How to Use a Billhook Safely?

Grip the tool with your thumb close to the bottom of the blade, with the hook pointing down. Holding the Billhook Saw like this, you can snag vines in trees or shrubs, well beyond your normal reach, and pull them down. Use the hook to remove suckers that develop at the base of trees and shrubs.

How do you use bill hook in Forest School?

Use Splitting wood. and pinching the hook with the other. The blade should be placed at the top of the log to be split. The second person will use a mallet or piece of wood to strike the top of the bill hook and drive the blade into the wood.

What is a Billhook machete?

The Billhook Machete is an ancient agricultural cutting tool with a curved blade meant for chopping around objects, such as tree trunks, and for “snedding,” which is the process of stripping side shoots and buds from a branch.