The Craziest Axe Ever Made!
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Thanks so much for making this video!
I've been waiting!
put the chopper up against a similar sized splitting axe
Wranglerstar Did
Did
You wont to get coffy
Wranglerstar try the test with your 2 worst axes or mauls.
This man is living my dream jus chillin in the woods choppin logs laughing at his own jokes
wish i could do too! :)
For real tho
Honestly. I love this guy's channel
Homesteading is just awesome, such a simple yet demanding lifestyle
First 28 second 27
"Give me the count in the comments."
Wood 2 : Man 0
I’m dying laughing 🤣
Yes
Facts
Throwing shade my dude
@@NothinbutRye Eminem slowing down somebody gotta pick it up
"there's so much to this handle, I can't even tell you. "
_proceeds to telling us_
You’re funny 😆
"I can go on and on all day.." explaining about the axe handle. Explains in less than 5 minutes. Even if it's more than 5 minutes I doubt you can spend all day talking about it's features without mentioning the same thing over and over.
@@insanelogic9955 I was just joking, I like camping/survival tools, that's why I watched the video.
And repeatedly stroke it
@@bassbro1 After watching him stroke that handle when this video first came out, i thought thew next video was going to be him marrying that handle. I think they are at-least dating by now.
Wish I could spend a whole day with this guy doing this and listening to stories
it’s called working at a lumber mill
@@MrAwesome7654 it's called working with THIS guy in the woods doing THIS kind of stuff. Where'd you come up with lumber mill
this is why i love grandparents and their tales
@@MrAwesome7654 I'm sure there is different cool father figures with nuce stories at the lumber mill
I would too but I think my arms would fall off.
I have work in 2 hours...
havent ate anything yet...
never chopped a wood in my life...
why am i watching this?
same here. How did a man chopping wood reach more than 5M views? He looks genuinely passionate, though.
@@MichaelSnidaro I don't know how this guy ended up in my recommended videos he speaks to me like we've been friends forever.
@@jiv32 yeah, he's great! :D
I`m thinking the same dame thing why lord why
So it does take you long to look. I'm sorry, I'll see myself out.
The splitting axe took 28 swings, the maul took 27. Pretty damn even.
Not a pro, but the maul had to be pulled out of the wood after almost every hit, so I would argue more effort.
Maul is heavier and takes more force to operate the splitting axe is lighter and swings faster the down side is it feels like it kicks back or hit something hard similar feeling to a post pounder at least in my experience anyways if ur grip and hands can handle the shock splitting axe is better IMO
@@dentman5679 excellent points.
I myself like to use a maul and an ax and a sledge hammer.
I like a maul that sticks some, so I can pound it through with the sledge with fewest swings. But no can do all day like that. The ax I can swing much longer for those chunks that aren't too tough.
i counted 23 on axe and 27 on maul
@@paulrevere2379, you must be a young fella, and I mean younger than 40. I live in Oregon, my Dad plus quite a few of the other men his age still living around here used to work 12 hour days doing nothing but splitting wood, my Dad is 87 and is still much a man. Different way that generation grew up since we now have so many things automated. I've done my share of wood splitting, but I would never want to do it as a job all day long.
First it was lockpicks. Then it was mouse traps. Now it looks like homesteading is the next randomly interesting thing CZcams is deciding to show us.
Ah so it wasn't just me with the lockpicks, I didn't get the mousetrap ones but I'm here with the woodsman now. I wonder what's in store for us next on this journey.
missed out on the mouse traps as well
lol spot on for me
Lmao I was just watching lockpicking and just before that I watched bee keeping and hive removing
My algorithm must be a few weeks behind yall
This man has a genuine talent of making the viewer seem like a genuine friend of his just sat across from him and its so wholesome
Thats called being a friendly person
Me: lives in the city. Is online with all free time. Will never touch an ax
CZcams: wanna watch a 20 minute ax comparison
Me: of course!
Me too!
I live in the city and i always split wood
You better learn how to properly touch an real ax; momma's boy;
I'm literally all you are except I was literally splitting wood a few days ago
axe
CZcams, you have an uncanny ability to know exactly what I want to watch at 3:00 A.M, even when I don’t.
