I have the same affliction of buying more knives, saws and axes than I need. I tried penicillin, but yesterday I bought 2 more axes! Thank you for the great video about something that I love.
27:17 - I have the same splitting maul at my cabin. It is literally the best 'mental reset' you can do after a working week to just split wood for the weekend. Really relaxing and a healthy thing to do.
Enjoyed your video. I also own several Gransfor Bruks hatchets and axes. They’re quality built with great steel. You should try Tuatahi axes. They’re also wonderful quality. I recommend the trapper and work axe. I’d give the Tuatahi the edge in chopping ability.
Your pocket axe by Gransfors is stamped with the initials "LP" This is the stamp for Lennart Petersen, who is considered among the best axe makers in Sweden. Have a look on eBay, LP stamped axes are going for big money. Just a thought for you, if you ever wanted to sell it👍😝
Hey there Welshman! I've watched a bunch of your videos today and thoroughly enjoyed them. You and your mates must be a great bunch to camp out with. If I'm ever in Wales...
Great video good collection of saw and axe I like vintage axe the steal is so good pre-war but another sub good work keep it up. Looking to move to south wales soon back home.
Great video! I think I’ll get one more axe this year. I have a Gränsfors Bruk Outdoor Axe (plus Laplander and a Mora), it’s perfect for my day hikes in the woods right now, I use it to quickly split up wood put out by the park rangers (nature reserve area in Sweden), simple and easy. I’m usually cold and cold hands when I get around to it so I prefer the axe before knife and baton because it requires less fine motor skills hence lower risk of cutting myself. After the splitting I’m warm enough to make a few feather sticks ✅🔥 Thanks 👍🏼
Greetings! You may well have more hand saws than me, but not axes or chainsaws LOL! Your first Wetterlings axe that you showed is, I believe, a Large Hunters Axe, being a big Wetterlings Axe fan I picked a used ine up last year and cleaned it up. I have had the Wetterlings Les Stroud Bushman Axe for many years and it remains one of my favourite axes. I also have the Wetterlings Forest Axe (similar to the GB Forest Axe). I do not do much carving, but I prefer to use an old HB 0.7Kg axe that I made up a shaft for. I recently bought from the UK a Draper Expert pruning saw, for 35 Pounds it was good value and cuts pretty good though it is more like a carpenter's saw with a curved blade and a little cumbersome. Nice, smaller Husqvarna saw!...I have a 45cc Jonsered and 45cc Sachs Dolmar, the Sachs is a great saw. Best Wishes, WS
My dad and Uncle always told me Granfors is the only axe option . Theres nothing else lol . They also said when it comes to taking medium to LARGE game . You have one option for bullets . That option is Nosler Partition. Layer on when Accubond came out they said Partion or Accubond only lol.. Nice collection bro and that's for sharing
Just got round to watching this, thoroughly enjoyed seeing your collection of wood processing tools. Loved your ultimate saw! What did I learn? I don't have enough axes.😁
03:50 the coating makes it stick even more. It is textured and therefore creates more friction. This leads to more sap being stuck on the blade. Bhaco's also are very dull and take forever to cut. Theyre only good for small detailed tasks. A silky smaller than a bhaco runs circles around the baco
What a lovely chap, you’ve just got another subscriber 👍💪 a man after my own heart, my daughters think I’ll get arrested with my bushcraft knife, axe and saw collection! 😳
I'm up here in Northern Sweden and we have a large wood heater in the basement of one of our houses that heats two houses through a hot water system during the whole of Winter...well, I cut, limb, section, carry out of the forest, section again and cleave about 33 cubic meters of firework every Spring. All I use is a Husqvarna Rancher chainsaw, an ancient, good quality cleaving axe for the job (it looks very like your Husqvarna but isn't) and a GB Small forest Axe...no way would I use the hydraulic machine instead of the cleaver either, not while I have the physical capability to still swing my beloved axes. Super collection mate and nice to hear your thoughts on them.
