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The Ax Book - The Lore and Science of the Woodcutter
The Ax Book is a thorough guide to cutting wood with hand tools. The author explains how to use various types of axes, hatchets, mauls, saws and wedges to take down trees and prepare firewood. In addition he shows every aspect of dealing with wood from the forest right to the hearth or stove. A sampling of chapter headings include:
- Sharpening Axes
- Hanging an Ax
- Swinging an Ax
- Other Wood Tools
- Sharpening Saws
- Limbing and Bucking
- Splitting
- Handling Your Wood
- Storing Your Wood
- Burning Your Wood
If you wanted to learn everything there is to learn about axes and their use, this is the book for you. All this, and more. 129 pages. Multiple drawings. Soft cover.
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