what sort of axe

[LandRoverMatt]

any one recommend a good axe for a a kid who starting to use axes :zombie-fighting:

[Martin]

I'd recommend a knife. :)

Martin

[LandRoverMatt]

well i never tried splitting wood with a knife so i will try that

[LandRoverMatt]

martin would you know if a 840 mora should split wood or would any knife realy
(carbon)

[Martin]

Yes Matt, look up battoning. I'm pretty sure there's a video on it on the NBC Youtube channel. :)

Check out this video from 2:30, but the technique is shown in several others. http://youtu.be/8xFktKXVGjw

Martin

[LandRoverMatt]

thanks

[Notredame11211]

If you dont like a knife, I would reccomend a hatchet. this Ray Mears video also helps:http://youtu.be/MVXj7JvKpHA

[LandRoverMatt]

thanks for the video

[CanadianMike]

well i never tried splitting wood with a knife so i will try that

As Martin said, batoning.

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Then, if your knife gets stuck, or you need to finish the split because your blade is buried too deep, hammer in a wooden wedge.

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[Martin]

A perfect demonstration of my point Mike, thanks for posting. Hope Matt finds it useful. :)

Martin

[CanadianMike]

Exactly, I was about to post them and a description on batoning, then read yours and just added to it with pics of my own knife and the large task I was doing with it.

Already posted elsewhere, after splitting a few logs like that, and sectioning down to 1/2" thick slices of kindling, I also made some cuts in the edges to try to feather it due to trouble lighting the fire (rain) and keeping it going to the larger kindling, really rough feather sticks, got it going, checked the edge after all that, still shaved hair off my arm, not sticky shaved but took most hairs off per stroke anyways. Trick is having a good bevel on the knife, mine like this has a 14 degree bevel, makes the bevel shoulder do most of the work like a wedge, while leaving the edge mostly untouched except at the beginning. ;)

[LandRoverMatt]

thanks havent had a chance to try using my knife to split but will soon hopefully

[LandRoverMatt]

had a go in the garden was excellent :) thanks guys
proper job

[CanadianMike]

Good stuff, looks like Martin and I were the 'right tools for the job'. Lol

[Bernie]

It's all good - the advice here. But sooner or later your budding bushcrafter will want or need to use an axe, and the Ray Measrs video Martin posted is about the best I've seen on axe use. I wish I'd seen it earlier in my life. I had decent but incorrect advice when I was young. Still, no accidents yet! :D

[LandRoverMatt]

getting the wild life hatchet loved the looks of ashley' one that I saw this weekend

[Woodwose]

Sure enough that’s a good axe, but the Husqvarna hatchet is nigh on near the same spec as the Gransfors wildlife axe and it’s a bargain at £18.85. http://www.worldofpower.co.uk/husqvarna-502640201-hatchet.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=GoogleShopping&utm_campaign=googlebase You won't be disapointed with it.

[JEEP]

Husqvarna axes are made by Wetterlings and are of the same quality. Husqvarna axes are often found a lot cheaper than their Wetterling branded counterparts.