Photospam II: The Recharging



^ Here's the Dogfather's victim laid out in surrender


^ Limbing proceeded nicely. This really is an excellent tool for minor limbing. I managed to hit a rock that was hiding under all the foliage, which is always a hazard in limbing. More on that later.


^ Two freshly dressed tree haunches.


^ Taking off three feet to work with. When you make good cuts, the Dogfather takes out some serious chips. This is easier with the work horizontal.


^ Starting a lengthwise split with the knife, and then following it up with a wedge. I wish I noticed that piece of wood earlier, it would have made a much better baton. In hindsight, what I should have done is left the knife in the split and only followed with the wedge, holding it open while the dogfather led off. I would have had more control over the split direction then, I think.


^ And, a piece popped off. My plan is to make a plank and fashion a nice little shovel out of it. For now its just too [censored] hot to be mucking around with this.


^ Good and filthy now.


^ My camera is a relatively cheap and old automatic so its macro mode is hit or miss. Miss, in this case. But you can kinda see the slight mangling in the edge from where I hit that rock. It rolled it over rather than chipping out. Mr. Busse's choice of high impact steels appears to have saved my [censored] this time around.

Everywhere on the edge where I didn't hit a rock, the Dogfather remains quite sharp. The chopping area won't shave anymore but readily cuts paper. I noticed that the edge has a variable grind angle, more obtuse in the last third where you'll be whacking hard with it, which is interesting and sensible.