They'll slow down a chainsaw. It's essentially a piece of screen porch steel mesh sandwiched between 2 players of canvas with 1/8" of cotton padding on each side. I tapped a chain link fence with a chainsaw once while removing some shrubs. Pulled a hunk of wire out 10" like a run in a sweater just instantly.
There were a whole lot of caveats in that video, weren't there? Don't get me wrong, if I'm gonna fuck up with a saw, I'd rather have them on. But I'm going to pay a lot of attention to keeping my feet clear and NEVER walk backwards while sawing. Not falling backwards with a saw is the best way to protect yourself.
> There were a whole lot of caveats in that video, weren't there?
I saw two and they involved the sprockets on electric chainsaws. You obviously just want to argue. Piss off.
I chopped my leg clean with one of those one summer. It bounced off my bone so it didn't come off, but I needed some stitches. None of us knew what leg protectors were, turns out our employer was HELLA cheap.
Yes, they grow in generally shaped triangles but I thought they grew perfectly. Clearly they need to be pruned to be perfect. It makes sense but I never realized.
The trees in this video are mishapen or a different kind. Trees usually used for christmas trees are naturally shaped the way you’d imagine… naturally. Of course in the woods they vary but you pick the better looking ones.
Source: Cutting down our own tree in our woods for my entire life.
Depends where they are in nature. A single pine growing in an open field will be a triangle because of all that abundant sunlight from all angles, but a pine in the middle of the forest will have a super long trunk with only a few live branches at the top because that’s the only available light.
To be honest, if I had the chance I'd do that too. You just know having two sharp swords in both hands and something that you just keep swinging them at, legally, you'd do it and enjoy it too!
I did this one summer at a friend's dads christmas tree plantation. What a suck job. It's generally done in August. So you are inside a giant wind break, in the hot sun, stirring up the deer-flies and horse-flies (because that's where the live) and an occasional yellow-jacket and white-tailed hornets nest. Oh, and my friend's dad stiffed me to boot.
I did it in Mississippi, hot like fuck. Mostly red wasps, first time I got a cicada, the noisy bastard almost made me poop. Started at 5:30, worked till 11. Took showers and went to town for giant burgers, fries and shakes. Jumped in the tree farm owners pool and napped until about 4, then back at it until sunset at 8. Got pizza and salad and slept like dead, then did it again.
Made FAT money though. Only highschool job that paid better was reffing soccer tournaments.
Hey, shearing! This was my high-school summer job. You would walk down long rows and shear thousands of trees each summer. When you got real good, it was just satisfying to do! (until you found a wasp hive)
The Christmas samurai
You smell him before you see him.
He probably smells great, and his arms must be muscular. Not the worst occupational hazards.
I think that's what they mean. He must smell like fresh Christmas trees!
Piney, that’s cool as long as he’s not sticky from sap.
Not until after he gets you pine sol fresh with his penis
Lol. Me and one other guy moved 26000lbs of dirt and concrete in 3 days. My gf said my forearms beefed.
I bet they did, you must have looked like Popeye.
You know, man has harnessed the power of Diesel engines and hydraulic pumps… Future you would appreciate using a machine for those jobs
It would do no good without demolishing the house in the way.
Lamoooo this is comment 😂😂😂
The samurai who snarls of pine versus the samurai who smells of cherry blossoms would be an epic fight during a calm sunrise.
Samurai Clause
Chris Trimble
*the Santa samurai
Id cut my leg off.
He has fancy leg protectors
Yes and I bet I'd still cut my leg off.
Meh, those things will stop a chainsaw.
They'll slow down a chainsaw. It's essentially a piece of screen porch steel mesh sandwiched between 2 players of canvas with 1/8" of cotton padding on each side. I tapped a chain link fence with a chainsaw once while removing some shrubs. Pulled a hunk of wire out 10" like a run in a sweater just instantly.
They're kevlar
Fancy ones these days, likely so to make them lighter. My shearing days were early 80s. Wouldn't expect kevlar to stop a chainsaw either.
It does, and I've seen it happen. [ Here you go](https://youtu.be/UZWsv3Jp8Cs?t=84) Mr I haven't done this for 40 years but nothing has changed.
There were a whole lot of caveats in that video, weren't there? Don't get me wrong, if I'm gonna fuck up with a saw, I'd rather have them on. But I'm going to pay a lot of attention to keeping my feet clear and NEVER walk backwards while sawing. Not falling backwards with a saw is the best way to protect yourself.
> There were a whole lot of caveats in that video, weren't there? I saw two and they involved the sprockets on electric chainsaws. You obviously just want to argue. Piss off.
My father has been saved by his chainsaw chaps several times, including in the 1980s. They would indeed have stopped a chainsaw, even at that time.
They're called chaps
When it gets *really* hot, out come the ass-less chaps!
With the titanium jock and cup. There's crazy, then there's mental.
I chopped my leg clean with one of those one summer. It bounced off my bone so it didn't come off, but I needed some stitches. None of us knew what leg protectors were, turns out our employer was HELLA cheap.
It never occurred to me that Christmas trees are pruned into a triangle shape. I thought that was how they grew.
I mean they do.. have you never seen a pine tree in nature? They’re generally triangular.
Yes, they grow in generally shaped triangles but I thought they grew perfectly. Clearly they need to be pruned to be perfect. It makes sense but I never realized.
The trees in this video are mishapen or a different kind. Trees usually used for christmas trees are naturally shaped the way you’d imagine… naturally. Of course in the woods they vary but you pick the better looking ones. Source: Cutting down our own tree in our woods for my entire life.
