Hatchet and firesteel fire

[max465t]

5:18, makes me cringe like hell!

[zekehooper]

carry some steel wool and it will catch fire in a second.

[gameraccounts]

im thankful for your demo here on splitting with a hatchet. However, I find using the ax to make shavings a sliver hazard thus prefer a half-choke on the ax on rigid stock material. True not as fine but i got ribbons that ignited with dry grass as kindling. A sharp folding knife could make angel hair.

[gameraccounts]

who is capus? you refer to his vids

[iawoodsman]

@gameraccounts It is Kepis. He is maveraver on youtube

[ESAPOWER]

Hey man. Your axe. Flat grind or Convex?

[magnusXbane]

why strike the firesteel on the cutting edge of the axe?

[plainoldvinnie]

you are a realy good shot with your axe. ive used an axe from the age of 10  and now 17 and still not as good as you. i give credit :)

[1969jmac]

OOPS you're not supposed to use that hatchet to split that log....you're supposed to put a knife in ther eand beat it with a stick....thats what all the "experts" do. LOL Glad to seesomeone finally using a tool as it was designed to be used. Thanks

[TzunSu]

@1969jmac Eh? The whole point of this video is to show how to use a hatchet. The other guys are showing you what to do in the situations that will arise where you wont have a hatchet, such as surviving if lost, or if your camping light.

[KnifeNut88]

Close call on the last 1-4 chops.

[yubes88]

Great vid brother, Its pretty inspiring to see the different tools used.

[hobo31009]

nice vid sir!

[TheWoodlandsniper]

My personal preference is instead of using the edge of the axe is to flaten off the top of the axe with a file and use that instead. Or the best solution is to, in aditon to flattening the top duct tape a fire steel striker or any small piece of sharp metal to the side of your sheath, Great vid and God bless.

[aseglkj]

@TheWoodlandsniper if you have a leatherman, the flat blade screwdriver is a great striker

[Lambda25]

@aseglkj I prefer the back of the saw blade (I have a leatherman wave)

[NWBushman]

Great video! Those Whetterlings are great tools. Thanks for sharing!!

[flintstone9812]

Good job on the vid.

The same technique will work if the wood is wet as in after a rain. By splitting the wood up, you can get to dry wood in the center, and from that you can build a fire in the middle of a wet woods.

This little bit of info just might save someones life one day.

Thanks...........

[dunfamalb]

Real nice. I've been using the big knife/batoning method for processing firewood for quite a while. I've obviously been working way too hard. From here on in, it's the Gransford.

[BravoTangoFoxtrot]

Definitely saved more calories that way verses using a knife. Good job

[necroprinceak]

awful awful video

[iawoodsman]

@necroprinceak Thank you

[theswimer419]

it was tree bark.

[iawoodsman]

@theswimer419 Correct

[JoanMBrowning]

Great video! 1. Where do you find pitch wood? 2. What is "mish metal" (sp)? 3. Would a magnesium fire flint work with an axe to generate sparks? 4. The Wetterlings axe is made in Sweden; who carries it in the U.S? Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[MrVoiceofreason123]

that 1-2-3-4 method is pretty awesome way to save energy. no need to cut through the whole piece if you can just weaken and break it

[OldDogsCanLearn]

nice! you don't see too many people starting fires with a firesteel and axe combo. cool!

[cadman6735]

What brand axe are you using? Wetterling? Which model?

Thanks

[iawoodsman]

Yes it is a Wetterlings, but I can't remember which model. I think it is the wildlife model.

[nedeljkomostar]

great job 5/5

[nbelt1919]

nicely done 5/5

[luckyjno]

Excellent stuff.

Forgive me, but your axe technique is good but made me shudder: one miss and you've got an axehead in your leg. You're swinging the sharp axe very hard -- and that's good -- but your stance ins't safe.

[ldmak90]

1:13 almost exactly like you said. I actually thought he nailed himself and had to watch it again. close though... careful out there.

[iawoodsman]

For those of you interested it was Basswood bark.

[iAmTheSurvivalist]

@iawoodsman great carving wood!

[bushcraftbartons]

good job!

[medicjimr]

Great demo thanks for sharring your talent as always

[Norseman55731]

I'm leaning towards ironwood. Did you collect the pitch wood in Iowa?

[iawoodsman]

No unfortunately I did not get the pitchwood in Ia.

[OKBushcraft]

Bark looks like Elm but wouldn't be able to say for sure. Next time roll it over so we can see the bark. If so be looking for those morels this spring. Seems like a good place to find them for me. 5/5

[KoaBushcraft]

That is a mischmetal firesteel from Going Gear. Nice video and excellent use of the rockhammer to cut wood ;-)

Always a pleasure to watch your videos.

[OKBushcraft]

Hackberry makes a great bow. Also the berries about all gone right now, big stone in them but neat flavor.

[bindlestitch1]

I'm sayin' it's elm bark.

I'm also sayin' you got a another great vid here, daddy-o.

Iz