being used as an underbuck. The flexibility of the axe handle makes this a preferred method of single underbucking. Image of an underbucking tool with a roller...

keep the kerf open. Cutting from underneath a suspended log, called "underbucking", might also have been used if binding became a big problem. Many variations...

video of axe being used as an underbuck. The flexibility of the axe handle makes this a preferred method of single underbucking. Field Testing of vintage...

Cutting from the top down is overbucking and from the bottom up is underbucking. In British English, the process is called logging-up or crosscutting...

fighting). Cutting from underneath a suspended log is sometimes called "underbucking". Ten foot logs were sometimes sawn into boards except for about the...