I'm 69 and, I'm brushing up on my long ago bushcraft skills from my pass, and am passing what I remember onto my grandkids but I'm learning a lot more then I ever knew from all of your videos! Thanks so much for sharing with us!

4 years ago, and still super legit and valid today. Cheers. Great throwback.

they are very short but informative videos that you make, but I absolutely love them. succinctly we say here in Holland Dan, I've been following you for a while, if I had lived in America I would certainly have looked you up to take a course. 

I love your videos, and I know this was shot several years ago, but the wind turbine just kills the bushcraft ambiance! Ha!

Just made my first Wooden Baton and it came out great, thanks for the vid.

stumbled across your channel, now my fav. Calm concise lifesaving knowledge. thank you ,God bless

I’ve watched 8 or 9 of your videos now and am very impressed with range of knowledge, Thanks, new subscriber

This video is incredibly helpful. I brought a mallet last camping trip. This is a fast way to make one wherever you are. Thank you

That tip about using the saw blade as a depth gauge is quite useful and handy. Used it today to make a beauty maul out of a gorgeous piece of birch. Thanks!

Awsome videos sir! Thanks for all the great information!

Nice job, anything that makes your life easier is a major boost for both a person's morale, and lessens physical wear. Even simple things like a maul can make you feel human again.

I love the trees creaking in the wind. Makes me think of the Maine woods.

Always good to watch!

Another outstanding teaching. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for this demo. Simple and right to the point.

Hey Dan!! I recalled this same video of yours maybe 18 months or so back in time!! AND I FINALLY found AND bought some short White Birch logs & pieces. Planning on making one or two batons PLUS two or three mauls similar to your FINE examples in your video!! If the little bit of rain will hold off, I will get started right a way!! See ya Man. I look forward to perhaps meeting you in person sometime!! Keep up the Good Work!!

I really like the demonstration of the thought process that produced the maul. Clear and concise. Readily applicable to any bushcraft task. Thank you!

I love these kinds of videos, keep showing how to make cool camp stuff i can't wait to use this one!

Love your videos, they inspire me to get out and do SOMETHING! Thank you.

This is so cool thank you coalcracker

I totally relate to those last statements you made. Nice demo Dan.

I've finally found someone to subscribe to who is really a bush craft practitioner.

Thanks for posting that! A very handy tool to have around and your instructions were perfect.

Great work Dan, I love the look of the birch. I've made a few mallets like that but the look of the birch beats our oak and dogwood. We have some ironwood though that is touch as steel!

I think it's important to note the difference of longevity between a single piece and two piece maul. With a two piece maul you have the ability to attach the maul head horizontally orientated so that the flat end of the grain is always taking the force which is the strongest orientation, the way the orientation is with a single piece of maul is you're constantly hitting the wood at its weakest points in between the grains increasing the likeliness of splitting, also when it dries its nearly impossible to stop it from checking as one piece. and if it does break, for example if you mis-swing and break your handle its super fast to replace with 2 pieces, but with one you have to stop and remake the entire thing again. Just something to consider. For longevity, two piece maul might be best.

Again, such nice and educational videos. You could just as well be a school teacher the kids would remember forever, hehe. Thank you! Greetings from Germany

I like the choke bump idea

Love the Bushcraft wind mill on the hill in the background over your right shoulder..

bro your the man I can't wait to get my patches in the mail and get them on my bag thanks for all the tips and keep making videos

Bushcraft is one of the most awesome things on earth..

I am completely digging your bushcraft wind generator in the background. Awesome! j/k, have found your videos very informative, and even entertaining. Great work!

Had made one of these to months back , very useful . Great tutorial .

Thanks for this video. I actually made one of these once to craft log furniture, but I didn't know the secret about using a knotted section for the striker part. Mine didn't handle the pounding too long. I ended up duct taping it together just to keep it going through my last project. I'm looking forward to making a new maul this way.

That saw cuts nicely! Cool project. Too cold to do that here now, without a good sized fire! Take care.

Fortunately I have one my father handed down to me. A treasure for me as well as light weight highly functional water proof match safe. Great stuff from Marbles.

Great vid. Thanks for the full explanation on the saw work, I would loved to have seen it in action...but its probably a gift.

Very cool. One improvement you could make..... add 2-3 inches to the handle end. But when whittling down the handle leave not only a bulge at the top end towards the maul head where you can get that good grip you were describing, but carve a big ball at the end of the handle. This allows you to use it more efficiently with less muscle fatigue when making many swings. It's the same idea as why forestry axes for felling, wood splitting, etc have bulbous ends. It allows more work with less muscle fatigue. Cool video btw. I'm now a subscriber!

Great to have a several mauls of different sizes.I love those bow saws. I have two "antique" ones I got in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont in the 80s. They cut like a chainsaw, and are more controllable.

This is freegin awesome thanks mr. Coalcracker!

I love it. I’m making one in the spring.

Awesome instructions! Love the channel!