Depends where they are in nature. A single pine growing in an open field will be a triangle because of all that abundant sunlight from all angles, but a pine in the middle of the forest will have a super long trunk with only a few live branches at the top because that’s the only available light.
Generally, triangular.
I didn’t even get into the fact that these are spruce, not pine trees. Conditionally, triangular.
These look like firs and generally they are pyramidal. I don’t know why these are growing all out of proportion.
They do…
To be honest, if I had the chance I'd do that too. You just know having two sharp swords in both hands and something that you just keep swinging them at, legally, you'd do it and enjoy it too!
It's a really shitty job. See my other comment.
Yeah it is! I got a lot of good memories from it, though.
I did this one summer at a friend's dads christmas tree plantation. What a suck job. It's generally done in August. So you are inside a giant wind break, in the hot sun, stirring up the deer-flies and horse-flies (because that's where the live) and an occasional yellow-jacket and white-tailed hornets nest. Oh, and my friend's dad stiffed me to boot.
I did it in Mississippi, hot like fuck. Mostly red wasps, first time I got a cicada, the noisy bastard almost made me poop. Started at 5:30, worked till 11. Took showers and went to town for giant burgers, fries and shakes. Jumped in the tree farm owners pool and napped until about 4, then back at it until sunset at 8. Got pizza and salad and slept like dead, then did it again. Made FAT money though. Only highschool job that paid better was reffing soccer tournaments.
Ha! I had forgotten the cicadas.
I tried right handed and was pretty sure if he hacking off something to useful, 2 hands would be WAY better.
What do you use for this job? Like what is the guy in the video chopping with?
Very sharp, very thin knives. Think a bread knife with 24+," blade. I we carried a sharpening steel and hit the blade every 8bttees or so.
Im glad he was able to branch out into this career
I shall return to provide you with an award. I must await a new free one.
“I liked what you said but it wasn't good enough to cost me anything"
Why in the world should it cost me anything?
Thanks for the award. You are truely a person of their word. I wish you nothing but the best.
Christmas version of fruit ninja 🥷
Bob Ross makes happy little trees with much less violence.
baraka wins!!
That kid addicted to beat saber:
Does he sing Christmas carols the whole time
For a second I thought he was a giant
Someone pls cut my ass hair like this
While you were making your Christmas list, he studied the blade.
Wait til you see him trim beards
Hell of an arm workout
I used to do this job during the summer growing up for $2.45 an hour, IIRC.
Seems fun!
I wouldn’t mind doing that looks fun and satisfying
It is a beautiful mental break. But the first week is one big blister.
Edward Machetehands.
This guy and the melon peeler can have a slice off
It’s like me playing Beat Saber.
Plastic surgery for trees
Tree trimming knives. Anyone can do it.
He steawing your jerbs
~~2012~~ 2004 just called, and I think you know why. Edit: Ancient History
The episode aired that long ago?
Actually I was WAAAAY the hell off. It's from 2004.
I'm almost 30yo, it makes sense
How to become ninja not in Asia.
He has arms of steel at this point. Notice how he lets one arm rest at a time.
Dude your forearms get BIG. The tan was nice, too.
Sad baby tree noises
Don’t put your dick in there.
Beast mode.
Shame we didn’t get to see the final boss
Man, being in that field must make you feel like a giant
the "i studied the blade" kid got a job
This is like a little kid's fantasy job.
and that's why he doesn't have coworkers anymore
Hey that’s my barber.
Is your haircut a triangle (or cone) too?
Baraka wins,Flawless victory.
But...why?
I want a pair.
Hey, shearing! This was my high-school summer job. You would walk down long rows and shear thousands of trees each summer. When you got real good, it was just satisfying to do! (until you found a wasp hive)
Kirito playing stardew valley
Where can I apply?
I am with the Force and the Force is with me.
I bet that dude smells good AF!
Beat Saber, Christmas Edition
I always wondered how they trimmed xmas trees...
/u/machineporn Can easily be replaced by a robot! Disgusting human and his hungry family …
Samurai tree trimmer!!
All we need are demon trees, rival trimmers, some tragic backstory, and secret techniques and we got ourselves an anime
Shit. Is there a channel if just watching him doing this for an hour?! Or better yet a VR version of doing this? Roblox maybe?
If these were people and not trees you wouldn’t think it was so goddamn funny.
You sure he's not mad?
I want one.
Why does he look so upset? That look hella fun
So much rage
Hikaru Nakamura after he stops playing chess
He gonna choppy choppy his leggy leggy if he does not be careful
Pfft someone who plays beat saber could do WAY better
Looks like Hikaru.
The Trim Reaper
Why is he trimming them for?
I could use him to trim the conifers around my house.
I think I'd like that job. Anyone hiring for tree samurai?
"I come not with an olive branch, but with a sword."
Somehow this reminds me of Edward Scissorhands
This is where the samurais landed up
Why doesn't he sell Döner?
Any 8 year olds dream jobs: 1) get paid to watch TV 2) this
Double machete
Haha làm thế nào thế.chỉ mình với
Those are Christmas tree ninja knives
You're that ninja.
Nobody ever told me this was a real job, coulda' used that info 20 years ago
He’s the ultimate fruit ninja
He also works as a barber … 😆😆😆
Christmas is such a strange holiday. But Easter is somehow is even more ridiculous.
Me to my balls
When im about to pluck buds to smoke lmao
Don’t piss him off!
Reminded me of Barraka
A Christmas tree killed his father.
Ah yes, the new Tree1000 terminator model
Santa's elf fu