Hey Billy, I'm so happy for you that you are able to spend precious time with your dad. What an awesome team. Thank you for all of your advice as I'm fairly new to this. I wish I would be 25% as accurate as you are I'd be something. Blessings from a 73 old wannabe woodsman. (X27 and X7 Fiskars)
I cant stop mentioning how great of a relationship this family has with one another. So much respect & excellent morals between themselves. GOOD PEOPLE! ...EXCELLENT PEOPLE!!
I love watching when the boys go out to play. Great team work. I'm making a small wood shed from scraps.using boat storage plastic to keep the rain and snow off. Got some scraps from a craftsman who replaced rotted logs on the exterior of our town museum. Recycling at its best! Thanks for sharing your recovery video. It brought back how I made it from my accident when a young girl ran me down while I walked on the side of a road. Human survival is amazing! You are an inspiration. Thanks you.
The science of wood splitting who would of thunk it ? Work smarter not harder ! You are awesome my brother thanks so much for all you do. Love your content and your love of what you do.God bless you and yours!
Great advice mate. Could've saved a few axe handles over the years. Just found your channel and I find it soothing watching your videos. Great memories of cutting and chopping wood with family, some of whom aren't around anymore. The smell of wood and sawdust always brings it back.
I mean it when i say it & i really admire & envy your relationship with your son. U guys have such great family chemistry & respect for each other & all others. I love it !!
I been subbed for 2 years roughly...dont comment to much but i love the buckin army and grown to like wood things and everything involved. I collect hot wheels and diecast tractors and trucks and vintage toys...But for the last 2 or 3 months I been fascinated collecting Axes so I like watching axe related things
Hot dang! Look at those 2 young fellas splittin that Balsam! Swingin an axe just keeps a man young I think! I love the transformation of wood rounds into a pile of split wood! This video had some old school Buckin' video editing to it! I like it!
I just started splitting wood after going on a tree falling job with my uncle. Got a 6lb maul, logs, and went to work. The nuances in looking for knots and what the wood is telling you to do has saved me a lot of chopping and energy. Thanks for the tips, Buckin' Billy Ray
Thanks for saving me hundreds of pointless swings. That was a very good explanation on how to deal with knots. I was advised to just throw the pieces with knots in a big burn pile and split the rest.
Nice seeing you Woodman Spirit. Thanks Buckin’ for showing your splits! Run with your knots and not your axes! You guys will sleep good after all that wood therapy!
the man...is sharing his experience...trade secrets...hard learned....to all..... the man ALways squeezes a smile out..and thats Beautiful....in this nasty world.......i get him...Love wins.
Real apple juice! That looks yummy! Btw I love my axe buckin my wife ordered it for me last Christmas and it was a big surprise, I had no idea and watched you messing with my axe an had no stinkin clue! I love it I’ve made two more myself since then I found some vintage heads from the local flea market. I love wood thanks buckin stay kind friend
thanks to a few of your vids i was able to find a way to work my axe into and through the nastiest piece of wood ive met yet. the grain pretty much turned into a question mark at the end while also twisting to one side. thanks for making awesome content that actually helps people out.
Fun watching you split wood Buckin! Have to convince you to come to the Ozarks some time and split some of the mighty oaks we have here! I split 5 1/2 cords by hand this year. It's a heck of a workout and it makes you feel like you did something when you're done.
Plenty of fun throwing around that iron and wood !!! Very relaxing after all that travelling I bet 👍👍 Be blessed all you super people, spread love and kindness all over this world ❤❤❤❤❤
Great video buckin. I love splitting wood with an axe. I always find it challenging to try to work around the knots and get it down to the smallest size I can. A big hello to you your family and the community. Have a great week everyone.
Everything you've said NOT to do in this video, I've been doing. Awwww MAN. I split firewood for my wood stove(mostly oak) and for about 8 years; while using a $20 splitting maul and $4 wedge, I'd split through my Knotts. I've DESTROYED a dozen wedges and probably 3 mauls now. Ever since watching your videos and listening when you say IGNORE THE KNOTS, I've stopped wasting time and split more wood. I would work the same round for about 20-30 minutes just because it has knots before. THANKYOU, my time has been cut down to just a few minutes for several rounds. I can't even get into not splitting the sides but instead putting the wedge DEAD CENTER. Sheesh.
These videos are so much more chaotic than anything instructional I've ever watched, but I think I've learned more watching these than anything else!! We're drinking apple juice at 3:00 and beating the crap out of knotty wood at 8:00.
