axe blasphemy!!

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mike from wilderness ways archery...i think he committed all of the major no-no's of axe use all in one video :eek:

hammering metal with the poll
moving coals around in the fire with the blade
using the edge to mark metal :eek:
pounding on the poll with a rock

i treat my axe like a baby (except for when i'm wailing it through logs ;) )

the edge touches nothing but wood, the poll pounds nothing but wood and nails, and it is always razor sharp...

but apparently it works for him, so i guess axes aren't as fragile as i always thought :eek: ;)
 
Who is this guy? I just watched one of the worst how-to's that he made on skinning and cooking a squirrel. I've never seen anyone take longer or be more wasteful when doing so than he. His knife is much too large, and perhaps dull, to be of any help, and he throws half the squirrel away.
 
At least he has good taste in bumper music. :D Even while everyone doesn't agree with everyone on how to do certain things, you can always pickup at least a little something from most folks I suppose. Still, it takes some guts to put it all on You Tube for armchair critics like me. For instance, I didn't know Guyot bowls could be cooked in, but I think I'd just take some muffin mix instead. I'm going to have to give that a try.
 
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So you carry an improvised bellows, pliers and steel/iron rods into the field with which you improvise a hunter's tripod. But you can't be bothered to carry a hammer to do the blacksmithing properly?

The heat he got the rods to you could bend them with just the pliers but you do stand a chance of critically heating the pliers.

Anyway he just made my 'Don't lend him my tools no matter what list'. Apart from that I enjoy some of his other videos and I believe he has quite a following.
 
As far as abusing the axe goes, I don't agree. That axe would chop down a lamp post and still be in good shape.

About the project, it is pretty neat and all, but it seems like an awful lot of work. You really don't need a tripod, just hang a pot from a straight rod laid across two large stones (or logs) that elevate the rod high enough above the fire. :rolleyes: In the amount of time he spent making his tripod, I would have eaten already and been on my merry way.

Side note, that song in part 2, I hear my son play that on guitar, who is that anyway?
 
So you carry an improvised bellows, pliers and steel/iron rods into the field with which you improvise a hunter's tripod.
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well, a multi tool and a tarp aren't that unusual, alot of the guys around here carry them. the rods are a bit unusual though. i would think that this is the sort of project you would do in your backyard before going outside...
 
As for hitting metal with the poll remember he is heating the steel to make it soft. I'm playing with blacksmithing at the moment and he seemed to hold that rod out of the heat for a long time for that first belt with the poll while he set up the rock. It would of cooled significantly.
Carl
 
he's just showing what can be done with a few tools, would I do it ... in a Heart Beat if needed..have I yes.
have you looked at his bellows cool.
 
akabu said:
he's just showing what can be done with a few tools, would I do it ... in a Heart Beat if needed..have I yes.
have you looked at his bellows cool.
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I agree. While he may not be everybody's "Cup of Tea", he has some good info on his videos. "Eat the meat and spit out the bones.":D
 
well "boy"s I thought at frist it was that funny guy from mad tv that does the drunk Kenny rogers , I thought it was going to be a how too make BBQ chicken.
 
Well, I watched a bunch of his other films. He doesn't always go the way I would, but he does seems to have a system that works for him, and I think it's obvious he gets a decent amount of dirt time. I also have to give him the thumbs up for selecting equipment that works well, but doesn't break the bank, and for putting his vids up on YouTube for everyone in the world to criticise.
 
If we where alone in the woods and he kept saying "Well Boys" over and over again, I'd kill him and eat his berry flav muffin too.
 
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