What a terrific video;; loved seeing your collections. Particularly liked seeing saws and axes together. I’m in Canada and early settlers of this continent were encouraged to bring, among other tools, saws and axes. They go together, like soup and sandwich. I have some wonderful axes but my saw collection is very skinny. Some years ago I was selling cut-your-own Christmas trees from my property and the kid helping out lent out several of my saws and announced at the end of the day that the customers must have left with them too. I’m over it now that you’ve given me some good saw recommendations. Looking forward to more of your videos.
Very nice, I recently bought, for work, a fiskars 8 pound splitting maul, after using that I won’t split with an axe agin, it explodes wood wheels apart, wouldn’t want to try felling with it though.
New on your channel and i like your videos alot 👍 i have the gomboy 240 and gränsfors wild axe and can confirm that they are lovely tools. I have my eyes on the big forest axe, keep up the good work 👍🔥
Nice video, Scott. I've been boring Rob in my defense of the Laplander saws: great in-hand ergonomics and pocket friendliness. They're still my first choice for a casual bimble round the woods. I've often wondered 'what if' Silky made blades for bow saws. Cool cat, BTW!
Very nice and informative video. The sloyd axe is something to keep in mind. Even so I own a handforged damascous one I love to use. Your favorit saw is Good stuff. Keep on with the chanel.
I had one for a while. Very good axe when starting out. If you look at robin wood’s instagram, he’s bringing out a new carving axe soon. Not sure how much they’ll be, but may be worth a look.
Just the title has got all my attention! Getting a large dram, leaving the boss watching those idiots in the Castle in North Wales and going to sit in the front room and watch and enjoy. Will report back in 32 mins and 36 seconds.
Ardderchog, A++. Really enjoyed, just off to pour another large dram and watch again. If that really is your favourite saw in the woods then it won't be difficult to find your camp :)
Excellent video. I discovered your channel yesterday. My question is: Why haven't you got a million subscribers? It's right up there with the best outddoor/bushcraft channels out there, and a damn sight better than most. Your accent reminds me of long ago when I played rugby as a "guest" in the valleys, and you look like a hybrid of Brian Blessed and Ant Middleton :) .........
Love it! That last saw is a must buy!! I love a good axe as well, although I am embarrassed to admit I still haven’t got my first one yet! I’m torn between getting a hultafors and gransfors which would you recommend more?
@@welshwoodsman so, I know you like the wildlife hatchet 😉 I’m quite taken with it myself as a place to start but, I do like the small forest axe as well because it’s an all rounder decisions decisions!
@@thegeordiewanderer2954 I went sfa first, to see if I really needed the wlh. Turns out, I was contented with the small forest. Hopefully by now you've made your choice and it was right for you. If you're not looking to over work a hatchet though, Husqvarna is made by hultafors. Save yourself 100 bucks.
@@jeremyhall134 I haven’t gotten myself one as of yet, oops, I was bought a Mora camp axe for my birthday so I’ve been using that so far and if I’m honest I’m pretty chuffed with it, even for a plastic moulded handle axe. But I will be getting myself a sfa since I’ve just found a woodworking shop in my home town, which I’m buzzing for!
I almost pissed myself laughing when you said the GB small forest axe was good for colder climates like Canada. It is a terrible choice! Too light, the bit profile is too narrow, the edge is too hard and well known for chipping excessively and even cracking at subzero temperatures that aren't even really considered cold. It would be pretty much be the last axe I would take into a cold weather camp here in Canada!
09:15 youre oaying half price because its half the saw. Its a lot more flimsy(less thick), the sheath is way worse, and its only a partial tang with a less comfortable grip
You are a Man with a passion!
Best Wishes from Montana! M.H.
I have the same affliction of buying more knives, saws and axes than I need. I tried penicillin, but yesterday I bought 2 more axes! Thank you for the great video about something that I love.
I'm sure if a woman can never have enough shoes and handbags, then I can have a many knives and axes as I want!
