I got my first Grängors Bruk axe in a hardware/general store in the village of Nenana, Alaska. That was back in 1975, long before the bushcraft movement as we know it today got started. The axe was just a cheap imported axe with a odd colored blue head, it’s what we call a boy’s axe I bought it because it was cheap and I need a axe to go along with my 36 inch (91.4 cm) bow saw to process firewood for the insatiable appetite of the stove I had just made from a steel barrel. My second Gränsfor Bruks axe was a was given to me by by a guy that I was helping build a cabin. It too had an odd colored blue head. It was a what is called a double bit cruisers axe.In the last thirty years a man was selling fairly expensive axes at a gun show in Fairbanks Alaska. Very nice axes and razor sharp, not painted odd blue. It was the Swedish Forest axe that caught my eye. I didn’t care for its short handle so I knocked it out replaced with my favorite 28 inch(71cm) handle. My last Gränfors Bruk axe was given to me by my my Swedish neighbor for me giving he son rides home from cross country ski practice. This axe is the smooth poll moose skinning hatchet that is perfect for that task, I also use it for chopping out all the excess wood on wooden spoon blanks. It is a scary sharp axe, my friend Ron Salmi used to say, “Spit your gum out when you use that axe.” Best axes I have used for cabin construction, firewood, moose hunting, camping, fishing, canoe tripping and trail maintenance. Although I am starting to use the leuku more and more often as I get older. Congratulations on hitting the 4000 subscriber mark, I am happy to be one of them. I look forward to each new video and while I wait for new ones I re-watch the old ones. Great job!!
Thank you very much for your support Richard. I have a lot less experience with Gransfors axes than you. I have never really seen what the fuss was all about. I remember being dissapointed the first time I used one. It was like the first time I played a Gibson Les Paul guitar. I think I imagined that the guitar would instantly convert me into Jimmy Page😂. Looking forward to getting this one fixed up though. It looks like a small forest axe. I was actually expecting something older and less familiar looking. Thank you again for the support. I hope you have a fantastic weekend.
Hey Tim bro ! 4K is awesome !! very well deserved too my friend !! ..superb ! Great videos and I always learn so much from you !! Blessings to you and the Unni dearheart ! 🐾She was certainly ready for her closeup in this video 😄😉🐾👀
Little rascal 😂. Always has to be the centre of attention. Thanks as always for the support mate. You have always been there (and Jimmy of course) since pretty much the beginning.
TIM! CONGRATS BUDDY. It's Trav. Little side channel for my terrible art lol. My outdoorsman channel is currently in commenting jail 😂. Came out a seclusion just to tell you congrats! Look forward to many more years of your channel.
Congrats Tim!!! I knew once I saw you drinking "good" beer and playing a little Zappa, that I had come to the right place. It was 36ºC here in South Carolina today..... and "NO" mosquitoes!!! LOL!!! Best Wishes!!!
When I lived in Spain it used to be 40 degrees celcius in the summer. I was working on irrigation a lot. Digging ditches in the sun. Now +20 kills me. I don't care about the mosquitoes it's just too bloody hot. - 20 is fine nowadays though 😂. Thank you very much for the support mate. I am going to pour myself a glass of whiskey in your honor right now. Laphroaig single malt. Cheers
Thanks mate, I am glad that you are enjoying the channel. Unni helps quite a bit I think. Good natured chaos on four legs 😂. Have a great weekend mate.
Congratulations on your 4000th subsciber. Very Happy to see things going so well. Hi Unni, you pretty little wild thing. I'm looking forward to seeing more of life above the arctic circle. Keep on keepin on!
I subscribed after seeing a couple of your knife reviews and enjoying your cadence and musings and the beautiful scenery you record in. Looking forward to spending more time around your channel. Cheers!
Thank you very much mate. There are factors such as good thumbnails, understanding algorithms, titles that people search for and so fourth. There are also many really good channels that struggle to get to 1K subscribers. Thanks for watching the channel mate and I hope you have a great weekend.
