Chopping Trees n’ Splitting Wood w/ the Perfect Axe 🪓

[Music] hello what's going on guys Melissa Miller aka Melissa Backwoods here and today we are filming an axe video yeah you you heard that right I did I did buy suspenders specifically for for making this video but um to be honest after wearing them I I think I'm a suspender person now anyways okay so Warwood tool got a hold of me and uh they're like hey do you want to partner for a for an axe video and I was like absolutely I would love to do an axe video that is exciting I was all in right in the beginning and then after I accepted it and they sent me the axe I started to get kind of nervous like I I was like H I have not used an axe in a long time time I took the ax out I started playing with it and then I got excited for the video again I'm going to go back to my my Bushcraft roots and we're going to test out the the Warwood tool ax quick little background on Warwood tool because it is actually an interesting history Warwood tool has been around for over 160 years they were founded in 1854 familyowned family operated and they were founded by a gentleman named Henry Warwood so Warwood was actually his name I thought Warwood was like you know a cool company name that they made up but no it's actually the name of the founder it's like he was meant to meant to make a company that made axes forged in the USA from the Pioneers in the hand tool since 1854 hammers malls mallets pickaxes you name it they've been forging them for 160 years here in the USA they were a part of the Industrial Revolution they issued tools to the US military during the Civil War War so yeah there's just it's not only a company there's there's history within the company it's really cool so let's get into looking at this axe shot of this of this axe little behind the scenes right here huh okay my desk is barely big enough to fit this check out this presentation stickies and a little velcro patch okay now for the axe okay so here it is the what what is called by the company as the perfect axe quite a statement now this axe is it's not as large as a wood splitting axe this one is made more for felling trees uh cutting chopping wood I think I'm going to try to split some wood with it though weight coming in at 2.25 lb you can get this handle in a 28 in or a 19 in this is the 28 in okay so it does come with this really nice leather sheath that is also made in the USA and it has the Warwood tool ax logo like on this side we have that little Warwood perfect stamped into that 5160 steel now 5160 steel is a it's a great steel to use for an axe it enhances Edge retention there is just a lot of hardness and strength with it and it is it is a easier uh one to sharpen quick little axe Anatomy lesson we have the toe we have the heel both sides of the these right here are called the axe cheeks this right here this is the butt and the butt on this looks like it would make one heck of a mallet type tool and we have the axe eye what you're going to notice with this axe is these bevels that are layered into the steel now these are called The Kelly bevels they were patented by William Kelly in 1885 so in theory as we are splitting wood what happens as the axe goes deeper into the wood the wood is actually rising up and it's not making contact with this part of the axe so it's going to slide out and in theory produce less friction and make it easier for the axe to go through the wood came pretty sharp like for an axe it was it's like slicing paper pretty pretty well I mean for an axe considering how thick this is I was like that is that is impressive okay now that we have talked a bit about this thing let's go find our nicest flannel and let's go chop some wood and now for the most important part of the entire video is choosing one of my 85 flannels we have seven different variants of red it's unnecessary oh yeah here we go yeah I really like the suspenders I'm not going to lie first up we're going to do a little bit of wood splitting I found this lovely location now what I don't have is a splitting block ideally you would want to split wood uh you'd want a little bit higher and you would want it on you would want it on a log or a block that way you have a hard surface underneath it but we're roughing it today we're pretending that we are out in the woods and we don't got a nice setup splitting splitting block okay so this is not a splitting axe but I I thought a little thorough review of it wouldn't be complete without a little bit of splitting make sure that our feet are nice and spread that they are parallel we want control okay we're going to keep control of our ax at all times now you're not going to like this no that's going to give us the ability to have a nice proper swing I just split that first log and I wasn't filming so victim number two this is really hardwood we uh we don't have to worry but there's our first split even though this is not a splitting wall log that that felt pretty feel pretty darn good okay it was a bit slippery and I didn't have a chopping block so I'm using a very cautionary stance here why does it feel so good to split wood here's me struggling to chop down this weird wobbly dead tree for far too long after soon realizing I could have literally just pushed it down out of the way here's a fun tip use a smaller piece of wood or kinling to stabilize your wood when you are splitting it down into smaller sections uh this is great for injury prone people like myself also you can use the weight of the axe head to get an initial small split in the wood and then use that to bring the axe down on itself for a more controlled way of splitting and you can also use your axe to make kindling by holding it up against the smaller pieces and I did find this larger log I decided to give it a try as my wood splitting platform it was the right height and just wide enough to where I felt like I could securely split some wood on it and it worked quite well so not going to lie I was having a total blast but there was one final test I needed to do okay now for the final test we're going to find a good tree to chop my friend was kind enough to let me come to her property today and check out her Woods to see if there would be any good candidates okay so I just found a pretty much Perfect Tree it's not too large it is already dead and it is leaning towards this clear pathway so we're going to chop this one down I'm going to start not too high get the braids out of the way so I can honestly say that using this axe was really fun and it was still biting into the wood really well even after doing a lot of wood splitting and cutting all day long I can also say that the size of the axe felt really comfortable it helped me get in there and make smaller more precise Cuts this size axe is typically referred to as a boy axe because of its smaller size and I felt very very comfortable with the 28 in handle length now you can also get this in 19 in but I was extremely happy with the longer handle and how it was performing okay it's looking about time that I can do my secondary cut this going to be kind of awkward cuz I don't have that much room right here but we'll make it work so here I am making what is called the secondary cut to get this tree down and I'm just going to come out and say it if you have never chop down a tree in your life uh you should do it it's a it just feels good it's kind of one of those primitive Primal type things that just feels rewarding but uh definitely make sure that you're on the right property and doing it to a dead tree or an invasive species oh it's getting close There She Goes [Applause] Timber it's a good workout okay I have been outside all day chopping with this thing and it's actually been it's been a lot of fun you know you buy a good axe like this it's going to last you it's going to last you your your lifetime you know now one thing I would suggest if you're going to use an axe the way I just did all day give it a good sharpen afterward clean it wax it take good care of your tools and they'll take it care of you I don't want to go I want to go chop some more things but uh the sun's about to set I will link this a below um again it's all made in the USA and the company's been around familyowned for 160 years keep saying that but to me that's important to to support businesses like that anyways you guys have a wonderful week weekend whatever time you watch this and I hope you learned some fun things about axes and that you uh enjoyed this tool that I was able to use today until then next time bye guys [Music]

Channel: MelissaBackwoods Knife & Gear Reviews

Views: 29,460

Keywords: Warwood tool perfect axe, Melissa backwoods, Warwood tool

Id: qBEBBe-I1Fk

Length: 10min 6sec (606 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 24 2024