Chicken Stick (Kindling)

[mark99]

Simple tip!

 

 

 

Making kindling is not a chore. Its very satisfying.

Edited November 23, 2018 by mark99

[Stilllearning]

Good video, nice neat way to keep fingers attached to one’s hand too.

The axe is beautifully sharp as well, which helps a lot. Wonder what he uses to sharpen it?

I use a fine file followed by the oilstone.

 

[mark99]

I would hazard (after seeing other vids) a guess at double sided sharpening stone and leather belt?

[X Alan W]

That trick is not  new my Grandad used to cut  & bundle kindling to make extra money I'm on my way to being 83years old & can remember him using that trick for kindling cutting around my school starting time later he got a sort of over centre cam device that fixed to the chopping block & clamped the kindling block to cut

[rusty69]

Well, I don't need that trick. I can count on the fingers of one hand how many fingers I have left after 20 years of using my chopper.

[mark99]

It's not trumpeted as new - just very good field practise the sort of stuff that gets forgotton.

 

After thinking there must be a gadget to do this safely a quick internet search showed it.

Edited November 23, 2018 by mark99

[Alan de Enfield]

42 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Well, I don't need that trick. I can count on the fingers of one hand how many fingers I have left after 20 years of using my chopper.

Are you not changing hands when you get to 99 (or do you never get that far nowadays) ?

[Athy]

That's a neat trick - it saves trying to balance the darned piece of wood upright and swipe with the hatchet before it topples over.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

4 hours ago, Stilllearning said:

Good video, nice neat way to keep fingers attached to one’s hand too.

The axe is beautifully sharp as well, which helps a lot. Wonder what he uses to sharpen it?

I use a fine file followed by the oilstone.

 

I have the same make of hatchet, was a present from work.  Lovely thing, perfectly weighted and very very sharp when new. I’ve had it three years now and still dont feel a need to sharpen it. 

As long as the edge don’t get dinted by hitting anything other than wood, it should sharpen easily with an oil stone.