I watched this video a few days ago but then did not have time to comment at that time. Anyway thank you for that awesome "shoutout". I really appreciate that. My crafting skills however are not near as good as what you do here on your channel. Keep doing what you do and being who you are.
Hello my friend. Thank you so much for your super nice comment! It makes me every time proud to read a comment from you! You are a endless source of inspiation for me! Thanks a lot for all!
Frankly, Felix, I would not have had any idea that one can create boards in the woods in this way. Thanks for once again expanding my understanding of survival and bush skills!
This is awesome! For those wondering allow this history nerd to say a few things, this method is knowing as Riving and has been in use literally thousands of years including during medieval boat builidng and they were spliting whole trees!!! A tool known as a froe can also help make this boards that are smaller as well as shingles for siding and roofing. Again well done sir
I just got my sak yesterday. so I have been binge watching all ur sak videos, yesterday and today. lol. u have given me tons of ideas and have helped me out a lot. so thx u brother. danka!!!!
The absolute BEST video ever showing and explaining how to find and split logs into functional boards, clearly demonstrating all the details of this process. You are a wonderful, skilled educator and a joy to learn from 💪🏽❤️
I subscribed a while back, this is a very good video, & very good man who's educating the world, we neee more good in the world like this! God bless you & bestest tidings blessings always. Sincerely, ~Páül
Der Felix hat's einfach drauf!👍👍👍 Als "Nicht wirklich-Bushcrafter" kann ich nur sagen: Respekt! Super gemacht!👍👍👍 Danke für's Zeigen und ganz liebe Grüße aus Oberösterreich in die schöne Schweiz!
again excellent advice. These are essential skills. Primarily it is not about tools and workflow, it is about knowledge about the matter. After that, tools can be used to their best advantage.
Riving wood is great. Splitting is also how people without a mill make their own hatchet/axe handles. Splitting pieces even the length of the log you had can be difficult. Anybody riving their own wood should be proud. It's pretty awesome to harvest your own raw materials and then create something useful out of them. Often times I'll split rounds with an axe and hew the pieces into hatchet handle blanks. Air drying can take a very long time depending on the type of wood. Soft maple dries much faster than any oak I've worked with for example. The great thing about wood is that it doesn't always have to be dry unless it's shrinking will be a problem for your use. Great video I love seeing you branch off into your other interests.
Far North Bushcraft And Survival! I've been watching Lonnie and Connie for a few months and love their content. I just started watching your videos after buying a SAK Victorinox recently and enjoy your content as well. God bless.
I’ve taken up whittling and harvested ash yesterday at our landscape recycling center. Free. Ash makes nice boards. I plane them and use the shavings as mulch in my garden.
Thanks for your wonderful videos. It is truely art. Some facts about wood technology: Growing rotation in conifers is most intense during the first about 20-years of the stems life. They start growing “left”. After the juvenile phase they grow straight. When they get very old they grow “right”. To get straight logs look for older suppressed conifers like silver fir in a dark forest. Here the juvenile part of the stem should be limited…
Felix, very good idea for video, very good explaining of the technique. And your english is improving in an incredible pace. I look forward to your videos every time.
Hi Felix! I have been a subscriber of Lonnie's channel for about 4 or 5 years. Like your efforts, Lonnie and his wife, Connie, are dedicated woods folk and I have learned much from them,
Heavy accent but your english is a lot better than most people's, and a lot more "colourful". Reminds me of how people used to speak english a hundred years ago. PS: Ich dachte ursprünglich der Akzent ist Französisch, aber ich sehe du bist Schweizer. Grüße in die Berge! :)
O Wise One, I carry a bearded axe in the woods. I don't cut live trees in the National Forest or National Park near my home. I used to cut live trees when clearly my land years ago. I never thought to use string. Good class. I'll teach my grandchildren.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I went so simplistic just smashing my wedges and hatchet into a log and ended up with twisted wood. Now I'll do it more carefully. This has also given me an interesting idea for "froe-shears" or "wedge-shears" to forge once I'm more settled-in blacksmithing
As always, learned alot from you, your little stick with a hole in it for ridge line and holding paracord is catching on over here in the states, I saw a southern Gentleman that goes by Blackie showed your idea and also gave you credit on his channel a few videos of his back, I tried it myself and it is amazing at holding a ridgeline, as I said in another comment on that video, thank you for sharing that idea it will make life much easier.
Also, this video was awesome as well, alot of work for a board, but when you can take nothing, and make something very useful, it's a win, thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world.
