How To Use Your Hatchet/TIPS, TRICKS, & Safety 101
#survival #bushcraft #camping #edc
HARDCORE HAMMER LINKS
Amazon** amzn.to/3SV2PEO
Bladehq** shrsl.com/4bhx3
Gpknives** shrsl.com/1mf0b
Smoky Mountain Knife Works**
www.pjtra.com/t/TUJGR0dMRUJGT...
__________________
Gideonstactical Gear Link Hub:
solo.to/gideonstactical
__________________
LA POLICE GEAR LINK
la-police-gear.pxf.io/DV0b6d
10% Off Your Purchase With Code GTTAC10
_______________
BACKCOUNTRY.COM LINK
alnk.to/gVGQLbW
________________
MOOSEJAW LINK
alnk.to/4Xu7Rm9
___________________
5.11 TACTICAL LINK
511.pxf.io/e4MKDO
________________
MONTANA KNIFE COMPANY LINK
alnk.to/4BEBTMj
________________
GRAYL Water Purifier LINK
alnk.to/dpqvGkY
_______________
SPORTSMANS WAREHOUSE LINK
alnk.to/8iPIHhA
________________
MYSTERY RANCH STORE LINK
alnk.to/60VRWIw
________________
KELTY GEAR STORE LINK
alnk.to/faxgXac
________________
HLTH CODE Meal Replacement Shakes: bit.ly/2PVUUbR
Get 15% Off With Promo Code: EATWITHGT
Paypal Link: www.paypal.com/us/home
Paypal Username: gideonstactical@gmail.com
Links Provided May Include Commissions For Me As A Content Creator. It Is Free For You And Helps Me Create More Content.
DO NOT ATTEMPT ANYTHING SEEN IN THIS VIDEO AT HOME. YOU TAKE ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISKS WHEN USING, HANDLING, OR ARE OTHERWISE ENGAGED WITH ANY OF THE ITEMS, SCENARIOS, OR TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO.
/ gideonstactical
/ gideonstactical300
/ gideonstactical
Watching this because my brother almost lost his leg when using a hatchet to chop wood. It was so bad, they had to air lift him. I'll be showing this video to my family and friends. These are very good tips! Thank you..
Axe and hatchet safety was one of the most favorite classes I taught to my Cub Scout Troop. There’s just something about using a hatchet. It brings out an old, primal, feeling.
I get the primal feeling when I use hatchets and knives.
Thanks, Gideon! I also wrap my leather overstrike protector tightly with stainless wire (I use pliers to get it really tight). It should look like a boa squeezing its prey, and the wire should have almost no gaps. There are a few ways to do this (start with center of wire and always cross in the rear, or have a long tail that reaches other end of leather protector and wrap that tail in). To finish I twist about an inch of this thin wire, then try to dull the cut wire and tuck it against the handle so it does not catch my skin. This is important as the leather alone does not really hold the wood together during a major impact/direct hit. Of course it likely matters more with an axe or maul, but my hatchets get this treatment too as it is not that much extra time or money to add this, and it likely also protects the leather over time. I guess one potential drawback is that you need to make sure you have oiled the wood really well before you wrap it, as it is then hard to apply any directly to that location (but that location is more protected from rain/drying out with the leather squeezed against it, so I suspect it is fine beyond even one generation). An occasional application of 100% neatsfoot oil with help the leather and that oil is very good at penetration and softening leather (don't use on items you want to keep their form, like a knife sheath) and can generally get through gaps in the wire or from the ends. Another thought is the wire can feel cold or have wet things stick to it below freezing, though I generally use gloves when splitting. Just my two cents! Be well.
All good tips. Only thing I’d add is wearing glasses, preferably safety glasses... and a good pair of gloves. I heat entirely with wood and gloves are a must when de-limbing, felling and splitting. Especially when I’m heaving my maul over and over.
I cut my logs smaller in length and for me this has made splitting logs easier. We tend to think fireplace size logs for fire starting. 🔥 I silky saw mine down to about ten inches and the hatchet tends to blow straight down and through.. Great tips about deflection
This is a topic I’ve wanted to see for awhile. Very help!! Thank you!!
I do all those safety things and then I don't even swing my hatchet most of the time but hit the back of it with a mallet I made in order to split logs. If the log is particularly stubborn, I also use wedges to help split it. A funny story from when I was first starting out using my axe in bushcraft: I had cut down a fairly large tree with my folding saw and it was too heavy for me to hoist it up on my shoulder to carry back to my camp so I thought I'd split it. That was going to be something like the second time I had attempted to split a log. Well, I got my axe stuck in the log and I couldn't get it to come out for anything so I eventually just used the firmly embedded axe to drag the big log to my camp where I had the large mallet I had made, which I managed to use to bang my axe free. The reason I didn't just get that mallet to begin with is that the camp was a bit far away and I had to cross a stream. I actually thought the stream would be a bigger pain in the ass when it came to dragging the huge log but the water actually floated it a little so that it was a bit easier to go across the water. I made a nice bench out of that huge log that I still use to this day when I go to that camp.
