Alaskan's Journal

[Alaskan]

Might be a good idea.

 

[Bruce]

Or for fun, make something similar using the the hand axe as the splitter.

 

[Bruce]

(That's cheating...he's cutting the same stick over and over again)

Groundhog Day

 

[Alaskan]

i'm sure glad your son is ok @Alaskan. worked in surgery for a few years and one of the cases i'll never forget was a guy chopping firewood wearing flip flops. lets ask ourselves why on Gods green earth would you do that but the ax split his foot between his big and 2nd toes about halfway up his foot. took an orthopod several hours to put him back together again. I think you should get him one of those splitter for his birthday. it would save you and him both a lot of grief.

But still easier to piece back together than a chainsaw.

One lady in town chopped her finger clean off with an axe.

They sewed it back together so well, even works just fine!

The chainsaw injuries that I have seen.

Those do NOT go back together right.

 

[Rammy]

Thats why I dont mess with chainsaws. Also very careful with an ax. Dont want to lose a body part I like, namely an arm or leg.

 

[goatgurl]

you're right @Alaskan chain saws leave a gnarled up, chipped up, grizzled up mess. just have to clean up after them and make do, the pieces are to little to put back in place. those we just stopped the bleeding, picked out the bone fragments and trimmed up off the hanging pieces and hoped for the best. my second least favorite surgery right behind motorcycles and picking and scrubbing road rash out of and off of some guys face.

 

[Alaskan]

you're right @Alaskan chain saws leave a gnarled up, chipped up, grizzled up mess. just have to clean up after them and make do, the pieces are to little to put back in place. those we just stopped the bleeding, picked out the bone fragments and trimmed up off the hanging pieces and hoped for the best. my second least favorite surgery right behind motorcycles and picking and scrubbing road rash out of and off of some guys face.

Yep.... nasty, nasty.

That is why with the 4 wheeler and snow machine we are ULTRA strict. If they get on the machine they have to be wearing their helmet. Doesn't matter if they are only moving a foot.

 

[Shawluvsbirds]

Does Al have a stump in the middle of his living room?
(That's cheating...he's cutting the same stick over and over again)

Lol! Well. . he could get one!

Or for fun, make something similar using the the hand axe as the splitter.

I'll bet a person could make one pretty easy if they know how to weld.

 

[Shawluvsbirds]

Who cares about the carpet. . save the kids toes!

 

[greybeard]

At one time, I had 6 axes and 7 hatchets (5 of the hatchets were hypo hatchets) and 3 chainsaws. I've cut back some now tho.

A friend from out of state came to visit and next day called me and said:
I woke up this morning and thought, you know, I've seen teen slasher movies that had less axes than that.