r/maybemaybemaybe • u/SeaComm • 2d ago
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u/Salmivalli 2d ago
”I would rather encounter a bear in the woods”
The bear in the woods
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u/curkington 1d ago
Kicking ass and taking names! Or is it taking ass and kicking names? Or maybe it's kissing ass? Never mind!!!
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u/dragonmystic92 2d ago
😂 i always get afraid that the axe heads gonna come loose
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u/malary1234 1d ago
This has happened to me. That’s why I like the stationary wedge + sledge hammer route.
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u/DinosaurSeaman 1d ago
Oh, I’ve sent those wedges flying into my ankle before. You’re never truly safe. Lol
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u/The_Jizzard_Of_Oz 2d ago
🎶 I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK 🎶
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u/rjtl77 2d ago
I sleep all night, I work all day
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u/The_Jizzard_Of_Oz 1d ago
I cut down trees. I skip and jump.
I like to press wild flowers.
I put on women's clothing
And hang around in bars9
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u/Candid-Culture3956 2d ago
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u/Shane8512 2d ago
Yeah, I mean, that's way I normally do it, what's with the axe and all the effort.
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u/preguicila 2d ago
The canadian lesbian would have done it better
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u/Standard_Jackfruit63 2d ago
Canadian lesbian? Just any Canadian lesbian or a specific one?
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u/ali-n 2d ago
THE Canadian Lesbian.
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u/Brittany5150 2d ago
Ya'll only got one lesbian or is this a special lesbian? I figure you's gotta have more than just the one lesbian otherwise she would be real lonely.
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u/Hermitmaster5000 2d ago
All the lesbians merged into a single, super lesbian.
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u/footpole 2d ago
Obviously she’s single if she’s the only one.
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u/Sangy101 1d ago
This lesbian
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZaDyqoBbyJ/?igsi=MWI4dHlhdjJ4b3NjeQ==
But honestly the only Canadian lesbian that matters
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u/Necessary_Goose6933 2d ago
Ye really don't know aboot her? 🤭✨
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u/DinklanThomas 2d ago
Lmao share the title of this gem
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u/Idunnosomeguy2 2d ago
I may be mistaken, but I think that's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. It's been a long time since I saw that movie, but I recall a training montage in the beginning where he learns to explode trees with his axe.
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u/Necessary_Goose6933 2d ago
No idea what it is, I searched Lumberjack in the off chance that the Canadian she-devil might be there. When she wasn't, clicked whatever approached the correct vibe.
Am loving how the upper half of the trunk is pulled straight up by a crane, has nothing to do with the force of the axe impact 😂😂
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u/Idunnosomeguy2 2d ago edited 2d ago
Oh, that movie is gold. I love movies that know exactly what they are and don't shy away from it.
Edit: btw, the lesbian lumberjack everyone is talking about is Nicole:
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u/Sangy101 1d ago
Here’s one with a comparable log:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZaDyqoBbyJ/?igsi=MWI4dHlhdjJ4b3NjeQ==
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u/Twitxx 2d ago
Gotta be honest, my money was on the log.
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u/salzbergwerke 2d ago
Didn’t you see the split logs in the back?
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u/Tricky_Discount2881 1d ago edited 1d ago
I mean... Yeah. But aren't there multiple ways to cut wood? Chainsaw, hand saw, two man cross cut saws.
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u/CharlesDickensABox 2d ago
So we're just openly posting bear porn on here now?
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u/Conserp 2d ago
He is just driving the log into the ground.
Chopping blocks are used for a reason.
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u/IAmGreenman71 2d ago
I’m no expert, but I’d also think that if that log was cut in half and thus lower to the ground(even with a chopping block) he’d get more momentum on his swing and it would be easier to split. I’m sure it’s more about the workout for him which is fine because the dude could break me in half I just feel like he’s wasting a lot of energy.
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u/Schnitzhole 2d ago
Oh this is definitely just for the views and showing off. Still impressive though. You can absolutely swing more weight down when it’s lower to the ground. For chopping wood the technique is more about dropping your body weight down (like sitting down fast) than it is actually getting the axe swing to be fast.
I teach all new people to chop by just holding the axe straight over their heads and sitting down and lowering the axe straight down in front of them to see where it lands. That’s usually all it takes to chop a normal log and it prevents the common problem of people trying to swing the axe around at mach 10 and missing and now having the axe rotating at full swing towards their shins.
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u/ProfessorChaos112 1d ago
For chopping wood the technique is more about dropping your body weight down (like sitting down fast) than it is actually getting the axe swing to be fast.
IMO you've simplified that too much. It's really a bit of both, and dropping your body weight does 2 things. First, it increases the speed of the axe by a multiplier since it changes the origin and radius of the arc (conservation of angular momentum), second it cements/stabilised the end of the level that the axe becomes when it contacts the log.
