Axe/Maul/Hatchet for wood splitting

[lumpy]

I ended up ordering two Fiskars:

A ratchet lopper and "Power Gear" pruner/lopper. We'll see how they work out.

If you get a ring stuck on your finger and need it off in a hurry, I'll soon be your go-to guy.

That ratchet lopper looks medieval.

[11.4]

Don't know about splitting wood but I can tell you how to make love in a canoe.

Canadians. Always showing off.

[Auk]

If you want some throwing axes, try to get on promotive.com ... They've got tomahawks, battle axes, throwing knifes, etc at wholesale pricing. I've had to reign it in more than once and tell myself the kids do not need these toys.

Yes, but if they ever were to "need" to, it's better you had them to "teach" them how. :)

[11.4]

Destined to become TT's newest toy. Hope this link works.

https://www.facebook.com/mavikocaeli...71/?permPage=1

[Too Tall]

Destined to become TT's newest toy. Hope this link works.

https://www.facebook.com/mavikocaeli...71/?permPage=1

Clever. Not likely Lane, it has too wide a safety margin and is useless "off the grid". Wah wah

[David Tollefson]

Destined to become TT's newest toy. Hope this link works.

https://www.facebook.com/mavikocaeli...71/?permPage=1

Has the makings of horror movie stuff...

[Cookietruck]

got some nice post oak
fell a tree that had probably been standing dead for a few years
got a whole truckload basically, just a few days after bucking it all has nice splits in it already, perfectly aged i think

have an old maul head i hung, probably have $20 in the thing, wear gloves and take a file to the edge to clean it up...
this wood splits nice, about to see how nice it burns

if i want to make small kindling i'll get the axe or hatchet out...

[Too Tall]

That is some lovely work C.T. Not so lucky to have Post Oak growing in my locale, we have endless White Oak.

[Mabouya]

Most folks around here (St Louis MO far-western suburbs) don't believe in exercise. Chain saws and gas-powered hydraulic splitters do nearly all the work. They probably think I'm crazy in the fall when I rake the leaves onto a tarp and carry them over to the woods to dump them.

[cp43]

What's the consensus on using a froe for splitting kindling?

I've never used one, but I like the idea. Thoughts?

Thanks.

[monadnocky]

Sounds vaguely Scandinavian to me... I don't trust socialist yard tools. "Maul" is properly American, and American-sounding.

(seriously.... never heard of one, looks interesting....?)

[Cookietruck]

the froe seems like it would work awesome
if you have nice wood

[Too Tall]

Super nice for making kindling and not very useful for anything else.

What's the consensus on using a froe for splitting kindling?

I've never used one, but I like the idea. Thoughts?

Thanks.

[Mabouya]

What's the consensus on using a froe for splitting kindling?

Not as useful as the Bro.

[cp43]

Super nice for making kindling and not very useful for anything else.

This was pretty much what I was thinking. We have a maul, a big axe, and a small axe for splitting logs, so a froe would just be used for kindling. I'll probably pick one up, and give it a try when we get our wood delivered.

Thanks

[summilux]

Turned out that I needed two tools: a hatchet and a maul. I went with Fiskars for both. Crappy Tire sells them. Fiskars composite handles are nice and they weigh less than traditional wood handles. The grip is very comfortable. I tried to use only a hatchet at first but that only works with small straight grained pieces. The hatchet didn't work at all on most of the ash pieces left by the tree removal crew. To break these down I needed a maul. I used was the 28", a medium size of the three mauls that were in the store. Most of the ash, now air dried for a year, were split easily into more maangeable chunks. These smaller pieces got turned into kindling.

It was a fine day to be outdoors yesterday and wood splitting is satisfying in a visceral way. Great fun, good upper body and leg workout too. An added bonus was the rip roaring fire we had that evening.

[Auk]

Turned out that I needed two tools: a hatchet and a maul. I went with Fiskars for both. Crappy Tire sells them. Fiskars composite handles are nice and they weigh less than traditional wood handles. The grip is very comfortable. I tried to use only a hatchet at first but that only works with small straight grained pieces. The hatchet didn't work at all on most of the ash pieces left by the tree removal crew. To break these down I needed a maul. I used was the 28", a medium size of the three mauls that were in the store. Most of the ash, now air dried for a year, were split easily into more maangeable chunks. These smaller pieces got turned into kindling.

It was a fine day to be outdoors yesterday and wood splitting is satisfying in a visceral way. Great fun, good upper body and leg workout too. An added bonus was the rip roaring fire we had that evening.

Nice. The Fiskars are about as romantic as a bat the head, but damn if they don't work great for the people who just want to work and not to wax poetic about the beautiful hand rubbed danish oil finish on the handle of the axe they never use.

[summilux]

That about sums it up. They're ugly too. But hey, I wasn't looking for a deep relationship. I just wanted to split some wood.

[Too Tall]

Speaking of splitting wood...

I had a Pin Oak taken down two months ago and it is still so wet my splitting maul bounces off! Prior to that shameful reproach I was resolved NOT to rent a hydraulic spltter! Give it a few more weeks or go buy dynamite?

Cookietruck, if you are listening. That Post Oak is supposed to make some of the best coals for smoking ribs. Truth or Dare?

[Cookietruck]

yeah the post oak is nice, i was burning all pecan before and it burns up fast, tastes awesome though, a pleasure to split with a decent axe.
the post oak burns a little slower and has a tendency to die down from a clean flaming burn...so i have to stoke it and sometimes toss in some kindling to keep it burning really clean. it's not too bad to split either.

if that doesn't convince you, all the barbecue guys down here smoke with post oak.
pretty much all these guys... The 50 Best BBQ Joints . . . in the World! - Texas Monthly

i have some live oak that my neighbor gave me. killed a few axe and maul handles trying to split it, gave up. not sure about the pin oak yet, but i was reading about it because my brother said he has a few pin oak on his land that are dead. sounded like the pin oak was similar to post oak...but up where you are the species might be different.