Finnish firewood competition 1940's good axe work

[robin wood]

As title good old film axe and saw work starts about 2 1/2 minutes in, nice tent in background too.

http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/artikkelit/metsurit_kilpasilla_16811.html#media=16814

 

[Chris the Cat]

Outstanding!
Look how fast that Cat gets through those Firs with those bow saws!
Fantastic, thaks.
C.

 

[Mesquite]

Nice video... the guy 5 minutes in had a pretty wild axe technique. I was half expecting to see it buried in his shin at one point :yikes:

 

[juttle]

Heller! The guy with the two axes is really something to see!

Great link, made my day.

 

[toilet digger]

ooh thats some pacey snedding!

 

[Twodogs]

Yep I enjoyed that ,,, nice one

 

[robin wood]

I found it interesting how small the axes and cross cuts were that they used much smaller than in the UK forest industry at the same time. Using same axes for felling, snedding and splitting too.

 

[Wook]

Although they all had shoulders like oxen, they weren't quite as huge as I'd have expected given the speed they were going through those logs. In some cases you'd have been hard pressed to keep up with a chainsaw.

I guess size is not a good measure of sheer power.

 

[toilet digger]

i suspect those axe heads were edging on the 6/7 lb mark given the shortness of the handles. more wallop for your swing

 

[robin wood]

Although they all had shoulders like oxen, they weren't quite as huge as I'd have expected given the speed they were going through those logs. In some cases you'd have been hard pressed to keep up with a chainsaw.

I guess size is not a good measure of sheer power.

This is an interesting thing, however hard and fast I work I never get those huge muscles that folk do working out in gyms, big muscles make for slow power rather than fast movement maybe?

i suspect those axe heads were edging on the 6/7 lb mark given the shortness of the handles. more wallop for your swing

Finnish axes are quite a unique design and come in a range of sizes these don't look anywhere near that heavy to me though I could be wrong.

 

[addo]

Great film Robin.
There's few things more tiring than felling, snedding and converting all day for for several weeks, and that's with a chainsaw. Those guys look fit as fiddles and the accuracy of those powerful axe blows was spot on.

 

[Köld]

Nice find!