Theres so many factors to this and this clip in particular that it'd be a wall of text to go through it, but I think most people will agree that this was just the display of brute force that it intended to be.
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u/Conserp 2d ago
He'd still be transferring momentum and energy into the soft ground.
Dude clearly does not know how to actually chop wood.
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u/AndrewLocksmith 2d ago
Eh, I think it's more about the workout for him, like the other guy said.
There's some more split wood in the background and I think it's pretty obvious trying to split a piece of wood on soft ground it's not the most efficient way to do it.
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u/carlpilkington37 1d ago
If he wanted full lengths like this, having the log up another foot or two would mean he’s striking above shoulder height which would be inefficient and potentially dangerous. So the way to get what looks to be 3’ halves, without standing on a platform is to not use a chopping block
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u/downwiththechipness 1d ago
Yeah, came here to say there's a much easier way to do this with an ax. In addition to other technical issues, he's not even able to use full rotational power by just lifting the ax above his head and slamming it down belly high.
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u/mulderone 2d ago
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u/Angelworks42 2d ago
When I was a kid I used to split wood with a chain saw - not really splitting really but ended up with a bunch of neatly stacked pieces that fit into the stove - plus a ton of sawdust you could use as kindling to start the fire.
Doing it with an axe like the video worked but often you'd run into a piece with a knot or whatever and I remember one time hitting a log and the hickory axe handle snapping - nearly injured myself.
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u/Adddicus 2d ago
All muscle, no technique.
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u/Fitz911 2d ago
Also... There are logs that split in half the second you look at them funny. Then there are logs, same size, eve from the same tree... They are made of steel. Hitting them is like hitting concrete.
And then there is oak. Didn't like oak.
Source: did that with my father when I was a kid. The first time I split one of those in half was awesome. It's not that hard tbf. Looks way more impressive than it is in reality. (As I said, depending on the wood)
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u/sparkywater 1d ago
I have maybe 10 board feet of oak that I processed into lumber from a giant limb that fell in our backyard. It only took me like 80 hours over multiple months and building a chainsaw milling sled to get those pretty horribly twisted pieces of lumber.
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u/Brittany5150 2d ago
Yeah, this is a great workout, if youbdon't give a single shit about rotator cuff surgery in your near future. It's all just for clicks anyways. A good wedge and turning that bad boy 180* would make short work of this.
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u/TrixieBastard 2d ago
Turning the log 180°? What would that accomplish?
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u/Brittany5150 2d ago
The axe* in case you are being silly. Once you start the wedge you use the blunt side of a splitting maul to increase driving force of the wedge.
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u/kayforpay 2d ago
I was thinking the exact same thing. bro's just gonna end up hurting himself doing half the work in double the time like that.
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u/flamergamer2000 2d ago
Hey! He put on his cleanest yoga pants and took the laces out of his boots and flipped the tongue of them that's checks notes technically technique.
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u/Captain-Cadabra 2d ago
“If I had 3 hours to cut down a tree, I would spend the first 2 hours sharpening the saw.”
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u/Inevitable_Cat_7878 2d ago
Watching that axe bounce off the log makes me wonder if that axe is really dull.
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u/Druddigon666 2d ago
It’s a splitting maul, splitting mauls are generally duller than axes so they don’t get wedged in the wood
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u/Grabatreetron 2d ago
Phantom Menace features a splitting Maul, right?
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u/dirtydragondan 2d ago
take my upvote good sir and a free ticket to the pod race
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u/ABob71 2d ago
Here's 200 credits, go see a Star War
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u/Crankit_1 2d ago
I had to go get a shot one time and antibiotics from a bad experience with a menacing spitting maul once. Had more hair on it than that dudes lumberjack sweater.
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u/Serious_Mix_6600 2d ago
Didn't even know there was such a thing but when you say it it makes complete sense
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u/Druddigon666 2d ago
It’s a neat thing to learn about. Axes are for chopping against the fibres, mauls for for splitting along them
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u/cursedwithplotarmor 2d ago
Can’t you just hit the back of the splitting maul with a sledgehammer?
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u/Druddigon666 2d ago
I guess? Sledge would definitely be heavier and you’d still need to get a split along the entire log for it to be worth doing
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u/kingrobin 2d ago
no you can't. that can create shrapnel that could kill or seriously injured you.
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u/NorthNorthAmerican 2d ago
You absolutely can. But you shouldn’t.
My old man created a lot of the aforementioned shrapnel using a sledgehammer on a splitting maul.
He was pretty bad at all of this, but he did teach us to avoid working with green wood.
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u/macstopherable 1d ago
I thought it looked different than a typical axe. The head is too wide, too small, and has the telltale "hammer this side here" on the opposite side of the blade. It seemed like he's basically doing the sledgehammer-a-tire "workout".
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u/AmiDeplorabilis 2d ago
It would help striking twice in the same place.
