Splitting a log with small knife

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[vinegaroon1]

Yeah, I'll look for a log with a couple of nice saw-cuts on the ends like that next time I'm in the woods.

[SMB1965]

Vinegaroon1.

The log was picked up from where the forestry worker had been felling trees. It's not that hard to take a sweden saw in to woods with you. Curl it up and stash it in your cooking pot, make a simple frame by bending a branch over the fire. I took one to Sweden with me on a canoe trip this way.

Axbent. This method does work on dead and dried wood,

[Gusssugs]

Guess I can carry just my smaller backup knife. Cheers for the tip.

[Vot63]

Great woodsmans tip, well executed too. Thanks for the video. To the detractors: make your own videos.

[903lew]

I think I'll use this technique this weekend. Thank you!

[MrJoeyBoombotz]

One of the best bushcraft tips I've ever seen. Thanks!

[vinegaroon1]

@pnfcrac what we are talking about is finding nice, pre-cut fire logs in the woods. Since it is 2011, everyone knows of various methods to obtain wood for a fire, all of them viable. All I ever started out saying was that this looked staged, and when you get down to it, I suppose there is nothing wrong with that, though I have never found cut wood awaiting me when camping. I apologize for anything I said insulting or profane. Happy now?

[pnfcrac]

@vinegaroon1 That is exactly what I am saying. If that is all the equipment he has then it is a plausible and necessary method to get to dry firewood. A bowsaw and axe would be much better of course but he may not have them available. It seems very logical to me. If you have a better method or if you could enlighten me on how to remove my head from my butt then I would sincerely appreciate your wisdom.NB- He could use a pocket chainsaw or hacksaw blade from a pocket

[vinegaroon1]

@pnfcrac So, first he should take a folding saw, then saw down a few tree-trunks, then use his knife to split that down, right? You have your head up your butt. This is staged horseshit.

[pnfcrac]

@vinegaroon1 In between your poor grasp of the English language and use of foul language I have lost the meaning of your reply. My point is that if he took a folding saw he could make nice chunks of sawn logs for this purpose. Thus we are comparing a large 'survival' knife to carrying a folding saw and a small sheath knife. And it can be seen that for the same weight a saw and small knife combo is better.

[vinegaroon1]

@pnfcrac people have been 'getting' firewood since the dawn of time. You think I don't know what a motherfucking saw is? Nobody finds chunks of sawed logs like this in the forest. I know this was staged, fool. Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, what is this 'axe' you are talking about? Is it some sort of new, space-age invention?

[pnfcrac]

@vinegaroon1

There are hundreds of posts of people proving how great their enormous knife is by battoning it through sawn timber. Take a look at some of their posts and make the same comment to them please. Or better still, make an intelligent contribution. Something like the need for a folding saw or a small belt axe. Or you could even post your own video of how to get firewood.