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Burnham, Thanks for the pics, I get it now. :beerchug: Aye, I use the hammer side to knock dead limbs off, easy peasy.

When I'm cutting timber I pack an axe in my belt all the time. It goes in at an angle behind my back under my wedge belt. Pretty common proceedure. The cutting edge is used for lotsa stuff. Chopping bark off, marking logs, cutting a hung bar tip out of a viney maple, the list is endless...

Isn't that a good secondary use for a Stihl saw? First being a boat anchor. Kidding aside though they're good saws, lotsa friends run em. I just got started with Huskies, and never had a reason to switch. Though I'm not fond of the newer 372 X torq...

Ah. The power axe approach :occasion5: Often these trees are 1000 feet or more from the road. We already have blocks, guylines, climbing gear, and other stuff to pack around down there. An axe and a power saw, usually a 372, among them. The 372 is used to fall trees, notch stumps for...

Aye. Axe is lighter and faster depending on size of limbs. When rigging spars for logging a lot of times we only have to go 50 feet or so, with less than a couple dozen limbs, most of which will be dead and under two inches. Often times one lick from an axe will take em off...

Like this? http://www.tool-net.co.uk/p-317347/kunys-hm220-leather-snap-in-hammer-holder.html

Thanks Burnham. Trying to envision this... May have to got look around at Jerry's or Home Depot. I dont suppose you have a picture? :)

Ah... Another wonderful idea, and so simple! Thank you sir.

Howdy all Im pretty new here, and for those who haven't seen me post my name is Zane. I do a lot of conifer climbing and use an axe a lot for chopping limbs and/or just beating off ( :) ) dead limbs with the blunt side. I have always just put an axe on a lanyard like a power saw and pulled it...