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American Outdoor Living
Приєднався 7 лис 2021
Welcome to the American Outdoor Living UA-cam channel. On this channel, we will do many things, from trapping and fishing to using, restoring, and maintaining timber gadgets like crosscut saws, bow saws, axes, and vintage chainsaws. We will also be keeping laying hens and gardening. We have content for every avid outdoorsman, so go ahead and subscribe, you won't regret it!
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord"
Psalms 33:12
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord"
Psalms 33:12
Prandi Scandanavian Splitting Axe
An overview of the Prandi Scandanavian splitting axe.
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What to look for in an axe/maul/sledge handle
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Just a quick video to point out some things to look for when you're in the market for a new wood handle.
Milwaukee 26" Splitting Axe
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A overview of my newly acquired Milwaukee splitting axe.
Rigid Brushless Hammer Drill/Driver Kit - Unboxing
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An unboxing of the Rigid brushless hammer drill/driver kit.
Rigid brushless 18V angle grinder - unboxing
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Got this tool for free on black friday with the purchase of the Rigid brushless hammer drill and impact combo kit.
Why steel ammo cans are the GOAT!
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If this video get 2k likes, I will torture test these two cans for you. A comparison and water test between a steel and a plastic ammo can, both from harbor freight. Stay till the end to see the waterproof abilities (or lack of) for these cans.
Are crossbow cranks overrated?
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Not an expert by any means, just thought I'd run a short test and share my experience. Link to my controversial crossbow video: ua-cam.com/video/jz3E94rAwUA/v-deo.html
A homemade splitting maul?
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Just thought I'd show off my homemade splitting maul. What are your opinions? Share them in the comments below.
Is crossbow hate legitimate?
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#archery #hunting A controversial topic like anything nowadays, but here's my take.
$165 Splitting Maul - Unboxing and First Impressions
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$165 Splitting Maul - Unboxing and First Impressions
Splitting wood with only a sledgehammer
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Splitting wood with only a sledgehammer
I was wrong about Wolf Creek traps.
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I was wrong about Wolf Creek traps.
Homemade leather felling wedge scabbard
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Homemade leather felling wedge scabbard
Why every faller needs an aluminum axe scabbard
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Why every faller needs an aluminum axe scabbard
What rubbish are you spouting, drill some holes to add airflow and it's going to give you more high end torque, how and why please explain in depth I'm interested 🤔🤐🤔
Engine runs of explosions, you need air for fuel to combust, when you restrict airflow, you must also restrict fuel to maintain the correct air/fuel ratio. More air/fuel= larger explosion=more power.
Im very surprised of rhe poor hang quality, the head is a great tired and tested design, and the varnish on any handles is never for the benefit of the huyer, but more for shelf presentation.
I definitely agree with you about the varnish. I'm happy to hear the head design is effective, as I haven't done too much splitting with it, but hopefully I will get to do more in the future! As for the hang, well, my previous 2 Prandi's have had terrible hangs, so I wasn't too surprised, but it is fixable.
@AmericanOutdoorLiving varnish seals the wood to prevent it from aging prematurely
Excellent. You clearly covered the points that we need to know about selecting a handle. I like how you praised "old growth" as it is the best in weight and strength. Doctor George Whitehead
Good information here. The best tool for scraping a handle, either in shaping the wood itself, or removing a bad finish, is broken glass, or a distant second, a broken coffee cup. My papaw used broken Coke bottles. They are sturdy, break in curved shapes, and are SHARP. Yes, you can cut yourself if you are not careful, but glass is what my grandfather said that everybody used when he was a kid in the 30's, before he went and whipped Adolf and his boys in the 40's.
😂 2:12 One car every two to twenty seconds is rush hour. 😂
Out here it definitely is.
@ I know I grew up in the middle of nowhere. It brought back memories and made me laugh.
@ you never said which wedge you like best. Do the straight wedges work as good as the twisted one for splitting?
Twisted is by far my favorite and seems to split the best, widest striking face so it's the easiest to hit, thinnest tip so it is easy to get it to penetrate into even the hardest of woods (I did grind the edge on mine just a little to get it that way).
@ okay great. Thanks. I think I’ll buy one of those and then use a few orange felling wedges to fell trees.
All good points, thanks. True about the grain thickness on old growth. Or just skip this video and go with fiberglass. Nothing like the look and feel of real wood in tools and firearms though.
Glad you liked the video, I definitely agree with you that wood is a much superior look and feel to fiberglass.
Used mine quite a bit this past week or so, big fan so far. Doesn't really bog down much at all with a max output battery on it, but it does chew through them quick. You'll burn through a 4ah max output battery in about 5 minutes of constant grinding.
Good to hear its serving you well, I also recently bought a corded angle grinder for the longer run time and so I don't have to switch wheels (grinding to cut off) so often.
How about a demonstration in action ?
