Salami, pepperoni, mortadella? Down here on planet earth we call that a slice cut? A highly effective cut, but one needs to be careful when using a slice/spear cut to top a tree. During a well executed slice cut the butt will slide off the stump very quickly, and the top will remain near vertical or even sit back a little as it bombs towards the ground. This means that any brush on the backside of the top has the potential to slap the crap out of an unsuspecting climber! The more vertical the top you are taking, the more the potential to get your bell rung. Been there done that!!
Watched the video again and every single cut in the vid is pretty jacked up Kenny. The entire video looks as if it is running at double speed. Deliberately slow down, and get in the habit of striving for perfection on each and every cut.
#1- Top cut. Never sighted cut. Angled portion of your under-cut was not even close. Never even inspected your under-cut. Undershot back-cut. That pesky follow through we talked about earlier which cause you to cut off your near side hinge.
#2- Limb cut. Again a very hurried under-cut that was never inspected or cleaned up. Another undershot back-cut. You did just the opposite of what was necessary to get this limb to swing to the right as intended. You cut off your uphill hinge, while leaving a big plug of hinge on the down hill side. 180 degrees bass ackwards of what you wanted to do.
#3- First chunk. Never sighted or cleaned up your under-cut, and I can guarantee you had bypass on this one. The chunk sat down on the kerf from your bypass and came to a screeching halt, forcing you to plow through all your hinge.
#4- Falling cut. You can see from the close up of the under-cut that you have some serious bypass on the angled portion of your cut. Freeze frame at 3:21 and it tells the story. Bypass, overshot back-cut that is no were near parallel to your under-cut, and absolutely no remaining hinge.
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