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Phantom Bevel Jersey Restoration Part 4- Bucking and Splitting

Here we are trying out the Phantom Bevel Jersey as a bucking axe and a splitting axe. My typical procedure for bucking my wood is to bring the sectioned tree back to the house and buck it in a dedicated yard for this. One problem with this system is that the shorter lengths of log are much less stable than bucking a tree from the butt end to the limbs as Steven Edholm did in his Husqvarna Multipurpose Forest Axe video.    • Husqvarna 26" Axe Project #1, Intro and Te...   The tops stabilize the tree so that the location you are aiming at doesn't roll around or away from you very much. With the shorter limbed sections I'm dealing with, they can wobble around A LOT, really annoyingly at times. The best system I've come up with involved dogging the one end of the log to a perpendicular block of some kind, and bucking all along the length of the log on one side, rolling the log, and bucking the pieces off from the far end towards the block. This works OK, but the dog I am currently using is a POS I forged out in a hurry, and doesn't hold as well as one made more properly. A new set of dogs is a top priority for my next forging projects, as well as a basic cant hook. A cant hook will really help me maneuver the larger logs which can be a pain in the neck to work with till they are lighter. Getting back to this Phantom Bevel Jersey, the main discovery I made after the bucking process was that the handle I've hung this head on is a little longer than I like. I'm really happy with the fit and finish I've put on this handle, its just too long for really comfortable bucking. This is especially true on large logs at the top of the cut. I can use it, and make it work on pretty much any cut if I have room to back away from it enough, but its definitely uncomfortably long for standing on the log with, so I don't think I'd use it for a scoring axe with hand hewing, which is all stand-on-the-log work. I do think I've proven the point that a pitted old head isn't a lost cause, and can be restored to total functionality with very little effort and super basic tools. This is a good axe that can do pretty much anything I ask it to. I hope the folks who've followed this series through have enjoyed it, and maybe found it useful as well. PS. As I was uploading this video, a fantastic video went up on how to forge a proper log dog from the extremely informative DF- In the Shop channel. I had asked Denis via email about doing this video, and here he is. It will help you understand why my log dog that you see in this video is a POS and how come it flexes so much and wiggles loose.    • Blacksmithing Project - Forging Log Dogs   P.P.S. I also tried adding an audio track to a fast forward section. Video editing is a completely new process for me, so let me know what you think. I wanted to add a similar track to the other sped up clip, but it kept going all pear-shaped on me (and the audio in that section is still all messed up) so one new thing per video I guess.