And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When you are splitting Hedge (Osage Orange) in the winter you never stand over the wedge in a tight log because the log can "spit" the wedge strait up with significant force.
Not so much for us. South Texas is land of mainly hardwoods and splitting rounds of wood is undertaken with a swung ax rather than wood splitter. The wood is often twisted too, making it harder to split. Batoning kindling and limbs is knife abuse down here.
I've got 2. They work great!
ReplyDeleteI like splitting wood with an axe but I'm old and finally bought a splitter. 30 tons cares not about knots.
DeleteYeah, you use the 2nd one to get the 1st one out.
DeleteWhen you are splitting Hedge (Osage Orange) in the winter you never stand over the wedge in a tight log because the log can "spit" the wedge strait up with significant force.
ReplyDeleteDo NOT hit a metal wedge with a sledgehammer. I have a bb-sized piece of steel in my arm from doing that.
ReplyDeleteNot so much for us. South Texas is land of mainly hardwoods and splitting rounds of wood is undertaken with a swung ax rather than wood splitter. The wood is often twisted too, making it harder to split. Batoning kindling and limbs is knife abuse down here.
ReplyDelete