Oyo splitting axe 🪓

[NightShadow]

Morning all, 

 

My old man's after a splitting axe and he has a Norwegian book and wants an oyo splitting axe - as photo shows. I've tried to find it, but to no avail. Anyone know if these are not available in UK or discontinued? Thanks in advance.

 

BestJames

 

 

 

Edited November 29, 2022 by NightShadow

[rapalaman]

No pic attached?

[Dan Maynard]

Could you persuade him onto Gransfors Bruk? Fairly widely available.

[neiln]

This?

Oyo Kloyvks Super Splitting Axe

WWW.RECON-COMPANY.COM

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The Oyo Kloyvks Super is essential for the efficient splitting of firewood. The specially shaped axe head reduces friction (Friction)...

not an axe or a website I know, I just found it with Google

 

 

[neiln]

Having not heard of it I can't say if it's good. It might be, although I'd have expected to have heard of it if it were.

As Dan says, grunfors is excellent and hipster enough for most.  Or if looks and brand are less important then fiskars or husqvarna are well liked   any axe in use needs to be suited to the wood, and the axe person, to be really good.

[trigger_andy]

2 hours ago, NightShadow said:

Morning all, 

 

My old man's after a splitting axe and he has a Norwegian book and wants an oyo splitting axe - as photo shows. I've tried to find it, but to no avail. Anyone know if these are not available in UK or discontinued? Thanks in advance.

 

BestJames

 

 

 

I believe Øyo is a relatively cheap and massed produced brand you find in such stores as XXL in Norway. I have their Viking Axe as I like the look of it and its supposedly a reproduction of one found in a Burial Mound but the workmanship is trash. 

 

Øyo Viking 2000 øks - none - Øks og sag | XXL

WWW.XXL.NO

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Les mer om Viking 2000 øks. Trygg handel med prisgaranti og 100 dagers åpent kjøp

 

 

As others have mentioned get a Gransfors Bruk, far better quality and can be found in the UK. Or if asthetics in not your main concern then get a Fiskars. 

 

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

Just get Fiskars, if you need it for splitting, all others just toys. 

[Mike Hill]

10 hours ago, NightShadow said:

Morning all, 

 

My old man's after a splitting axe and he has a Norwegian book and wants an oyo splitting axe - as photo shows. I've tried to find it, but to no avail. Anyone know if these are not available in UK or discontinued? Thanks in advance.

 

BestJames

 

 

 

 

Picture sayes a thousand words. Øyo have been making tools for a century or more,

7 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

I believe Øyo is a relatively cheap and massed produced brand you find in such stores as XXL in Norway. I have their Viking Axe as I like the look of it and its supposedly a reproduction of one found in a Burial Mound but the workmanship is trash. 

 

Øyo Viking 2000 øks - none - Øks og sag | XXL

WWW.XXL.NO

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Les mer om Viking 2000 øks. Trygg handel med prisgaranti og 100 dagers åpent kjøp

 

 

As others have mentioned get a Gransfors Bruk, far better quality and can be found in the UK. Or if asthetics in not your main concern then get a Fiskars. 

 

 

Does your experiance of Øyo products span the width of the single example you bought at a high street Sports shop Andy?

 

 

Kjøp Kløyvslegge fra Øyo - Vi har et stort utvalg innen Økser

OEYO.NO

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Kjøp Kløyvslegge | 1 229 NOK | Dette er en kløyvslegge som egner seg til de store vedkubbene. Med et øksehode...

 

These are good value. I have used one of these and rate it. Decent long handle and a good weight to the head.

 

I know one of the family who makes these. If I can help your dad get one just ask.

[trigger_andy]

6 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

Does your experiance of Øyo products span the width of the single example you bought at a high street Sports shop Andy?

No 

[Mike Hill]

2 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

No 

 

Did you buy another tourist quality Axe to go with the first one?

 

Good for you, Geilo needs the revenue.

 

Veldig Bra! As they say.