I remember when I was a kid in the woods with my grand paw, who was a feller when he was younger, and by this time he was well into his 80's, and driving his own log truck. He use to carry me with him occasionally, we'd go into the forest way off the main roads down these tracks that were basically just ruts he'd made driving back and forth through the trees until he got to the sections they were felling. The men all carried old McCullough chainsaws, some were the old ones with the red rosters. But they all carried a two bit axe with them, and when they were taking a break, are eating lunch you'd see the older ones with a round stone in their hand steadily making small circles the entire length of the edges. Occasionally they'd spit on the stones, and look at the edge, occasionally run their thumbs along the edges. When they were happy with the results of their efforts, they'd kinda reach out one handed with the axe, and with no effort take a one inch sapling down as if it was soft butter. Then flip the axe over to the other edge, and cut it off right at ground level. I asked him about why they cut it down with two different sides of their axes.. He told me one was never to touch the ground, and was for cutting limbs off, and the other one was for anything close to the ground that way they always had a sharp axe blade for the serious work, and one that they didn't care if they dulled it during the day's work. I said they never touched the ground, he said they weren't working just checking their edges as he spit bunch of old brown mule plug tobacco juice on the end of one of the cut saplings. Sides they know that I ain't gonna be driving through here, and so they ain't worried about poking no holes in my tires. They all laughed at that one, and off they went back to doing their jobs spreading out as they went. That was a long long time ago, and don't no one bother with no axe work, it's pretty much just a sledge hammer nowadays for the ones still hand cutting, majority is all done by machines except the really big ones, are they can't get machines onto the side of the hills.

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Beautiful axe. I have a small hultafors and it shaves!

Just subscribed. Out in R9me NY and saw your truck. Nice dodge and anyone who swings a hammer and drives a Dodge gets my sub.been a blacksmith since 14 I'm 50 now. Had everything from a fisher to a Arm and hammer. You know your stuff.

Very Sharp 🪓 👍✅

Nice glasses Tim, and great tips!

who's the new guy?! it's 2 videos in a row...we need an introduction. 😃

Proud of you Tim! You're doing a great job with the videos! Also, you look great in glasses. Adds personality!

Very nice job. Thanks for taking us through the process. I'd love to upgrade to a variable speed belt sander someday. Neighbors who bring over raspberries are the best kind!

Timothy this video is so helpful and definitely useful video explaining this. Thanks so much sir. Can't wait to see more updates an projects and many more videos soon my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep forge lit. Keep Making. God bless.

Checking on the axe I paid for in full pre ordered a while ago.....

Best use of a ULine catalog I've ever seen. 😂

use the belt between the tracking wheel and the platen if you want a decent section of slack belt

Great video! I suggest investing in a rotary platen

If you want more slack belt space you could just loosen the top bolt on the platen and tilt it back at the top, giving you some more space. Get a quick adjust handle bolt to make it a really quick process too.

Thanks for sharing, always looking forward to whatever you’re working on! Also looking forward to my bottle opener, should arrive soon, customs seems to take their time!

get a rotary platen for that grinder.

Good work on the axe sharpening instruction. If you need more room for slack, you can use the section before or after the platen as your slack belt. I would recommend the bottom so you don’t have the danger of an axe flinging towards you if you lose your grip. Also, when are the center punches going to be ready. I need an upgrade.

You could probably use like a piece of bicycle inner tube and double sided tape to put on that top steel wheel 👍

Cuts better then my knife at home 😮‍💨👌🇦🇺

3:33 bro that pinky finger looks alien😳

Hey Tim, who's the big bearded viking dude in the background at the end of your video? Is it the new Martin?

is there a special rubber contact wheel for that grinder? I see ones that look like they will fit for under $300. why wait till next year to upgrade?

How much for just the axe head??

Tim wondering where is the axed that I ordered ?

Where is my order, order # 1178