I am thinking about the big data, terrifying xD
indeed
2am for me
Odd. I too am watching it at 3am. Maybe thats when CZcams feeds people wood chopping videos hahaha
They are watching us.
"iv looked at it, and felt it and studied it" - wish a woman would talk about my wood like that.
Bruh
Damn
"and could go on and on about it all day"
*Whisper*
This fits perfectly with this video
Ew
I’d bet that the vibration from in bouncing instead of sticking causes a lot of that stress on your hands as well. Sticking might be annoying, but it absorbs a lot of the impact.
It's the same mechanism as a deadblow. The vibrations are absorbed by the contraption in the head, rather than your hands. And, if you're wearing gloves (which is pretty common in bushcraft) you'll be fine.
@@hugglepuff1 He literally said in the video that the vibration from the axe made his hands hurt and he wouldn't want to use it for a long period of time.
@@headhunter1945 hence why he said you'll be fine if you wear gloves, which he wasnt
@@Myemnhk Yeah, but he also said the vibrations go into the axe head rather than your hands, and if that were the case you obviously wouldn't need gloves.
@@headhunter1945 true
This guy is the Bob Ross of wood chopping.
Cooper Mccall people still be watch g his vids in 2020 .... damn
Take care of the animals lol
Yes
hahahah
Lol nah buckin Billy is THE Bob ross
He is talking a lot but it is not boring. Rare.
What's more entertaining than watching a man cracking jokes while splitting wood
That's the benefit of listening to someone who knows what they're talking about.
This man is so passionate about it man hes just saying whatever is on his kind
Exactly my thought. I hate rambling but I think it's the homey vibe like a friend telling you a story
This man's relationship and love to axes is so strong that even after death this man will be talking about axes to people
Probably even sleeps and eat with his chainsaw and axes.
It got a little NSFW there for a while when he was talking about the handles!
Pfff you're watching a man play with his wood, and you're worried about handles? smh
NSFW? I'm text lingo illiterate. Sorry
The "pie method" appears to be a choice between dying from a heart attack or giving up and dying of hypothermia.
to be fair, both times he was trying to split right through a knot. That's a sure way to beat yourself up, lol. Normally, you'd move a bit and try a different place.
So true
I used to chop that way just as a pastime. Listening audiobook and chopping wood.
@@dmitriydrozdov1035 I kinda wanna do that now, ngl
If you want to split right through the middle, two relatively small hits in the length on / in the bark, at the most probable place where it will split, helps a lot. Same if you peel off all before, but that's too much work if done manually.
If your axe is already deep in the wood, it may be easier to use a second big sledge hammer (at least 1kg and with long stick) to give the axe a hit from the back to get a final full break through. So you don't need a lot of force to pull an axe out, which may be stuck deep inside, e.g. because of a tree branch obstruction or when your task is cherry tree, thouse are very elastic. If you do that, your axe must be "Bismarck" like (no that's not in honor to the ship, but to his bodyshape lOl), "US-Steel" or "Bethlehem" like, otherwise the iron-body around the handle, were it is thinner, will be deformed. Same is true for Spanish type axe, which may be used for other purposes, like making wood shades. Take care, cheap "cold" pressed "supermarket" or "internet axes" may be deformed like butter when you do these hit from the back. Good old steel axes from Grandpa may perform much better if you hit them on the back, as they may be made in older Siemens Martin steel slow approximation processes to get the most ideal base material, with added new material from the ores, not only scrap with tons of titanium paint traces and zinc which both results in quite some metallurgy problems. These old steel axes were made with tons off passion and more time, so making a new handle for these old "ugly" rusty axes is worth to do it, despite the handle price may be close to a new color full painted axe!
My dad split in 82 and never came back, I'd say he's the king.
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@@woodendoor2719 nice!
Mr Sir dang man lol that made me laugh. That’s funny
...dark
O O F
My Grandpa was so tough, he would just yell at the logs and they just split apart
sheeeeeeesh
@@grimrabbat8397 😂
You somehow ommited the brigade of younger men that follow grandpa's orders...
efficient
I need to learn from your grandpa.
Another advantage for the "Bismark" one is the turning ability after you've sunken the axe in the wood thanks to its narrower edge.
Why do I have this in my recs, especially 1.5 years after release?
