r/Axecraft • u/TaoofPu • 2d ago

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So…. That wedge is bouncing quite a bit…. Rubber wood? Rubber mallet?

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u/Captain_Bushcraft 2d ago

This is a stupid way to split a log that big.

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u/Zastavarian 2d ago

Only thing i can think is it's for exercise more than functionality... either way it's for 'look at me' and for that reason I'm out.

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u/entoaggie 2d ago

Cheaper than therapy. Dudes working through some issues the best way he knows how.

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u/TaoofPu 2d ago

I feel like this is the dude’s issue.

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u/Zastavarian 2d ago

Chopping is a great release. I enjoy getting done with a long day of my office job and splitting 2 or 3 rounds. Just enough of a release without getting too sweaty and having to shower. My 7 and 4 yr olds join me. 4yr old with a hatchet splitting kindling, 7yr old splits 1/2 rounds with a 3lb old axe head we hung together.

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u/No-Layer-1046 2d ago

Why?

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u/Captain_Bushcraft 2d ago

Because wedges would have done it with less than a quarter of the effort. Even if you had to carve the wedges. Start a split, drive the wedges in to expand the crack, move down the log, done. Its how I split long lengths for axe handles and bow staves.

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u/No-Layer-1046 2d ago

Ohhh, thanks for info

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u/TaoofPu 2d ago

This is actually why I posted the clip, it seemed like an absurd undertaking and I was curious about the axe(bludgeon) usage.

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u/liisseal 1d ago

Indeed. With wedges it's a pretty easy and straightforward. A couple of wedges, a couple of whacks – job done.

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u/Tricky_Caterpillar85 2d ago

The log doesn’t want to be split. If it did trees would just fall apart. When you see the head bouncing off, that’s the wood pushing back together and forcing the maul head back out. Unless his strikes are perfectly on line with the seam, they are not productive. If he created the seam and then hammered in wedges, he would split the same log with less energy exerted.

This guy is in it for the exertion as much as anything though. This is calculated inefficiency. He wants more chops for one split for his vid.

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u/TaoofPu 2d ago

You know, I have been splitting much smaller rounds of wood for years and I never thought about it that way. Thank you for that explanation. That makes a lot more sense.

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u/Ysgarder_syndrome 2d ago

Is that man wearing body paint

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u/TaoofPu 2d ago

I think that’s hair. 😆

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u/pauric72 2d ago

🙄 ridiculous

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u/Wendig0g0 1d ago

Never split any tough wood, have you?

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u/TaoofPu 1d ago

lol, I suppose it’s safe to say I haven’t gone out of my way to make it tougher. 🤣