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My kids wanted to chop wood. I told them to look up axe wounds on google. They changed their minds real quick. Great content Mr. Scott 👍

I agree. Have a chat with a few old blacksmiths, they’ll give you some important perspective on handle thickness.

Wow! He took it down with one chop!

My dad also broke his fiskars axe. Now it is a bit shortie hatched. l wonder who designed axes to look like this monstrosity? Surely he took inspiration from stone age binding.

The GBSFA is an excellent tool for its purpose, I don’t have any complaints about the quality of the GBSFA 😊

Blisters. No matter how many times I split wood with axes or mauls I get freaking blisters almost immediately between thumb and pointer finger. Gloves or no gloves my skin is thin and just blister’s up.then Im out of comission till I heal up. Ive even resorted to taping my hands for more time on the log pjle. I guess its jist an affliction and I cant seem to build callouses.

Hey Ben, would you have some recommendations for light, medium, heavy axes I can use for specifically pollarding, I've been using around 2lb billhooks with long handles over the years but some of my trees have branches that would be better to take off with an axe I think so...

You didn’t get the edge of Ochsenkopf into the log for the penetration test. 👎

Jak się sprawuje Husqvarna ? czy jest dobrą siekierą ?

I think exceptions would be stuff like billhooks where the hook bites in and uses a shearing action, and khukuri where the belly is primarily the contact area if one is accurate. I would take a good billhook or khukuri (and have) over any of those fancy sharpened prybar survival knives, both the times I had to 'survive', once due to flash flooding (had to climb a tree to not get washed off, lost most of my gear) and another time due to horrible fog and rain that sent me miles off course (in the mountains, very little visability coupled with terrible brambles) it was my khukuri in one case and billhook in the other that saw me through. Whilst I like these light axes I feel they're less versatile overall.

Not worried about damaging the axe with something in the bark?

i wish i could do this everyday i enjoy it but where im at i dont know where to do this

Idk what more impressive the chopping or that clamp that thing is impressive

I swear I could feel it in my own hand with that trowel

Thanks Ben! Knowing and practicing proper Axemanship in this day and age is more important than knowing how to run and maintain power saws!

I'm glad I came across this video, Thank You

..I`ve read, when you hit it right, the sharp ones go easy through a steel toe cap...

I'm looking fwd to the Ben Scott Axe book with multi angle diagrams if pos... That popular buchanen smith one is toss

Oftentimes loggers on the West coast (of the US) would put 44" or 40" handles on thier Puget Sound pattern double bits. This axe reminds me of a Puget Sound minus the 2nd bit, very long and narrow.

your technique could do with some work young fella .

Nice

I've been watching Ben for years, and it's always surprising how accurate this guy is with this strikes. @08:15 to 8:30ish you can really see how this guy is a gd laser beam. It's crazy

When George did his underhand against you I thought that would have been a do for letting go of the axe?

Just to clarify you actually have to wear chainmail when chopping in the timbersports

Stihl Woodcutter?

THE WORLD NEEDS AXE HANDLES

By a Fiskars block buster. Unreal.

That axe looks at least a pound heavier and being swung twice as hard! But they both are great at what there intended for! Great axes.

How's the Tuatahi holding up?

7:14 And the world trembled when King Tuatahi struck timber! 🪓

Now thats a hit to remember 😂.

The Rinaldi axes are liked in South America, trade axes. So they can make a handle in the wild. Not like us! And they will use the head and a knife or machete to make a new one! The small ones are great camp axes. Instead of whacking a expensive knife. Right tool for the job. Even the caveman understood that! That Muller bits deep! Very nice.

Awesome axe! Been after one for a very long time. Lucky man! Looks brand new! I have seen this pattern in Belize. And without the pole. Trade axes!

Very nice English pattern there! Been looking for one that size for a long time now. Great looking axe!

Chainsaw wins every time for felling

They just like playing with knives! I would only baton sticks in a emergency, not great big bloody logs! That is dumb. All steel will break, just when you need it!

Very nice!

I picked one of their hewing axes, and i am well happy with it. I have been looking for one of the universal ones, it would be a great tenoning axe! Their axes a good, they leave the edge for the customer to finish how they want it. Cuts costs down. Just like husqvarna!

I have quite a few axes, some with 35-36” handles. What I have more of is chainsaws. I have used an axe since I was a boy. I take an axe with me when I cut with a chainsaw, usually one of my Boy’s axes - I have several. My favorite cutting axe is my 50 me on a tree cutting job.year old 4# True Temper with a 31” handle. However, I can still cut with one of my longer handled axes if I desire. I don’t worry about hitting the ground. Like my chainsaws - if I dull out an axe or chainsaw I just grab another one. I do not cut with dull chainsaws or axes. This is why I carry four chainsaws and two axes with

In Aus, we are blessed with an abundance of Jarrah wood, I'm thinking Tasmanian pattern Hultafors 2kg, stuff is so hard and tough

Great videos. Is the Husqvarna a "S" splitting or "A" all purpose type?

Next time use the same technique on the long handles and I'm sure you'll cut better.

its pronounced King EE if you can roll them together even better but King Jee is way off

Imma put racing stripes on my axe and sell it as a racing axe on FB marketplace 🤌😂

Nice racing axe

Get your footholds nice and flat and you’ll have better balance, and more power. Hard on a small block anyways, not a lot of real estate to stand on

Hi Ben, I live in UK and need to replace a couple of axe handles for a few vintage axes I got from Ebay. The axes are mainly for splitting wood for firewood and are around 4lb. One plumb and one HB. Could you suggest a few places in UK to buy the handles without breaking the bank? I can thin them and modify a bit to my liking. I've tried ebay and the handles I received are total rubbish! Thanks

i hope they wear steel toe shoes 😮

Tuku Nang ndi kue? Regane piranan?

Can anybidy help me locate a Rinaldi Calabria in 1.3kg in the UK? I can see the axe heads for sale on ebay, but not the larger sizes, and ideally id want to buy it with a handle Any help would be really appreciated