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Sometimes an axe and a well-worn pair of leather gloves
on: July 27, 2023, 05:07:16 PM
Most often when a tree needs felling or a branch trimmed, I'll reach for my chainsaw. It makes easy work out of hard.

But there are those times when nostalgia comes calling and I reach for my comfortable leather gloves and an axe. Also, when it comes to splitting wood for campfires or the fireplace, I'll typically reach for the axe. I haven't ever used a maul or a dedicated motorized log splitter. My axe has always done the work just fine.

I caught the two of them relaxing on a small fallen branch and thought it looked like a good opportunity for a photo.
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Re: Sometimes an axe and a well-worn pair of leather gloves
Reply #1 on: July 28, 2023, 09:50:38 AM
Quote from: DIAMOND on July 27, 2023, 05:07:16 PM
I haven't ever used a maul or a dedicated motorized log splitter.
Dedicated motorized log splitter? I think I'd take a pass on that one.

Nice photo; it's making me look forward to getting my new axe a little more! :tu:
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Re: Sometimes an axe and a well-worn pair of leather gloves
Reply #2 on: July 28, 2023, 03:16:59 PM
Quote from: Farmer X on July 28, 2023, 09:50:38 AM
Dedicated motorized log splitter? I think I'd take a pass on that one.

Nice photo; it's making me look forward to getting my new axe a little more! :tu:

TRUST me, a log splitter would be a welcomed member to our family.
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Re: Sometimes an axe and a well-worn pair of leather gloves
Reply #3 on: July 28, 2023, 03:45:15 PM
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Re: Sometimes an axe and a well-worn pair of leather gloves
Reply #4 on: July 28, 2023, 03:54:12 PM
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Re: Sometimes an axe and a well-worn pair of leather gloves
Reply #5 on: June 20, 2025, 10:32:06 PM
Quote from: Farmer X on July 28, 2023, 09:50:38 AM
Dedicated motorized log splitter? I think I'd take a pass on that one.

Nice photo; it's making me look forward to getting my new axe a little more! :tu:

You might pass on it, unless you processed 24 cord a year or something.  Not needed for the casual chopper but for a lot of processing, and quickly, they are a Godsend

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Re: Sometimes an axe and a well-worn pair of leather gloves
Reply #6 on: June 20, 2025, 10:35:02 PM
Quote from: DIAMOND on July 27, 2023, 05:07:16 PM
Most often when a tree needs felling or a branch trimmed, I'll reach for my chainsaw. It makes easy work out of hard.

But there are those times when nostalgia comes calling and I reach for my comfortable leather gloves and an axe. Also, when it comes to splitting wood for campfires or the fireplace, I'll typically reach for the axe. I haven't ever used a maul or a dedicated motorized log splitter. My axe has always done the work just fine.

I caught the two of them relaxing on a small fallen branch and thought it looked like a good opportunity for a photo.

I've got a very old Stihl 024 chainsaw and an old Stanley, wood handled axe.

I learned in the 1980's that the maul is the proper tool for log splitting but there always seems to have been this romanticized version of that chore (on-screen usually) where an axe is used.  It works, obviously, but not as well as the Maul

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Re: Sometimes an axe and a well-worn pair of leather gloves
Reply #7 on: June 21, 2025, 10:15:33 PM
Quote from: ThundahBeagle on June 20, 2025, 10:32:06 PM
You might pass on it, unless you processed 24 cord a year or something.  Not needed for the casual chopper but for a lot of processing, and quickly, they are a Godsend

I've split wood manually and I've done it with the log splitter.  After getting the first few logs out of the way in the manly way  ::) you'll be looking for a log splitter too!

Nice axe by the way!

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Re: Sometimes an axe and a well-worn pair of leather gloves
Reply #8 on: June 22, 2025, 09:43:09 PM
Quote from: Farmer X on July 28, 2023, 09:50:38 AM
Dedicated motorized log splitter? I think I'd take a pass on that one.

As others have noted, if you have a lot of wood to split, it is far easier, quicker, and safer than splitting by hand.
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