Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. -Zen proverb
In a certain way, we are living back at the time before the entry of the booming forest industry. There are no axe-using forest workers any longer. The millions of cubic feet of pulpwood and timber that arrive today at forest industries have never been grazed by an axe. Chain saws, harvesters and logging machines have taken over completely. Today most axes are used in small scale activities by people like home owners, firewood cutters, campers, hunters, joiners, woodworkers, log builders.
This manual that from the legendary Small Forest Axe maker Gransfors Bruk tells you everything you need to know on how to use an axe. Our axe was made by Martin Forslund. We use the axe for everything from camping to firewood, to trimming trees around the house and getting to and from hunting spots with downed trees on two track roads.
https://www.gransforsbruk.com/app/uploads/2013/02/Yxboken-Engelsk.pdf
