Axe or maul

[Stubby]

X27 here also .

[Paulholness]

Another thumbs up for the Fizkars X27.👍👍

[Bunzena]

I'd echo Paul J.

 

I'm lucky enough to have and use a Gransfors Bruks splitting maul.

 

Whenever I use it - it brings back the joy of using a really, really good hand tool. Lovely weight to it and the finish and sharpness of the head beggars belief.

 

It is expensive but it's lovely to look at and gorgeous to use. One well aimed hit and the rounds just cleave in two.

 

Having used a selection of axes and mauls over the years - my preference is for a maul. More versatile across a wider variety of different timber types. More likely to cleave first time - and easier to remove when jammed than an axe.

 

So overall I find it less effort. Just my opinion.

[gooseflight]

OP's budget is £50.

[Al Cormack]

OP's budget is £50.

 

 

Fiskars x27 is currently £43.44 including delivery from uktoolcentre.co.uk

 

 

http://www.cormacktreecare.co.uk

[Cheesy pete]

Fiskars x27 a shockingly good axe

my firewood is mainly arb waste (my own although i don't view it as waste )

so loads of knotty stuff including seasoned oak made my life a hell of alot easier logging last year for this winter

[Richard Thompson]

I use a maul for splitting wood and setting felling wedges, I have a fiskars x27 in my shopping basket so I'll give it a try this winter.

I can't get on with splitting with an axe as I have a lot of old gnarled wood to split but anything really bad goes through the log buster or it gets ripped through with a saw

[felixthelogchopper]

Another one for the Fiskars here.

[Steve Bullman]

I'd like to try one of these fiskars some day. I used to do a lot of firewood and all I ever used was a generic fibre glass handled maul that I would pick up from the local

Hardware store.

 

As for the suggestions about using a sharp axe, I always found this was the worst thing for splitting, specially if it was a felling axe. A few hits against a stone to blunt it off would always improve its splitting in my experience

 

 

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[Stubby]

I'd like to try one of these fiskars some day. I used to do a lot of firewood and all I ever used was a generic fibre glass handled maul that I would pick up from the local

Hardware store.

 

As for the suggestions about using a sharp axe, I always found this was the worst thing for splitting, specially if it was a felling axe. A few hits against a stone to blunt it off would always improve its splitting in my experience

 

 

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I would tend to agree with you there Steve . The Fiskars has Teflon coated cheeks which help to over come it getting stuck .