Excellent Paul! When I'm teaching scouts to use ANY edged tool, especially hatchets and axes, safety is first and a priority, because I have seen the injuries that knives, saws and axes can produce.
I really like my council tool camp carver axe. Splits good, and I can choke up on the handle for carving. Hardened hammer poll for driving nails/stakes. Awesome video!
1: Safety!!! Can’t ever stress it enough. I was in my early 20’s, in a power outage, trying to split some kindling in the dark with my buddy’s dull as heck hachet. Got annoyed enough to try and sharpen it in the dark, succeeded wonderfully. and laid open my thumb to the bone. Buddy and BF thought it was hilarious, until I started choking on my tongue after I fainted. Thankfully landlord across the highway was a medic. Most embarrassing axe injury ever! 😂 I wasn’t even using it…
I'd love to hear your thoughts on Hatchets vs Tomahawks vs Knife and pack saw for pack/camp use and maybe demonstrate repair and manufacture of a handle.
I've got the smaller camp Axe, it fits well in my get home bag. The one thing I'm looking for is a large take down axe I don't need a diamond sharpener for. As the steel gets better, the ability to sharpen outdoors becomes harder.
new axe users will want to know how to sharpen or hone the edge. I finally got myself a pack axe but have not yet had the oportunity to practice with it
@@TheBudgetguy_K.T you can definitely use a file. My Council Tool Hudson Bay Axe came with a dull edge. Spent maybe a half hour working on it with a file.
Excellent Paul!
When I'm teaching scouts to use ANY edged tool, especially hatchets and axes, safety is first and a priority, because I have seen the injuries that knives, saws and axes can produce.
I really like my council tool camp carver axe. Splits good, and I can choke up on the handle for carving. Hardened hammer poll for driving nails/stakes. Awesome video!
I have one of those myself. Definitely one of my favorites.
Thanks for great video. Safety first always! I am going to be receiving my beavercraft camp axe shortly.
1: Safety!!! Can’t ever stress it enough. I was in my early 20’s, in a power outage, trying to split some kindling in the dark with my buddy’s dull as heck hachet. Got annoyed enough to try and sharpen it in the dark, succeeded wonderfully. and laid open my thumb to the bone. Buddy and BF thought it was hilarious, until I started choking on my tongue after I fainted. Thankfully landlord across the highway was a medic. Most embarrassing axe injury ever! 😂 I wasn’t even using it…
Thanks!
Well done, Thanks.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on Hatchets vs Tomahawks vs Knife and pack saw for pack/camp use and maybe demonstrate repair and manufacture of a handle.
Good video Paul, thanks for sharing, God bless !
Good stuff my guy!
Thanks brother!
I've got the smaller camp Axe, it fits well in my get home bag. The one thing I'm looking for is a large take down axe I don't need a diamond sharpener for. As the steel gets better, the ability to sharpen outdoors becomes harder.
I'd say some sort of carbon steel is going to be the easiest to maintain. Could always do some improvised honing and sharping in the field.
new axe users will want to know how to sharpen or hone the edge. I finally got myself a pack axe but have not yet had the oportunity to practice with it
Can definitely include that in the next one!
I usually use a file of course nowadays with them fancy steel ones files definitely aren't gonna work! What are ya thoughts on a file?
@@TheBudgetguy_K.T you can definitely use a file. My Council Tool Hudson Bay Axe came with a dull edge. Spent maybe a half hour working on it with a file.
How about splitting fire wood with a camp axe at base camp and for the fireplace at home with just a concrete yard? Thanks Paul
I keep my axe on my side, so I can pull it quickly.
Neat little axe, but I'm thinking I might grab one the hardcore hammer hatchet corporals corner swears by it as his new go to hatchet.