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Andy Voelkle "AxeMan"'s Blog – August 2009 Archive (2)

Here is Nessmuk's book "Woodcraft" in a 1.5mb PDF File (Below Photos)

This is the version now on the internet. It was made from the 1964 printing, and it has a ton of errors from the early OCR scanner. Nothing better is available.



A good friend has loaned me an 1894 original book, and I am scanning it now. It will take a while to do all the work, read it word for word (my 500'th reading, anyway) and make sure every word is correct. I'm going to add a great index so you can look up any word you want to find, and you can do a text… Continue

Added by Andy Voelkle "AxeMan" on August 30, 2009 at 23:30 — 4 Comments

A Real Firewood Saw is Just a Bunch of Knives

Knives take many forms. Drop by our Axes group if you want to expand your horizons. You can read about my "420" saw, the best in the world for one-person harvesting of firewood around the camp. Think about it — a saw is just a bunch of little sharp knives attached to a long handle. Axes are for splitting wood. They were replaced 150 years ago by saws for felling purposes. And what about the Dutch Oven??

Added by Andy Voelkle "AxeMan" on August 11, 2009 at 15:26 — No Comments

White River Knives

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