A person brings down a hand axe on a small log of wood several times to break it up into smaller kindle pieces. Few hits and the piece is broken. Hard hitting strong blows no ambiance close recording. Making kindling starting a fire. Metal axe, wood block. Tools, Axes
A woodcutter is chopping wood in the forest with an ax at distance several times. Nice reverb. Wide shot of a countryside ambience. Stereo AB ORTF Recording in Cevennes, France during the summer. Tools, Axes