I need to split some wood..

How big is the wood?

Big logs needs a big axe £30
Small logs need a small axe £12

I have a longhandle 3lb for splitting the first time and then a small hand axe to make then smaller to fit in the stove.

Gransfors Bruks.

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Gransfors Bruks Splitting Maul. Like a hot knife through butter.

depends on when you need it.
wouldn’t bother with internet now with the post as it is before Christmas.
so , possibly, whatever axe your local hardware shop has in stock. mine only had one.

Screwfix have a few but they’re all sold blunt so you’ll need a grinder/sharpener or know someone who has one (like Brian over the road).

Santa’s bringing me a Fiskars X25

Use a cheap screwfix it one for the large stuff, or a wood grenade and sledge for the knotty stubbern stuff.

Kindling and light stuff, I have a very nice Gransfors Bruks widlife hatchet, which is razor sharp and light enough that you can use it all day and not screw your arm up.

Ski talks sense.

I thought this was going to be another guitar thread for a sec….

Ski talks sense.

Not quite. A razor-sharp kindling hatchet will imbed itself in the wood where as a slightly dulled edge splits. Generally ‘writing’. 🙂

Get a maul with a wooden handle as opposed to the plastic shite…

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_28339.htm

Sunburst Gibson Les Paul

May I point you in the direction of this very informative thread over on Arbtalk. You’ll need to wait a little for it to arrive but very good and well priced when bought abroad.
It seems this axe is better kept sharp while normally splitting axes want to be dull.