Thank you for watching them. Always fantastic to see familiar names in the comments. You have been one of them for a long time so thank you for all of your support over all of this time and I wish you a very awesome weekend.
Congratulations on your well-deserved success! I enjoy your approach and the topics you cover, plus your videos aren't overly long. And Unni is awesome! Cheers!
I always try to aim for about 10 minutes. I think my viewers have a longer attention span than the Ticktock crowd😂. Unni is awesome, good natured chaos of four legs. But thank god there have been no squirrels around the house lately. Glad to hear that you are enjoying the channel mate. Thanks for the support and have a great weekend.
Keep going I like how you present experience comes as with everything I like watching your talk on Sami’s pukkos and there use and how to use them . Ye I got a erapuu 210 do show more or re do some again never gets boring I’ll keep watching 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Plenty more to come mate. I just did a video on Leukus for my Spanish channel as it happens. Thank you very much for your support and I hope you have a fantastic weekend.
Congratulations you deserve even more. I personally really enjoy your content and the fact you take the time to answer questions and comments. As a dog owner I feel your battle. I’m being stood on while texting this. 😊
It's the feet licking that I find really disturbing 😂. Thank you very much for the support mate. I am glad you are enjoying the channel. Take care and have a fantastic weekend.
Congrats brother , LOL Unni says "talk too the butt" 😂 Thats the way to go , rusty old ones are a heck of a lot less money and way more interesting. Now I do like a new toy now and then but, fixin up old stuff and making it awesome again is fulfilling. Even new knife blanks are so much more exciting to build than just buying the $150+ finished ones. Im debating on which knife blank im gonna build this month , probably a Brisa blade again.
Brisa blades are fantastic. But there are plenty of others to choose from. If you make or restore something it makes it very much more your own I think. Puronvarsi blades are very nice too if you want to be posh. I feel posh now I have a Gransfors 😂. Thank you very much for the support mate. Have a great weekend.
Ive been watching for a couple years. Maybe more. I don't think ive commented before. I enjoy seeing what you chose to show and hearing what you have to say. Take care mate.
Awesome well thank you very much for following the channel all of this time. I am glad to hear that you enjoy the videos and really nice to finally hear from you. I know that most people don't comment and it probably is better that way as I wouldn't have time to answer all 4000 of you😂. Still always nice to hear from the people who watch the videos. Thank you very much for the support and I hope you have a fantastic weekend.
A bit disappointed that you can hardly see the axe head in the video. Oh well. It can be in another one 😂. Thanks for watching Dan. Have a great weekend mate.
@KuukkeliBushcraft Cardboard is one of the hardest things to cut smoothly with a knife. To get consistent clean cuts shows the blade is extremely sharp, but holds an edge. Look how fast box cutters wear out for example. Quality blades hold up to abuse like that much better
Thank you very much mister Gabacho 😂. How is Sweden, still full of pretty blondes, you lucky bugger. Miss you mate. Farm full of frenchies at the moment, really hard to communicate, you should have taught me more French 😂🇫🇷. Aurevoir mon ami.
Big congrats 2 u n unni ! Keep vids coming ..the ones of u n the bush r aces ...like wen u put butter n ur cocoa ...a little rich 4 me but dam informative n crazy interesting . No worries n b well from central VA. USA.
Thank you very much mate. Being in the Arctic is a great excuse to consume large amounts of fat 😂. Just as well, I love bacon. Me and Unni will be out in the bush again soon. We have a fantastic new camping spot. Can't wait to show it to you all. Thank you very much for the support mate. Have a great weekend.
Congratulations.. I remember when it was 1k. TH-cam hasn't been giving me notifications lately for some reason. It seems an ongoing issue with my favorite channels. Stay amazing. Again Congratulations
Thanks mate, will be doing a review of the Roselli leuku soon. Hopefully it won't break before I get round to doing the review 😂. Thanks for watching mate.
