Best splitting axe?

[drinksloe]

2 hours ago, Vespasian said:

car boot on sundays, pick up a few cheap axes to chop wood with..   I doubt one splitting axe is much better than any other..   

 

U'd be wrong then.

 

Wether some are worth the extra money may be debateable thou.

Really really like my X27, and to be honest before it didn't believe the hype and had a view similar to above but it really does make a massive diference. Possibly one of the best 40 quid i've spent

 

Like night and day to the old splitting mual i have.

Reminds me of when i first swung a fibreglass shafted fencing mel, just a dream to work with every day even compared to hickory shafted. I sed to spend a lot of time on the mel

 

Much as i like my X27 might bring some cash down to APF and see wot other heavier axes are available, i find my x27 struggles more in beech but i am cutting decent rings about 18"+ thick so big logs.

But my heavier roughneck mual struggles even more so simply having a heavier axe isn't always the answer

[Mark Bolam]

3 hours ago, Vespasian said:

car boot on sundays, pick up a few cheap axes to chop wood with..   I doubt one splitting axe is much better than any other..   

Yawn.

[Vespasian]

4 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Yawn.

 A sharp piece of metal at the end of a shaft..   can't get any simpler..  whats more important is the weight and how that suits the user..   

 

 

can't see the point of spending good money on a splitting axe/maul unless you intend to hang it on the wall as an ornament..

 

other things to consider is the handle, do you prefer wood or fiberglass..  anyways, best visit the car boot get a handful of different ones over the months and see which one suits..   

 

 

 

 

 

[Ratman]

Vesp..... did you read the thread earlier on where i asked the question on favouring a fibre reinforced shaft or a traditional wood one.......? [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848][emoji848] obviously not[emoji30][emoji30][emoji30][emoji42][emoji42][emoji42][emoji42][emoji42][emoji42][emoji42][emoji42][emoji42] i’m beginning to yawn again as earlier, its like dejavu [emoji15]

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Anyone know a good sunday car boot i can go route around just to please someone???!!! ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️

[Vespasian]

51 minutes ago, Ratman said:

Vesp..... did you read the thread earlier on where i asked the question on favouring a fibre reinforced shaft or a traditional wood one.......? obviously not i’m beginning to yawn again as earlier, its like dejavu



Anyone know a good sunday car boot i can go route around just to please someone???!!! ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️

You contribute what you fancy talkin about and I'll say what whant I to say...  

 

And no I don't remember reading your bit about different handles....  or I vaguely remembered  and perhaps its why I mentioned weights of heads as somethin else to consider..Don't remember anyone mentioning that..

 

Anyways, point being most of these axes are much of a muchness in my opinion.

 

[Ratman]

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[Ratman]

Car boot sale not on guys! ?‍♂️

[Vespasian]

21 minutes ago, Ratman said:

Car boot sale not on guys! ?‍♂️

yea very funny, the axe I have is a double bit re-purposed axe by none other than Buckinbillyray Smith..  

 

He gets em how he can, car boots included..   mine cost a lot more than any brand new axe I can think of and its likely it came from a car boot..   So carry on, keep laughing..   

 

By the way, cuts wood as good as or better than any new axe out there..   Numpties.

[Mick Dempsey]

Splitting mauls aren’t necessarily sharp, are we confusing splitting and cutting?

[Ratman]

Its really not worth it!!! https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8a/db/bd/8adbbdf0dde42929f41585881684e11e.jpg