Sehr informativ und schön zu sehen, dass Totholz nicht unbedingt Feuerholz sein muss, sondern dass sich daraus auch Wertvolles gewinnen lässt. Nützlich, z.B. um Stiele zu machen, wenn man nicht über eine Bandsäge verfügt !
I would have just used my SAK Fieldmaster saw to cut it, and then batoned it with the blade......😂 🤣 Just kidding obviously, since you're usually showing things you can do with a SAK. That was a nice split. It wouldn't take much to plane that off smooth if you needed to. I've seen others split logs with wedges like that, but your method is a bit different than others have shown. I love your content sir! I've gotten so many great tips from watching your channel. Thanks for all you do to bring us useful tips!
Awesome Video or bushcraft technique 👍🏼 this Video and the last one with the wooden nails are the best bushcraft techniques i have Seen so far 👍🏼 thank you for that. Much More important content as the most other bushcraft chanels show 👍🏼 Beste Grüße aus Aachen ✌🏼 danke 👍🏼
👉👉👉Next friday's video: How to craft a little camp table from this boards... 🔥🔥
Ich finde dein Lager toll was du nur mit einem Taschenmesser gebaut hast. Seitdem hab ich immer ein huntsman dabei. :D bin ein großer Fan.
Looking forward to that video.
Da lasse ich mich überraschen.
Aber wenn man deine Videos kennt, auch das mit Max. Dann kann man daraus ein Regal, Stuhl, usw. .
Just what I was thinking, perfect for a small table. Splitting board looks like a good way to while away an afternoon. Good job.
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I watched this video a few days ago but then did not have time to comment at that time. Anyway thank you for that awesome "shoutout". I really appreciate that. My crafting skills however are not near as good as what you do here on your channel. Keep doing what you do and being who you are.
Hello my friend. Thank you so much for your super nice comment! It makes me every time proud to read a comment from you! You are a endless source of inspiation for me! Thanks a lot for all!
This is one of my favorite videos on this topic. The way you split these logs was absolutely beautifiul and so peaceful as well. Absolutely fantastic.
Frankly, Felix, I would not have had any idea that one can create boards in the woods in this way. Thanks for once again expanding my understanding of survival and bush skills!
hello Craig. Thank you so much for your support!
This is awesome! For those wondering allow this history nerd to say a few things, this method is knowing as Riving and has been in use literally thousands of years including during medieval boat builidng and they were spliting whole trees!!! A tool known as a froe can also help make this boards that are smaller as well as shingles for siding and roofing. Again well done sir
Its always a great day when I hear you say "Hello TH-cam!" It is amazing to see you are as proud of your work as we are of you. 😄
I just got my sak yesterday. so I have been binge watching all ur sak videos, yesterday and today. lol. u have given me tons of ideas and have helped me out a lot. so thx u brother. danka!!!!
Haha- I love the high speed sawing. I can almost believe the video is normal and not sped up. Because you’re a Superman of Bushcraft!
I never considered making a board....now I just have too...Thanks!! This was great!
Thanks a lot Michael!
Hi from serbia 🇷🇸
Thanks for your comment!
Me too)
Thanks, Felix, for you respect of my time increasing the video speed.
Thanks again for all your avesome videos!
Glad you like them! Thanks for your positive feedback!
The absolute BEST video ever showing and explaining how to find and split logs into functional boards, clearly demonstrating all the details of this process. You are a wonderful, skilled educator and a joy to learn from 💪🏽❤️
We were waiting to see the carving axe in use and this was GREAT . Thanks again Master Immler and have an awesome weekend .
Thank you very much foe this wonderful feedback!!! Have a nice weekend!!
Thank you for not killing a live tree for the sake of this video. RESPECT FOR THAT
that was awesome we love Lonnie and Connie and that method is similar to how you make roof shakes
Thanks a lot Sara!!
Hello from India
Thank you both. I will attempt making boards for my mini log cabin.
I subscribed a while back, this is a very good video, & very good man who's educating the world, we neee more good in the world like this!
God bless you & bestest tidings blessings always.
Sincerely, ~Páül
Thank you very much dear Paul!
Nice, I liked the video. This is actually what people should learn before they are 21 years old.
Thanks a lot Tristan!
Der Felix hat's einfach drauf!👍👍👍 Als "Nicht wirklich-Bushcrafter" kann ich nur sagen: Respekt! Super gemacht!👍👍👍
Danke für's Zeigen und ganz liebe Grüße aus Oberösterreich in die schöne Schweiz!
Deine Kommentare freuen mich immer sehr. Danke Willi!
I love watching these videos from this gentleman with close caption on. It reminds me why I hate FB so much.
