Thread: The newest in axe tech

Originally Posted by onimaru55

I'm just glad I don't chop wood anymore .

Nor do I, killed my back after 20 yrs.Now I am an advil addict

Re the blade rotating, I remember seeing a video somewhere (might even have been on one of the axe threads here??) of a guy who was an absolute beast, splitting a ridiculous amount of wood. He didn't have a fancy doo-dad like this thing - he angled the blade slightly at impact and it had exactly the same effect.

It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools, etc., and so on...

I'll see if I can track down that vid.

Originally Posted by Cangooner

I remember seeing a video somewhere (might even have been on one of the axe threads here??) of a guy who was an absolute beast, splitting a ridiculous amount of wood. He didn't have a fancy doo-dad like this thing - he angled the blade slightly at impact and it had exactly the same effect.

I have seen the same. I have tried but couldn't get the knack of it.

I have seen it on the forums as well. I think there was a barefooted lady chopping as well. I have done it (I split multiple cords of wood a year) by twisting the splitting maul at the very end. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I use an 8.5 lb splitting maul with a 12 lb sledge as back up.

Its the same concept of slightly tilting the ax at the point of impact. This ax is just weighted on one side and does it for you.

All this reminds me of one of my Ironworker Superintendents - Howard - who used to say they were so poor growing up that he was 16 before he realized that his name was not "get wood"....

Originally Posted by JaimeCobos

Its the same concept of slightly tilting the ax at the point of impact. This ax is just weighted on one side and does it for you.

I think, I think I am in love...

Holy Crap, a blast from the past,Her name is Earline,My first wife,I miss her sometimes

Originally Posted by Cangooner

He didn't have a fancy doo-dad like this thing - he angled the blade slightly at impact and it had exactly the same effect.

My father called this technique "Chapell's jar" and as a boy I used it a lot to split the seriously hard firewood logs we have in Australia.

That special axe been around for a while, the manufacturer of this axe when it came out a few years ago sent one to the US to test by members of a logging forum.

The axe was tested by many members, the results was pretty much that it worked well on straight grain logs under 10 inches....