27:17 - I have the same splitting maul at my cabin. It is literally the best 'mental reset' you can do after a working week to just split wood for the weekend. Really relaxing and a healthy thing to do.
Enjoyed your video. I also own several Gransfor Bruks hatchets and axes. They’re quality built with great steel. You should try Tuatahi axes. They’re also wonderful quality. I recommend the trapper and work axe. I’d give the Tuatahi the edge in chopping ability.
Just found your channel! Great content! LOVE your axe collection!! SUBBED!! Greetings from 🇺🇸! 🪓🌲🪓🌲
Now I don’t feel so bad buying so many axes, bushcraft knives and saws 😂 thank you for making me feel better 👍
No problem, if its any consolation, I've got more now 😳
@@welshwoodsman excellent. 😃 👍
Your pocket axe by Gransfors is stamped with the initials "LP"
This is the stamp for Lennart Petersen, who is considered among the best axe makers in Sweden. Have a look on eBay, LP stamped axes are going for big money. Just a thought for you, if you ever wanted to sell it👍😝
Yes I have one too
Really enjoyed the review
Hilarious keep up the great videos thanks mate
Hey there Welshman! I've watched a bunch of your videos today and thoroughly enjoyed them. You and your mates must be a great bunch to camp out with. If I'm ever in Wales...
Thank you. Nice video.
"Better than a Silky Any Day." LOL I agree.
Great video good collection of saw and axe I like vintage axe the steal is so good pre-war but another sub good work keep it up. Looking to move to south wales soon back home.
Great video! I think I’ll get one more axe this year. I have a Gränsfors Bruk Outdoor Axe (plus Laplander and a Mora), it’s perfect for my day hikes in the woods right now, I use it to quickly split up wood put out by the park rangers (nature reserve area in Sweden), simple and easy. I’m usually cold and cold hands when I get around to it so I prefer the axe before knife and baton because it requires less fine motor skills hence lower risk of cutting myself. After the splitting I’m warm enough to make a few feather sticks ✅🔥 Thanks 👍🏼
Greetings! You may well have more hand saws than me, but not axes or chainsaws LOL! Your first Wetterlings axe that you showed is, I believe, a Large Hunters Axe, being a big Wetterlings Axe fan I picked a used ine up last year and cleaned it up. I have had the Wetterlings Les Stroud Bushman Axe for many years and it remains one of my favourite axes. I also have the Wetterlings Forest Axe (similar to the GB Forest Axe). I do not do much carving, but I prefer to use an old HB 0.7Kg axe that I made up a shaft for. I recently bought from the UK a Draper Expert pruning saw, for 35 Pounds it was good value and cuts pretty good though it is more like a carpenter's saw with a curved blade and a little cumbersome. Nice, smaller Husqvarna saw!...I have a 45cc Jonsered and 45cc Sachs Dolmar, the Sachs is a great saw. Best Wishes, WS
I always enjoy, and learn from, your videos
My dad and Uncle always told me Granfors is the only axe option . Theres nothing else lol . They also said when it comes to taking medium to LARGE game . You have one option for bullets . That option is Nosler Partition. Layer on when Accubond came out they said Partion or Accubond only lol..
Nice collection bro and that's for sharing
From one Welshman to another keep doing what your doing👍
Interesting to see what other people have and use.
Man I can just listen to your accent for hours 😂 lol really fun😋👍
Also very cool collection. I'm green with envy😬❤️
Just got round to watching this, thoroughly enjoyed seeing your collection of wood processing tools. Loved your ultimate saw! What did I learn? I don't have enough axes.😁
03:50 the coating makes it stick even more. It is textured and therefore creates more friction. This leads to more sap being stuck on the blade. Bhaco's also are very dull and take forever to cut. Theyre only good for small detailed tasks. A silky smaller than a bhaco runs circles around the baco
What a lovely chap, you’ve just got another subscriber 👍💪 a man after my own heart, my daughters think I’ll get arrested with my bushcraft knife, axe and saw collection! 😳
I'm up here in Northern Sweden and we have a large wood heater in the basement of one of our houses that heats two houses through a hot water system during the whole of Winter...well, I cut, limb, section, carry out of the forest, section again and cleave about 33 cubic meters of firework every Spring. All I use is a Husqvarna Rancher chainsaw, an ancient, good quality cleaving axe for the job (it looks very like your Husqvarna but isn't) and a GB Small forest Axe...no way would I use the hydraulic machine instead of the cleaver either, not while I have the physical capability to still swing my beloved axes.
