Sharpening Gaffs

[tree md]

Jesus ####ing christ!! I don't give a rat's ass that you've been doing it for twenty years. I didn't call you out, i didn't say you were doing it wrong. I was just giving my opinion. Sorrrrrry. I'm ####ing done with this worthless site.

Easy bro, I wasn't calling you out either. Just chatting... Sorry if it sounded that way. Hope you don't leave. I kinda like reading what you have to say.

Just saying whatever floats your boat...

 

[tree MDS]

Hey, whatever works for ya, knock yourself out. I know what works for me and I've managed to make a living at it for 20 years.

Touch up is key. keep your angles and you should be just fine. Razor sharp spikes is not the way to go IMO though.

At 160 I have attained catlike prowess with the razor sharp gecko's.. nice to have the winter 15 lbs. off!

I feel like I'm in my twenties again - gotta love treework!

 

[tree MDS]

Jesus ####ing christ!! I don't give a rat's ass that you've been doing it for twenty years. I didn't call you out, i didn't say you were doing it wrong. I was just giving my opinion. Sorrrrrry. I'm ####ing done with this worthless site.

REEE- OWWW.. hiss.. hiss..

 

[Blakesmaster]

At 160 I have attained catlike prowess with the razor sharp gecko's.. nice to have the winter 15 lbs. off!

I feel like I'm in my twenties again - gotta love treework!

catlike prowess? lol. I'm dying here.

 

[tree md]

LOL, sometimes I jaber and debate too much. Just bored and chatting. I wanted to be on the water an hour ago but I'm stuck waiting on someone.

Anyway, don't read to much into my banter. Wasn't meant to be personal...

 

[tree MDS]

LOL, sometimes I jaber and debate too much. Just bored and chatting. I wanted to be on the water an hour ago but I'm stuck waiting on someone.

Anyway, don't read to much into my banter. Wasn't meant to be personal...

I hear ya.. seems like at 275 one inch round stock would dig in pretty good..

 

[jefflovstrom]

Jesus ####ing christ!! I don't give a rat's ass that you've been doing it for twenty years. I didn't call you out, i didn't say you were doing it wrong. I was just giving my opinion. Sorrrrrry. I'm ####ing done with this worthless site.

For a tree dude, you are very sensitive.
Jeff

 

[tree MDS]

For a tree dude, you are very sensitive.
Jeff

A crane diva perhaps?

 

[donthraen]

I have a problem maybe you could help-- bean climbing about 10 years or so and last fall my boss died and in all that time he always took care of all the stuff including the gaffs well now Im on my own and realized today wen I spiked out the 3rd time in heavy bark I need to sharpen but don't no how to cause never did it Ime 195lb. and it hurts sliding down a tree and cause my old ones were always sharp rarely had a problem so how do I sharpen the rite way

 

[tree md]

Here's a link to instructions for sharpening and maintaining gaffs:

http://www.bashlin.com/lineman/inspection.htm

 

[donthraen]

Here's a link to instructions for sharpening and maintaining gaffs:

http://www.bashlin.com/lineman/inspection.htm

thank you that doesn't look hard at all

 

[tree md]

Just be sure to keep the same angles, that's important. If you get off the correct angle then it will make them harder to pull out of the tree. Don't take too much off when filing, you do not want to degrade the integrity of the gaff by taking too much off.

 

[ropensaddle]

Just be sure to keep the same angles, that's important. If you get off the correct angle then it will make them harder to pull out of the tree. Don't take too much off when filing, you do not want to degrade the integrity of the gaff by taking too much off.

I climbed on homemade spurs back in the eighty's made out of cotton spindels they worked fine!

 

[tree MDS]

I climbed on homemade spurs back in the eighty's made out of cotton spindels they worked fine!

Excuse me rope.. but just exactly wtf is a cotton spindel? Lol.

 

[tree md]

I climbed on homemade spurs back in the eighty's made out of cotton spindels they worked fine!

LOL, I climbed on an old set of spikes that was manufactured by some mining company back when I first started out. LOL, those things were ancient. The gaffs were held in place by some kind of rickety pins. They wobbled when you stood on them and when you climbed. Man, I can't believe I used to climb on those things...

I have made the mistake of oversharpening and getting off of the correct angles while sharpening when I was younger. It's a ##### to get them back into spec if you ever get off the right angle and then you have to oversharpen them to get them back in spec. In any event, they will work you to death in a tree if you ever do so. I would hope that some of the younger climbers here could learn from my mistakes.

 

[ropensaddle]

. I would hope that some of the younger climbers here could learn from my mistakes.

Which is why you must teach the draggin bowline and two man sheet bend to them, they have to learn:monkey:

 

[ropensaddle]

Excuse me rope.. but just exactly wtf is a cotton spindel? Lol.

Its a southern thing yaáll wouldn't understand lmfao

 

[BlackenedTimber]

At 160 I have attained catlike prowess with the razor sharp gecko's.. nice to have the winter 15 lbs. off!

I feel like I'm in my twenties again - gotta love treework!

You weigh almost as much as my left leg. LMFAO.

 

[tree MDS]

You weigh almost as much as my left leg. LMFAO.

Sounds about right.

 

[TreEmergencyB]

im 150lbs and i love my geckos just step in and out no need to 'kick' em in