I plan to, and I would have in this this video, buy we didn't have any wood left over to split.
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very good
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Fantastic knife, I love mine. I know you'll enjoy it.
I absolutely love it.
First question to answer when talking about any splitting is "Howi is it better than a Fiskats?" In this case, the answer is that it's not.
It is good to be selective when buying a splitting maul/axe, but I don't think it always has to be about what splits best. Sometimes it is also about what tool you like most, to make the process more enjoyable.
@AmericanOutdoorLiving There's more to how well an ax works than just how well it splits. The Fiskars tools (x25, x27, iso) are the gold standards of splitting tools and you made no reference to how this tool compares to any of them. There's more to how an ax works than just how well it splits. That said, men buy tools based on how well they work, how long they last, and what they cost. Without comparing how the tool works compared to a fiskars, the review isn't very useful.
I bought the 16" model on sale at Home Depot a couple of weeks ago. They were on clearance for around $33, I think. Really a no-brainer at that price. I had an Estwing 4-lb. splitting hatchet that was ruined by the hack that I turned it over to at a local hardware store for sharpening. That was a bit heavy for camp wood splitting. Also had a Gransfors Bruk hatchet (about 14") that was terrible as a campground companion because the blade profile was very poor for splitting. (Mind you, no complaint about the GB quality, which is of the highest standard -- it was just the wrong style of tool for the particular task.) The Milwaukee has a wonderful balance between splitting/biting capability, although leans more toward splitting, generally, which is good as far as my needs are concerned. (I mostly just want to split wood from purchased campfire bundles which often have pieces which are too big to start easily, especially if the wood isn't well seasoned, so I'll take a couple of the bigger pieces and make some intermediate sized pieces, and feather off some smaller kindling pieces to make the big stuff easier to start. The Milwaukee dulls fairly quickly, but also sharpens very easily with a puck style hand stone. I just give it a quick touch after each use and it is good as new (actually, better than new, since it didn't exactly come razor sharp). I liked it so much after a week of trying it out that I went back and grabbed the last one they had on hand at my local store. Not an heirloom quality tool, but quite useful/useable, and at the price I paid, a pretty amazing value. Personally, I'd recommend, but YMMV.
who sells it?
Home Depot
Can't wear it on my belt 😏
I use bowstring wax and just do the Dog and trigger as required ..And you haven't really lived until you've had your hand stuck in a 330!!🤣🤣
Why are you afraid of the big traps, just have a good trap setter and a good safety.
I probably should get one, I'm just cheap 🤣
@AmericanOutdoorLiving I know that's why I built my own. ua-cam.com/users/shortsI0JrRU-9jhQ?si=FaH6mi6eLjluWdu3
@AmericanOutdoorLiving magnetic safety for 330 body grip trap prototype. ua-cam.com/users/shortsXRcTDnMTwwk?si=3nd8wLRCeYs6WFlG
I bought a dozen number zeros from Duke and they are basically worthless. I was gonna do just this with a Dremel tool, but of course never did. I feel the springs are nowhere near strong enough either. I was considering making some double spring. Pretty bad deal from Duke, IMO
Most of my traps are Dukes because they are cheap and there is no other options in stores near me. They definitely appear to be the cheapest traps you can make. I have 2 bridgers and they are much better quality and are designed better.
Paoya jabe
What the reality is, nothing is made in American anymore.
I bought two, a 1.5 and a 1.75, and gave them to a friend. They appeared to be roughly assembled, sharp edges here and there. One jaw was sort of binding, due to rough processing. I mean they weren't that bad, but to me, it appeared I am going to stick with my Dukes and gave those two traps to a friend.
Dye them. just don't wax they will be good stay away from dipping
You know you get a free tool with that right? Should be at your local Home Depot.
Yea, I made sure I got the free tool. Got the brushless angle grinder, but that was in my previous video.
Rigid need to lower there price
Nice kit.
Thanks.
I like a rope cocker and that’s also to a point when you get these draw weight of 300 pounds that’s a different story but I agree with you most men and I’m sure some women can use a rope cocker to cock there crossbow and with a rope cocker also done have to worry about losing a handle my self personally I carry a back up rope cocker in my pack incase I forget mine
Want to say thank you for your opinion on crossbows I myself am a crossbow hunter and I really enjoy it
Thanks, I appreciate it!
@ your absolutely welcome and thanks for using and sticking up for people who hunt with crosssbows
How are they gonna drown
The idea is the weight of the trap drowns it, the muskrat will get tired of fighting and drown.
Cool
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Can barely hear what you're saying
I now have a microphone that I use to make my new videos, thanks for the suggestion.
How much fabrication would it take to not use the legs provided and build a custom table?
Price tell me bro
Msrp $4,436.97 but currently on sale for $3,999.97
I buy and use MilSurp cans only. They seem to be better quality than 'civilian' made models. No plastic cans whatsoever!