Bloody hell, I thought you called me honey for a moment 😂😂. I don't want that from someone called Ricky. Thank you very much for the support mate. Have a fabulous weekend.
Will look forward to watching it and your take on it bud. Hopefully soon I will get around to making a modern updated version that can take batoning 🏴🔪
I remember you saying that in one of your Roselli leuku videos. Most leukus have a ferrule instead of a bolster. That really helps avoid the wood splitting I think. Obviously a full exposed tang helps more (and gives a better balanced knife, with something that has such a long blade in my opinion).
I am glad we are singing from the same hymn book bud. We both need blades that are functional and fit for purpose. Looking forward to your take on the LEUKU,s
Good stuff mate - knew you'd get there! Unni on form! Now you're a fully fledged TH-cam influencer, resist the temptation to go in for all that plastic surgery etc. Cheers!
That would be gilding the rose mate. Although I have been thinking, if I monetize the channel now I might be able to save enough for a penis enlargement for my 127th birthday 🤣. Thanks for all of the support mate. Always great to hear from you.
Ara ho parlo malament. Es que mai parlo Català aqui a Finlandia. Es per aixo que ara faig videos en Català i tambe Castella. El Castella parlo millor. Moltes gracias per veure el video amic.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft Amic meu es un plaer perque fa moltissims anys. Abans parlaba millor. Estic fora de practica també! Vull fer una entreviste amb vosaltres, si es que vullen. No tinc limites de temps, pots ser en un any u lo que vulls. ;D
The 'catfood' axe heads are cool !! 😄🍻
I can't say I have ever had a cat food axe head before. I bet Unni was dissapointed 😂🐾
Yes Tim
Go for it.
Brilliant and so well done.
Don’t ever give up and great topic
Jonathan
Thank you very much Jonathan. Have a fantastic weekend buddy.
I got my first Grängors Bruk axe in a hardware/general store in the village of Nenana, Alaska. That was back in 1975, long before the bushcraft movement as we know it today got started. The axe was just a cheap imported axe with a odd colored blue head, it’s what we call a boy’s axe I bought it because it was cheap and I need a axe to go along with my 36 inch (91.4 cm) bow saw to process firewood for the insatiable appetite of the stove I had just made from a steel barrel.
My second Gränsfor Bruks axe was a was given to me by by a guy that I was helping build a cabin. It too had an odd colored blue head. It was a what is called a double bit cruisers axe.In the last thirty years a man was selling fairly expensive axes at a gun show in Fairbanks Alaska. Very nice axes and razor sharp, not painted odd blue. It was the Swedish Forest axe that caught my eye. I didn’t care for its short handle so I knocked it out replaced with my favorite 28 inch(71cm) handle. My last Gränfors Bruk axe was given to me by my my Swedish neighbor for me giving he son rides home from cross country ski practice. This axe is the smooth poll moose skinning hatchet that is perfect for that task, I also use it for chopping out all the excess wood on wooden spoon blanks. It is a scary sharp axe, my friend Ron Salmi used to say, “Spit your gum out when you use that axe.”
Best axes I have used for cabin construction, firewood, moose hunting, camping, fishing, canoe tripping and trail maintenance. Although I am starting to use the leuku more and more often as I get older.
Congratulations on hitting the 4000 subscriber mark, I am happy to be one of them. I look forward to each new video and while I wait for new ones I re-watch the old ones.
Great job!!
Thank you very much for your support Richard. I have a lot less experience with Gransfors axes than you. I have never really seen what the fuss was all about. I remember being dissapointed the first time I used one. It was like the first time I played a Gibson Les Paul guitar. I think I imagined that the guitar would instantly convert me into Jimmy Page😂. Looking forward to getting this one fixed up though. It looks like a small forest axe. I was actually expecting something older and less familiar looking.
Thank you again for the support.
I hope you have a fantastic weekend.
