Axe or maul, what's your weapon of choice?

[Joe Newton]

Quick question: whats the benefit in splitting one handed? So you can have a rolly or cuppa?

 

I get it for tapping felling wedges, especially if you're up a tree, but for busting lumps on the deck I really don't get it...

[Stephen Blair]

When you pick up a small bit you can just chop through it 1 handed and grab another, also for chopping kindlers.

[Dan Curtis]

Quick question: whats the benefit in splitting one handed? So you can have a rolly or cuppa?

 

I get it for tapping felling wedges, especially if you're up a tree, but for busting lumps on the deck I really don't get it...

 

You can hold/move the chunk with the other hand. Or be getting the next bit ready

[Joe Newton]

Aah cheers, I don't do firewood, so I only split rings so they're light enough to shift, didn't make sense to me!

[teepeeat]

A nice medium sized axe is all you need on a lot of stuff and it is easy to use one handed and as has been inferred makes things quicker and easier.

[MattyF]

Elwell 5lb axe is a nice all rounder and I think standard issue military so loads around... Decent british steel ! Stihl spalt hammer is a nice second choice as an axe/maul sledge hammer type... just re handled and painted mine second on the right.

[MattyF]

Elwell 5lb is third in on the right.. You can get a really decent aim and power through one .. The 7lb is a bit hit and miss lol... Double headed is nice for root grubbing as one side is razor the other side slightly fatter and blunter for dirty areas

Edited November 25, 2013 by MattyF

[weldersunited]

Gransfors splitting maul for me, handle could do with being just a shade longer though

[New Forest DEAN]

The wife bought me an axe and I got fed up with it getting buried in the wood. So I swapped it for a maul, which never gets stuck and splits the wood every time.

 

Smaller segments just need a light tap; Rings need a full heft. 18" dia, 15" long rings sometimes need a full body heft, but I like the challenge of getting a total split first time!

 

Keeps me fit - I did about 16 tonnes last summer.

[Yeti]

always a blunt 4,half lb felling axe,never a fan of mauls,too sharp an axe will bite into the wood instead popping it open.I use the log splitting as a bit of training for stamina in timbersports.