Love the comments! I remember watching a bunch of farm workers that had been hired to clear a fence row in southern California. They were mostly middle aged men and they used old machetes and one had a cane cutter. They cleared bushes, cactus and dug in the ground to expose more stubborn roots. These were finally chopped using a crude axe that had seen better days. On their hands and knees they pulled and tugged and finally wrested these roots from the unforgiving ground.
What was amazing was their level of skill with these basic tools. None of the knives were expensive and the axe was old and nearly beat to a pulp. I thought about how skill plays a major role in getting such a job finished! These days I am happy that I don't have to do such travail. Many of us here just chop for fun and would never think about the poor bloke who digs in the field for a living.
What was amazing was their level of skill with these basic tools. None of the knives were expensive and the axe was old and nearly beat to a pulp. I thought about how skill plays a major role in getting such a job finished! These days I am happy that I don't have to do such travail. Many of us here just chop for fun and would never think about the poor bloke who digs in the field for a living.
