Or duct tape holding one of the pointy parts on after it broke that one time Red tried to prove to Harold that yes he could cut down a tree with it.
His second try did work, proving him right, though Harold contends that it didn't count because the second "tree" barely even qualified as a stick.
"I never said I could cut down an old tree, I just said I bet I could cut down a tree with this thing!" Red wins on that technicality and Harold rolls his eyes and cuts to the next scene.