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Really? Freudian, Glenn? This from the guy who with his shiny new knife, was going to "F**k you Up!" and lately is waving his sarissa about? C'mon buddy, keep it in your pants. But it's your life and you can sure live it anyway that you like. I just hope you're never caught in a house fire...

Well Glenn, I've tried to follow what just the heck it is that you want, starting all the way back to that thread about advice on fixed blade knives. There's been more twists and turns than a plate of spaghetti. Sometimes it almost seems you're playing a peculiar form of random mental bumper...

Well, you Guys seem to want to be serious. Not me!!! Now I'm not all that keen on a painful departure but I think it's going to be a hoot on the other side. I mean really, how many people do you see wanting refunds? For my stone I'd like: "Oldie Moldy...

Well Boatman! Dog my cats, it looks like that's the right handle!! Thanks for keeping at me until I got the point. Curious about the name of the whole axe; "Cruising Axe" never saw it called that before and then when we get down to just the handle it's called "Broad Axe 20 inches". I went...

Thanks for the tip Boatman. It's a little hard to tell in the photo but that handle is reduced down in size to the point to where even a normal small axe handle would need to be cut down or draw knifed a bunch to get it to look like the old one. What really ought to happen is the manufacturer...

The one bad thing I forgot about that little forest axe is the handle, it's a nice enough handle but you'll never find a replacement one anywhere near close. As soon as I realized how much smaller and delicate it was I contacted the Wetterlings people via. e-mail, asking who carried replacement...

If you can believe the news, there's a whee of a storm heading your way! I've always envied your paddling places but for this I'm glad to be where I am. If it turns out to be like the Donner Party, I've sure enjoyed knowing you all! All kidding aside, did/do you make any special preparations...

Shamelessly poaching on Rippy's post about weird tombstones, if you could, what would you like to appear on your own grave marker? Planning ahead... Rob

Hi Glenn, I bought that Wetterlings Forester's axe, did a review of it with pictures. Note the photo with the axe head on my hand, I wear size medium gloves. Since I did that write up I've used it a good bit more and like it better than I did. It's my "almost axe" almost an axe and almost an...

I don't know how to type a "Bronx Raspberry" Glenn, just imagine it right here (............................................) The whole idea when you're learning to chop is that you control where the head is going. The larger, heavier the head the more difficult it is to control. You practice...

Well Glenn, I've got to tell you, I regard you as a pretty much a hopeless case as far as axes go. I'll give my take on your question for some unknown reader who may be interested. Handle length as regards safety; all axes and hatchets swing through an arc. When the swing is done badly the arc...

Hi Murat, What great ideas you come up with! Thanks for the great idea and photos. Best Wishes, Rob

Well Dave, Just remember: what some might call madness, another would call "his passion". And who's madness exactly? And then we've got the second one, despite all the liberal hand wringing, looks like you've got an eleven extra years at the hands of the AK. Maybe what we ought to wish for...

Well Memaquay, Sure are a bunch of choices out there. For a sturdy and cheap I'd go with the Husqavarna, I ordered from Balieysonline.com. Maybe considering your build and muscles, you might want to look at the Biber 2 3/4 pound Forest Axe. It really is a sweetheart. Found on...

Interesting post Dave, sure agree with you. I don't know why it should surprise me but all it takes is one generation getting away from using tools and the skill is lost. Poof! Maybe I took the durability of society too much for granted. In fact it's much more fragile that I ever believed...

So....Canotrouge, if I understand what you said in #59, you think an axe might be a pretty workable tool? Hmmm....... Please forgive me, I couldn't resist. Enjoyed what you wrote, really brightened up the morning! Did I detect just the littlest bit of exasperation? Thanks for a great start to...

Trying to come up with suggestions for Brad to spend his money on, I discovered something on Amazon. Doing a search for "fire starters" they had a whole selection of those sparking rod things like we've all seen. But further down the page, Amazon offered just the rod itself. Various sizes and...

This sure is a fun thread to be thinking about. I do believe that a lot of this vigorous back and forth discussion would be rendered moot if a person could actually try using the limited selection of tools Glenn describes. When you haven't anyone to argue with but only the wood at hand, the work...

If somebody was dedicated to the method of batoning wood into fire wood, what kind of saw do you bring to process the log into appropriate lengths for splitting? All the saws I've owned or ever seen, had some weakness in that parts could be lost and assembly was required. And of course they...

Nice work Jim! I really admire you guy's who work with steel, no skills at that myself. I got to thinking about crooked knives over on that paddle making thread. The few times I've ever tried to use a crooked knife it was pretty hard to control. It seems that the function of the blade is just...