Vipukirves axe

[JoezVendetta]

I want to see that on a peice of ash or hickory.

[boventso]

The pieces don't need to be that small.

[gaiagale]

so c lever (space intended) ...I'm curious as to why the pieces are chopped so small though...larger pieces produce longer more effective heat once it cokes(an old railway fireman's expression)

thanks for sharing

[bill45colt]

no beech or birch here, only hickory, oak, poplar, pine, gum, spruce

[madhava64]

you must be part of the riced out civic crowd to have a burnt out rubber band like that kicking around

[SirMike02]

Why is this not in Minecraft yet? It's even better than a diamond ax.

[Bakmal]

Looks like this tool would work on some kind of wood, but not on other kinds of wood. I am from Norway, and here we have some pretty tough pine wood to chop. I don't thinkt the Vipukirvus would work so well on studded pine. But seriously, it looks like it's working well on birch, so maybe I should buy one!

[thecontrolmonkey]

$272.00!

[Rhinoch8]

@thecontrolmonkey Pricey, but northern quality ain't cheap.

[decoysk]

age about 5 years ?

[zacker001]

looks too easy, whats the catch? If I cut up some "Green" red oak, will this thing cut it as easy as it is in this video??

[alyxlyon]

@zacker001 The lever motion when axe hits a log is what chops a piece off the log. If the axe can't penetrate the log surface, it's not going to split anything. Using this on hard wood like oak, it might work ok, but something tells me it's such an effective tool for oak. And by the looks of it, these logs are quite dry, fresh birch... I doubth this axe splits those with such an ease, I might be wrong tho.

[nags555]

"precision tool" LOL

[29oldfart]

Try that with a Sycamore smart ass.

[Rumiton]

Fact is, some woods ARE way harder than others. Australian ironbark would swallow your fancy ax and sit there laughing at you. 

[TheRedneckViking]

@Rumiton for real he should jump on some of our sweet gum here in America it has a core that twists on the inside all the way to the top, is basically impossible to split with an axe or maul, i have only seen 1 person do it and it take over an hour for 1 piece.

[fortziii]

chuck norris does it with just one chop

[OttovonEarth]

@fortziii "chuck norris does it with just one chop"

Haha, that's nothing compared to Jimi Hendrix:

"Well, I stand up next to a mountain

And I chop it down with the edge of my hand" - Voodoo Chile (slight return)

[largearg22]

Balsa wood 

[chettrockwell]

no knots, kiln dried but nice job with the tire!!

[aguineapig]

I cut and split all my wood with crosscut saws, axes and mauls. Hydrolic splitters are for pussies.

[xxMerc1988xx]

@agentbondo07 haaaa i hate elm sucks balls splitting it by hand

[moelvismorgan]

What happens if you hit the tyre by mistake?

[TheJohn8765]

"The Tire ' added to woodlot IQ.

Nice.

[ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz]

wow pretty precise, the tire is a nifty idea too

[nifur1]

M A S T E R :-)

[Paskarasta]

Jos hankkisi isälle isänpäivälahjaksi

[batley1]

GENIUS now this product is a winner for sure.

[drovokol22]

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[Taaplari]

Ihime vempele on kyllä perk.

[pkbjorn35]

i asume the wood must be quite dry and frosen to crack up like this?

[syndicated85]

@pkbjorn35

Nope, its the axe. The axe folds to the right after the initial blow (the blade turns to right inside the wood) to make it chip off the wood. Saw it on a finnish news paper.

[zanuha]

This would be so handy, chopping the wood for a whole night of sauna in under two minutes.

[hunPETERxXx]

Hahahahaaa... very good idea! :D I have just finished with 4 m3... tomorrow I will try this! thanks

[pinetar100]

nice like the tire idea

[747777]

Why does this guy leave and then come back. He is butchering the wood, no need to make it that small.

[Amoral]

@747777 It's not too small at all for Finnish sauna stoves or stoves in the kitchen. For fireplaces, larger ones are fine, of course.