Love the BOOM!s 😁 Very cool video. Love this format for us to learn from your experience. Would love to see more in this “series” 👍
I was just watching your Hatchet reviews and what a great time for this video to come out!
Love the channel man, happy to see how far it has come and get the kind of content we are getting. Sending love from Saskatchewan
Excellent video, thank you! I learned comprehensively and consisely on how to use a hatchet/axe properly. ❤
I appreciate you sharing your skills with us. All the best Aaron.
Great video! Looks like a beautiful day in the woods!
Awesome video! Also looking forward to the new Benchmade review, I’ve had my eye on it for a while but I’m waiting for your video to drop.
Excellent video Aaron!!!not only well presented but very informative too.i think you are one of the best KZhead figures(i really mean that!)and doing a very good job!i do understand that gear(knives,tools, backpack etc)are provided by sponsors so the rest of us can enjoy your work,but when it comes to hatchets or axes, you MUST use the Swedish-Finnish brands we all know.as a part-time lumberjack for the forest fire department in Greece in my free time in the summer,its definitely the best tools i ve used.they cost a ton of money but its the way to go.i do understand that in the northern American culture the hatchet is preferred to the matchete because of the kind of trees and general brush there,but the Swedes-Finns-Norwegians are doing it for centuries.excuse my very long comment here and keep up the great work you are doing!!!
Bro this helped so much and I now love doing this, definitely looking forward to getting better.
Great video very helpful tips. Great looking USA made tools. Thanks for sharing.
I was a Royal Ranger Commander and Boy Scout Leader. I was very impressed with your tool craft technics and presentation. Jkl Lv
Good tips Aaron! My Hardcore Survivalist is my go to hatchet!
Thanks for making this. I just bought a hatchet and I was unsure how to safely use it, and if there was a better way then to just 'go at it'. Thanks!
Glad I could help!
Another BADASS video! Thank you.
Awesome video! Really appreciated this video!
As I delve more into bushcraft, I realized that I should know how to use an axe before I go out and use one for the first time. The details and level of safe technique is excellent. Thank you.
This was awesome! Thank you!
Good tips. Thanks. On top of that I think focus (no distraction) is also important.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video!
Excellent video! Great tips!
Thanks Gideons Tactical 😎👍.
Great demos! Bought a Hardcore Hammer Survivalist. Really love using tool. Money well spent. "Boom"! 🤣Atb Sean
Another tip top video, question if you were going to do a 5 day hiking trip what would you take as tools as you have had experience on nearly every bit of kit available.? My location is mainly olive wood .I don’t have anything yet looking at purchasing imminently cheers
8:00 Thank you, I love that safety tip! On the other hand, I will never swing a hatchet while kneeling. That looks dangerous.
Pro Tip; wood typically splits easier from the top (of the tree) down.
Your spring and our spring in western Pennsylvania are a little different. We had snow a couple days ago, but the trees and bushes are budding and we’re in the 60’s with a couple 80 degree days coming in a day or so. I’m not missing the snow. I like and enjoyed your informative video.
I know I'm kinda randomly asking but do anybody know of a good place to watch newly released movies online?
@Justin Drew Flixportal :)
@Callen Koa thanks, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) I really appreciate it !
@Justin Drew happy to help :D
Boom boom, Jake. Boom boom, Charles. Nutriboom!
One of your best Aaron! What angle do you sharpen a hatchet blade generally speaking example like an F7? the price on these hatchets is not bad....Thanks for the link I’ll put it on my wish list
Good video Aaron; do you prefer a hatchet or large knife for processing wood while backpacking? I find the knife faster and safer.
I have axes and tomahawks from cold steel,Ontario, smith n Wesson, Hand B forge, 2 hawks a beast of a wetterlings splitter, fisher, and 3 Gransfors bruks the wildlife hatchet small forest axe and their Scandinavian axe my favorite axe is the Gransfors bruks small forest axe and my favorite tomahawk is my 2 hawks. I’d really like to try and most likely buy the S7 tomahawk from mountain man toy shop great looking simple but nice leather blade cover and the steel is S7 tool steel which doesn’t get much tougher when it comes to steels it’s the same steel used in industrial top of the line Jack hammer bits.
Fantastic!
What would you say is an ideal size/length for a camping axe/hatchet? I just bought an Outland MMA axe after searching for one for years and watching your review on it. I just hope it's sharp enough and 15 inches is long enough
Please do a vid going over the spyderco vg-10 and a field test with the half serrated black finish of the Endura or delica in that steel.
Well thats pretty smart thinking and advice
You gotta mention PPE and having a tourniquet. Mistakes do happen! Also, look out knocking on dead trees can fell widow makers.
Good content. What camera was this recorded with?