Super collection mate and nice to hear your thoughts on them.
I really learn a lot from your videos, thank you!! New subscriber today!
What a terrific video;; loved seeing your collections. Particularly liked seeing saws and axes together. I’m in Canada and early settlers of this continent were encouraged to bring, among other tools, saws and axes. They go together, like soup and sandwich. I have some wonderful axes but my saw collection is very skinny. Some years ago I was selling cut-your-own Christmas trees from my property and the kid helping out lent out several of my saws and announced at the end of the day that the customers must have left with them too. I’m over it now that you’ve given me some good saw recommendations. Looking forward to more of your videos.
Great collection 👌
Great channel👍🏻 sub’d!
Great video. Wow, axe and saw envy here 😃.
Very nice, I recently bought, for work, a fiskars 8 pound splitting maul, after using that I won’t split with an axe agin, it explodes wood wheels apart, wouldn’t want to try felling with it though.
New on your channel and i like your videos alot 👍 i have the gomboy 240 and gränsfors wild axe and can confirm that they are lovely tools. I have my eyes on the big forest axe, keep up the good work 👍🔥
Awesome video Scott!
Nice vid. I subbed. I’ve been a gb axe guy and silky guy for a long time. Gb hatchets are much more useful than an equally priced knife.
Great video!!!
Hello from north Wales coast .
Would you consider selling the mini axe ?
I’m particularly looking for the initials lp on head
Thanks 🙏🏻
Just found your channel
Great Video thanks
Lovely video,great tools!
Good vid
You do like your axes
I have a Gransfor little hatchet
I love it for carving as it is so light in my hand
and it balances to such an easy cut
Loved the vid - loved the detail
Atb
Nice collection axe.🥰👍
Love your content. Hope for more reviews and video's on Bushcraft and the great outdoors. Best greetings from Belgium.
the Silky 130 fits in my left front pocket.
Nice video, Scott. I've been boring Rob in my defense of the Laplander saws: great in-hand ergonomics and pocket friendliness. They're still my first choice for a casual bimble round the woods. I've often wondered 'what if' Silky made blades for bow saws. Cool cat, BTW!
Great video, coveting your axe collection! Had no idea about the Les Stroud one, gutted they're no longer made.
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Great job!
What wonderful knowledge and experience you have. I appreciate it very much. Cheers
Can I please know the brand of the first ax I own one and I would love to do research thanks
Listening to this guy speaking - I never realised the Wales & Sweden were beside each other.
Great back story Scott...enjoyed your take on some great kit 👍
here for the strop
Cheers Mate!
Very nice and informative video. The sloyd axe is something to keep in mind. Even so I own a handforged damascous one I love to use. Your favorit saw is Good stuff. Keep on with the chanel.
Most axes will stand up to the work it's just most people don't know how to sharpen an axe. Swedish axes come sharp until you use it
I'm looking for a cheaper axe and I came across the The Robin Wood Carving Axe. Do you have an opinion on this brand of axe? Great video!
I had one for a while. Very good axe when starting out. If you look at robin wood’s instagram, he’s bringing out a new carving axe soon. Not sure how much they’ll be, but may be worth a look.
Just the title has got all my attention! Getting a large dram, leaving the boss watching those idiots in the Castle in North Wales and going to sit in the front room and watch and enjoy. Will report back in 32 mins and 36 seconds.
Ardderchog, A++. Really enjoyed, just off to pour another large dram and watch again. If that really is your favourite saw in the woods then it won't be difficult to find your camp :)
Gransfors bruks and machine stamped, not hand forged. But otherwise awesome collection and review.
