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now considered useless traits

belshawelk

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The post on "best advice" got me thinking about specific traits or specialties you posses that most people either laugh at or consider useless.

For me its working an Axe. I don't brag on myself much, but I can absolutely equivalently handle an axe.

My dad and I had a logging company growing up. We sold firewood. All hand cut, hand split and delivered. We cut, split and delivered well over 5,000 cord of wood. I split every one of them. I when I say a cord of wood, I mean real cord of wood, not today's math.

I cant for the life of me understand a log splitter. Our neighbors got one when I was about 15. My dad bet them a few cases of beer i could beat him and his son with it. I did and it wasn't even close. I cannot confirm nor deny that the ol man may have shared the beer with me.

Seems like now everyone has to have a damn log splitter. I am 52 and to this day will still out split anyone, anytime, anyplace, especially a damn log splitter.

Like I said useless trait. But if your ever stuck in woods trying to build a fire, I am your guy!
 
Making a good clean cut on a piece of lumber with a handsaw. I own a Dewalt circular saw but in leaner years I did all my home projects using a handsaw and I still do unless it’s a whole bunch of cuts that makes getting out a drop cord worth it.
 
Making a good clean cut on a piece of lumber with a handsaw. I own a Dewalt circular saw but in leaner years I did all my home projects using a handsaw and I still do unless it’s a whole bunch of cuts that makes getting out a drop cord worth it.
and I'm over here struggling to pound a nail in without shit going sideways...
 
The more I split wood the more a log splitter makes sense. Then again, I'm not 15 anymore, and half of my body is held together by titanium at this point.
I've split a lot of wood, But never without a splitter. F that but I'm thinking were talking two different types of volume.
 

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