Watched it to full extent though. Find it strangely satisfying.
Same, I don't watch anything remotely related to this
same... 2019
CZcams pushing random content to people? I’ve never watching any content remotely similar to this. Still watched it all though.
Same
same
but i guess i diont mind
this guy loves what he does. this vid is literally like showing a friend your hobby. got a like from me for sure. great job
"HMS Bismarck"
American education system at work.
I was going to write the same thing!
"don't take me long to look at somethin" - WWII veteran, probably
lol
Idk if I get it, but can you explain the punchline?
@@MrCacheo basically the joke was that the guy put the super hot metal jack back without making a fuss and claimed that the only reason he put it down was that he didn’t need a long time to look at it. Just a funny little story
@@skydra5551 Thanks so much! So funny now 🤣
My grandfather taught my father who is now 94 that you never chop the log on the close side to you on the edge but rather on the far side edge. If it skips or splits it will go right into your leg the way you demonstrated. On the far side it can't. Sometimes the old-timers know best .
The old timers gotta show us young ones some tricks to make life easier
Thank you Jim
@@GunslingerRose its a shame that alot of them cant anymore
@@marijafrankovic1959 no thanks to you, adolf.
@@IAMmrhardcore Oh come on Adolf was just an aspiring artist, his works are amazing, seen a few in Paris
this man deserves a medal of honour, so positive in what he does. put me in a happy mood watching him show such passion into what he does. for that you deserve a like and subscribe!
Aw, that's nice and wholesome haha
It’s called volition not work.
I thought it was 28 each, but either way it was a tie.
not hard to be positive when you can edit out all the m f'er and som bitches yourself
A medal of honor? Those are usually reserved for acts of extreme valor in times of war or other situations that require one to put themselves in life threatening peril to save others from certain death. Don't think chopping wood quite qualifies.
this man reminds me of my grandfather a lot who passed in late 2016. while my grandfather was more of a fisherman than a woodsman, they have the same personality and are quite alike with their work ethic. love this guys content
Hope your grandad rests well man I feel the same though my grandad isn't dead makes me feel like I'm spending quality time with him as I can't in lockdown
@@toostoopid5849
Who's going to stop you? You're not in America are you? Don't let the government tell you you can't see your family.
As long as you retain and pass on what he taught you, his wisdom will last forever.
Sir, the only thing I would like to add, my dad taught me to split a line across the block. Don't keep hitting the same place. It always worked with me. But I understand that it's different wood, and environment.
"I'm going to make a comparison video to see which axe cuts better!"
...
"You guys count, I got enough to worry about!" 😂
I didn't notice whether or not you did this, but the very center of a tree is not always in the center. When you're splitting a log, you may notice the the center of that log usually favors one side or the other. The log will split much easier if you keep the shortest distance to the center towards you. It does work.
Remember the Monster Maul?
I bought one to split oak.
That big solid triangle never got stuck.
No vibration except the ground trembling.
It was heavier to lift but one blow did it.
9:00 the way he talks about that axe handle is the same way i wanna talk about my future wife
Thought the same ;)
Lol a little thicker up here and it just tapers down.... :l
Strong and thick
A nice big swell, I know because I have studied it. I love this.
😂😂😂that’s awesome
This reminds me of me trying to figure out how my Grandpa could split wood all day with a standard axe (no sledge, blade on both ends), and I was just huffing and puffing with my chopper.
I don't know if he could 'read' the grain or what, but he would literally just sort of score the top of the wood with three decent strikes, so it ran all the way across, then he would really heave it dead center and it was like they just flayed apart like nothing in one, at most two strikes. Then the halves and quarters were just one hits every time. He passed away at 89 years old, and he was still chopping wood that afternoon. Never seen anything like it.
WTRiver Your story is so heartwarming to read! Thank you for the comment that was quite uplifting :)
Probably experience seems like he's been doing that a long time and after a while its something that you can do
@@genericasianperson6405 - Oh yeah, I'm sure the 75ish (or more) years of practice made all the difference. lol. It was truly amazing to watch those giant sections just explode apart from such a lightweight axe. I'm sure it had everything to do with how razor sharp he kept it, how he scored it, and how he tweaked the head of the axe at just the right time or whatever. Who knows for sure. It's a fond memory that I'll always remember about him. Sorry that he is gone, but it was great having him as long as we did.