Spring creek do the Dustrude style saw.
Great video. I love your style. I am just looking for my first axe, looking like the wildlife upto now.
Excellent video. I discovered your channel yesterday. My question is: Why haven't you got a million subscribers? It's right up there with the best outddoor/bushcraft channels out there, and a damn sight better than most. Your accent reminds me of long ago when I played rugby as a "guest" in the valleys, and you look like a hybrid of Brian Blessed and Ant Middleton :) .........
Thanks for your comments. I can’t understand why I’m not a global superstar either. I’m a long way off from a million subs. 😉
Very interesting, lol I feel very deflated I've only got a cold steel trail hawk
How have you got round to deciding gransfor's are the be all of axes for you?
😂👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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The end had me in splits😂😂😂
Nice video 👌👍
Hi mate first time viewer I've only just got into axes and saws and a bit concerned about maintenance just ordered some linseed oil to try
Boiled linseed is best for the handle as it dries quicker.
@@welshwoodsman Thats the one I ordered luckily! I'll give that a go when it turns up I've got the hultafors agdor axe and bahco axe
@@MrWildWales it may be worth you lightly sanding the handles down first, as they may have a lacquer coat which will prevent the oil penetrating.
@@welshwoodsman ok will do cheers
Would you sell the saw 1 that you showed first I'd be interested
🤣🤣🤣 I love your choice for the ultimate bushcraft saw! ATB
Love it! That last saw is a must buy!! I love a good axe as well, although I am embarrassed to admit I still haven’t got my first one yet! I’m torn between getting a hultafors and gransfors which would you recommend more?
It all depends on budget and what you want it for. Hultafors make nice axes, but I'd go for gransfors mate.
@@welshwoodsman so, I know you like the wildlife hatchet 😉
I’m quite taken with it myself as a place to start but, I do like the small forest axe as well because it’s an all rounder decisions decisions!
@@thegeordiewanderer2954 I went sfa first, to see if I really needed the wlh. Turns out, I was contented with the small forest. Hopefully by now you've made your choice and it was right for you. If you're not looking to over work a hatchet though, Husqvarna is made by hultafors. Save yourself 100 bucks.
@@jeremyhall134 I haven’t gotten myself one as of yet, oops, I was bought a Mora camp axe for my birthday so I’ve been using that so far and if I’m honest I’m pretty chuffed with it, even for a plastic moulded handle axe. But I will be getting myself a sfa since I’ve just found a woodworking shop in my home town, which I’m buzzing for!
hello how do you darken your axe handle?
Just treating it with boiled linseed oil regularly
sub earned
My fav is the GB American felling axe.. little bit bigger than the scandi forest axe
👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟👍👍
What was the name of the very first folding saw please? ...your accent was to strong for me, boyo!
Found you! ;)
Great vid, loving your channel, you're like Rob Evans' better looking brother 😂
Am I that ugly???
@@RobEvansWoodsman jk, you handsome devil 🤣
You my friend are a “Sharp” hoarder just saying if it cuts save it.
I almost pissed myself laughing when you said the GB small forest axe was good for colder climates like Canada. It is a terrible choice!
Too light, the bit profile is too narrow, the edge is too hard and well known for chipping excessively and even cracking at subzero temperatures that aren't even really considered cold. It would be pretty much be the last axe I would take into a cold weather camp here in Canada!
Did I? Ah well, it was the gb scandinavian axe I took to Canada in the winter, got them mixed up. Sorry. 😂
@@welshwoodsman that makes a bit more sense! I get the axe snobbery, I am constantly on the hunt for old axes to add to the family!
First comment and I say DIBS
Great show and tell. Camera was be an ass. Not focusing well for you.
You farted ☝🏻🤪🤪🤪🤪
Sorry but u need a shrink
Why?
09:15 youre oaying half price because its half the saw. Its a lot more flimsy(less thick), the sheath is way worse, and its only a partial tang with a less comfortable grip