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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
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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...
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May I point you in the direction of [url= http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/35225-fiskars-wood-splitting-axe-swansea.html ]this very informative thread[/url] 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.