Awesome Tim! Congratulations! Most well deserved!👍
Thank you very much Ilari. Hope you have a fantastic weekend buddy.
Hey Tim bro ! 4K is awesome !! very well deserved too my friend !! ..superb ! Great videos and I always learn so much from you !! Blessings to you and the Unni dearheart ! 🐾She was certainly ready for her closeup in this video 😄😉🐾👀
Little rascal 😂. Always has to be the centre of attention. Thanks as always for the support mate. You have always been there (and Jimmy of course) since pretty much the beginning.
Congratulations brother well deserved Tim. You deserve loads more ,proud of you .God bless you and your family and happy camping 🏕 😀 😊 🙏. Lee
Thank you for your kind words and support Lee. God bless you and yours too mate. Have a fantastic weekend.
TIM! CONGRATS BUDDY. It's Trav. Little side channel for my terrible art lol. My outdoorsman channel is currently in commenting jail 😂. Came out a seclusion just to tell you congrats! Look forward to many more years of your channel.
How dare you speak your mind on TH-cam 😂. Thanks Travis mate. Wow that channel looks great, very different.
Have a great weekend mate.
Congrats Tim!!! I knew once I saw you drinking "good" beer and playing a little Zappa, that I had come to the right place. It was 36ºC here in South Carolina today..... and "NO" mosquitoes!!! LOL!!! Best Wishes!!!
When I lived in Spain it used to be 40 degrees celcius in the summer. I was working on irrigation a lot. Digging ditches in the sun. Now +20 kills me. I don't care about the mosquitoes it's just too bloody hot. - 20 is fine nowadays though 😂. Thank you very much for the support mate. I am going to pour myself a glass of whiskey in your honor right now. Laphroaig single malt.
Cheers
Congratulations Tim , thanks for sharing YAH bless brother !
Thank you very much Michael. God bless you and thanks for the support.
Have a great weekend buddy.
Congrats. I love your vids and your Dog.
Thanks mate, I am glad that you are enjoying the channel. Unni helps quite a bit I think. Good natured chaos on four legs 😂.
Have a great weekend mate.
Congratulations on your 4000th subsciber. Very Happy to see things going so well. Hi Unni, you pretty little wild thing. I'm looking forward to seeing more of life above the arctic circle. Keep on keepin on!
Plenty more to come Chris, don't worry 😂.
Thank you very much for the support.
Have a great weekend mate.
I subscribed after seeing a couple of your knife reviews and enjoying your cadence and musings and the beautiful scenery you record in. Looking forward to spending more time around your channel. Cheers!
Thank you very much mate. I am glad to hear that you are enjoying the channel. Plenty more to come.
Thanks again and have a great weekend.
Congratulations Tim, 4K is great mate! Another entertaining video, as always Unni was the star. 😁😂
Thanks mate, yes the Unni beast always steals the show.
Thanks for the support and have a fantastic weekend.
You should have more. I don't understand how you can get any better. I watch knife reviews, and you are definitely top 5.
Thank you very much mate. There are factors such as good thumbnails, understanding algorithms, titles that people search for and so fourth. There are also many really good channels that struggle to get to 1K subscribers.
Thanks for watching the channel mate and I hope you have a great weekend.
Congratulations to 4K highly deserving subscribers 👍🍀✌️
Thank you very much for the support mate.
Hope you have a fantastic weekend.
Best wishes
Congratulations on the milestone!
Please keep up the great work!
Take care
Graham
Thank you very much Graham, plenty more to come, don't worry about that mate 😂.
Thanks for the support and have a fantastic weekend.
Congratulations Tim!
Thank you for all the videos!
Thank you for watching them. Always fantastic to see familiar names in the comments. You have been one of them for a long time so thank you for all of your support over all of this time and I wish you a very awesome weekend.
Congratulations on your well-deserved success! I enjoy your approach and the topics you cover, plus your videos aren't overly long. And Unni is awesome! Cheers!