Useful, thanks
This reminds me of katana training, which prevents hitting your own legs. It makes more sense than it sounds. You really can swing into your lead leg.
Very cool my friend 🤠
Great video ; Two tips and an additional comment - 1. Batoning is a legitimate and very safe technique if done with the right axe (with a good wide pole) and with a wood baton, been doing it for years on all sorts of axes and Ive never had an issue and have taught scouts the technique. 2. A safe and effecient hatchet/ axe technique is to put the head down and face the edge away from you and draw your material over the blade with the blade pointing away and the material drawing towards you. You can do this with a knife by stabbing into a downed log and running the material over it and you can do it with an axe and you just have more control versus chopping. Ive been teaching kids and adults woodsmanship for a while and I cannot recall anyone using the through the leg or near the leg splitting techniques. It must be a cultural or perhaps KZhead thing because I have never seen that in the woods and I could just never recommend it when there are far more safer and effective ways of doing it. When I teach kids and other adults axe-manship and knife skills I always try to instill techniques that will work when you are fresh and work when you are tired and swinging through your legs or next to your legs is a recipe for disaster tired, wet or distracted.
batoning isn't necessary for an axe/hatchet they have the weight needed to drive already
@@escapetherace1943 it is not necessary but I way safer, for some kids, that have never seen a tree, realized that axes are cool and start swinging one... ;-)
Excellent Video. I prefer battoning with my BK 9 or BK 7.
Well if your only splitting wood to play survival or something then yeah I am sure that's fine.
@@kejadventures241 Anytime I see you comment on ANY bushcraft/survival type video, you are consistently negative, dismissive of the advice of FAR more experienced people and snarky for no reason. Judgmental af! I’m not surprised that your channel is empty. You have nothing of value to add to any discussion. No one does anything worthwhile in your opinion. I’d bet that you would not even pass the first round of eliminations for the “Alone” competitions. Just keep being you dude, seems to be all you’re good at. 🤨👎👋
Watching this has convinced me that i never wish to use a hatchet, i'll take the added safety of a 60-70cm handle length. Cool video.
The video & tips/ tricks are awesome; for me, the audio level was in & out, tending to get lower.
Good stuff. I will tell you that I’ve heard you are supposed to twist the wood, not the axe, like you did at 9:43 . Not really sure if it makes any difference, especially on that small stuff. It’s supposed to be easier on the haft.
You are correct. That's in case you bury the head into the base of whatever the material you're splitting is sitting on.
I'm thinking of buying the supernatrilist i saw your video is it worth getting how's it been long term.
Im Sold on it im get one
You will love it
Boom!
Thanks for these safety and skill tips. My Dad's philosophy on dealing with wood was, "Saw if at all possible, axe if you must, hatchet if nothing else will do." I notice that all of your safety and skill tips keep the edge from moving in the direction of the Triangle of Death (knee to pelvis to knee). Slice a femoral artery and it is Game Over. Again, thanks for the great review of safety and skill tips. There is no such thing as hearing it too many times.😎💙💛💙💛💙💛
BOOM
Better yet. Don't use a hatchet at all. Use a full length axe, the weight penalty is minimal and if you miss it will hit the ground, not your body. Keeping out of plane of hatchet is great, but most hatchet accidents happen when there is a glancing blow that deflects your arc. A full length hits harder too, it's more efficient. Brad Angier said that hatchets are an "abomination in the woods" and he would not allow one on any of his trips.
Watching that axe bounce off of that wood was painful you either got to sharpen your axe or practice your swing.
Yeah bruh, he ‘needs to sharpen’ the hatchet that he just used to create the feather stick. Where are YOUR videos to show us all the right way to do it...your way. 🤣
@@jasonjohnson6344 I don't have to be able to cook a Burger to know McDonald's burnt mine. Don't be an idiot.
Man honestly just explaining common sense here.
But it’s not so common anymore
Where did u get the axe handle cover on the 1st axe not the leather wrap but the OD greenish/ desert brown wrap
Hardcore hammers, checkout the link
@@gideonstactical cool I have a leather one but yours looks easier to take in and off and probably fit a number of my axes and tomahawks if I decide to switch things up.
And bewm goes the dynamite
"boom" "there it is" swear that's the whole video lmao
Those axes have suuuuper thick handles! You're losing so much energy from your swing with a handle that thick. Counter intuitively, a super thick handle actually makes the handle weaker. Thin them down, a lot, and you'll get so much more energy going into the head.
Watching after a 5 stitch hatchet mistake 🤣
First greetings from Germany!
10:43 still way too close for comfort near the femoral artery.
Sandals? And swinging a hatchet? Yikes! 😖
Finally! Please stick with this. Enough of cutting down trees with knives. You are leader on KZhead. If you would set the path for axe, hatchet and tomahawk as primary and knife as support secondary, you will be the guy. Show the world the 2000 year historical based path of this. Bring it back to mainstream. Our forefathers will be proud if you continue this path.