@@MandrakeDCR its like me and my grandma at sewing I had to repair my sister's toys before so im quite decent at it but its nothing compared to what my grandma can or most older people back then they made a whole lot of things by hand so you can see things like dresses or anything just fly from their hands
@@genericasianperson6405 haha sorry but at first I thought I read grandpa an i sewing... I was like wtf is this a joke aha then I re read what you said makes sense now.
I can't think of a better video to be watching on a Friday at 2 am
ive never liked splitting wet wood i would always dry my wood before splitting it you could split most of those logs in 1-2 strikes when dry, the wet fibers have more strength and dull the transmission of the impact
I can hear the water every time he chops.
Wet (dripping) wood splitting was a punishment when I was in the army...
Have you ever split Ironwood? Drier is ,older growing STRONGER. Like glue setting. Wet isnt good, but this 1...wet is much better. OLD outdoors kings, 70 80 yr olds said. Plan it, do it quick, be done.....tomorow is too late...saws,drills,ax heads will dull in half the time as green. Name may be a local unofficial name.
It feels like this guy is my dad and I'm out chopping wood with him while he tells me stories
bro
i was thinking the same thing
most underrated comment.. hands down.
6:40 I've got an exam coming up tomorrow but instead of studying, I'm listening to a grown man gush about and lovingly stroke axe handles for 5 minutes.
I used to split wood for my Dad in high school. I loved learning from him then and now. I love watching your videos because they are so interesting and remind me of being a kid helping my Dad with projects. I enjoy listening to you explain tools' purpose and how to's and sharing best method tips just like he did. Never gets old. Based on some comments it seems you are a surrogate for many who didn't have the same opportunity to learn from a great Dad. Keep up the great work! Thank you so much! 💓 🥰😍
" Don't take me long to look at something."
I actually did laugh out loud at that story.
That sounds like the guys I grew up around.
I want a man who speaks about me like this man speaks about handles.
will you be my handle ?
Be communist. Would you be our handle? 😂😂😂
will you be my wooden handle? ..... wait a minute...
Han Yolo in these same comments might be your man.
@@hugolangelotti6285 Can you uhm.. Handle this? 😁
I require a tight grip sometimes.
We all know he wanted to call the handle 'sexy'.... just couldn't get himself to say it
timothy Roosa he did say how much he appreciates how well it’s HUNG!
I spent many a weekend with the chopper as a teenager in upstate NY - it was my favorite compared to the "monster maul" with its hollow metal handle and heavier overall weight. The worst wood to split was elm.
You were able to split elm!!! :)
Where I grew up in Upstate there was plenty of elm and a dairy farm about every 4 miles. The elm's gone and so is the small dairy farm. Note: American Elm at least. I figure then guy who invented the log splitter had American Elm in mind.
I love how you can genuinely watch these videos for the plot he adds so much more to his content like little stories and bits of knowledge that was passed down to him, all of the videos are friendly you can genuinely tell he wants to teach us this stuff. Now to mention how much effort he puts Into making each video its heart warming to see. Someone please get this man his own TV show. Thankyou for making content for us ❤
I’m driving to get a hydraulic log splitter after the first 10 min.
I like to mill it as much as possible and makes stuff with it parts I don’t use gets Burned
For real. I’ll take my 27 ton splitter over busting wood with a manual tool any day.
I prefer the manual spliting, because The logs look nicer. Stupid thing, I know 🤦🏻♀️.
@@geraldblumer9999 it’s get of some anger from swinging an axe to
It was 27 each believe it or not.
27 for the maul, 28 for the splitter
@@NicoBlack69 I agree
He missed a few times with the splitter tho
Thing is I can’t tell cause I can’t count so thanks for telling me
He also didnt pry it apart with the splitter like he did with the maul
When I was much younger back in the late 70's I used a Chopper 1 to split all my oak firewood. What a nice tool! It worked very well for me, but now that I'm 75 I use an axe with a 3 pound sledge. Don't know what to do with that big stuff though.