Hi buckin I was always taught to split wood from the top down (so from the top of the tree down to the stump) thanks for the vids mate your doing 1 hell of a job for the world keep it up.
Hay Buckin' Army, We Gotta Thank JANELLE For That Cup of Freshly Made Apple Juice Eh ! Really Enjoyed The Splitting Tips ! Great Music Inlay too ! Every-1 Have A Swell Day ! Love To All From Down East ! ATB T God Bless
Another top quality video mate! And don't worry I know just how tough a knotted bit of pine can be I've got my property here in Australia and a plantation of 4000 pines and 35 hectares of hard wood country and I'd say had wood is easier then the soft wood most of the time . Keep up the great work and I'll be sure to spread the kindness back here in Australia keep safe mate.
Thank you so much Billy, I love splitting wood just for fun but knotty gnarly wood just takes the fun out for me and gets frustrating. I hope this helps me. Thank you friend :)
Buckin, your Balsam up there looks and seems to split and be as knotty as our "white pine" here on the east coast. I could be wrong, but it is knotty, sappy and tough to split with a light axe. love your teaching Buckin. thanks.
The most difficult wood to split that I've had the misfortune to work with was Elm. It has really twisty interlocking grain and consequently is resistant to splitting. My brother and I at 10 & 12 years old were given the chore to split the 2 big trees that my dad and uncle felled. We waited until the temperature got down to 20 below and had to use steel wedges and sledge hammers. Axes were used just to cut the stringy grain when we tried to pull the split pieces apart. No wonder I have arthritis in my old age.
after a 12 hour day this was healing!!! love it good music and good people, i think this could be a new segment. splitting wood with the buckin and the wood man!!!
Wow Buckin!! I was just talking to keelinga and made a video for her sunday goin over the same exact points. We were vid chatting the whole time so she could ask questions. When we got done i grabbed the gopro to upload and i didnt record the whole thing lol. Glad you made this! Thank you!! STAY SAFE!!
Haha!...thanks Buckin'!...this was such a fun day, you did a great job putting this video together, it captured the mood well. Thanks for speeding the vid up briefly (I needed a helping hand)...I was very cautious after tearing my trapezius twice in the last two months. Thankfully I felt great the following day, no harm done. P.S. thanks for the tips on knot splitting, as you say I have only been splitting wood for 10,000 years...and I know I have some bad habits :) Greetings to new subs and 'old' true blues on the 'Buckin' Billy Ray Smith Channel.'
Get that sweat on Buckin and Wood Spirit!!! Buckin, your 50 and Wood Spirit is what, 42 or so 😁😊🤣!!! I'm 57 and Love splitting wood. Something spiritual about it. Thanks and have a great rest of the week! Welcome to the channel new subs!
its a detail but it saves half your energy using ur brain... lol .. always aim on the core of the tree.. if u go hardcore u can even spit the knot right though the middle.. ;) great vid !!!
It's still not the same. Lol. Love your swing. I swear. Trouble is your just gonna sink it into my wood deeper stuck. Read your wood for sure. Great information
Buckin, Got something to say! That was the one that I subscribed on. I was like#47. Congratulations on your channel and "The Show". You keep being you, I sit in the back ground and enjoy, and mainly be quite because you are a busy man. But had to say what a great job you have done.
Great educational video buckin , here in Australia we don’t get knotty ugly wood where the nots run to the centre of the wood , old mate is also doin a great job on the axe , also buckin would it be easier to use a splitter??????
But we do get wood that won't split with a 30 ton splitter but the ram splits instead , then you have to finish the splitting with the power saw and go to the hospital 👍
Hey Buckin, I saw you in the woods at the Morgans.... ha ha.... What a hoot if you haven't seen Mikes video regarding pulling down a widow maker you have to watch it... it is hysterical....
We primarily burn hardwood like Ash, oak, birch and other similar in the northeast. May varieties of wood obviously. I love using mauls most of the time, just blows the rounds apart. For huge big knotted rounds I get the 10lb sledge and a few wedges! Great fun haha
When I lived in CA, I had a wood man come to my place to take out a bad tree and cut it for firewood. He cut it down and cut the trunk into full bolts. He came back the next day with an axe that was like a kitchen knife - thin and sharp. He went down the tree walking on one side and taking several wacks at each. It split like nothing I'd seen. Another guy in the mountain valley had an axe that had spreaders on each side that as the axe went in, the spreaders inside of the blade would pivot out and spread the wood apart. I don't do much axe work anymore - turning 72. Do have my saws and take care of trees and limbs.
