How to use a traditional blade

I have watched that video before (some on on the axe forum shared it for the axe handle he made I believe).

Great stuff.
 
Raymond1000 said:
Some of the things he made were obvious. Even I can recognize a toy box or a swing. I was hard put to identify some others. What was that panel with the fancy shingles? What was the hollow branch and sliding pivot?
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I'm not sure about the shingles. Maybe that was how he maintains his roof.

I think the hollow branch and sliding pivot are a fire starting method. IIRC it's called a fire piston and it works using friction.

- Christian
 
kamagong said:
I'm not sure about the shingles. Maybe that was how he maintains his roof.

I think the hollow branch and sliding pivot are a fire starting method. IIRC it's called a fire piston and it works using friction.

- Christian
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I've never used one, but I thought a fire piston had one end capped.
 
[video=youtube;aZ76M8uAavA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ76M8uAavA[/video]

It's a plotka gun, so it's a toy gun of some sort. Like a cork gun i guess, having never seen one.

[video=youtube;ScXvwtiHT7c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScXvwtiHT7c[/video]

I'm always amazed at the patience and dexterity, as to how he shaves down those knitting needles to the required thickness.
 
I was watching "Song of the Banjo" the other day. The DVR recorded the next program too and during part of it there was a native carver, Cherokee if I remember correctly, who was doing masks. He started them off with his axe and then at some point switched to his slipjoint. Looked like a three bladed stockman. Very expertly using even the clip blade to take out a shaving here, a shaving there, to finish his mask.
 
Great video, thanks for posting that! I notice on one of the knives that he used, a portion of the tip was missing. You gotta wonder if he lent it out to someone less skilled, or if he was prying...
 
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