I grew up cutting and splitting wood for our old wood stove and I have used the single, double head axes and also the splitting maul. The chopper you were using was off balance weight wise because of the design flaw in the head. The same thing happens if you use a single head and you damage the flat side of the head during use. Another thing is the way you used them, you held onto the end of the handle during your swing putting all the weight on your shoulder like a baseball bat. I'm a bit smaller in height and frame so I use more of a one hand slide technique where I let my right hand slide down the handle when I swing letting the weight of the axe head do the work so I don't tire out my shoulder and it reduces the vibration from the handle. You might like to try that technique and see how well it works for you.
Why am I here if I don't chop wood but very satisfied with the video
Halla Bb right lol knowing damn well if i did its gone be powered
Same here, I don't know anything about tree types but here I am watching someone chop wood.
It is very fun. Except when you are basically throwing an 8lb object at a piece of wood over and over and over again. Then it is tiring.
it's a man thing ya know :)
Because you enjoy living in the information age and all its benefits.
this mans accuracy with an axe is godlike
I thought it was horrid
I lived in Northern British Columbia where woodstoves are considered as on of the biggest draws for older homes. Seen amd done a lot of chopping. He is very very accurate.
@commandante hodgson you're prob worse than him
@@littlebittathisnthatfirear8048 You have no idea what you are talking about dude :D
@erozpl01 lmfao I'm just stirring pots. 😂😂
Enjoyed talking with you on you handling your wood, you seeming very proud of your lumber. I'm impressed, most guys don't take care of their wood the way you do anymore. Thanks for the video man.
The splitting axe had 28 swings on the pie method and got a Y-shaped split, the German maul however had 26 swings on a thicker and knotted piece, Germans for the win
Plus.....he was already tired,some, breathing hard before using the maul. So...fatigue matters.
German axe got stuck a lot more though. and it's harder work to swing a heavier axe. I'd say they're nearly even. But the German has fewer parts to maintain.
"Don't take me long to look at something." HAhahhahaha
I absolutely lost it at that hahaha
Me too
i liked the video because of that story "don't take me long to look at somethin"
Anthony Rasmussen it wasn't even that funny.
That was a moment worthy of Ralph waldo Emerson.
Riboflavin , A saying worthy of a tee shirt with a WrangleStar logo. I like pockets on my t-shirt.
I've heard the same story with horseshoes and potatoes.
Joel Wetzel
Yeah I don’t even find the story funny.
I’m fifteen and just got back from my grandparents and I was helping my grandfather spit fire wood cause he’s been having trouble with his back and had a huge pile of wood for me to plot and the one thing that made it go fast was that exact splitting axe and yes it does really get to your hands after a few hours of splitting wood
This man is a great product endorser . His passion for these axes has me excited about it and I'm no lumber jack.
> What kind of exercise you do to get these arms!
"I'm a youtuber."
Context was never said.
More need not be said.
You keep doing or you start panting for breath by swing 15 of ineffective, inefficient swings.
Shout out to this man for being the only mans able to start a chain saw on his first pull
Suzanne Neu
It’s all about how your saw is tuned, really.
I can hot start mine in one pull. Cold start is usually 2-3. Depends on how well you take care of it
Haha I understand. Starting my own stihl the first pull also. It depends on settings.
Not sure how I came across your channel, but watching you makes me wanna learn to camp.
Such beautiful scenery, the absolute passion you have for this.
Please don't stop, raise a prodigy for your channel.
My dad's had one of those mauls for years,I've always thought it was the most ridiculous thing I've ever used.
You were stroking that handle so much I started to get a little uncomfortable.
Dasdfjkl lol
Sir Strokes A Lot.
😂
You beat me to it... buahahahaha
pun intended..
very homoerotic wranglerstump.... ug.... gross
Why? Do You have some sort of a handle thing yourself? :D
First one 28 chops
Second one 26 chops
27
Also, his swings were progressively weaker with the second tool (the heavier splitting maul) than the first (splitting axe).
giovaniThanks you just saved me some time. Is he still alive or dead from cardiac arrest.
Claws = 28 & Bismark = 27.
He missed his mark (waste) 3 times with the first one.
i also now remember this little story, years later. it's endearing.
"We've got to have consistent wood."
~Every woman over 40.
lmao
My grandpa told me a similar story to yours but instead of a jack it was a freshly forged horse shoe that was cooling on an anvil. The guy picked it up and quickly threw it down and when he was asked if it was hot he simply said that it didn't take him all day to look at a horse shoe.
