Dalmatian90
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Three things I noticed --
1) Polished ax so it's slippery in the wood;
2) Razor sharp;
3) He has phenomenal control -- not only aim, like cutting the match in half -- which I think I could do with a fair amount of practice and concentration, that's like learning to be good with a rifle...but depth. The control of his depth is what impressed me -- he was splitting those logs without wasting time/effort driving it too deep. You saw very few splits go flying off to the sides, and that razor sharp ax was never coming close to the ground. "Reading wood" to see the cracks and aiming for them is one thing; reading wood to gauge how hard to hit it and adjust on every swing is taking it to a 'nother level.
1) Polished ax so it's slippery in the wood;
2) Razor sharp;
3) He has phenomenal control -- not only aim, like cutting the match in half -- which I think I could do with a fair amount of practice and concentration, that's like learning to be good with a rifle...but depth. The control of his depth is what impressed me -- he was splitting those logs without wasting time/effort driving it too deep. You saw very few splits go flying off to the sides, and that razor sharp ax was never coming close to the ground. "Reading wood" to see the cracks and aiming for them is one thing; reading wood to gauge how hard to hit it and adjust on every swing is taking it to a 'nother level.