many things automated. I've done my share of wood splitting, but I would never want to do it as a job all day long.

same here. How did a man chopping wood reach more than 5M views? He looks genuinely passionate, though.

@@MichaelSnidaro I don't know how this guy ended up in my recommended videos he speaks to me like we've been friends forever.

@@jiv32 yeah, he's great! :D

I`m thinking the same dame thing why lord why

So it does take you long to look. I'm sorry, I'll see myself out.

it’s called working at a lumber mill

@@MrAwesome7654 it's called working with THIS guy in the woods doing THIS kind of stuff. Where'd you come up with lumber mill

this is why i love grandparents and their tales

@@MrAwesome7654 I'm sure there is different cool father figures with nuce stories at the lumber mill

I would too but I think my arms would fall off.

Thats called being a friendly person

Me too!

I live in the city and i always split wood

You better learn how to properly touch an real ax; momma's boy;

I'm literally all you are except I was literally splitting wood a few days ago

axe

I am thinking about the big data, terrifying xD

indeed

2am for me

Odd. I too am watching it at 3am. Maybe thats when RU-vid feeds people wood chopping videos hahaha

They are watching us.

Bruh

Damn

"and could go on and on about it all day" *Whisper*

This fits perfectly with this video

Ew

Probably even sleeps and eat with his chainsaw and axes.

Cooper Mccall people still be watch g his vids in 2020 .... damn

Take care of the animals lol

Yes

hahahah

Lol nah buckin Billy is THE Bob ross

.

@@woodendoor2719 nice!

Mr Sir dang man lol that made me laugh. That’s funny

...dark

O O F

It's the same mechanism as a deadblow. The vibrations are absorbed by the contraption in the head, rather than your hands. And, if you're wearing gloves (which is pretty common in bushcraft) you'll be fine.

@@hugglepuff1 He literally said in the video that the vibration from the axe made his hands hurt and he wouldn't want to use it for a long period of time.

@@headhunter1945 hence why he said you'll be fine if you wear gloves, which he wasnt

@@Myemnhk Yeah, but he also said the vibrations go into the axe head rather than your hands, and if that were the case you obviously wouldn't need gloves.

@@headhunter1945 true

sheeeeeeesh

@@grimrabbat8397 😂

You somehow ommited the brigade of younger men that follow grandpa's orders...

efficient

I need to learn from your grandpa.

to be fair, both times he was trying to split right through a knot. That's a sure way to beat yourself up, lol. Normally, you'd move a bit and try a different place.

So true

I used to chop that way just as a pastime. Listening audiobook and chopping wood.

@@dmitriydrozdov1035 I kinda wanna do that now, ngl

If you want to split right through the middle, two relatively small hits in the length on / in the bark, at the most probable place where it will split, helps a lot. Same if you peel off all before, but that's too much work if done manually. If your axe is already deep in the wood, it may be easier to use a second big sledge hammer (at least 1kg and with long stick) to give the axe a hit from the back to get a final full break through. So you don't need a lot of force to pull an axe out, which may be stuck deep inside, e.g. because of a tree branch obstruction or when your task is cherry tree, thouse are very elastic. If you do that, your axe must be "Bismarck" like (no that's not in honor to the ship, but to his bodyshape lOl), "US-Steel" or "Bethlehem" like, otherwise the iron-body around the handle, were it is thinner, will be deformed. Same is true for Spanish type axe, which may be used for other purposes, like making wood shades. Take care, cheap "cold" pressed "supermarket" or "internet axes" may be deformed like butter when you do these hit from the back. Good old steel axes from Grandpa may perform much better if you hit them on the back, as they may be made in older Siemens Martin steel slow approximation processes to get the most ideal base material, with added new material from the ores, not only scrap with tons of titanium paint traces and zinc which both results in quite some metallurgy problems. These old steel axes were made with tons off passion and more time, so making a new handle for these old "ugly" rusty axes is worth to do it, despite the handle price may be close to a new color full painted axe!

What's more entertaining than watching a man cracking jokes while splitting wood

That's the benefit of listening to someone who knows what they're talking about.

This man is so passionate about it man hes just saying whatever is on his kind

Exactly my thought. I hate rambling but I think it's the homey vibe like a friend telling you a story

Pfff you're watching a man play with his wood, and you're worried about handles? smh

NSFW? I'm text lingo illiterate. Sorry

Same, I don't watch anything remotely related to this

same... 2019

RU-vid pushing random content to people? I’ve never watching any content remotely similar to this. Still watched it all though.

Same

same but i guess i diont mind

Aw, that's nice and wholesome haha

It’s called volition not work.

I thought it was 28 each, but either way it was a tie.

not hard to be positive when you can edit out all the m f'er and som bitches yourself

A medal of honor? Those are usually reserved for acts of extreme valor in times of war or other situations that require one to put themselves in life threatening peril to save others from certain death. Don't think chopping wood quite qualifies.