That's the one I heard lol
I worked in a blacksmith shop in Comanche TX, and my boss the owner told the same story , but the reply was "nope it don't take me long to look at a horse shoe".
Close enough I'd say to be the same story.
Was your Grandpa named Ken Cr***r?
Gabby
Gabby B Nope, were from Southwest Missouri
Doughboy1941 No kidding?! I live in Southeast Kansas, small world!
I don't get the joke. Maybe it's a language barrier, but can someone explain to me what that response means?
I do this for a living and hearing him talk about his tools is amazing... It really gave me a different out look on my job
Your passion is infectious, and you convey that love of good design so well! Thank you for this!
"HMS Bismarck" killed me-
Hey Wranglerstar...,I got to tell you this.....there is something about you...an honesty...an appreciation for the simple things-like your eyes glow when you go on and on about the Bismark...like the little comments about tiny things- the way your look touches things which grew on you.......There is not the tiniest doubt in my mind....you are a young man with old values....a fine and skilled person...one of a few who have one thing in common....you do walk exactly like you talk....May you never change young man....all the best from an old spirit.Cheers,Roger
Agreed Mr golf
2233golf2 can you... put... any more... elipses... in... a comment.
I also totally agree
Use a comma
I... agree... with... you... too...
@@jacobkeary6740 hey you....I am so sorry.....you are right about using a comma ,but when I wrote my comment ,I only had exclamation marks and question marks to my disposal,-as you can see,this has changed...cheers.
I used to like chopping kindling when I was a kid. With my grandfather, and with my father. One time I was cutting up some kindling with my dad and the axe bounced off and hit him in the toe. He was literally hopping mad! Grandma and Granddad had a wood stove that we would cook on. We had a normal stove too, but we used that one a lot because we liked it and the wood was free. We lit the fire every day, to heat the house or make tea or porridge on it and Granddad and I would go out with the trailer and collect wood. I've been over 20 years since I last split logs and I never thought about missing it until I saw another guy commenting that he'd never chopped wood. That just doesn't seem right to me.
I get a familiar feeling watching this guy. Like you are listening in to stories a family friend is telling to one of your parents. It's a warm and welcome feeling.
wow that is a truly enthusiastic guy talking about axes with undeniable & contagious passion. kudos
"Don't take me too long to look at something" lmfao
I don't get it
@@mrz9235 I was quoting the punchline from the funny story he shared while sharpening his chainsaw
@@Kyle-xi8up yeah, we know. Did you not read his comment? He said he doesn't get it.
Corbin maybe he should try getting it.
@@mrz9235 I didn't get it either, looked it up. It's an old joke typically about a hot horseshoe. The joke is it's so hot that the person picks it up and immediately let's go because it's burning his hand. Instead of admitting it burned, he acts tough and says he just doesn't need to take a lot of time to check it out.
When he says "oh yeah" when he split the wood 😂😂😂
Ey Du it’s intensely satisfying :)
When he spends 5 minutes stroking the wooden shafts...
I dont think ive seen a man stroke his maul handle so lovingly.
I’ve never seen a man so knowledgeable swing an axe like that. Unless it’s a different technique, I was shown to have hand at the top and as you rear back and swing you slide the hand down to have a perfect hard strike every time
That's the case for regularly chopping wood. For splitting it's different because of the stance.
I want a friend like him
"Theres no knot there." As he swings 37 times directly through what clearly was a branch lol 😆
YES, I saw that, too! gotta give the edge to the chopper for that!
🤣🤣🤣
You are genuine, self effacing and funny. A good combination. Great vids, keep them coming.
I don’t know what is so hypnotic about your videos but they really are lovely.
I bought a Chopper 1 at a yard sale that was NEW and never used. Cost me $5! I fell in love with it when I started splitting wood for winter. It out performs all of my standard axes. It took the effort out of splitting wood for me so much so I was chopping more wood and when I ran out of wood I was disappointed. The pieces just fly apart and it never got stuck
Made a believer out of me. I didn't feel any vibration or pain problems, maybe because I wear gloves but mine was so comfortable I wanted to keep going. I can't say enough good things about the Chopper 1.
