'Robin Hood' stumps in the woods questions

Tom Dunlap

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\'Robin Hood\' stumps in the woods questions

Today I went to see 'Robin Hood'. The movie was enjoyable!

During one of the scenes the bad guys dropped trees across the road to trap/ambush the King's party. In the woods where the scene was filmed there are several old stumps that are very flat and smooth. Even though they're covered with moss/ivy they sure do look sawn...whether by chainsaw or cross cut.

It's my understanding the until chainsaws can along all face cuts were chopped using axes. Then the back cut would be cut using the crosscut.

Since the movie is set in 1200 I wonder if the stumps might have been left that flat or if I'm just too much of a tree-nerd to pass up seeing those sort of details?!?!?

Go see the movie, you'll enjoy it~~~
 
Re: \'Robin Hood\' stumps in the woods questions

Yes your a tree nerd.
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Re: \'Robin Hood\' stumps in the woods questions

Tommm, the movie was set in the 1200s, not filmed then.
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Definitely a tree nerd.
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Dave
 
Re: \'Robin Hood\' stumps in the woods questions

i do believe in the old days the bottom cut of the face was made with cross cut, then the top was hand chopped. then the back cut was crosscut once again. I am sure some chopped the whole face by hand but a lot of old-timer movies on you-tube show hand chopping the top cut of the face only.
 
Re: \'Robin Hood\' stumps in the woods questions

that and i think they want to avoid cutting off the flare or butt of the tree. this is useless wood that is removed in most logging operations and considered scrap. A mill will not take a log with a flare on it thus they avoided making another cut but leaving the flare in the ground.
 
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