Axe Work

[Agent_H]

I had better at least show the axes involved, it's the axe forum after all.

I moved to the small edge, notching then from on top and juggling from up there too with this two-bitted.

It's fine to keep these on hand at the final step to keep an eye on the progress and be sure things don't get out of hand to much.

These should not be forgotten. For sharpening and keeping it that way.

The dogs the Germans use are, lets be honest and say it, simply to long. Even this last one pictured here is longer than needed even for the big stems. I like it when the dogs bite low down and provide support where its needed to prevent the log turning when cutting the first two critical faces. A tip I did get from the Germans, don't remove the dogs pounding them upwards at the under side in-between the blades. To loosen pound at the out side down the long axis at the bend to minimize damaging the log dog. It works well.

Now I have to make my plan for saving all that nice wood to the right. Some kind of sawing called for.

Ik heb een oogje op die bandhaacke.

 

[John A. Larsen]

Ernest DuBois, Thanks for the explanations. Lightening the load when shipped overseas and not rolling around below decks makes perfect sense. John

 

[Ernest DuBois]

Ik heb een oogje op die bandhaacke.

This is the one of several that I always want in my hands. It is totally configured for left-hand use, the bevel, the handle, though still usable from either side, and maybe that's why. No real beauty to look at but so fine to work with.

If/when the handle breaks it will be a real trauma for me.

 

[Square_peg]

I had better at least show the axes involved, it's the axe forum after all.

Simple square, plumb bob and chalk line are all that's needed for control.

 

[Ernest DuBois]

All that's needed, yes, though even having a level, oh half meter length is good, to check vertical can be useful.

But continuing on with what is at least fine to have if not strictly necessary, some kind or the other kind of support for your timber. All to often I end up improvising and that seldom is ideal and while I'm happy with what I have there these are not what you could call mobile. Still it's better to work at a good height than at a poor height, though always a matter of finding the good average because there is a huge difference in height once two sides are hewed and the timber laid flat on one of those side for further work.

 

[Square_peg]

What I like so much about my cant hook is the handle can be slid down to the bottom of the stem while the hook grips the top and I can then turn the stem in place. In other words, it's super versatile. Neat huh.

A loose can't dog on a ring like that was called a 'swing-dingle'.

Check out the very large swing dingle in this video from Bernie Weisgerber. See it at 1:42 in the video.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/early-logging-and-hewing-video.1370282/

 

[Ernest DuBois]

Yes, it provides the possibility of unlimited leverage. I don't only use it with lever. I can loop the loop over my jack, ( I have a very special jack) and hook a log for lifting vertically too.
In the film, squaring up, down low, on the ground just like the Romanians still do it also the technique of the middle-ages.