This was great, could watch you split boards all day! My turn to try this awesome technique! Thank you
You have some great content. Thank you, all the way from Maine, usa
Hello Jeff. Thanks a lot for this wonderful feedback!
again excellent advice. These are essential skills. Primarily it is not about tools and workflow, it is about knowledge about the matter. After that, tools can be used to their best advantage.
Riving wood is great. Splitting is also how people without a mill make their own hatchet/axe handles. Splitting pieces even the length of the log you had can be difficult. Anybody riving their own wood should be proud. It's pretty awesome to harvest your own raw materials and then create something useful out of them.
Often times I'll split rounds with an axe and hew the pieces into hatchet handle blanks. Air drying can take a very long time depending on the type of wood. Soft maple dries much faster than any oak I've worked with for example. The great thing about wood is that it doesn't always have to be dry unless it's shrinking will be a problem for your use.
Great video I love seeing you branch off into your other interests.
I agree with you here, but hewing is also pretty difficult so kudos to you for that skill!
That is impressive especially since round logs are uncomfortable for beds and flat boards are so useful. Tchuss!!
Well done Felix! Boards + wooden nails = table!!!! 👌👏👍
Excellent technique, my friend! I like the use of the wedges as well as the advice to use dead, straight wood. Thank you!
Hi, from Malaysia, I really like this channel.
Thank you very much!
This really made me excited to start building from my drawing to real life 😮😲
Far North Bushcraft And Survival! I've been watching Lonnie and Connie for a few months and love their content. I just started watching your videos after buying a SAK Victorinox recently and enjoy your content as well. God bless.
Always fantastic content and a smile to match, much love from Australia!
Thanks so much!
Seriously, Felix_ you DO know we ALL think of you as our friend - RIGHT?
Thank you for the knowledge you provide us, FRIEND!✨🤗✨
Excellent explanation and demonstration. 😊
Thank you very much!
I agree completely with wedges all around will "influence"; when I rush through splitting boards; I get variable results... good job.
Dear God, you're wonderful!
Good job, Felix. Nice shoutout for Lonnie.
Thank you!!
I’ve taken up whittling and harvested ash yesterday at our landscape recycling center. Free. Ash makes nice boards. I plane them and use the shavings as mulch in my garden.
👍👍👍
Always something great from Felix! Thank you so much Felix!
Thanks a lot for watching my videos!
Wow Felix, never saw you work so fast! Chao!
😃😃😃
Great tips. Thank you for taking the time to explain.
Thank's a lot my fiend, I learned many things from your videos . ❤👍
Thanks for your wonderful videos. It is truely art.
Some facts about wood technology: Growing rotation in conifers is most intense during the first about 20-years of the stems life. They start growing “left”. After the juvenile phase they grow straight. When they get very old they grow “right”. To get straight logs look for older suppressed conifers like silver fir in a dark forest. Here the juvenile part of the stem should be limited…
A great help. I have managed to split trunks before, but not got the second side of the board right.
Thanks for your feedback!!!
Felix, very good idea for video, very good explaining of the technique. And your english is improving in an incredible pace. I look forward to your videos every time.
Although i also enjoy your videos in German
Thank you very much!!
Super!! :-D
Good,very Good, you are the best Felix!
Thanks a lot brother!
Greetings from Bulgaria ! Felix, super video!
Thank you so much Boris!!
Well done Felix. Great demonstration. Very inventive. Thank you.
Thanks a lot Walter!
Hi Felix! I have been a subscriber of Lonnie's channel for about 4 or 5 years. Like your efforts, Lonnie and his wife, Connie, are dedicated woods folk and I have learned much from them,
A REALISTIC CHANCE. My new favorite saying. Thanks 👍☮️
Heavy accent but your english is a lot better than most people's, and a lot more "colourful". Reminds me of how people used to speak english a hundred years ago.
PS: Ich dachte ursprünglich der Akzent ist Französisch, aber ich sehe du bist Schweizer. Grüße in die Berge! :)
Amazing work! Just getting all 4 of these without breaking one the other way is great skill...
Always great information and skills!!!
My favorite Y.T. Chanel by far, keep up the good work, everyone is learning from it...
"The Old Gunny".
Hello David. Thank you so much for this wonderful feedback!!
Fantastic! You are a clever man!
Thank you very much!
Awesome from Virginia. Enjoyed it. God Bless
Hello John. Thank you so much for this positive feedback!
O Wise One, I carry a bearded axe in the woods. I don't cut live trees in the National Forest or National Park near my home. I used to cut live trees when clearly my land years ago. I never thought to use string. Good class. I'll teach my grandchildren.
