tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793387715625734345.post4735680059959783275..comments2024-02-24T09:21:55.076-08:00Comments on The Sharpened Axe: The Split Wood Fire, by bmatt, an American Bushcrafter in FinlandMike Oscar Hotelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08449689716082153671noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793387715625734345.post-77215220559836117102011-04-05T08:13:33.895-07:002011-04-05T08:13:33.895-07:00Hello,
I see you are using Roselli's piilukirv...Hello,<br />I see you are using Roselli's piilukirves. Piilukirves is a traditional Finnish axe form and can be translated as carving axe. While generally this translation holds true it could just as well be construed as hewing axe as the larger versions of this form of axe were used for rough hewing round logs for use in building construction. Smaller piilukirves were used specifically for trimming the inside walls of log houses as a way of exposing fresh wood after soot from the fire had blackened the walls. The overly thick cheeks of the axe provide extra mass which aids in the action needed to make smooth cuts perpendicular to the log's axis but mislead many people into thinking the axes are intended for splitting wood.<br /><br />Greetings,<br /><br />Don WagstaffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793387715625734345.post-88182170774633658932011-03-27T22:43:22.974-07:002011-03-27T22:43:22.974-07:00Thanks, Bob. :)
bmattThanks, Bob. :)<br /><br />bmattAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793387715625734345.post-3737293570223105342011-02-26T22:07:15.535-08:002011-02-26T22:07:15.535-08:00Great Blog, I enjoyed reading this.Great Blog, I enjoyed reading this.Back Creek bushcrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871480627842456194noreply@blogger.com