Girl chops foot with axe! Video.

Luckily numb nuts don't know how to sharpen an axe. Be a whole different video if the axe used came from this group.
 
I've had close calls often despite using axe eversince kid, but thankfully the velocity has dropped enough and the wide portion of the axe doesn't have tendency to cut/pierce as effectively as it chops and crushes.
 
hope that will teach her not to play/fool around with things like axes and knives and to treat them with respect.
 
they sound like a bunch of idiots, and she is lucky that it wasnt worse... this is why larger axes are safer if it was a hatchet it could've done right into her thigh. Its people like these that have me increasingly seeking the exclusive pleasure of a tighter and tighter knit group of carefully selected individuals
 
Bare Rib said:
hope that will teach her not to play/fool around with things like axes and knives and to treat them with respect.
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From her reaction, it certainly didn't seem like it did... Again, lucky thing that axe was rather blunt. I know any number of my axes would have gone through a good thickness of leather before stopping. A pair of uggs? probably would have gone through like a hot knife though butter

survivalofthefittest said:
. . .this is why larger axes are safer if it was a hatchet. . .
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Technically yes, but I wouldn't quite call that the moral of the story.

If only one lesson can be gleaned from this, it's that: Regardless of the axe's length, if your axe never breaks a plane parallel to the ground while chopping/splitting, it's near impossible to cut yourself unless there's a glancing blow. When the axe is about to point directly ahead during the swing (nearly parallel to the ground), flex at the back and knees instead of letting your arms/wrists continue the swing. Not only is it safer, but you're using more muscle groups in the activity and are less likely to fatigue your arms. The same rule applies with a shorter hatchet, but since flexing at the back/knees isn't enough to compensate for the short length, you should kneel down during usage. I've seen a number of people who considered themselves experienced axe users break this rule, so I'm not really that surprised to see an amateur also break it...
 
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My axes are always horribly sharp.

I couldn't look at the video.


This is a good time for someone to repost the link to that Forest Service video on axmanship.
 
Hopefully those 2 don't breed.

Scout trip last weekend & I had my GB Hatchet. One of the other Dad's asked to borrow it to split up some logs for the fire. Normally I'd just volunteer for the job myself. Instead I figured he is a country boy, use to break horses on his parent's farm, hunts, works as a Sheriff, it should be Ok. Well he did not pay attention where a slipped/deflected swing would go & caught it in his leg. Luckily not real hard, but it still put a 1" long gash that was about a 1/2" deep. Got it patched up with some butterfly bandages, tape, and clingex gauze. Still he planned to go to the clinic & see if he needed stitches.
 
killa_concept said:
If only one lesson can be gleaned from this, it's that: Regardless of the axe's length, if your axe never breaks a plane parallel to the ground while chopping/splitting, it's near impossible to cut yourself unless there's a glancing blow. When the axe is about to point directly ahead during the swing (nearly parallel to the ground), flex at the back and knees instead of letting your arms/wrists continue the swing. Not only is it safer, but you're using more muscle groups in the activity and are less likely to fatigue your arms. The same rule applies with a shorter hatchet, but since flexing at the back/knees isn't enough to compensate for the short length, you should kneel down during usage. I've seen a number of people who considered themselves experienced axe users break this rule, so I'm not really that surprised to see an amateur also break it...
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DING! DING! DING! BINGO!

Idiocy like that video is why the ignorant think axes are unsafe. I thought I'd seen bad axe handling on YouTube before, but that was, hands down, the worst. Good God, like just about everyone else here, any of my axes would have gone right through those boots, and possibly right through her foot.

Axes are not unsafe, but they don't suffer fools, either.
 
Indeed, very dangerous! I don't even want to imagine what might have happened with a sharp axe.

Halfneck said:
Got it patched up with some butterfly bandages, tape, and clingex gauze. Still he planned to go to the clinic & see if he needed stitches.
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That's the smart thing to do. Having yourself checked is better than to lose that leg to an infection.

Also, stiching gives a nice small scar. This might not seem important, but especially with larger scars: the less scar tissue the better.


Ookami
 
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