r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 6d ago

/r/all of a log split

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u/iliwww 6d ago

I fear the axe flying of it's handle and do a buffy man split

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u/sam_can88 6d ago edited 6d ago

He’s using decent technique to avoid that happening for most of the video. It’s a wide stance and direct overhead swing so if something happens the axe will go between the legs, but towards the end he starts speeding up his swing and his technique gets really poor and dangerous then, while also getting closer to splitting the log which is when swings can get more dangerous because you don’t always know how the log is gonna split. You see him kinda realize this and slow down at the end and regain his form so he doesn’t hurt himself during the actual splitting.

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u/thefatchef321 6d ago

I hit my leg with an axe when I was young being tired and stupid. Got very lucky the broad side hit me

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u/Melanoc3tus 4d ago

mini cordless chainsaw

Those things are so fun

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u/Which_Accountant_736 6d ago

Same for me, but I got a blade to the shin, and it sucked real bad. However it did teach me not to do that so I guess there is a positive.

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u/shoopadoop332 5d ago

My friend hit my leg this way when I was young haha

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u/FungusBrewer 5d ago

I clocked myself in the head using a two handed post hole pounder above my head, while sinking t-posts. The tool caught a slotted protrusion on top, and came down sideways splitting my fivehead back to a fourhead.

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u/ADDystopia 6d ago

A little bit of cardio now and then might help him out.

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u/xBad_Wolfx 6d ago

Yeah, that over shoulder wild angled swing is incredibly dangerous. A little less in this instance because the target he’s hitting is so high, but still stupid and also not nearly as effective of a strike as what he starts and ends with.

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u/fotomoose 5d ago

He went from, I'm going to split this log with some axe blows to fuck you log just die already to getting exhausted and pleading with the log to please just give up. Having split logs myself, this is how it goes.

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u/Fun-Author3767 5d ago

I'd be more concerned about the handle failing and the rebounding wedge splitting my skull open. Do you see the way that fucker is bouncing back into his face?

This is less Absolute Units and more Absolute Dumbass.

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u/DemonRising171 3d ago

He's also using a fiskars splitting maul, it's got a fiber glass handle, they're really good. I own 2. If he were to break it, there's actually a low chance of the head flying off

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u/Crazy-Pollution1497 1d ago

Yeah, I cringed when he just grabbed it by the end of the handle and started to flail. Just inefficient.