I know everything you speak of about the splitting knots I learned to finesse my wood years ago and know exactly how to hit it 😂😂😂 oh my I just read that back to my self that’s pretty funny
That balsam is a lot like the Norwegian Spruce we have here in Sweden. The tree can be 90 feet tall and still have live bones all the way to the ground. And I'm talking 6 or 8 knots every 6 inches along the trunk. It is BRUTAL to split with an axe. A 30 inch round of hard birch is a piece of cake by comparison. Buckin', the harp on the "Woodman" song is among the best I've heard over the last 50 years or so. We need more of that on another song. ;)
I primarily use Balsam Fir and Black Spruce here on the Island (Newfoundland) for firewood. Id much rather split the Balsam Fir over the Black Spruce. That stuff can be all knotted to hell and the grain all twisty. I use a Fiskars x27 and a Stihl ms 261. This is a nice channel think I will subscribe.
Knotted up wood like that gets real irritating😂 my splitter doesn’t seem to mind though🤷🏻♂️ hand splitting is a lot more fun though😜 love to you and the family❤️
Im wanting to get an all around single bit axe but I'm no axe "Expert." I might be beating wedges one day and splitting firewood the next. What axe would you recommend? I've never really owned a good axe. Just the everyday manufactured chain store throw aways is it.
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Send a couple of those to 5 Star for the Axe Throw.
@@jeremywever6947 THATS THE STUFF
Buckin' Billy Ray Smith thank you I just subscribed over there
@@BuckinBillyRaySmith I'm sorry for calling you my friend Billy Ray Smith my Phone number is 1503_298_02_51
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"Chop your own wood and warm yourself twice".
Abraham Lincoln.
A man who knew something about axe work. And Buckin Billy, thanks for a great hint.
Google says Henry Ford said that
@@metelomaniac I didn't know that. It may be attributed to him or, perhaps he was quoting Lincoln ?
From 11:30 to 20:00 was SUPER fascinating, and so helpful!!! Thank you!
Love the not helpful content as well I'm just impatient, so thank you ☺️
This is the best explanation of reading wood I've ever seen. I could have saved myself a lot of wood beating over the years had I known 😕
Jeffrey Rubish Same
It's great to learn new things.
That knot advice was really useful. I'd been stumped by a few of them. Thank you.
Hey Billy, I'm so happy for you that you are able to spend precious time with your dad. What an awesome team. Thank you for all of your advice as I'm fairly new to this. I wish I would be 25% as accurate as you are I'd be something. Blessings from a 73 old wannabe woodsman. (X27 and X7 Fiskars)
I cant stop mentioning how great of a relationship this family has with one another. So much respect & excellent morals between themselves. GOOD PEOPLE! ...EXCELLENT PEOPLE!!
I love watching when the boys go out to play. Great team work. I'm making a small wood shed from scraps.using boat storage plastic to keep the rain and snow off. Got some scraps from a craftsman who replaced rotted logs on the exterior of our town museum. Recycling at its best! Thanks for sharing your recovery video. It brought back how I made it from my accident when a young girl ran me down while I walked on the side of a road. Human survival is amazing! You are an inspiration. Thanks you.
The science of wood splitting who would of thunk it ? Work smarter not harder ! You are awesome my brother thanks so much for all you do. Love your content and your love of what you do.God bless you and yours!
Great advice mate. Could've saved a few axe handles over the years. Just found your channel and I find it soothing watching your videos. Great memories of cutting and chopping wood with family, some of whom aren't around anymore. The smell of wood and sawdust always brings it back.
I mean it when i say it & i really admire & envy your relationship with your son. U guys have such great family chemistry & respect for each other & all others. I love it !!
Nothing more satisfying than a load of hand split wood!
I been subbed for 2 years roughly...dont comment to much but i love the buckin army and grown to like wood things and everything involved. I collect hot wheels and diecast tractors and trucks and vintage toys...But for the last 2 or 3 months I been fascinated collecting Axes so I like watching axe related things
Hot dang! Look at those 2 young fellas splittin that Balsam! Swingin an axe just keeps a man young I think! I love the transformation of wood rounds into a pile of split wood! This video had some old school Buckin' video editing to it! I like it!