I always try to aim for about 10 minutes. I think my viewers have a longer attention span than the Ticktock crowd😂. Unni is awesome, good natured chaos of four legs. But thank god there have been no squirrels around the house lately. Glad to hear that you are enjoying the channel mate. Thanks for the support and have a great weekend.
Congrats 🙂. Thank you very much for sharing all the content and your work.
Thank you very much for watching the videos and for your support.
Have a great weekend mate.
Congratulations Tim! Love what you’re doing.
Thank you very much.
Have a great weekend buddy.
Keep going I like how you present experience comes as with everything I like watching your talk on Sami’s pukkos and there use and how to use them . Ye I got a erapuu 210 do show more or re do some again never gets boring I’ll keep watching 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Plenty more to come mate. I just did a video on Leukus for my Spanish channel as it happens. Thank you very much for your support and I hope you have a fantastic weekend.
Congratulations you deserve even more. I personally really enjoy your content and the fact you take the time to answer questions and comments.
As a dog owner I feel your battle. I’m being stood on while texting this. 😊
It's the feet licking that I find really disturbing 😂. Thank you very much for the support mate. I am glad you are enjoying the channel.
Take care and have a fantastic weekend.
Congratulations, Tim and Unni!🎉
Thank you very much mate.
Congrats brother , LOL Unni says "talk too the butt" 😂
Thats the way to go , rusty old ones are a heck of a lot less money and way more interesting.
Now I do like a new toy now and then but, fixin up old stuff and making it awesome again is fulfilling. Even new knife blanks are so much more exciting to build than just buying the $150+ finished ones.
Im debating on which knife blank im gonna build this month , probably a Brisa blade again.
Brisa blades are fantastic. But there are plenty of others to choose from. If you make or restore something it makes it very much more your own I think.
Puronvarsi blades are very nice too if you want to be posh. I feel posh now I have a Gransfors 😂.
Thank you very much for the support mate.
Have a great weekend.
Ive been watching for a couple years. Maybe more. I don't think ive commented before. I enjoy seeing what you chose to show and hearing what you have to say. Take care mate.
Awesome well thank you very much for following the channel all of this time. I am glad to hear that you enjoy the videos and really nice to finally hear from you. I know that most people don't comment and it probably is better that way as I wouldn't have time to answer all 4000 of you😂. Still always nice to hear from the people who watch the videos.
Thank you very much for the support and I hope you have a fantastic weekend.
Congrats Tim! Here's to the next milestone - 10K!!!
Fingers crossed! 😂. 4K already seems a lot.
Thank you very much for the support mate.
Have a fantastic weekend.
Well done for hitting the 4k target. Well deserved 🎉
Thank you very much mate.
Congratulations Tim! Good find.
A bit disappointed that you can hardly see the axe head in the video. Oh well. It can be in another one 😂. Thanks for watching Dan.
Have a great weekend mate.
Greetings from a Tiny Island in Maine, USA and CONGRATULATIONS on 4K.
You deserve it with your excellent and informative videos.
Keep going my friend!
Thank you very much mate. Plenty more to come, don't worry.
Thanks for your support buddy.
Have a fantastic weekend.
I love the unboxing. Shows the importance of a good sharp knife
I will bear that in mind for my knife reviews. Battoning, feather stick and opening the box of the next knife to be reviewed 😂.
@KuukkeliBushcraft
Cardboard is one of the hardest things to cut smoothly with a knife. To get consistent clean cuts shows the blade is extremely sharp, but holds an edge.
Look how fast box cutters wear out for example. Quality blades hold up to abuse like that much better
Felicitaciones Tim y por muchos y merecidos más. Saludos 👍
Hola Miguel, pues muchas gracias amigo.
Saludos desdel norte.
Muy merecido Tim, muchas felicitaciones! Abrazo argentino desde España.
Again, congrats on the 4K, keep up the good work!
Muchisimas gracias por el apoyo amigo. Que tengas un fin de semana fenomenal.
