🪓 Wood Splitting Choices 🪵 COMPOSITE or WOOD Axe or Maul? What we choose to use - Watch This!
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Hello Everybody!
I know that I sure had this question when I was starting out splitting. What should I be using? You see some people split only with a sledge and some wedges, others split with a maul and/or wedges. Some have a splitting axe and others just use a worn out axe.
What is in the world should you use. Well, I think I can help. If you watch this video and listen to me speak and observe what we are all drawn to, you may find a hint.
Not only is the shape of the metal head debated, but also the material of the handle. Is composite Better than Wood? Why do so many people have a super strong opinion about this? Check this video out and let me know what you think!
Some of the Tools used:
Fiskars 8lb Maul @FiskarsInEMEA
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Fiskars Axe @FiskarsInEMEA@Fiskars1649
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Collins Maul 6lb Wood
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Collins Maul 6lb Composite
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Cold Steel Trail Boss
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Woodchuck Hookeroon (made in USA)
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Not all of the tools I used can be listed because many of my axes were purchased as used and restored from Flea Markets and Garage Sales
👍👍 I forcefully requested my boy split a 30 ft maple trunk about 22-25” rounds. It was a lot of tree.
He was not happy about it. After he finished, he actually said he liked it and got such a sense of accomplishment. Work is a good thing for a boy! Well done sir….your boys do a great job!
Thank you! That would be quite a bit of work. Good way to get energy out and it good for the mind and body!!
Sweet as always? Well done!
Thank you friend!
Mr. WOODSMAN, excellent, well-thought out video. Loads of correct, pertinent information. You are entertaining, engaging, and humble. I don't think the addition of an X25 and or an X27 would hurt your collection. Those boys swinging the mauls are the equivalent of you and I swinging 30 pounders. Lots of work and sweat going on...well done...
Wow! Comment is much appreciated and thank you for watching. My boys like to get at it and often as your in the house you will some sort of banging and if you step outside, you never know what you will find. I prefer to see something on the productive side of things for sure. I am certainly not opposed to adding more Fiskars stuff to the collection! Have a good one!!
Lots of good info in this one! For most of my life I used synthetic handled hand tools. Because that's what my family usually had and followed suit when purchasing my own. Then 3-4 years ago i discovered how nice a raw wood handle with a couple applications of BLO can be. Just feels right! But definitely more susceptible to damage from a bad swing. Love seeing your whole family enjoying the process👍🏻
You are 100% correct! Really enjoy doing this stuff with the kids for sure. They are pretty good at it and they typically are great sports too! 😉
I prefer using a 1.25 pound hatchet ($13 @ Harbor Freight), & I drive it into the wood with a 3 pound engineers hammer ($10 @ Harbor Freight). I can make precise splits, & I just find it so much easier than using long handled tools. I'm just splitting large chunks into smaller chunks to start the fire, however. My 2nd purchase after a wood stove was a log splitter. Elm makes log splitters more appealing. I bought a demo model (discounted) from a local county fair (18 years ago), & it (22 ton Brave with a 5 hp Honda engine) has been great! My long handled maul & axe just collect dust.
That is an excellent idea! Never thought of doing something like that. Generally I use some straight grained pine to get fires started. A splitter is hopefully on the horizon. Thank you as always for a great informative comment!
Love it, used to split wood by hand with my father and that oak looks wonderful! Got worn out trying to split elm so bought a gas log splitter that I use most the time now, will have to bust out the fiskers again when I get some decent wood.
Excellent! Elm is a nightmare for sure. Never tried to split anything more difficult in my life. Couldn’t get a wedge in it or anything. Cut slits in it with a chainsaw and still couldn’t get it. Unbelievable stuff!
@@oakiewoodsman yes it truly is garbage wood to split! But we have quite a bit of it around and since it’s so hard to split I can always get it for free lol like to mix it in with the few good trees I get
I have a Fiskars splitting axe. By far the best I've used. Lightweight, good tip speed which really splits the rounds. No need for heavy mauls except for the Knottiest of woods. You show a Fiskars regular axe which isn't designed for splitting. This statement goes for several of your axes which are not designed for wood splitting but chopping instead. I split 6-8 cords/year by hand at a pace of a cord or so a day.
I would like to add one of the splitting axes to the collection for sure. I think it could be a great place to land in terms of ease of swing and effectiveness. When the wood is straight, nearly all the options I swung in this video are far more effective. Especially the double bit and the large plumb. They have a pretty decent cheeks and bust their way through nicely. You are correct that the Fiskars I used was not the wider splitting axe. Sometimes a good camp axe can be utilized for multiple scenarios and I will tell you what, this wood was not the place for many of the tools I showed and was much tougher than I anticipated. Thanks for watching and sharing!
I have that same fiskers IsoCore maul and a short cheap axe. What would you recommend just for banging wedges for felling trees? Was going to buy the fiskers x27 axe idk now. Should I just use the maul have?
I like using a wooden handle axe when banging plastic wedges buddy. A Fiskars 24+ felling axe would also be just fine. Should last quite some time and work well. I have noticed that the backside of the Fiskars are not really flat and show a seem. I have filed mine flat for hitting wedges. Also, the cheap store bought wooden axes tend to get loose heads so all of the ones I use I have hung myself. I would not use a maul. I need to have a more nimble tool that I can be accurate with instead. Thanks man.
Thank you, yes the IsoCore heavy 8# weight is what I don’t like. Just feels like a sledgehammer. Like the fiskers warranty but if the x27 36” isn’t flat not good. Maybe will get a wooden echo axe my dealer had them last time I checked.
@zeromark202 they looked pretty cool. The one I saw had a Swedish made head.