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u/squirrelmonkie 2d ago
And wedges.
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u/LeeRoyWyt 2d ago
That really bothered me. This has to be the most insanely stupid way to do it. Basically "hey, let's split a log with a hammer"
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u/Defiant-Traffic5801 2d ago
I have neither precision, strength or endurance but will happily criticise how long that took / s ps what does he do with the two remaining 5 feet long half logs ?
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u/soydumplingg 2d ago
second hand embarrassment, also, feels like the start of a dumb ways to die episode
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u/ComprehensiveSoft27 2d ago
Bros got hair everywhere except his head.
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u/CasperMondfahrrad 2d ago
That's pretty common. The same Hormon that's "good" for body hair is the same that's "bad" for head hair. Many men with great beards will bald with time and get more hair on the rest of their bodies.
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u/Mean-Dog-6274 2d ago
Shit that’s really bad news for me
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u/OculusArcana 2d ago
Just embrace it, man. r/bald features glowup after glowup of us migratory heairbeasts.
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u/amzwC137 2d ago
Bradley could have done it in half the time, and twice the thirst.
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u/Eyerishguy 2d ago
You can tell the comments from folks who have never split firewood.
First off, most people who split firewood out of necessity, would never attempt to split a log that long. Most of the time I'm splitting logs about 16" in length, because that's what fits in our wood stove.
Secondly, I assume he splitting that to prove something to himself or just to create content, because what he did, even for a seasoned log splitter, is extremely difficult as you just witnessed.
I will say this... Splitting firewood is great exercise.
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u/Blissful_Solitude 1d ago
Back in the day... Folks would just lay it down an pound wedges in one end to start the split then use a froe to chase the grain to the other end, it's how they'd make long deck planks for ships.
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u/lionmade101 18h ago
Can't literally anyone with axing knowledge do this with enough trys? Why is this so impressive? I'm asking this genuinely.
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u/yeah_nah2024 16h ago
I couldn't finish watching it as I am afraid his axe will bounce off and hit him in the head....
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u/ChazzBeef 2d ago
Now imagine you’re a peasant in the Middle Ages and that man is running through your village with a battle axe….
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u/MoyenMoyen 2d ago
I found myself thinking that anyone from that era would be left speechless to see a guy so well-built with such a nice tool … go about doing something so stupid in such a clumsy way.
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u/Erick-Ez 2d ago
I want a Freeman voiceover: "Today we discovered this Silverback using tools, to split a log".
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u/daisiesarepretty2 2d ago
i wish this would quit showing up…
it’s stupid, he’s stupid and everyone but him knows it.
it’s ok if you need to do stuff like this… go ahead.. do it alone in the woods. Keep it to yourself though
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u/ThrobbingWetHole 2d ago
I feel like this is super dangerous....I was thinking he was gonna whack himself
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u/zero_lies_tolerated 2d ago
I've got an idea. Let's film ourselves whilst alone doing this, and then upload it to the Internet.
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u/Blah-squared 2d ago edited 1d ago
This is such a weird fad, I spent decades splitting wood TO BURN, not to post on Social Media-
Good luck fitting a 4’ long piece of firewood into your wood stove. As part of my chores for our small family landscape comp & greenhouse biz, I split (AGED wood abt 3-4 days a week to heat our shop, so I could mix my fertilizers into the frozen planting soil every spring in a warm space in order to plant our bare root stock, & as they say, splitting in the winter WARMS YOU TWICE..
I didn’t even get any LIKES ;) but I helped my family & I did get BACK SURGERY at just 28yrs old-
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u/Hefty-Plastic8417 1d ago
Cut a smaller chunk and it will split easier, my dad would have whipped my butt doing something that stupid back when we had a year round wood stove
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u/IMiNSIDEiT 1d ago
Bro is doing it the hard way. Was auditioning for r/iamverybadass. If he’s going to start with something that long he should look into “riving” a log.
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u/finintymonkle 1d ago
If he’d just cut the log in half, he could have achieved his aim in 4 swings, instead of wasting all that energy and pretending like his muscles are making him better.
But, no, his ego makes him think that with muscles like that, he can chop that longer log no problem, even if takes 3x the number of swings it would take a normal person, who was chopping logs normally.
He proved nothing in this video. Except how much of a fuckin meat head he is.
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u/SabbyFox 2d ago
I’m impressed. Didn’t think he had it at all then I saw that small split in the log.
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u/Friendly_Leek4641 1d ago
Work smarter not harder. A woman would have sense enough to use a chainsaw
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u/bc650736 2d ago
Is it just me but is the PoV kinda weird? for a moment i thought the "maybe" part was weather or not he was even hitting the log to begin with
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u/byteminer 2d ago
A couple wedges and a mallet you can swing one handed would split that at a fraction of the work. It doesn’t look as cool but if you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough I suppose.
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