If a man knows how to chop wood - he will not be lost anywhere!

They say that it used to be determined which peasant will be a housewife, by the way he walks on the hunt, he can eat logs of wood. Hunting now no (all the game polilitki scared). As for food, for sure: do not feed our muzhik with bread, just give us something to eat. But to chop wood - from hunting, from the table and from the stove you will not reach. Is that something to heat the stove. Pokryahitit displeased, and will go for the first time with an ax to get acquainted. Further - as in the verses: "Once or twice a log, three or four on the knee." There was a house - there was a trauma center.

And who knows where fate will abandon you. Well, to freeze alive, or what? Netushki! The man has been waving an ax since the very time he invented it. Go, my dear, and you wake - and you will warm yourself, and others for heating and cooking for food. Only how and where to wave - you need to know, and the skill will eventually come.

To chop firewood, you must dress appropriately and wear shoes. Boots need good, dense, so that the ax of the foot does not hurt, if it bounce. Hands in gloves, which is not a pity, dress, a few pairs, so that the force of impact in the fingers is not transmitted, otherwise they will not unravel afterwards. Yes, protective goggles - suddenly the chips bounce, the eyes are more expensive.

The ax for firewood must first of all be serviceable, and sit on the hatchet like glued, and not hang out. Should be heavy, but not heavy, with a handle not very long. On the eve of the spear it is advised to lower it into the water so that the ax handle is swollen and the ax is firmly held. Although, if you have to resort to this tool, it is better to think about replacing the ax handle. Those who have never before had to chop firewood, it is better to wave them idly, get used to the move, to gravity, find a place on the handle so that the fingers completely grab it.

One ax, however, is small - the cleaver is still needed, heavy, with a long handle. He with large chocks can easily cope, and you can make them with a simple ax.

No special sharpening is required either for the ax or for the cleaver. And in general, you do not need to sharpen them. All the salt is not what to prick, but how to chop wood.

Put a block on the block. Take the cleaver with both hands, closer to the bottom of the ax handle to provide a larger lever. Legs spread wider than the shoulders - more stability, less chance of injury. Kill it abruptly and quickly, with all your strength. After the strike, the block will either split, or not. If the stuck cleaver formed a gap in the block, it can be expanded with a sledge hammer. If there is no crevice, repeat the blow. Falling under the feet of chocks and chips discard, so as not to interfere.

The more in a block of knots, the more difficult it is to split it. Do not waste time and energy. If there are more than three big knots in the chump from different sides, simply throw it aside. Time will remain - return to it.

Take the ax, properly hold the log - the base of the thumb, and not the finger itself. At the same time, remove all the remaining fingers from the log.

For the preparation of the best firewood that does not burn too quickly, the logs should be 7-10 cm thick. To get them, split the block into two blocks, then - into the quatrains, octagons and so on, until you get the right size.

The easiest way to chop wood is dry or frozen. No need for a poke - let the prepared logs so far dry up.

Finally - advice. Do not dream of it especially while chopping wood. Vaughn, the hero Celentano waved his ax when he was drawn to a woman, - and what happened?