Minimum requirements:
- Green (fresh) head
- Dry handle passes all the way through the head
- Big enough to be useful. At least as big and heavy as a common hammer
- Handle that you can comfortably hold
- No wedge
- Made with hand tools only
To get certified for this BB, post three pics.
- Your chunks of wood that you are starting with (one is clearly green and the other dry)
- Progress about half way through, with the hand tools you have decided to use for this
- Final product held in your hand showing that your thumb and first finger can touch (any fatter than that and your hand will get very tired using it)
I pulled this very old stick out of the brush pile. It's a little wet because it just started raining but it has had plenty of time to dry and shrink. I stuck it by the fire for a bit to dry it off more. The bigger piece was from a freshly cut branch - I sawed off a chunk.
I peeled the bark off of the head. This is willow.
I found some sort of auger laying around when we moved in and I used it with a ratchet. At a certain point it was spinning but wasn't going in so I started hitting it with a mallet then turning it with the auger a couple times and then hitting it with the mallet and so on...
Complete.