[dumptonpark]

Same as summerdude600 i think the tyre idea is what i have been looking for. Thanks

[Erniz2]

very strange , in Lithunian language the axe is "kirvis", in Finnish - "kirves" , in Latvian -"cirvis", in Estonian - "kirves" . Interesting where this word originates from?Its for sure this word is not germanic, niether slavic. For me, the word "kirves" is more baltic, than ugro-fin. There is a noun in Lithuanian languge - " kirsti" (in engl. to chop, to strike) Any ideas?

[PrayforPlagueshXc13]

I like the idea of this axe, but around here (Pennsylvania) the wood seems a lot more knotted and a lot of the times I'm either using my maul and sledge for splitting or a wedge. I'm wondering how well this would work. I might have to give it a try.

[tohairylittlewomen]

tire idea makes me happy :) the axe itself seams to be the side attraction.

[tohairylittlewomen]

tire idea makes me happy :)

[hurryupche]

ur such an american. your all such fags. eat shit bastard jew boy

[labrat7357]

Love the tyre

[PeopleEatingIsYummie]

78,000 veiws people have alot of time to wast wtf

[BandWagon1987]

I love the way he's trying so hard to be nonchalant about it, but he's so damn proud of himself.

[stihlboy94]

wow seven straight minutes of you making kindling.

[firewoodguy2009]

why you split your wood so small

[2008revboy]

i just baught a knew axe at fleet like 10 minutes ago. somthing exactly like that i havent tried it out cause im going up north tomarrow. so ill look at puting a video up of me using it.

[nwijesinghe]

wow..that was so entertaining...for 7 minutes i was staring at this video..which has no relevance to me cus i'm from a tropical country..and it was just awesome..there's something about chopping wood.....

[bbbtttoooppp]

Try some white ash and call me in the morning there lumber jack.

[JoJoJordyn]

the axe cost $260! I am gonna find a scrap tire

[suicide5389]

thats a clever idea splitting wood in a tire so all you wood stays together

[tammipuu]

I find it fun how Americans are complaining about the wood chopping tools developed in a country with the most efficient way of utilising firewood still in use in most places, and where people had to either get the fire going or die back in the days. Sure, it's not necessarily "black oak" or elm, but hey, those wouldn't be my choice to burn, but to build from. Birch has one of the best fuel-to-heat-energy ratios and burns cleanly, so of course it's used for firewood. Chill out...

[HomoGnosticus]

I want to see him do black locust or oak with knots in it :)

[tammipuu]

@HomoGnosticus If he'd be chopping birch with knots in it, he'd be a certified idiot. The birch with knots in its grain is called "visakoivu" and has a very nice pattern to its grain and is way more enduring a material. That stuff is paid for roughly in its own weight in gold. And used to make jewellery from. Birch has a good fuel to heat energy ratio, and it's a very common tree here. So why not use it for firewood? Oak is more the stuff you use to make furniture or build houses from...

[HomoGnosticus]

@tammipuu

The purpose of the video is to demonstrate the chopping quality of this specific product. The point is that chopping some straight pieces of birch with it is not very convincing because that could be done with any 20$ axe in the same way.

So all the stuff you are saying about knotted birch and firewood in Finland generally may be true, but is not really relevant.

[tammipuu]

@HomoGnosticus I love it how everyone has to go "my wood's harder than yours", makes me think they're arguing about something else entirely...

It's a matter of what wood is most efficient for the best fire in the stoves we use. Finns use a technology developed in Germany and Scandinavia and used for four centuries. Some timber is best used for something else, such as building houses or furniture, and birch just happens to be among the most economical and ecological firewoods in our climate. :)

[aseglkj]

@tammipuu that may be but beech is definitely the best firewood. it burns completely smokeless, has high heating value and produces the best, longest lasting embers

[4inches4u]

Fuck those hydrolic splitters.Good work!

[jhcl2003]

very nice... Now, lets see him chop firewood in its natural state. Where the wood isn't "FROZEN."

[wdhmjm]

the wood is green but prolly froze and it clearly has a very straight grain, like our red oak here in the south.

[superman3891]

in case any one would like to know... white birch is a very soft wood, softer than pine. This wood looks like it's white birch and it also seems to not have a single knot AND it looks like it was dry too. I usually have my 10 year old help me with the log splitting when I have this type of scenario...

