best splitting ax/maul

[xringphil]

ok...so i want to get a new ax for splitting...deffently liking the look of the Helko top line range....but do i get a splitting ax or a spliting maul ?

 

Or any other recamendations for axes/mauls ?

 

Phil

[Hodge]

Gotta be a Gransfors maul mate, awesome handmade maul on a lovely shaft. Not cheap but wort it.

[scbk]

Silverline Fibre Shaft Log Splitting Axe 6lb - Transtools

 

Not fancy, but does the job for me and has taken a good few years of abuse

[xringphil]

admitidly im newish to splitting and not got the greatest aim yet...how easy is it to break lol one the things i like about the top lines are they got the metal renforced handels just under the ax head...

[County4x4]

Not a big fan of fibreglass handles myself - and a mate of mine in the firewood business broke a roughneck one in about a fortnight. Wood is much more "alive" feeling if that makes any sense at all?!

 

I'd vote for Gransfors Bruks - cost a bit more but you'll get a properly made tool that will last a lifetime and be guaranteed for it as well. The initals of the blacksmith who forged the head are on every one, and they have a metal collar below the head as well. It's the sort of thing you could hand down to your kids in twenty years time. I don't personally think they're overpriced for something hand made at all.

 

Cheapest I found when I bought mine was from the Ray Mears survival shop as it happens - but shop around anyway.

 

Cheers,

 

Andy

[xringphil]

ok liking the sound of them....deffently go maul over an ax ?

[Clark Forest]

Not a big fan of fibreglass handles myself - and a mate of mine in the firewood business broke a roughneck one in about a fortnight. Wood is much more "alive" feeling if that makes any sense at all?!

 

I'd vote for Gransfors Bruks - cost a bit more but you'll get a properly made tool that will last a lifetime and be guaranteed for it as well. The initals of the blacksmith who forged the head are on every one, and they have a metal collar below the head as well. It's the sort of thing you could hand down to your kids in twenty years time. I don't personally think they're overpriced for something hand made at all.

 

Cheapest I found when I bought mine was from the Ray Mears survival shop as it happens - but shop around anyway.

 

Cheers,

 

Andy

 

Lifetime guarantee with Roughneck stuff, so your mate should certainly get a replacement no probs...

Edited December 15, 2010 by Clark Forest

[Martyn Amos]

Gotta be a Gransfors maul mate, awesome handmade maul on a lovely shaft. Not cheap but wort it.

 

second that,its the king:adore:

like my nan always said,you get what you pay for

[Mark Bolam]

Anything other than Gransfors is second best.

 

The maul is the daddy, but the large splitting axe is lighter and faster for straighter grained stuff.

 

Yes, they are expensive, but you can see why when you get one. They are actually cheap for something that looks this good, comes with a 20-year guarantee, and will pay for itself with the first load of logs.

 

Come on Arbtalk suppliers - one of you at least should consider stocking them. You would clean up!

 

Anyone recommending cheapo stuff from tool shops sounds like the fat bloke in the pub trying to convince you that his shiny new Spear and Jackson chainsaw is actually much better than your 361/357.

 

There are other makes out there that do the job OK, but they just aren't in the same league.

[Mick Stockbridge]

Save your back and get one of these. I've been splitting by hand for the last 28 years, bought one off Jonesie this year at a very good price and now I'll never go back to a maul or axe. Splitting by hand is a mug's game.