You are a genius.
Thank you so much!
thank you. your technique was clever and well thought out. Once you learn this there isnt much u cant do in the wild if u need to make something.
I think... now it's just beginning!! You can build 1000 things with boards 😁
Thank you so much for sharing this. I went so simplistic just smashing my wedges and hatchet into a log and ended up with twisted wood. Now I'll do it more carefully.
This has also given me an interesting idea for "froe-shears" or "wedge-shears" to forge once I'm more settled-in blacksmithing
As always, learned alot from you, your little stick with a hole in it for ridge line and holding paracord is catching on over here in the states, I saw a southern Gentleman that goes by Blackie showed your idea and also gave you credit on his channel a few videos of his back, I tried it myself and it is amazing at holding a ridgeline, as I said in another comment on that video, thank you for sharing that idea it will make life much easier.
Also, this video was awesome as well, alot of work for a board, but when you can take nothing, and make something very useful, it's a win, thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world.
You are a magnificent woodworker
What an amazing demonstration. Thank you
Hi, great to see your video again!!!
Welcome back!
Another fantastic project and and very interesting. Thank you 👌👌👌👌
Sehr informativ und schön zu sehen, dass Totholz nicht unbedingt Feuerholz sein muss, sondern dass sich daraus auch Wertvolles gewinnen lässt. Nützlich, z.B. um Stiele zu machen, wenn man nicht über eine Bandsäge verfügt !
Again, a real gem! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Greetings from Kentucky, I think this is something we might try. Thanks for the great video.
Excellent work. Thanks Felix
Very helpful. Thank you
Thanks a lot!
Primitive skill. Very cool! The table will be fun.✌
Thanks a lot James!
Reason #4: Seasoned timber won't warp or twist like green wood.
Nice video bro! Peace 💙
This video goes well with your bush nails video. Top job👍
I would have just used my SAK Fieldmaster saw to cut it, and then batoned it with the blade......😂 🤣 Just kidding obviously, since you're usually showing things you can do with a SAK. That was a nice split. It wouldn't take much to plane that off smooth if you needed to. I've seen others split logs with wedges like that, but your method is a bit different than others have shown.
I love your content sir! I've gotten so many great tips from watching your channel. Thanks for all you do to bring us useful tips!
Your feedback makes me happy! Thanks a lot!
Another excellent tutorial Felix, well done
Thank you so much Richard!!
Great to see this done clearly. Cheers Felix!
Your videos are great! . I am seeing new ideas that I shall try. See you Friday...
Thanks a lot Terry!
Felix is the wizard of Switzerland 😊
Another great video from Super Immler, you are and inspiration til many 👍😃
Hello from Atlantic City, New Jersey
Thanks for watching my videos!
Hello, from Oklahoma. Great video. Now to find straight grained wood around here
Alles gute, Felix ! I like youre videos ! Always learn a lot !
Vielen Dank Dennis!
Another great video! I like that you give credit.
Thank you very much Mike!!
Just the tutorial i was looking for! Thank you!
Wieder mal super erklärt! So würde ich auch vorgehen! Danke für das Video und viele Grüße!
Hallo Thomas! Danke für dein wertvolles Feedback! LG Felix
Great tips! Love Lonny’s channel too. He, like you is a master at his craft.
I agree! i lerned a lot from Lonnies videos!
@@FelixImmler same here!
El ingenio...no necesita saber inglés u otro idioma...
Gracias por tus conocimientos...saludos desde Puerto Rico
Awesome Video or bushcraft technique 👍🏼 this Video and the last one with the wooden nails are the best bushcraft techniques i have Seen so far 👍🏼 thank you for that. Much More important content as the most other bushcraft chanels show 👍🏼
Beste Grüße aus Aachen ✌🏼
danke 👍🏼
Vielen herzlichen Dank für dieses wunderschöne Feedback!
They came out great! Good job!
Great tip , thanks for sharing , God bless !
Great video! I'm just about to go harvest fallen trees for making planks and this has been really informative.
Thank you very much! Good luck!
Still learning something…..thanks.
Thanks a lot Eric!!
Hi from Canada! This was really helpful. I want to try this sometime 🌲🌳
Good luck!!
Feliz if you say board exactly how you say “lord” it will sound ok. Now it sounds like “birds”. The technique is flawless though, thank you.
Fantastic video!
Thanks a lot Mike!
Great video! I'm going to Colorado next week and will try this!
Адназначна лайк) спасибо за знания!
Great lesson bud 👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟👍👍
Ok Félix, good job, thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching it!
Thanks so much! Excellent job.