My father made sure we did not need chain saw to cut our wood to heat our store and home in Peace Country. We cut the logs with axe and Sweed saw.
It went down to -50oC in those days.
Always wanted a single Buck or a double Buck saw to take into the woods. Can find them still but the trick is finding someone who knows how to maintain them.
Back in the 60's a friend, who had some falling experience south of Drayton, got himself hired on to an outfit on the west coast. They gave him a chainsaw with a 4' blade. By the time he got it carried to the tree he was already too tired to start the saw!
Always wanted a single Buck or a double Buck saw to take into the woods. Can find them still but the trick is finding someone who knows how to maintain them.
A few years back I bought both a single and double buck. Then jumped down the rabbit hole of filing rakers and setting teeth.....its truly amazing how a good saw will knock out chips....and I'm no where near professional when it comes to setting teeth.
My old neighbor was an old logger back in the day. He was born in 1909...he would say guys would jump on the axe to take a break from the "real work" ( felling saw) those old boys were some kinda tough.....he wasnt a west cost logger either so I would imagine them boys were probably real manly men lol
My father made sure we did not need chain saw to cut our wood to heat our store and home in Peace Country. We cut the logs with axe and Sweed saw.
It went down to -50oC in those days.
Always fun reading your posts. Let me guess, it was uphill both ways on your way to school as well.
Always wanted a single Buck or a double Buck saw to take into the woods. Can find them still but the trick is finding someone who knows how to maintain them.
I saw a few local logging competitions, the winner with the buck saw was always some old guy who knew how to sharpen them
My father was a lumberjack in the 1920s.
They used 5 lb double bit axes. These were very sharp and one of the things they would do in the evening was hold the axe upright at arm's length and just bending the wrists touch your nose with the blade.
Another one was lie on your back with one chair under your butt, one under the head and one under your heels. Only under the head not neck and only heels not ankles. You then removed the middle chair and passed it over your body and put it underneath you on the other side.
Before Chainsaws
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