Great video and awesome instruction

Best Advice Ever😉 Greetings from Poland:)

I'll make one of these tomorrow and thro you out a shout out Mr.Dan! Stay blessed bruv! Cheers, Jerbs

Having watched various videos there appears to be different mauls for different tasks and where you're at whether in the woods or in the shop. And of course personal preferences, big and small.

That was really cool. Handy for driving tent pegs into the ground, I'm sure

Can't wait to make one ..thanks brother

Found my next project. Thanks!

Very helpful. Thank You.

Great vid! I'm 62 and none of my friends like to camp or bushcraft. I'm in hell!

Love your videos man

A proper whacking stick is always part of my brush craft stuff. Good for finishing off small game and fish , you can hurl it at things, and batoning. I personally like longer whacker than a maul but has a tool they work great

Nice work Dan, thanks for sharing…..Ed

Great video!

Cool! Love ur vids!

So cool. You made it look like say. Looked you up after reading New Yorker article by Dorothy Wickenden about writer Wendell Berry. He told her about making a maul, and how the head should be the “gnurly, gnarly” part of the wood (even the rooty part from just under the soil) because that is the strongest, like the knots and burls that you mentioned.

Nice job man!

Nice and simple👍

Very cool…and easy!

Sorry, you made it look easy!

Awesome video thanks

I see the big wind turbines in the background. Those things are massive and all over that area. They start right around Centralia. Oh and another great video! You're really cranking them out! It's a great time of year to be out in the woods though. I'd imagine you wind be making any the next two weeks though with deer season here. Good luck Monday!

Sick beard Dan!

Very nice!

Those 'fingerless' gloves are also a 'pro tip.' I have a good carving maul and I would take that with me 'car camping' where wood harvesting is discouraged. Otherwise, I am continually amazed that his viz bushcrafters put off making a useful maul for their bug out camps...or a sawhorse. I notice they are all younger than I am and probably that are a lot more bendable than I am. I like that 'bump' grip for functionality but it also 'classes up' the design. A solid head seems to be a key point.

Great video

Like the video Dan, thanks!

Outstanding!

Great tool.... I'm making some...thx

I see the windmills in the background. I live in Pennsylvania and I have those right in my backyard too. I can only think of a couple places that have them ,so I bet we're pretty close.

Thanks for sharing!

Ok... No laughing... Seriously, you can laugh...🤪 I tried the maul! Did it with a kitchen knife, and burned it with a blowtorch. My maul attempt is funnier than YOU tackling the (deer) target!! Just funny! Thanks for your videos. I try to mimick them, because you make them LOOK easy...then I try a few more times... Home the skills! Never know when we might be called upon to do this to save lives...

Brilliant!

I have a piece of cherry wondered what to do with it thank you for the instruction I think I'll make a maul 🦆🚶

Love it!!!!

really cool!!

Good video.......👍👍👍👍👍

very good video

Very cool . . . more reason to get myself a nice saw

Great video! Am I the only one seeing a cool paradox of the old (maul) and the new(wind generator)? Of course you might argue that wind mills are retro tech.

Love It!

Does anyone know I kind of saw that is, really beautiful. Great lesson, learn so much man, thank you.

Nice vid thanks.

Dan I made one during my recent camp after watching your video. It’s awesome and was crazy easy. Following your lead with this and another video I batoned my hatchet. A lot of people say batoning a hatchet weakens it at the eye. I have a Husqvarna 13” and love it but until this trip haven’t batoned it. Your thoughts on the matter will be greatly appreciated.

Now that we have all just gone through a year of lock down...we are all great bushmasters by now, right?

Awesome.

Nice informative and to the point,Dan what make is your Bush Craft Knife

Love the video, do you need to oil the tool to prevent cracking with time?

Awesome

Sweet, wonder if that would work with Bow-dark. Lol That would be like a rock. Shared

Ok, given the different types of mauls, how do you determine which type of maul you need for the tool or project you're making or tool you need it on, and how to build it?

AWESOME VIDEO!?

GOOD WOODSCRAFT..SAFE JOURNEYS

hey Dan, as you are selecting the wood for the maul, are you usually using green wood, or something that has been downed for a while and may have seasoned some? Thanks! Enjoyed this one.

If possible, it would be good to have a radius in the area where the handle comes into the head. This will help transfer the impact energy from the head into the handle and will keep the mall from breaking off there. With a square intersection at this point, all the energy is gathered there and causes stress that will weaken it. It would be best to use only the axe to make the handle and reduce the diameter more gradually. The handle bulge should still be made as it greatly increases the range of use. One caution: don`t make the head too big and heavy as using this sort of tool infrequently can lead tomuscle strain and even "golfer`s elbow". Yes, that is a real thing. I have personal experience with this.

I made a beautiful one out of black cherry and cracked.

my shoulder still has some misery in it from bass fishing to much this summer ( yea i know)but i am 63 i think i'll make one on my lathe looks kinda cool

Did you upgrade that campsite to include that fan in the background?

Which saw and saw teeth would you prefer for long term (3 months or more)?

What brand is ur saw? Good video, Thanks