For a few years now, every time I go to the forest, I've been thinking about a belt attachment for an axe, so that it would be convenient to take the axe and put it away. Now I finally bent a prototype out of wire. It works quite well, it can accommodate axes of different sizes. The goal was to make a belt attachment that would be easy to remove from the belt, without having to take the belt itself off.
One of her teachings that she managed to ingrain was the firm belief that a cutting tool must be sharp. Her grandchildren could learn to use and sharpen a pocket knife, scythe, or axe from a very young age if they wanted to.
For example, you take a windthrown rowan, buck it into short logs, split the logs into planks, cut the planks into cutting boards, smooth it out. And you carve a hanging hole in the corner with the tip of an axe.
Teaches various axe-working techniques
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I love the wide range of works an axe can do, you can hammer, fell, cut, delimb logs, peel, use it as a planer, scrape, etc. It's one of the most versatile tools in my arsenal.
Edit: forgot to add that the other half of the charm of an axe is its simplicity: one blade (and all its facets, which can also be used in different ways), one handle, that's all. Which doesn't mean that it only allows for simple tasks. The third part of its positive qualities is to develop your skills to make the most of these two sides (simplicity and versatility). Which I have been doing for the last few years. Previously I mainly used the axe to split firewood.
90 percent of the work was done with one axe, all the main components: felling trees, cutting, peeling, bucking, notching. I made the floor from logs split with an axe and wedges, the rafters from split spruce battens. Only the roof boards and sheet metal, some end cuts, and sawing the doorway (after cutting through a log and getting impatient) were done without an axe. I considered making the roof also out of split logs, but other projects came up.
When we first moved into the woods, I was aware of the possibility that naive enthusiasm and romanticized assumptions could overshadow reality and that boredom or frustration could eventually set in, but the joy of life in the forest still outweigh the conevniences of the city and we still don't really want to leave the forest.
Inspiration came from a Chemical Brothers music video where the dancer turned slowly hollow.
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Finally a place to keep my tools for working outside. And to sit on when not working.
"… Grandparents especially still tell their grandchildren that if you place a loaf of bread upside down, there will be a falling out in the family, which is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy for any child careless enough to do so. Among still widely held superstitions are that if you are being served a piece of cake and it falls over on the plate, you'll find it difficult to marry; that whistling indoors will cause the building to burn down; if you put your purse or wallet on the floor, money will leave you; or that if you forget your keys and have to go back into the house, it pays to look in the mirror before you go out again.
Sitting down on the ground before the year's first lightning strike runs the risk of a bladder infection, while shaking hands or hugging on two sides of the doorstep is a surefire way of catching bad luck. You mustn't give or receive a knife as a gift, meaning a symbolic sum needs to change hands if you want to give someone one, while eating the heels of a loaf of bread makes women's breasts come in.
Walking under a ladder is bad luck, unless you also walk back the same way, while if you and a friend pass a lamp post on opposite sides, you must exchange a greeting afterward or risk falling out. Harming spiders is bad luck. If you want to ward off something bad happening that you just discussed, it pays to spit over your left shoulder three times or indeed knock on wood, which habit of course goes beyond Estonia.
Accidentally dropping cutlery on the floor is a sign of guests arriving soon, while a black cat crossing the road in front of you is more bad luck. Friday the 13th is an unlucky date, while not looking someone in the eye while clinking glasses with them is a guarantee of no less than seven years of bad sex. Becoming the landing zone for bird droppings is considered good luck and breaking a mirror bad. …"