I just started splitting wood after going on a tree falling job with my uncle. Got a 6lb maul, logs, and went to work. The nuances in looking for knots and what the wood is telling you to do has saved me a lot of chopping and energy. Thanks for the tips, Buckin' Billy Ray
Born in 67 that song takes me back! Love yal from Virginia
My wife thinks I'm nuts for coming in from a couple hours of splitting wood and watching two guys split wood. She liked the tunes. Especially Heal Me.
YA WOOD DOES THAT TO A GUY
It builds up your staminar which is a plus for her
I'm with you. Its almost relaxing to a point. I went out a chopped for 2 hours and then went for a run.
Thanks for saving me hundreds of pointless swings. That was a very good explanation on how to deal with knots. I was advised to just throw the pieces with knots in a big burn pile and split the rest.
Love your videos. So much wisdom in the world if people take the time to listen to what others have to say instead of being so defensive.
Nice seeing you Woodman Spirit. Thanks Buckin’ for showing your splits! Run with your knots and not your axes! You guys will sleep good after all that wood therapy!
the man...is sharing his experience...trade secrets...hard learned....to all.....
the man ALways squeezes a smile out..and thats Beautiful....in this nasty world.......i get him...Love wins.
Real apple juice! That looks yummy! Btw I love my axe buckin my wife ordered it for me last Christmas and it was a big surprise, I had no idea and watched you messing with my axe an had no stinkin clue! I love it I’ve made two more myself since then I found some vintage heads from the local flea market. I love wood thanks buckin stay kind friend
awesome derrick i love it
Fantastic video wow! Amazing the strength of knots but what a pleasure when u have the right axe to dissect with. Have a great day all
thanks to a few of your vids i was able to find a way to work my axe into and through the nastiest piece of wood ive met yet. the grain pretty much turned into a question mark at the end while also twisting to one side. thanks for making awesome content that actually helps people out.
Fun watching you split wood Buckin! Have to convince you to come to the Ozarks some time and split some of the mighty oaks we have here! I split 5 1/2 cords by hand this year. It's a heck of a workout and it makes you feel like you did something when you're done.
Besides it's addicting.
So that is your son? Hes a strapping young man! Good job raising him! Lucky boy to have a father such as you.
Scott Freeman Haha
Buckin', tremendous amount of power can be seen in your swings...and your skills...a pleasure to watch
Plenty of fun throwing around that iron and wood !!! Very relaxing after all that travelling I bet 👍👍
Be blessed all you super people, spread love and kindness all over this world ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for this video I learned a lot from this well worth it! You’re like the knot whisperer.
I like splitting wood..but for those twisted ones I bought a 33 ton splitter..lol
Great video buckin. I love splitting wood with an axe. I always find it challenging to try to work around the knots and get it down to the smallest size I can. A big hello to you your family and the community. Have a great week everyone.
Everything you've said NOT to do in this video, I've been doing. Awwww MAN. I split firewood for my wood stove(mostly oak) and for about 8 years; while using a $20 splitting maul and $4 wedge, I'd split through my Knotts. I've DESTROYED a dozen wedges and probably 3 mauls now. Ever since watching your videos and listening when you say IGNORE THE KNOTS, I've stopped wasting time and split more wood. I would work the same round for about 20-30 minutes just because it has knots before. THANKYOU, my time has been cut down to just a few minutes for several rounds. I can't even get into not splitting the sides but instead putting the wedge DEAD CENTER. Sheesh.
Incredible song, Mama Buckin!!!!
i love your moms music!!!!! great vid!!!!
Looks like that Tazmanian axe cuts nicely. Love it
These videos are so much more chaotic than anything instructional I've ever watched, but I think I've learned more watching these than anything else!! We're drinking apple juice at 3:00 and beating the crap out of knotty wood at 8:00.
Billy you sure are entertaining. Thanks for being positive and true! Keep up the good hard work!
Thanks for taking the time to share knowledge Buckin and son :-)
Hi buckin I was always taught to split wood from the top down (so from the top of the tree down to the stump) thanks for the vids mate your doing 1 hell of a job for the world keep it up.
Hay Buckin' Army, We Gotta Thank JANELLE For That Cup of Freshly Made Apple Juice Eh ! Really Enjoyed The Splitting Tips ! Great Music Inlay too ! Every-1 Have A Swell Day ! Love To All From Down East ! ATB T God Bless
I like Woodman Spirit and his wife's accent. Very classy down to earth people.
