No, not another chainsaw through the leg. This picture is from the Danner boots flyer that I received in the mail today. Danner is headquartered in the Pacific northwest, which makes this even worse!
No need to bribe an axman to do a photo shoot when you can hand a hipster an axe and cross your fingers he doesn't split his foot with it.
I hired a couple young men to buck/split some firewood for us. Hadn't seen it before-granted they were not bulky men- They practically jumped up in the air while swinging the axe down. Obviously well practiced but I've only seen my husband swing before and it's a lot different. Neither swings I've seen were they that far away from the log, interesting. Was it for the photoshoot? How could hipster hit the log with enough force? Egaads, reminds me a recent electric weedeater thread, husband and I had one from 1991, it was really short. We didn't need it very much but when we did use it we were bent over. same with the pooper scooper I spent way too much time using. Edit, husband told me they were using his axes, they'd not used splitting mauls before which explains things.
He looks like he is only hitting the log to distract it, before he runs away from it. He literally looks like he’s about to run away in the other direction.
Don't knock it. That guy probably got a whole set of new clothes for posing like that. Trouble is, he would be the laughing stock when going home.
I rocked Danner boots for 15+ years until they started with all of the bright colors and hipsters in the catalogs. Bought a pair of steel toe quarry boots every year during Black Friday for 25% off for work, as office boots had to look nice. Still have 2 pairs that are 5 yrs old in rotation at the house, they were great boots. I’m not a hipster, and that’s what the are known for now.
Nice little firewood shed in the background. $440.00 For those boots?! Edit: I just remembered I had a pair of Danners in the late 90s. I have no idea where I bought them, because I never ordered out of a catalog. They did hold up.
No safety glasses!? He does look scared of it. My part time helper is 6'6". He has the oddest, yet most powerful swing I've ever seen in person. I normally sortof heft the maul up above and behind my head and put all my force into the downstroke. This guy starts his swing with the head about a foot off the ground, beside and to the right of him. He then hurls the maul up around himself and over the top. It's different, but man can he hit a log. Says it's from the days he worked in a truck garage swinging a sledge at stuff. I worked with a guy who liked a short handle and would step towards the log in his swing. Odd looking, but effective.
