Its nice to see a young person enjoying the use and utility of the axe. I’m 75 years old and have been using axes since I was ten.I collect different axes and still use them all. Keep it up. Lee Gibbs, Scotts, Michigan

@940joey2

Жыл бұрын

Thank you much for watching and for the kind words sir !! Man that’s a long time behind the axe, I’m happy to hear you’re still out there swinging away 👍 thank you so much again !!

Hey! Another one bites the dust!!! Great axe to do the challenge with.

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin !! This was a big accomplishment glad I was able to pull it off, going to try and pull another one off before the end of the year

Wow well done!! You're a beast!

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Lol thank you !!

Jersey to the rescue!!😁

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Yayyyy Jersey !! I love these axes, I think a jersey has to be my favorite full size axe !!

Awesome job mate! Good size tree and cool vid too. Well done 👍👍

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! My brother is up visiting from California so he helped me with the filming and editing 👍

Great video! Looking forward to the next one!

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kristie !!

That is a lot of work!! Top job.

@940joey2

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much I really appreciate it !! And thank you so much for subscribing 👍

Nicely done! Looking forward to the next one on the jersey

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you !! Trust me man I’m excited to got a few more things up my sleeve as well

Very nice. Good job !

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much !!

This is bad ass brother!

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah thanks man !! It was a lot of work

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

But really fun to do

Nice work, council tool cuts great tuned up! Just a word of advise, I would put out a statement as to why you are cutting a tree prior to felling it, not so much to please the tree huggers, but to make sure you are doing you best to sustain a healthy forest. The tree you cut was a black cherry, prunus serotina, which was known for its high timber value in recent years. Additionally, it produces fruits for birds and small mammals. Not saying you were in the wrong for cutting it, as it does produce btu’s comparable to oak and is good firewood. Just saying these are things to consider. Once you get a little more knowledge about the forest it makes it harder to find nice trees to cut, but it also makes you feel good knowing the trees you do take down will help the rest of the forest be more productive. Again, nice work and good video!

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you !! Yes I absolutely love this axe after I tuned it up. I totally hear what you’re saying I’ll be honest I’m very new to all of this and I do need to educate myself more on forestry. With that said I’m really excited to educate myself more on it because I would like to help the forest grow better and not cause harm at the same time get better and more comfortable behind the axe as well !! Do you know of any good sources I can look at in identifying sick or invasive trees because I’m definitely going to look into that. The tree I selected was mainly based off of location and size. Thanks again for the great feedback 🤙

@Codi_Clapper

2 жыл бұрын

@@940joey2 Awesome, glad to hear it. Yeah forestry is a tough subject to read about because there are two sides to it. One being science based and the other an art. A lot of forestry is being able to justify your management decisions with scientific reasoning, recognizing that changing the forest can bring both good and bad outcomes. Generally if you don’t know what a tree is, you shouldn’t cut it, but when I was starting out with axes I certainly didn’t follow that rule either. Just something you grow into. There’s a lot about forestry that I could discuss, so I think I’ll put out a video here soon that ought to be helpful. Keep choppin’!

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

@@Codi_Clapper thank you, I’m going to do a bunch of research on forestry and yeah man that would be an awesome video. I’m going to sub to your channel. So far most of my wood for the cord wood challenge as far as accumulating wood has been dead fall and bucking it mainly for that reason I didn’t want to just go around cutting random trees. I’m always down to learn more and more I really am interested in it and one day hope to be knowledgeable enough to help someone else !!

Nice Work.

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

Great work

@940joey2

24 күн бұрын

Thank you so much !!

@timbarry5080

24 күн бұрын

@@940joey2 you make it look easy. And I know it's not

Great job Sir!🇺🇸

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you !!! 👍

nice job, that felling cut was great

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben !! 🤙

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the awesome feed back on the felling cut it means a lot especially coming from someone with such great experience thank you !!

@benscottwoodchopper

2 жыл бұрын

@@940joey2 no worries! You are doing great

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

@@benscottwoodchopper thank you 👍

It looked like it cut pretty well considering it's a smaller/lighter axe. 18° seems to be a nice sweet spot. Alittle sticky, but that seems to be the norm for Councils boys axe. Mine does the same thing, and i brought it down to around 17.5° And it cut much better than from the factory. I spent $35 on mine maybe 5 years ago, and it still has its original handle and hang on it. For some reason it hasn't wiggled loose yet.. Knock on wood lol But for the price they are great little axes. The steel is super easy to work with too. Makes reprofiling less of a struggle. However like you experienced, they dont work too well with some things. I much prefer a heavier axe and something that can bite deeper.