Born Again Torinos other axes but no maul soft wood splits with sharp axe oak with maul
really dont care about axes more splitting wood but i could watch your videos for days man. You love what you are talking about and i dig that. Really enjoy this video
I have no idea how i got here and that's why I stayed.
My dad had a chopper 1 in the early 80s. Now I use that same axe with original handle. I love that axe, works like a charm.
Videos like this really help me appreciate my log splitter. Quartered 15 rounds while holding a beer in my hand over 4th of July.
Truest part of watching this video was you exhausting yourself splitting these chunks. Did the same myself and was dead tired after splitting only a few pieces. Finished off the rest with a pneumatic driven rail splitter that saved a lot of time for other chores. Thanks, Cody. Always enjoy watching a man who believes in himself and seamlessly relates to others. God bless.
I wish I had that pain resistance to calmly reply: "Don't take me long to look at somethin'."
Thanks for sharing, it was great to see you having fun!
This wood looks so hard damn never taken me more than 5 hits to split a log
This man describing the axes is like me for essays lmao
Sir, couple weeks ago I decided I needed to go to the family's lands and work for a while. Your videos have been highly instructive and I would like to thank you for that.
Greetings from Perú.
The specific utility of the levered axe is its behavior when used on softer woods.
with a harder wood, the better axes to use are the types that use kinetic energy to penetrate the material, meaning a greater length from the handle to the blade, as well as a greater weight. The functionality of a hardwood axe relies on its ability to drive as much rear weight into the wood as possible, meaning that it needs to be longer and heavier to back up the edge.
as far as softer woods go, the primary issue is separating the wood once you've driven into it, since it's much easier to get the tool into the wood.
that levered axe uses the spare energy from driving into softer wood, and instead of carrying the motion into the wood like you need in a hardwood, it's designed to dump that spare vertical kinetic energy out to the sides.
doug fir is a nice middle ground for hardness, so neither axe was able to demonstrate its specific talents.
if you were to throw that "german" maul at something like mahogany, I'm sure it would put the levered axe to shame
if you were to use the levered axe on a softer wood like pine, I'm pretty confident that it would outperform the maul
as far as the classic doug fir goes though, I think you have to tackle it with a tool that behaves like doug fir does.
you need an all-rounder of kinetic energy, light weight, and comfort without vibration.
I have a sneaking feeling that Cody prefers the Granfors-Brooks forest axes because that's exactly what they're made for.
if you read this whole thing, thank you, and Jesus loves you.
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Ive watched this video countless times. It was 23 swings with the chopper one and 27 with 27 with the maul. Mt grandfather used the chopper one for years , and when he passed my dad took it and had it for years. Its what i learned on and what i will only use as i get older. Happy birthday America !
Chopper works well in dry, non-conifer woods. All of these soft wet woods keep the wings from working.
chopping wet wood is hell
but you'll have the most awesome back muscles at least.
In which a guy rambles on about the benefits of two different schools of thought on splitting logs for me, a person who has nothing to gain from knowing which splits logs better.
The Information Age, what a time to be alive.
Skraith but now you know
1337Sauce You’re going to have to explain that insult to me, friend
and knowing is half the battle
AND Then 😳 After Went ON & ON in the Whambalance 🤯 whaa whaa 🚑🚑🚑 FOR OVER 15MITS he's wife said stop fooking Talking about cutting wood & JUST CUT SOME
Skraith you too, huh?
Cody....
I appreciate you for making videos ..because you is helping lot of begginers in this field...
Like me
I’ve had an old “chopper 1” for years.
I split oak with it every year.
I love it.
In your “pie split” comparison, your “Bismarck” split about 5 swings less.
Good test.
This is just such a wholesome video, it's far more therapeutic than it is analytical.
Bismark-27 strikes
Chopper1-28 strikes
lol, the "bismark" ha ha ha
Bismark 2 pieces
Chopper1 3 pieces
Chopper 1 has less weight too
Yes
Cutting your wood a year ahead and letting it season before you chop it - 3 strikes, and often times only 1.
I've long looked for the black splitting axe. 35 years ago I borrowed one for some work and man. Had to give it back. Such is life.
I love your channel because you remind me of my old scoutmaster who would likewise tell these wonderful stories.