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Old 07-21-2012, 08:25 AM   #1
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I can't remember where I seen this video. I believe it was posted on the OBC forums before but couldn't locate it. I'm posting it again to show how one individual in the show uses an ax to handle most tasks. This is a great video hope you all enjoy it.

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Old 07-21-2012, 11:20 AM   #2
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As a survival tool a axe would be much more useful than any super-duper survival knife.
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Good find. Thanks. I would pay a lot of money for the canoe they came in on or the one they left in. The old ways are the best ways. We always used to carry an axe or machete on backpacking trips. Angus Baptiste- First Nations Algonquin with a British and French name. Now you know why I like canoes over kayaks and lean-tos with a fire in front.


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I can't remember where I seen this video. I believe it was posted on the OBC forums before but couldn't locate it. I'm posting it again to show how one individual in the show uses an ax to handle most tasks. This is a great video hope you all enjoy it.



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Super interesting, Oldsarge...as were the "add-on" film clips. Thanks.


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Whoa, thanks for reminding me of the nfb.ca website! I watched the Bill Mason films years ago but forgot they were now online...

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Too much weight if you ask me. But I know how they can be versatile. I would rather use a longer knife that can finish most of the work and I won't have to carry all that weight.


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I'm also a fan of knives but axe will chop those trees quicker and thus leave you with much less spent calories to replenish. Nice TV show by the way. Reality show in its beginnings.


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A Hudson's Bay bit like the one in the film commonly weighs 1 1/2 or 2 pounds. When you consider that all the materials necesarry to build a canoe are avialable in the North Woods it is not that much. The tradition in Ontario and Quebec to this day is to cook on a fire, so you trade your stove and fuel for an axe.


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Yes, I can definitely see how an ax is more useful than a knife. It's more weight, sure, but its versatility makes it worth it.


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