@940joey2

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching !!!! Yeah man I love the council tool axes I think they’re great !! Dang you got a great deal on yours, was yours the older red version, I’ve been looking for one of those I don’t think they’re available anymore !! Yeah I totally agree 17.5 to 18 degrees is an awesome sweet spot on these lighter axes it’s really helps them bite, but this cherry was definitely a bit large and tough for such a light axe. I think it did well for what it is, but it really shines in other wood types 👍 thank you so much again !!

@cosmicbilly

Жыл бұрын

@@940joey2 Maybe not quite 5 years now that i think about it lol Cause i just doubled checked and the stamp on mine says 2019. So closer to 4 years actually. I think it's the sport utility model. Man time flies😯 But so far the head is still on the handle super solid. Even when i sink it into a log or big round, and go to pull and wiggle the handle, there's no movement or wobble where the handle goes into the eye. So I think i just got really lucky cause I've had other axe handles work themselves loose within 1-2 winters But yeah, i paid $35 bucks for it on Amazon, and free shipping with Prime. Now i can't seem to find any council tool boys axes for that cheap. Price's have gone up alot in the past few years. I remember the 3.5lb Jersey being around $45-$50 on Amazon around that time aswell.

Nice job. Well done. Subscribed.

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you !!

Found thus video through FB! Nice work!

@MatthewAmsbaugh

2 жыл бұрын

I’m having the same issues with my council tools axe. I’m currently making a new handle for it.

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewAmsbaugh thank you so much man !! Yeah I do love the axe the original hang came loose and I re hung it and the wedge started to come out but that could of been error on my part but side from that the head itself im beyond happy with. I’m going to sub to your channel now 👍

Pretty good video! Your edge geometry looks to be working real good. If you mentioned what kind of tree I missed it. Just curious

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much !! Yeah in this video I was extremely new to axes this I believe was my second video ever and my first time fully processing a tree with an axe, with that said I’m happy I spent some time making the edge work well. Since this video I tuned them up a little more. And the tree I’m this video is a cherry. Thanks for watching 👍

What came first the hard work or the character?

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

I’m mot sure I completely understand the question, so I’m just going to shoot from the hip here and say the hard work lol 👍 thanks man !!

A lot of safety mistakes, one is, especially when standing on block aline your feet with your swing. By the way, the log is not big enough to have to stand on it.

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Hey man thanks for watching and for pointing those things out. This was my first time ever doing one tree completely with and axe and I believe my second or 3rd time ever using an axe. As far as standing on it yeah I could have stood on the ground, but I’ve seen people a lot more experienced than me stand on the log so I pretty much wanted to just give it a shot and get some practice with it. And yeah I definitely should have aligned my feet with the swing. Thanks for the advice and for checking out the video. 🤙

love watching the bucking. that's a good exercise eh? I wonder when I watch bucking with an axe about all the wasted wood compared to using a power saw. any thoughts on this?

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much !! Yeah there’s is absolutely more wood waste compared to a power saw, that’s if you let it go to waste. Depending on the wood I use the chips from bucking for different things from tinder and fire making materials, mulch for the garden, wood chips for the meat smoker, and other things as well. While the power saw just gives fine wood chips, my buddy uses the waste chips from his power saw for his chicken coop but that’s about it. So long story short yes using an axe is more waste and takes a bunch more energy, but it’s a heck of a lot of fun and once you find uses for them big ole chips you feel less bad 👍

@ignacio5283

2 жыл бұрын

@@940joey2 thanks for that. I was just curious. Not being critical. Good to know.

Dead seasoned wood is always harder than live green. I think that the edge on the CT Boy's axe was fine, just too light of a head for that job. A full size axe will always penetrate deeper with a similar edge and profile. My CT Velvicut Boy's Bad Axe chops better than my CT Utility boy's axe and big chips pop easier when undercutting. Even so, my 4 lb CT Velvicut Felling Axe is the big dog. Using the right tool for the job is more efficient, don't you agree? Cheers! That's a man day of wood working.

@940joey2

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man yeah I totally agree I love the CT boys axe but that jersey definitely made quicker work of that harder wood for sure but I also think to my grid in the Jersey is a bit more aggressive. Thank you for the sub I just subbed to your channel 👍