Have you seen Wranglerstar's video on screw augers and splitting wood with a screw driver? How do you feel about that? I would think that it would be ok wit a plug in drill but only for something like camping would I use a charge on my battery drill for that since the number of charges is numbered with those batteries. I know the hatchet or axe is the most environmentally friendly and technically a tiny bit of electricity from the grid is an order of magnitude less impactful than the waste created by improperly disposed dead lithium batteries so only use a battery powered drill when absolutely necessary.

Thanks for letting me know it. I seriously can't understand how the noise that's out there becomes so popular.

Yes! And while we're at it, It's a silly ritual to bring a stone to the woods with you. You can sharpen far better back in the shop, and a sharp axe lasts for days. And to use spit? That's not being industrious; it's just stupid.

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If u have spent any time in the woods, you will see a lot of wood on the ground. It needs to be picked up if you have a need n then used. Not all trees will b saved because people can't b every where in every forest. Also there is a thriving bug insect bird world and dead dying trees are a part of their food chain. It is fun to be sitting in the woods quiet and watching nature.

I have not. I've always wanted to try one! There was a 'Wood whisperer' video about those, I think. Maybe check there.

No worries! It keeps the teeth from clogging. In use, it almost feels like a lubricant. The little filings can be blown off or wiped away easily.

pocket83² I see, thanks for the reply. Cheers 🍻

@@bacon81 I was wondering that too, thanks for the answer.

@@pocket83squared shit that's a fantastic idea, does it work with keeping it getting clogged with wood and other materials as well? I find myself too often having to brush out the crap from my file teeth.

That's correct. For safety, I observe all local, state, and federal laws when using an axe.

@@pocket83squared Both stated and unstated, eh?

Everything I have to say about it was covered in the video I made about it. The video about the GRIP hatchet also applies, since they are nearly the same things. Short answer: it'll be fine once you sharpen it.

Hey, you gave me a great idea! A *Wilma Flintstone* necklace! I'll even use new golfballs. She'll love it!

I'm not sure. The only information the old guy at the flea market gave me was that he "ain't goin' lower than 8 for both."

@@pocket83squared I have a hewing hatchet that's ground lopsided like that. The whole head is offset to have a flat face for turning logs into beams. Yours looked like a mass produced attempt to make a specialty tool.

Only "US," and it's barely readable.

There's a big galvanized tub filled with anthracite off to the side. Sometimes I'll throw a lump in, but it gets too hot.

​@@pocket83squared What's your thoughts on climate change/global warming? I know it's a bit of a touchy subject for some in your part of the world (Or it appears that way from my POV).

I'm not sure I understand the question. I mean, I think you know me well enough. Carl Sagan described Venus' 900°F surface temperature and the carbon-rich atmosphere with which it is correlated way back in the 80's. The data was un-ambiguous even then. The model holds up to scrutiny. Arguments defending human expansion for the sake of short-sighted comforts are as poorly rooted in logic as they are in ethics. I'm not going to kowtow to the ignorant and pretend as though there are two equally credible sides to the 'argument.' One is either aware of the process and its causes, or else one is not. A more interesting question (to me) is: _¡What on Earth are we going to do?_ What are your thoughts on it being a "touchy subject" over here?

pocket83² Well with a current president who is a clear and extreme climate change denier, it doesn’t instil our confidence in America to say the least. Especially now with his attempt to exit the Paris climate agreement. As expected with traditional media, “extreme” is what makes the news here, leaving us with little impressions of what the “average” American thinks. And with the internet making climate change deniers more visible, it kind of skews our interpretations further. Does the “average” American care?

To be honest, it's pretty frustrating. The country really is polarized, and half of us honestly believe that there are some valid reasons to think that climate science's projections should be regarded with skepticism. There are talking points here that become clichés, like "I'm not sure that global warming is manmade," or the ever popular "but the Earth goes through natural warming and cooling cycles." It almost feels like I should apologize for my country. Personally, I was lucky enough to receive secondary education in science, but most of us do not. And even with those who do, many of our S.T.E.M. degree programs are far more oriented in job-specific technical training than in conceptual understanding of the natural sciences. This exchange in focus is necessary for the intense specializations that are required in the competitive tech business sector, so the educational process ends up producing some really dumb smart people. Our brains-even the gifted ones-are reactive pattern-recognizing machines; they will print with the colors of ink that are put into their cartridges. To top it all off, the political left has diverged from reality almost as much as its antithesis, which only makes them right on this issue for the wrong reasons: it's not that they understand how peer review works, it's that environmentalism 'seems' or 'feels' right to them, as an evil to fight, and little regard is paid to the fact that capital affords our country its excessive luxuries. Spoiled, idealistic college kids love to protest, but let's see them give up a single amenity-let's say a smart-phone-to improve the actual state of their environmental convictions. Not gonna happen. We clearly have some things to sort out. We have a spherical problem to navigate, and a country that sees only either left or right directional options. Sorry to rant. I'm tired.

Because the metal of the axe head is softer than the metal of the file.

@@pocket83squared all right, I will change my question a bit because that's not really what I meant Why are axes not hardened as hard as a woodworking chisel or plane iron

Some of them are quite hard. Axe heads with really hard edges are more typical with the expensive ones. Of course, with hard comes brittle, and that means that they're also harder to sharpen.

@@pocket83squared thanks, I now understand

Shhhh. Quiet, now. No more stupid for today.

Ruined? Don't be ridiculous. I _am_ a carpenter! The tool was useless the way it was (and dangerous). Maybe it could've been used as a type of spud, but it was just a liability as a hatchet. ... Only a very specific type of user would want something like that: perhaps a hipster tool fetishist, or maybe a commune hippy who wants a hewing hatchet. As a bluejean-wearing man of chainsaws, I am neither. Besides, I think hewing hatchets are typically ground purely to one side.

@@pocket83squaredwell if it function the way u wanted its all that matters plus yeah , a lil dangerous

Eh. It's not much different from a knife: the dull ones are the dangerous ones. They glance. I prefer mine medium sharp.

What kind of d-bag picks up an axe that isn't theirs? The person that does that gets no sympathy when they are hurt.

BeetleBuns maybe a guest or an unattended child?

@@oscarvandermeer9784 perhaps you keep rude guests and undisciplined children around, but people like that aren't allowed in my home.