My father needed my help to tarp off a pile of firewood today so I headed over to his house. While waiting for him I thought it would be a good time to give my Yuma a little workout.
First I cleaned up one end of a piece of hardwood for a beater stick (baton)
Then I used it to baton through a really hard piece of maple. The Yuma didnt even struggle at all.
I made a few feathersticks out of a couple of the pieces. These arent very good, but I have never been good at them. Now I realize its all in the knife and sharpness.
I took one more shot before we got to work.
There was actually 2 workhorses involved. For this job the smaller and sharper of the two came in more handy. I used it to cut rope and notch stakes. I would have snapped a few shots but my dad probably would have slapped me upside the head if I stopped working to take a picture of my knife.lol
Another shot of the workhorses. Thats my dad's neighbors house just behind the tractor (He doesnt live there and the place is falling down. I am trying to get him to sell it but he wont---it needs a ton of work, though) My dad's house is way in the background behind the "Stubborn Oak" (she doesnt give up her leaves til around February). The creek that runs along side of the road in the left side of the photo use to be full of trees on both sides. You couldnt see my dads house at all. The County thought it would be best to cut down every single tree along the creek so they could make it deeper and wider. Now they are having cave in problems (morons). The worst part about it is that they drainage/flow issue isnt even on his property . He keeps his section clean. The problem is right after my dads property where it goes under a main 2 lane highway. The tunnel underneath isnt large enough for adequate flow. But they didnt fix that part at all (again, morons). So now they have a wider and deeper ditch funneling into this tunnel. (And they are taking the total cost of the project, dividing it by how many landowners they screwed over by cutting down their trees and then divided that up and tacked it on to their taxes for the next ten years) The only good thing that came out of it is my dad now has about 8 years worth of firewood.
The last thing I wanted to test out was how well it functioned as a throwing knife. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised at how well it "thunks" into the wood.
Just kidding, Todd. You can stop holding your breath now.( and silently chewing me out) It was a glamour shot.
