Work is ramping up production and spring is here, so while the days are getting longer, my day-to-day is becoming busier by the hour. I was, however, able to get some swinging time in yesterday. Almost completed my two ricks of axe-cut firewood.
Smallish sickly Black Cherry with some white fungus growing in the upper branches and has been bleeding sap profusely and making a mess.
Definitely a lighter axe, but the edge geometry really bites into the wood, you just need to keep consistent acceleration with your swings and it will remove wood chips quickly.
Because I am a glutten for punishment and really like to put my axes to the test, I used ONLY this axe to process this 30' tree. Bucks very well and makes clean cuts for the notches.
Here is where the hardened poll came in handy - I used it to drive in these old surplus log dogs so to keep the the logs from rolling while chopping on a hill.
Here I used the stump as an anchor with the dogs. Just be mindful of glancing blows or you'll put the bit right into some nearby steel! Here you can see the janky notch that was giving me a fit dancing around on me during chops before I secured it with the dogs.
All in all, not bad for a late afternoon's axercise before heading in to prepare dinner for my wife and I.
