Me vs. Tree

[riz_aaroni]

I had my eye on a tree that fell down in a recent storm, from my memory anyway, and finally got around cutting it up a bit. I used a saw mainly and my bk7 helped out too. I figured out two things, one it is a lot of work and two, sticking a/the knife into a tree and using it that why to make shavings in much easier than holding the stick and knife with your hands.

Here is a link to a video on that bit (fairly large video):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rizaaroni/5393348945/#

The shavings were pretty much paper thin too, was very cool. Here is the adventure:

So it begins.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rizaaroni/5393920456/

After being cut and rolled off the stump.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rizaaroni/5393919936/

Pretty big tree, BK7 mind you.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rizaaroni/5393322753/

And the beautiful snow.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rizaaroni/5393920642/

Hope you enjoyed it.

 

[formtight]

Firewood. Yay!!

 

[bush-haus]

damn lucky to have access to that type of terrain !!!!

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Beckerhead #32

 

[riz_aaroni]

Definitely nice to have, especially right out the back door. I have to camp down there one of these days, since there is a clearing half way down the trail to the water. Can get me a deer while doing so too!

 

[Flexxx]

Nice pics, I think I need to get out and do some hiking...

 

[Quarter Tank]

how do you like the Sven saw?

looks intriguing. folds up to hardly nothing from the pic I have seen of them

is the saw blade replaceable?

 

[riz_aaroni]

I don't think it is a sven saw, not sure what it is lol. Was my grandfathers and it wound up at our house. Seems to be of the same design though. Mine, all you'd have to do to replace the blade is unscrew a screw at one end and put a new blade in.

Assuming they are of the same size, they take up no space and on't weight all too much. Would slip perfectly into one of the side pocket/pouches of my kelty backpack.

 

[Moosez45]

Awesome post, Riz. The pull method of fuzzy/shaving is one of those little (not really, but you would be surprised) known skills that most over look. I got real good at it when I hand the broken hand, but it wall left handed, so the right hand (stupid hand) is not that conditioned for it. Still have to use it when the stupid hand gets fatiqued. Try that and the one handed firesteel the same way. It works quite well.

Moose

 

[riz_aaroni]

It is funny because I stuck the knife in the tree and was looking it and it thought to use it that way. Completely forgot about a video I saw on that very concept. Was kind of like a face palm moment. Very useful to know. Made making the shavings very easy to do, feathersticks too I'd imagine.

 

[Ethan Becker]

Hey Riz....

Nice photos....Thanks for sharing a technique few have probably seen.....Always look for a natural vice....Hard to find sometimes.....

Thanks again.....

All Best....

ethan

 

[riz_aaroni]

Hey Riz....

Nice photos....Thanks for sharing a technique few have probably seen.....Always look for a natural vice....Hard to find sometimes.....

Thanks again.....

All Best....

ethan

No problemo, thanks for the comment.

 

[trailbum]

Thanks for that technique, Ive never seen that.
Looked like a fun day.

 

[riz_aaroni]

Thanks for that technique, Ive never seen that.
Looked like a fun day.

Glad I helped!

Was pretty fun, but very tiring too. Walking back was intense, had to stop every so often (like 20 feet) and catch my breath. Snow shoes would have been nice, even for the short walk down the path from my house. Snow makes everything that much harder. Though it is nice having water wherever you are.

The next mission is sawing a 4-5 foot section or whatever I can actually carry and see if I can make something out of it. A bench or lots of spoons or something. Might as well take advantage of the free wood.

 

[JV3]

sweet. why didn't you bring that portable saw on our hike? bring it next time so we won't have to work as hard chopping all that fire wood...then again, a certain someone just ordered a gransfors bruks scandinavian axe we can test moose's pass-around patrol machete head to head against it and the esee lite machete.

Awesome post, Riz. The pull method of fuzzy/shaving is one of those little (not really, but you would be surprised) known skills that most over look. I got real good at it when I hand the broken hand, but it wall left handed, so the right hand (stupid hand) is not that conditioned for it. Still have to use it when the stupid hand gets fatiqued. Try that and the one handed firesteel the same way. It works quite well.

Moose

moose - are you an evil-handed aka lefty like myself too? no wonder

Snow shoes would have been nice, even for the short walk down the path from my house. Snow makes everything that much harder. Though it is nice having water wherever you are.

i was able to test the snowshoes on jungle habitat (again! i know, i know it's my favorite park) the other day. what can i say, i have the knack for taking half day offs (i'm not a 2-weeks straight vacation kinda guy - between vacation, personal, and sick days i have close to a month saved up ). anyway, they worked way better than expected!

my trekking poles would sink about 8" deep but the snowshoes would only sink at most 3" then it would stop. my regular shoes were always on top of the snow the whole time. i covered the same distance it took me last time (45 min) in just 15 min. definitely well worth having snowshoes in the shtf gear.

i'm probably going to rei in east hanover early this saturday to return something. i might put in a hike in chimney rock (near morristown so it's closer to you than harriman). let me know if you're up for it. you can try my snowshoes then.