Hope your grandad rests well man I feel the same though my grandad isn't dead makes me feel like I'm spending quality time with him as I can't in lockdown

@@toostoopid5849 Who's going to stop you? You're not in America are you? Don't let the government tell you you can't see your family.

As long as you retain and pass on what he taught you, his wisdom will last forever.

I was going to write the same thing!

The old timers gotta show us young ones some tricks to make life easier

Thank you Jim

@@GunslingerRose its a shame that alot of them cant anymore

@@marijafrankovic1959 no thanks to you, adolf.

@@IAMmrhardcore Oh come on Adolf was just an aspiring artist, his works are amazing, seen a few in Paris

bro i was thinking the same thing

most underrated comment.. hands down.

WTRiver Your story is so heartwarming to read! Thank you for the comment that was quite uplifting :)

Probably experience seems like he's been doing that a long time and after a while its something that you can do

​@@genericasianperson6405 - Oh yeah, I'm sure the 75ish (or more) years of practice made all the difference. lol. It was truly amazing to watch those giant sections just explode apart from such a lightweight axe. I'm sure it had everything to do with how razor sharp he kept it, how he scored it, and how he tweaked the head of the axe at just the right time or whatever. Who knows for sure. It's a fond memory that I'll always remember about him. Sorry that he is gone, but it was great having him as long as we did.

@@MandrakeDCR its like me and my grandma at sewing I had to repair my sister's toys before so im quite decent at it but its nothing compared to what my grandma can or most older people back then they made a whole lot of things by hand so you can see things like dresses or anything just fly from their hands

@@genericasianperson6405 haha sorry but at first I thought I read grandpa an i sewing... I was like wtf is this a joke aha then I re read what you said makes sense now.

lol

Idk if I get it, but can you explain the punchline?

@@MrCacheo basically the joke was that the guy put the super hot metal jack back without making a fuss and claimed that the only reason he put it down was that he didn’t need a long time to look at it. Just a funny little story

@@skydra5551 Thanks so much! So funny now 🤣

Thought the same ;)

Lol a little thicker up here and it just tapers down.... :l

Strong and thick

A nice big swell, I know because I have studied it. I love this.

😂😂😂that’s awesome

timothy Roosa he did say how much he appreciates how well it’s HUNG!

I can hear the water every time he chops.

Wet (dripping) wood splitting was a punishment when I was in the army...

Have you ever split Ironwood? Drier is ,older growing STRONGER. Like glue setting. Wet isnt good, but this 1...wet is much better. OLD outdoors kings, 70 80 yr olds said. Plan it, do it quick, be done.....tomorow is too late...saws,drills,ax heads will dull in half the time as green. Name may be a local unofficial name.

Plus.....he was already tired,some, breathing hard before using the maul. So...fatigue matters.

German axe got stuck a lot more though. and it's harder work to swing a heavier axe. I'd say they're nearly even. But the German has fewer parts to maintain.

More need not be said. You keep doing or you start panting for breath by swing 15 of ineffective, inefficient swings.

I like to mill it as much as possible and makes stuff with it parts I don’t use gets Burned

For real. I’ll take my 27 ton splitter over busting wood with a manual tool any day.

I prefer the manual spliting, because The logs look nicer. Stupid thing, I know 🤦🏻‍♀️.

@@geraldblumer9999 it’s get of some anger from swinging an axe to

Halla Bb right lol knowing damn well if i did its gone be powered

Same here, I don't know anything about tree types but here I am watching someone chop wood.

It is very fun. Except when you are basically throwing an 8lb object at a piece of wood over and over and over again. Then it is tiring.

it's a man thing ya know :)

Because you enjoy living in the information age and all its benefits.

Agreed Mr golf

2233golf2 can you... put... any more... elipses... in... a comment. I also totally agree

Use a comma

I... agree... with... you... too...

@@jacobkeary6740 hey you....I am so sorry.....you are right about using a comma ,but when I wrote my comment ,I only had exclamation marks and question marks to my disposal,-as you can see,this has changed...cheers.

You were able to split elm!!! :) Where I grew up in Upstate there was plenty of elm and a dairy farm about every 4 miles. The elm's gone and so is the small dairy farm. Note: American Elm at least. I figure then guy who invented the log splitter had American Elm in mind.

Anthony Rasmussen it wasn't even that funny.

That was a moment worthy of Ralph waldo Emerson.

Riboflavin , A saying worthy of a tee shirt with a WrangleStar logo. I like pockets on my t-shirt.

I've heard the same story with horseshoes and potatoes.

Joel Wetzel Yeah I don’t even find the story funny.

@@amp776 what?

@@amp776 Is the information I conveyed correct?

Born Again Torinos other axes but no maul soft wood splits with sharp axe oak with maul

will you be my handle ?

Be communist. Would you be our handle? 😂😂😂

will you be my wooden handle? ..... wait a minute...

