Wood Splitting Tips - Hand split with axe

Top Tips: Elevated surface, set towards the back - Look at your round for checks and crack, attack the edges - You don't have to swing for a home run, let the axe do the work. You will be more accurate and you won't fatigue as quickly. Also you'll be less prone to overstriking

Got my ass kicked a little with the birch bark holding that round together but it finally let go in the end.

[proxy]

Thank you for these tips!
I'm still a beginner on woodcutting skills and i always learn so much from your video's!

[swsha]

number one tip, not mentioned, use the fvcking maul that's sitting there

[beeberbonberber]

Bro this is leveling up my real life skill for woodcutting

[isabellam]

I love the handle. Nice and skinny and thin while being very agronomical. There’s this trend with knives and axes the last few years of overbuilding them at the expense of exellent usability.

[shimanoafro]

You don't have to get your rage out of your life 'on every swing' is the key part I took away lol

[EmmettReese-nhlg]

Very nice! I would use this method but for someone my size I need a 8 pound Mual just to get a crack in wood😂

[rickyshultz]

Mauls are for splitting wood, and when I need to relive stress it’s the mad pile, the knottiest of knottiest pieces that gave me problems!

[tdubs]

My god it would take forever with your method. And, I’m letting sure that’s a felling axe. And having your wood elevated takes out half of your swing. Homeboy has been watching too many Bradley Thoren TikTok’s

[furnacego]

It is kinda what the comment section is for this kinda turned my mind bro. If you take your rage out in real life there will consequences, sometimes serious ones, but we can come here or there and yell at guy for not being perfect. Good? I think probably, but I have no idea, it ain't good to express anger without restraint. Weird world, thanks for perspective

[Westcoast]

If you use slightly more power that would blow apart along as your not hitting all over the show. My grandad used to draw lines on the logs for me to practice on just as a tip.

[Eric-gikg]

Tip 1..
Don't stand with legs in the 'miss' zone

[skintback]

Good advice, but to add to it, wear proper footwear, and use a splitting axe/maul. The profile is thicker for splitting, and will not bury into wood like an axe is designed to.

[StarBrand.]

Its not rage just retention that needs release ❤😂🎉💀🤣🕶🔥

[sagger]

Amazing simply amazing… I imagine the targeted audience must be… well undefined.