Chopping sticks

[British Red]

Just thought this might interest a few of the "old timers" here ;)

I just described "chopping sticks" and "a kindling knife" to someone and they had no idea what I was talking about :) . If anyone here hasn't seen one of these - they used to be seen regularly with the old farmers wives getting the Rayburn / Aga / Stanley going. Use a smal axe to chop a log into 1" short planks and then take your knidling kife to them a la Gordon Ramsey. 1/4" spills, screw of newspaper and voila.

Crude as hell stick tang in an old chisel handle. a good 1/4" thick blade ground on gawd knows what - but they work in their niche really well!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2703970997_6e30a62b63_o.jpg

Nothing to do with Bushcraft but it might interest those who like Jack Hargreaves :D

Red

[joejoe]

that is lovely,sums my feelings about blades , it is a tool not a weapon:You_Rock_ :You_Rock_

[korvin karbon]

that is lovely,sums my feelings about blades , it is a tool not a weapon:You_Rock_ :You_Rock_

the weapon is the hand holding the tool ;-)

[shaggystu]

i've always used an old billhook with the hook removed for chopping sticks, pretty much the same tool as british red shows in his post. it's a much better tool than a hatchet for sticks. much less tiring to use IMHO

stuart

[susi]

Is that a reindeer skin there Red?

[British Red]

yep sure is

[hiho]

the next door neighbour uses a meat clever to chop his

[Tony]

I use a bill hook to chop mine down into finer kindling, that looks good though, one of those tools that someone went out and knocked together, came in and said "here ya go Mum" ;D

[Tadpole]

My wife is going to kill me when I tell her that I have to have a 'special knife' for making kindling :)

[EdS]

saw some of them on sale at the RHS Harlow Carr garden last week.

[brancho]

i've always used an old billhook with the hook removed for chopping sticks, pretty much the same tool as british red shows in his post. it's a much better tool than a hatchet for sticks. much less tiring to use IMHO

stuart

I used to use billhook as kid didnt know what it was called I was just handed it and told to the sticks chopped.