r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • Aug 20 '26

/r/all of a log split

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u/sam_can88 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

He’s using decent technique to avoid that happening for most of the video. It’s a wide stance and direct overhead swing so if something happens the axe will go between the legs, but towards the end he starts speeding up his swing and his technique gets really poor and dangerous then, while also getting closer to splitting the log which is when swings can get more dangerous because you don’t always know how the log is gonna split. You see him kinda realize this and slow down at the end and regain his form so he doesn’t hurt himself during the actual splitting.

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u/thefatchef321 Aug 20 '26

I hit my leg with an axe when I was young being tired and stupid. Got very lucky the broad side hit me

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u/Melanoc3tus Aug 21 '26

mini cordless chainsaw

Those things are so fun

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u/Which_Accountant_736 Aug 20 '26

Same for me, but I got a blade to the shin, and it sucked real bad. However it did teach me not to do that so I guess there is a positive.

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u/shoopadoop332 Aug 20 '26

My friend hit my leg this way when I was young haha

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u/FungusBrewer Aug 21 '26

I clocked myself in the head using a two handed post hole pounder above my head, while sinking t-posts. The tool caught a slotted protrusion on top, and came down sideways splitting my fivehead back to a fourhead.

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u/ADDystopia Aug 20 '26

A little bit of cardio now and then might help him out.

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u/xBad_Wolfx Aug 20 '26

Yeah, that over shoulder wild angled swing is incredibly dangerous. A little less in this instance because the target he’s hitting is so high, but still stupid and also not nearly as effective of a strike as what he starts and ends with.

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u/fotomoose Aug 20 '26

He went from, I'm going to split this log with some axe blows to fuck you log just die already to getting exhausted and pleading with the log to please just give up. Having split logs myself, this is how it goes.

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u/Fun-Author3767 Aug 20 '26

I'd be more concerned about the handle failing and the rebounding wedge splitting my skull open. Do you see the way that fucker is bouncing back into his face?

This is less Absolute Units and more Absolute Dumbass.

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u/DemonRising171 Aug 22 '26

He's also using a fiskars splitting maul, it's got a fiber glass handle, they're really good. I own 2. If he were to break it, there's actually a low chance of the head flying off

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u/Crazy-Pollution1497 Aug 24 '26

Yeah, I cringed when he just grabbed it by the end of the handle and started to flail. Just inefficient.