Han Yolo in these same comments might be your man.

@@hugolangelotti6285 Can you uhm.. Handle this? 😁 I require a tight grip sometimes.

I thought it was horrid

I lived in Northern British Columbia where woodstoves are considered as on of the biggest draws for older homes. Seen amd done a lot of chopping. He is very very accurate.

@commandante hodgson you're prob worse than him

@@littlebittathisnthatfirear8048 You have no idea what you are talking about dude :D

@erozpl01 lmfao I'm just stirring pots. 😂😂

lmao

I absolutely lost it at that hahaha

Me too

That's the one I heard lol

I worked in a blacksmith shop in Comanche TX, and my boss the owner told the same story , but the reply was "nope it don't take me long to look at a horse shoe". Close enough I'd say to be the same story. Was your Grandpa named Ken Cr***r? Gabby

Gabby B Nope, were from Southwest Missouri

Doughboy1941 No kidding?! I live in Southeast Kansas, small world!

I don't get the joke. Maybe it's a language barrier, but can someone explain to me what that response means?

I have no idea how i got here and that's why I stayed.

That's the case for regularly chopping wood. For splitting it's different because of the stance.

27 for the maul, 28 for the splitter

@@NicoBlack69 I agree

He missed a few times with the splitter tho

Thing is I can’t tell cause I can’t count so thanks for telling me

He also didnt pry it apart with the splitter like he did with the maul

Suzanne Neu It’s all about how your saw is tuned, really.

I can hot start mine in one pull. Cold start is usually 2-3. Depends on how well you take care of it

Haha I understand. Starting my own stihl the first pull also. It depends on settings.

Dasdfjkl lol

Sir Strokes A Lot.

😂

You beat me to it... buahahahaha pun intended.. very homoerotic wranglerstump.... ug.... gross

Why? Do You have some sort of a handle thing yourself? :D

Skraith but now you know

1337Sauce You’re going to have to explain that insult to me, friend

and knowing is half the battle

AND Then 😳 After Went ON & ON in the Whambalance 🤯 whaa whaa 🚑🚑🚑 FOR OVER 15MITS he's wife said stop fooking Talking about cutting wood & JUST CUT SOME

Skraith you too, huh?

YES, I saw that, too! gotta give the edge to the chopper for that!

🤣🤣🤣

27

Also, his swings were progressively weaker with the second tool (the heavier splitting maul) than the first (splitting axe).

giovaniThanks you just saved me some time. Is he still alive or dead from cardiac arrest.

Claws = 28 & Bismark = 27.

He missed his mark (waste) 3 times with the first one.

I don't get it

@@mrz9235 I was quoting the punchline from the funny story he shared while sharpening his chainsaw

@@Kyle-xi8up yeah, we know. Did you not read his comment? He said he doesn't get it.

Corbin maybe he should try getting it.

@@mrz9235 I didn't get it either, looked it up. It's an old joke typically about a hot horseshoe. The joke is it's so hot that the person picks it up and immediately let's go because it's burning his hand. Instead of admitting it burned, he acts tough and says he just doesn't need to take a lot of time to check it out.

Ey Du it’s intensely satisfying :)

When he spends 5 minutes stroking the wooden shafts...

Unfortunately I've yet to come across a pair of gloves that counteract the fact that my arms are made of noodles.

you have some sick fetishes

I mean, I certainly won't deny it, but what gives you that impression?

If your that then what am I? A pile of cotton wool wrapped in a ball a wooly jacket with cats on me?

I can guarantee you that you are still harder than I.

Elijah Hurst I have a chopper 1 axe as well, it has “do not strike” stamped on it

What would you reccommend? Brand wise

SLEDGE AND WEDGE for me . If its easy splittin any axe will do. but its been years . Cut, split and delivered now . I just lug it . Livin easy !

chopping wet wood is hell

but you'll have the most awesome back muscles at least.

Bear, I split wood for my grandma, here, in Canada, and I gotta say its pretty darn hard but men its the thing that I prefer doing the most. Simple hard work is much better than working doing complicated maths.

You don't need a fire place to go work out.

T1Oracle its not a question of working out

Wrangler u hit it 27 times with the moul

You know, it was hard work but i loved doing it. Most of the time. There were a few times in the winter after a 12 hour shift it was pretty miserable

adam rushing I have to agree with you here. The chopper one is great for the casual user who splits a few cords a year and doesn't rely on the tool. It weighs less than say your standard maul but it's person preference. I'm like you and prefer the Bismarck because it's always going to be consistent and reliable.

Saw a demo on the chopper 1---the cutter worked around the log section about 2 or 3 inches in from the bark going around the log then split the center with 1 swing of the axe---same diameter as the log sections you cut--it went very quickly.

Saw 1 at an estate sale with a busted wing.

Chasing the crack .

Exactly. If he went from the closer edge through the middle up to the far edge he would've split it in a very few strokes.