Which Splitting Axe for logs ?

[slimjimvw]

I'm after a Splitting Axe for doing a few logs , i don't want to spend the earth , maybe £30 tops ? Obviously a Fiskars jobbie would be nice but i really can't justify it.

[Hodge]

you get what you pay for mate, get a Gransfors splitting maul, about 70 quid but soooo worth it.

[felixthelogchopper]

I've got a Stihl 6 pounder, works fine for me and about £20 from Jonesie

[BTS]

i got mine from screwfix for about £15 yellow fibreglass handle and is spot on does the job and never let me down had it 3 years or so

[Henk]

Gransfors is worth every penny

[treesnake]

Gransfors all the way ! The dogs danglees

[Nick Watkins]

I'm after a Splitting Axe for doing a few logs , i don't want to spend the earth , maybe £30 tops ? Obviously a Fiskars jobbie would be nice but i really can't justify it.

 

I have a Fiskars which I am looking for a new home for, if your near Surrey you can collect it for that cost.

[scbk]

I'm sure the gransfors are great axes, but I've had a cheapo fibreglass one for about 5yrs and it's now only showing wear after I lent it to someone

[samarb]

I have been owner of quite a few axes. Yes it is nice to own shiny ones but I found the wooden ones have a short shelf life and avoid ones with birds beak they only get stuck. I have since given up on hand logging and given all my axes away to family, the only one I have kept was a cheap in branded nylon handled one wich was 30 squid and seem to run rings around all my other professional ones.I think it is all down to how you operate because each one is completely different so will always be how it feels not what it costs.

[nepia]

I have been owner of quite a few axes. Yes it is nice to own shiny ones but I found the wooden ones have a short shelf life and avoid ones with birds beak they only get stuck. I have since given up on hand logging and given all my axes away to family, the only one I have kept was a cheap in branded nylon handled one wich was 30 squid and seem to run rings around all my other professional ones.I think it is all down to how you operate because each one is completely different so will always be how it feels not what it costs.

 

Not being any kind of expert on the subject I've kept shtum till now but this reflects my limited experience. I have one cheap axe with a bird's beak as you call it and it's useless; the edge profile is way too flat so it just bounces off the log. But I also have a 6.25lb Faithfull with fibreglass shaft that cost me £28 about 6 years ago and I think it's excellent.

Seems that price isn't everything!