Harbor Freight cans may be the same as milsurp, I saw a comparison between a harbor freight .50 can and a milsurp one, same weight and metal thickness. But yea I'm definitely not going to buy any more plastic cans.
HF and Tractor Supply have good heavy duty cans . The ones at Walmart are definitely lighter and more flimsy.
Haven't tried the Walmart ones, but thanks for warning me!
Comment if you want a longer water test. Also, at 2k likes we will be torture testing these two cans.
Horrible swing technique. Waste of energy and is likely to cause back injury. Also likely to result in broken handle! Don't do this! I've been spitting wood for 50 years.
You from Michigan brother????
Yes, born and raised.
@ nice me too was around Detroit metro now i moved up north in the thumb area had to get away from the city
Just made two of them I hope ill catch some by tomorrow morning
Good luck and wishing you tight chains brother!
@ thanks brother
Wolf creeks are foriegn made but the guy who runs the company is based out of akron. They are a short drive from me. Glen the guy who runs it is real good people His traps are copies of northwoods traps, honestly they are good stuff at a good price. I absolutely love there #2 ofset regular fog trap, but i loved northwoods. For the price there diablo dps cant be beat
Just out of curiosity, are traps set for sport? For some reason? I hate the idea of trapping a wolf or bobcat and maybe they have kids waiting for them in a little burrow (and Mom never comes home). And then they die a slow, agonizing death. Are these traps necessary? The animals of the world stand no chance against us because of our superior intelligence but, per Dale Carnegie, “Great men show their greatness by how they treat little men.” Plz try to treat the little creatures under your power as humanely as possible
Traps are set for 1 or 2 reasons 1. Fur: You trap them for their fur, but fur prices are extremely low, so it it is hard to make a living or make money trapping, so I believe many people trap for fun, and take the fur so as to get something out of the animal. 2. Wildlife management/pest control: The DNR will sometimes use traps to catch and relocate or tag animals. Property owners or a pest control company may use a trap to catch an animal if it is making a mess of their yard, a danger to their kids, or eating their livestock or the deer they want to hunt. And I understand your concern about not wanting animals to suffer, and no one really wants that, so traps, tactics, and regulations have improved, and hunters or farmers put down thier game or livestock ethically. But at the end of the day they are still animals, so it's ok for us to use them.
Trapping is done in the fall and winter when all young are grown and able to fend for themselves. Trapping is done for population control, meat (here in Alaska I eat muskrat, beaver, and Lynx caught on the line), and their fur either to sell or for your own use. Fur is a renewable textile. By the time a pelt is tanned and made into a garment, that animal has already been replace on the landscape. It’s also all natural and biodegradable unlike petroleum based fabrics.
@ yes, thanks for the education. I think the huge limiting factor for me (and others like me) is when I want meat I go to the store and there it is, wrapped in pretty cellophane, nobody’ has to get their hands dirty, etc. I don’t see the part where the animal is slaughtered, i don’t see the part where the animal is butchered. So, yeah, I must be mindful and respectful that just because I see meat wrapped in pretty cellophane at the store that I’m still part of the food chain and I eat other animals (just as they do)
What's with the hose clamps?
There is a crack along the grain of the handle, so the hose clamp is to keep it from splitting down the middle.
👍👍👍👍 have a good day
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never heard of Triumph
Leukemia patient here. I no longer have the strength to pull my bow. No longer have the endurance to put in long hikes. So now, I get to sit and wait with a crossbow. Pisses me off that that is what my “hunting” has come to, but at least I still am out there. If you hate my crossbow, well who cares!
Their conibears didn't impress me. FYI
Ok, thanks for letting me know.
Take it from someone who has had the great opportunity to hunt with gun, xbow, and compound bow. They all have a great advantage. Obviously gun long distance minimum practice required, anyone who says a crossbow is like a short gun or anyone says there are huge advantages to an xbow you have never shot a xbow, xbows are bulky, heavy and loud. And your range is nothing like a gun. But you gain maybe an extra 10 yds over a compound bow. This is exactly why people are leaving the hunting community because of stupid petty arguments like this. Please please if you love to hunt and you love the outdoors use what your confident in and enjoy creation and high five everyone who does the same. As for camo or not to camo I would worry more about controlling your stink😂 deer are more likely to run if they smell you than see you. I wear solid black or dark browns I don’t waste money on camo. All that said good job on the video keep it up.
Very well said, thanks!
having your high powered "bow", already cocked, is a HUGE advantage. Plus they have scoped optics. Oh well
Ok, ditch your sights, ditch your release (aka a trigger by another name), ditch your high powered compound bow that took thousands of years of evolution to create, and use a low powered recurve, then we can talk skill or advantage.
I strictly compound hunt. I also have no issue with a man or woman who hunts with a crossbow. To eaches own, it’s all about getting in the outdoors and doing what you love. Good luck this year!
Thanks, good luck to you too!