I see the Branch manager getting after it!!! Hello Woodsman Spirit, loved the poem!
Buckin you’re the king of splitting thx for all your input keep it coming
Another top quality video mate! And don't worry I know just how tough a knotted bit of pine can be I've got my property here in Australia and a plantation of 4000 pines and 35 hectares of hard wood country and I'd say had wood is easier then the soft wood most of the time . Keep up the great work and I'll be sure to spread the kindness back here in Australia keep safe mate.
Good on yah mountain man in any block you're trying to split or stack flip it over and it'll go every time Soft or hardwood 👍 .
Love that sound, like being at the ball park. But better because you don't have to wait for the perfect pitch.
Great video Buckin....I needed the tutorial on splitting....Thanks
great info, thanks for sharing your knowledge!. hope you all have a great week!
Nice hinges. Must be a great time in your life to be side by side with your son and father. Seize the moment!
Nice to meet WoodMan Spirit.
HEY MARSHY
Thank you so much Billy, I love splitting wood just for fun but knotty gnarly wood just takes the fun out for me and gets frustrating. I hope this helps me. Thank you friend :)
Even though you both were working hard, you appeared to be having fun together and of the same spirit.
Buckin, and that is why I split the knotty wood in these parts with a big chainsaw. My shoulders thank me!!
Thankyou for another great video!
Hi from England, thank you for all the useful information, will try to put it into practice splitting wood soon. Best wishes, Paul
Hey Friends!...old Yorkie Brit here in BC, Canada...I hope you are all safe and well, WS
@@redcanoe14 Hi Yorkie Brit, regards from the old country! Buckin has friends all over the world! Best wishes, Paul
I like ur video. So much!!!!!! U help me out cutting wood. Thanks
Mate!!!? Beautiful songs again 😆😆 heal me
thanks for the wonderful video, nothing better than spending time with a friend
Buckin, your Balsam up there looks and seems to split and be as knotty as our "white pine" here on the east coast. I could be wrong, but it is knotty, sappy and tough to split with a light axe. love your teaching Buckin. thanks.
The most difficult wood to split that I've had the misfortune to work with was Elm. It has really twisty interlocking grain and consequently is resistant to splitting. My brother and I at 10 & 12 years old were given the chore to split the 2 big trees that my dad and uncle felled. We waited until the temperature got down to 20 below and had to use steel wedges and sledge hammers. Axes were used just to cut the stringy grain when we tried to pull the split pieces apart. No wonder I have arthritis in my old age.
I always learn something when I watch your videos.
The electric guitar in "heal me" was really good, just my style. Down right good tune there.
Thanks for the splittin tips buckin!
Thank you Buckin great video
after a 12 hour day this was healing!!! love it good music and good people, i think this could be a new segment. splitting wood with the buckin and the wood man!!!
Welcome "Woodsman Spirit". Hey you have some great videos!!!
Wow Buckin!! I was just talking to keelinga and made a video for her sunday goin over the same exact points. We were vid chatting the whole time so she could ask questions. When we got done i grabbed the gopro to upload and i didnt record the whole thing lol. Glad you made this! Thank you!! STAY SAFE!!
Haha!...thanks Buckin'!...this was such a fun day, you did a great job putting this video together, it captured the mood well. Thanks for speeding the vid up briefly (I needed a helping hand)...I was very cautious after tearing my trapezius twice in the last two months. Thankfully I felt great the following day, no harm done.
P.S. thanks for the tips on knot splitting, as you say I have only been splitting wood for 10,000 years...and I know I have some bad habits :)
Greetings to new subs and 'old' true blues on the 'Buckin' Billy Ray Smith Channel.'
Woodsman... My complements to you friend easy to see it's not your first day splitting wood. For the record you don't look a day over a thousand.
@@My3Sons ...I look forward to meeting you Decal...we need to talk so I can set you straight...LOL!!
Get that sweat on Buckin and Wood Spirit!!! Buckin, your 50 and Wood Spirit is what, 42 or so 😁😊🤣!!! I'm 57 and Love splitting wood. Something spiritual about it. Thanks and have a great rest of the week! Welcome to the channel new subs!
I loved the music buck. Keep at it!
its a detail but it saves half your energy using ur brain... lol .. always aim on the core of the tree.. if u go hardcore u can even spit the knot right though the middle.. ;) great vid !!!
wow i like this songs 👍. thanks for the lesson 👏
It's still not the same. Lol. Love your swing. I swear. Trouble is your just gonna sink it into my wood deeper stuck.