Un abrazo
Congratulations mate! That's well-deserved ;)
Thank you very much mister Gabacho 😂. How is Sweden, still full of pretty blondes, you lucky bugger.
Miss you mate. Farm full of frenchies at the moment, really hard to communicate, you should have taught me more French 😂🇫🇷.
Aurevoir mon ami.
Big congrats 2 u n unni ! Keep vids coming ..the ones of u n the bush r aces ...like wen u put butter n ur cocoa ...a little rich 4 me but dam informative n crazy interesting . No worries n b well from central VA. USA.
Thank you very much mate. Being in the Arctic is a great excuse to consume large amounts of fat 😂. Just as well, I love bacon. Me and Unni will be out in the bush again soon. We have a fantastic new camping spot. Can't wait to show it to you all.
Thank you very much for the support mate. Have a great weekend.
Congrats! I believe hard work pays off in one way or another. Stay safe out there friend!
Thank you for the support mate. Hard work is also quite fun in this case.
Underrated channel, you rock.
Thank you very much mate. Glad you are enjoying the content.
Plenty more to come.
Have an amazing weekend buddy.
Good job Tim, congratulations mate.
Thank you very much mate. Got to admit I am pretty chuffed at making it to 4K.
Thanks for the support.
Thank you for creating great content and spreading positive vibes!
Thank you for your kind words and your support (for a long time). I am glad you are enjoying the channel.
Congratulations..
I remember when it was 1k. TH-cam hasn't been giving me notifications lately for some reason. It seems an ongoing issue with my favorite channels.
Stay amazing. Again Congratulations
TH-cam can be funny like that. Thank you very much for the support Clark. Have a fantastic weekend mate.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft
Stay adventurous brother
Good on ya, Tim!
Thank you very much John. I hope you have a fantastic weekend mate.
Well done bud. Keep up the good work
Thanks mate, will be doing a review of the Roselli leuku soon. Hopefully it won't break before I get round to doing the review 😂.
Thanks for watching mate.
Congrats homey
Bloody hell, I thought you called me honey for a moment 😂😂. I don't want that from someone called Ricky.
Thank you very much for the support mate.
Have a fabulous weekend.
Excllent Mile Stone!
Thanks Gruggs, really happy with how the channel is going.
Have a fantastic weekend mate.
Will look forward to watching it and your take on it bud.
Hopefully soon I will get around to making a modern updated version that can take batoning 🏴🔪
I remember you saying that in one of your Roselli leuku videos. Most leukus have a ferrule instead of a bolster. That really helps avoid the wood splitting I think. Obviously a full exposed tang helps more (and gives a better balanced knife, with something that has such a long blade in my opinion).
I am glad we are singing from the same hymn book bud.
We both need blades that are functional and fit for purpose. Looking forward to your take on the LEUKU,s
Good stuff mate - knew you'd get there! Unni on form! Now you're a fully fledged TH-cam influencer, resist the temptation to go in for all that plastic surgery etc. Cheers!
That would be gilding the rose mate. Although I have been thinking, if I monetize the channel now I might be able to save enough for a penis enlargement for my 127th birthday 🤣.
Thanks for all of the support mate. Always great to hear from you.
Don't sell out just for the sake of a knob extension - just have a bit of Botox and maybe one of those chimpy lip jobs...
¡¿Parlas Catalá també?!
Tenim moltes coses en común, home.
Ara ho parlo malament. Es que mai parlo Català aqui a Finlandia. Es per aixo que ara faig videos en Català i tambe Castella. El Castella parlo millor.
Moltes gracias per veure el video amic.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft Amic meu es un plaer perque fa moltissims anys. Abans parlaba millor. Estic fora de practica també!
Vull fer una entreviste amb vosaltres, si es que vullen. No tinc limites de temps, pots ser en un any u lo que vulls.
;D
It is a cute bum...
😁
Yes but a stinky one (depending a little on what she has been eating) 😂