[tammipuu]

@superman3891 How about going to wikipedia and checking out a silver birch? :)

I love it how everyone has to go "my wood's harder than yours", makes me think they're arguing about something else entirely...

[roskoeheat]

what is so different about this axe?

[meo600]

Frozen wood... no knots.....

[cornraker]

@meo600 ditto

[jeffsteadman]

awesome...

[rikard42]

It's partly in knowing how to read the grain of the wood. It is also the lutefisk he had for dinner.

[PRDMRE]

Don't know bout the tool, But love the tire idea, and your skill, with that tool is marvelous.

[mikebe41]

its ok to talk during yourvideo guy :)

[Ravenlord79]

One picture is more worth, than tousand word....

[kinghowie8]

how'd u mount ur tire on ur splitting log

[KXrhyder547]

@kinghowie8 my guess would be, wood screws with large washers

[firewoodguy2009]

your spliting your wood to small

biger pcs last longer

[satan9inside]

Smaller pieces burn more efficiently

Google Russian fireplace

[rikard42]

Smaller pieces give up their BTU's faster. One needs fast heat in Finland.

[tammipuu]

@firewoodguy2009 Smaller firewood layered the right way into a fireplace give off more heat, and burn more cleanly. But the Masonry stove isn't in use in the Americas, is it? It's a more efficient way of burning wood than most others, and it's still in use in a majority of Northern Europe. The smoke circulates through channels in the brick structure before hitting the chimney, so it gives off all its heat energy to the stove and the stove gives off heat for hours after the fire's gone out.

[swtnlnly]

Nice soft wood, next time try it on something like Hickory or Sweet Gum from down south.

[Riverboy1986]

Sounds like it's properly cured wood? Now at home here were doing some green stuff and the snow just hit so the frost is just setting in. We need to use a little more elbow grease to split.

[UTubeGlennAR]

Please do not mis understand me, I think your splitting ax is a marvelous creation that I am sure was quite challenging to develop properly.

A BIG congratulations from me in the once great nation of the USA.

[UTubeGlennAR]

This man has great skill......

He seems to easily be able split a round a little faster than he can un load.....

IMHO: Easily the best use of a new or used low profile tire I have ever seen........

Thanks for making n posting your vid.

[leveraxe]

The LEVERAXE has been on the market over four years time. During this time there has happened NO ACCIDENT.

the inventor

[mikedasgerman]

The tire is a much better idea.

[chicom70]

I'd like to see him try that on a big ole Red Fir round.

He'd be there all day.

And who's he splitting wood for?..........Yoda's cabin?

[satan9inside]

I have one of these Axes. It saves a lot of time. And yes it splits hardwood too.

[kenfo0]

that's just silly.

[FOXACHECK]

nice work. they sound like bowling pins ready to burn

[1superocky1]

brill idea [tyer] wish i had thought of it 20 odd years ago when we was in the log business !

[cruseallen1]

Frozen Wood Splits Easyer Than Normal

[ORNonprophet]

Used Tire: Free

One Leveraxe: $280 US

Look of dismay on your face that someone would spend $280 on a splitting maul: Priceless

[satan9inside]

Look on your face when you spend 3 times the effort and time splitting wood with a normal axe.

[etlind]

that video is made in finland, witch is in northen europe. pecan and oak and other "hard" wood dont grow here...

[UTubeGlennAR]

FYI: I live in PA USA n my 16 acres are easily half full of Oak.

[summerdude600]

frankly i like the tire idea more then the axe itself

[MONEYTOOL]

Hieno kirves, mut mun toimi paremin.

Nice axe but mine works better.

[specialtymachining]

Don't you love straight grained wood?

[timberfeller6]

That's not firewood- that's kindling...

[bulletman100]

i do like the tire idea though, even though this is just as useless on real hardwood as any other hand-axe. birch is like poplar, a poor man's hardwood. pecan and oak, pecan and oak. lets see it.

[bulletman100]

thats very lightweight birch. that stuff will split if you just throw the log on the ground. look at the light weight pieces flying up as he chops. i cut wet heavy pecan. no way it would cut it this easy. it would get stuck the first time and you would end up wrestling it on the ground getting it free on the first swing.

