r/interestingasfuck • u/Wololo--Wololo • 1d ago

This guy invented the shotgun axe

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u/BroThoughtHeDidSmth 1d ago

Well, has it then crossed your mind at any point that that might not, in fact, be the intended use?

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u/Valthoren 1d ago

So you're saying it's intended use as an axe may not be the use that is clearly being demonstrated in the video of it chopping up a log??

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u/lusuroculadestec 1d ago

The intended use is to have a video on the internet with a few slow-motion shots. The whole point of doing the project in the first place will be to make money from the ad revenue and the affiliate links for the companies he mentions in the video.

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u/frogkabobs 1d ago

That, and it’s also just cool from an engineering standpoint. Integza definitely has a passion for his craft.

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u/Worldly_Team_7441 1d ago

Other commenter is saying that maybe the use isn't for wood at the end product, but would be for something more akin to a fireman's tool (something where the jaws of life wouldn't be viable). However, in order to make a demonstration and test the prototype, chopping wood works well enough.

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u/RedWarrior69340 1d ago

i saw the video ... it's just a cool concept to have an exploding axe :/ (go watch the video it is awsome)

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u/Worldly_Team_7441 1d ago

If I want to watch an axe being swung, I will watch Nicole, who will entertain me with lumber knowledge, jokes, and her doggo. (And 5 hours after the fact, when I go, "Oh, wait! That was a-!")

Seriously, though, I was honestly expecting it to be more of an "explosive breaching axe" prototype. ... Maybe someone should suggest it - they've already gone to a stage it would be useful.

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u/RedWarrior69340 1d ago

in the video we see that he has to basically disassemble the firing mechanism to reload it (it takes several minutes) and as a tool to take down doors it would be useless for a number of reasons (just to name one : if you swing the axe had enough to fire it, you will probably have enough force to go thru the door ... and fire the blank behind it :/ )

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u/BroThoughtHeDidSmth 1d ago edited 1d ago

So if i surmised this correctly you're attempting to reason that it's somehow logical to assume the inteded use for this modified axe is the same as it is for a regular axe simply because he chose to use it in a manner that would make the most sense if attempting to display?

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u/Valthoren 1d ago

Right.....

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u/BroThoughtHeDidSmth 1d ago

Didn't think so.