Read your wood for sure.
Great information
Buckin, Got something to say! That was the one that I subscribed on. I was like#47. Congratulations on your channel and "The Show". You keep being you, I sit in the back ground and enjoy, and mainly be quite because you are a busy man. But had to say what a great job you have done.
Really enjoyed this video. 👍 can’t say for sure why just a good feeling! I’m sure the music didn’t hurt👍❤️
hey buddy love ya thx
This was such an awesome video!
Great educational video buckin , here in Australia we don’t get knotty ugly wood where the nots run to the centre of the wood , old mate is also doin a great job on the axe , also buckin would it be easier to use a splitter??????
But we do get wood that won't split with a 30 ton splitter but the ram splits instead , then you have to finish the splitting with the power saw and go to the hospital 👍
Hey Buckin! That wood is no joke.
Awesome skills man. Elm or sweet gum is the toughest stuff I've ever tried to split even with no knots. Take care my dude.
That was a great video!
Hey Buckin, I saw you in the woods at the Morgans.... ha ha.... What a hoot if you haven't seen Mikes video regarding pulling down a widow maker you have to watch it... it is hysterical....
We primarily burn hardwood like Ash, oak, birch and other similar in the northeast. May varieties of wood obviously. I love using mauls most of the time, just blows the rounds apart. For huge big knotted rounds I get the 10lb sledge and a few wedges! Great fun haha
That lady is Australian, awesome 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇦🇺
WOODMAN SPIRIT doing great job
When I lived in CA, I had a wood man come to my place to take out a bad tree and cut it for firewood. He cut it down and cut the trunk into full bolts. He came back the next day with an axe that was like a kitchen knife - thin and sharp. He went down the tree walking on one side and taking several wacks at each. It split like nothing I'd seen. Another guy in the mountain valley had an axe that had spreaders on each side that as the axe went in, the spreaders inside of the blade would pivot out and spread the wood apart. I don't do much axe work anymore - turning 72. Do have my saws and take care of trees and limbs.
Good advice buddy nice video mate
Just love that song.
Thank-you, friends!
Love from England.
Ps nice tunes!
Santana etc
HEY JONNY
Man I just love watching you split wood!
I know everything you speak of about the splitting knots I learned to finesse my wood years ago and know exactly how to hit it 😂😂😂 oh my I just read that back to my self that’s pretty funny
Very cool! Thanks.
Man o man i couldent do that much swinging anymore that engishman is kickin some ass !!
Nice vid Buckin!
Another great vid Mr buckin :)
Gads great stuff!💕💕💕
love your TH-cam Videos😍, keep up the good quest; but you did scare the Morgans dog😁
My Favorite thing, Splittin’!!! Skiknotskis? Wish I was there!!!
The Buckin’ skip before he hits the piece.
Pre intention movement.
That balsam is a lot like the Norwegian Spruce we have here in Sweden. The tree can be 90 feet tall and still have live bones all the way to the ground. And I'm talking 6 or 8 knots every 6 inches along the trunk. It is BRUTAL to split with an axe. A 30 inch round of hard birch is a piece of cake by comparison. Buckin', the harp on the "Woodman" song is among the best I've heard over the last 50 years or so. We need more of that on another song. ;)
I primarily use Balsam Fir and Black Spruce here on the Island (Newfoundland) for firewood. Id much rather split the Balsam Fir over the Black Spruce. That stuff can be all knotted to hell and the grain all twisty. I use a Fiskars x27 and a Stihl ms 261. This is a nice channel think I will subscribe.
Very sharp axe brother. Nice workout. I Luv it myself. Take care
Im about to split some FL knotty oak..good tips!🌲
What part of Fl.
Weaver Kevin Jacksonville area south
Knotted up wood like that gets real irritating😂 my splitter doesn’t seem to mind though🤷🏻♂️ hand splitting is a lot more fun though😜 love to you and the family❤️
Im wanting to get an all around single bit axe but I'm no axe "Expert." I might be beating wedges one day and splitting firewood the next. What axe would you recommend? I've never really owned a good axe. Just the everyday manufactured chain store throw aways is it.
Curtis Nimmo a Jersey style would be a good all-around single bit. A Plumb or Collins would be my pick.
I have owned a collins axe and loved it.
I appreciate the advice! Been struggling with some really knotty cedars.