Axe felling today

[leswold]

For 'fun' used an axe on a 13" dia windblown oak. Never having done this before & being unable to borrow something suitable I got a 70cm/1.2kg Stihl pruning axe. Half an hour & much sweat later it was down, altho' it did go the opposite way:blushing:but no harm done as it was in woodland I manage. Should've cut much higher, chest height but it was a good workout & next time maybe something heavier, to bite deeper.

Anyone else daft enough?

[Xaltu]

I'm daft enough, although it is usually for demo purposes. Last one was quite small, only just over 6" dia. Location was a pain though for swinging a felling axe so used my smaller Forest Axe instead. I was really pleased when the tree went down in the right direction. All though the tree was due to come down, I was challenged to take it down with an axe.

[cornish wood burner]

One of the lasting memories of my father was him showing me how to fell a tree with an axe. I still have the smaller than average axe I used to this day along with his patchhook. I renewed the handles on both a few years ago, and my son and I still use the patch hook when trimming out our firewood. I think I might take the axe out and repeat the lesson with my son. He appreciates the quality of his grandfathers old patch hook so I think he would enjoy using the axe as well. I must give it the once over on the oil stone first though.

[william127]

I first started felling trees with an axe when I was about 7, in the woods with my dad. He also used to take my scouts felling trees in the same woods with a couple of axes when I was about 13, he used to put the faces in with a chainsaw and we would team up to race each other to get the back cuts in.

It's Been a while since I felled a tree with an axe but I snedded a few up with one last month.

[leswold]

Soon as the blisters :blushing:go I'll try again.

[hiluxstihl]

3 of us with a Stihl bavarian axe cut an ash tree about a foot and a half in diameter. the axe is still beside the bed, never seen timber since! it gave a strange sense of respect, nostalgia and It was a memorable occasion for my father, myself and one of our friends, the chainsaw processed the rest of the tree in a lot less time but nearly was a let down