[cs481]

Looks like a back saver thats for sure......But the wood around here don't split that easy lol

[suequntf]

Wow, nice idea with the tyre.....

[swedeboy227]

tire

[Axbent]

more useful than anything Nokia exports!

[09seveyw]

holy shit.. .. did you find the straightest grained piece of bone dry wood you could find??? i live in a area labeled as "desert" and i don't have wood that dry... try splitting a 3 foot diameter piece of tamarack (western larch) when you just cut it down that day... ya that panzy axe ain't gunna cut it... get a maul people

[suequntf]

Its freshly cut birk. Splits very easily. And it is winter and cold make it even easier. But the key to easy splitting is to split it when its fresh

[09seveyw]

indeed man, well i just knew that no matter what you were using to cut that wood it wasn't so much the axe or maul or whatever you call these things... i want to see a vid of someone cutting something wet and splitting it right there b/c the rounds are to big to lift in the truck one at a time, that would be the ultimate selling point for me

[suequntf]

Im not sure i understand what you mean. "b/c", "rounds" and "truck" confuses me completely (english is not my native language).

[09seveyw]

a round is a full piece of wood like their chopping, b/c means because and truck means pickup like the car that has a open area in the back,

[suequntf]

Get the logs home as long as you can, 3-4 meters or even 5 if they are thin. Cut them to length with a chainsaw and split them with an ordinary axe and do that work as close to the storage location as possible.

A pickup is to weak for any serious transport. How big volume are you talking about?

If the round has so big dia that you cant carry it then you need machines to do all the work. Maximum dia to handle manually is about 30-40 cm. I wouldnt even consider bying any larger logs than that.

[slingersring]

THE TIRE IS SOMETHING I'M GONNA DO FROM NOW ON. VERY GOOD IDEA. ONLY A FEW OF THE PIECES IM SPLITTING ARE TO BIG FOR YOUR AVERAGE TIRE. Kntryhart HAS A POINT Red Elm IS THE NASTIEST STRINGIEST SHIT TO SPLIT, SWEET GUM THAT GROWS IN INDIANA IS THE ONLY OTHER COMPAREABLE TO THE MI GHTY Red Elm. SASAFRAS IS ABOUT THE EASIEST BUT IT BURNS UP LIKE PAPER. HEDGE IS HARD BUT FUKIN HOT. SELLS LIKE MAD A $60 A RICK FOR ME. Locust, BLACK OR HONEY IS RIGHT UNDER IT ON B.T.U. BUT SPLITS LIKE GRAVY.

[09seveyw]

you must cut down some small trees for wood...

[coldsteel2005]

Oh sure, ...but how does it work on baby seal cubs?

[flwkid]

that guys sick at that

[liltom413]

For straight grain it speeds things up. But there is nothing it can do that an maul or sledgehammer and wedges can't do. However, I can see plenty of things a maul/wedges can do that this axe can't. Still, it does what it does quite spectacularly.

[EdmundSquid]

Why use the tire to keep it from falling on the ground and then THROW IT ON THE GROUND?????? In a big messy pile!!!!!!

[liltom413]

Because you need the pieces of wood to stay upright whilst you split. It's very time consuming (and somewhat bad for the back) to keep bending over to rebalance logs because they fly in opposite directions when you split them. See how he can just repeatedly swing at the log until it's in small pieces? Without the tire, those pieces of wood would be everywhere and need to be picked up before being split down to small pieces.

[EdmundSquid]

I understand what hes doing with the tire whilst he is splitting the wood. Its a fantastic idea that I will be using along with a lazy susan bearing under the tire. However he then takes that nice neat bundle of wood and THROWS IT ON THE GROUND!!!! Ive been processing fire wood almost literally my entire life, and economy of motion is what its all about. Why make a big messy pile on the ground. That you then have to pick up off of the ground and stack neatly elsewhere. That was my point.

[DirTyOhGee]

Would it be feasible to tie the cut pieces some how together in basically the same shape as the round? I could see it being heavy and awkward to move but I thought I would ask seeing you have been doing it so long.

[EdmundSquid]

I generally just split my wood near enough to the stack that I can then just toss it on the pile neatly.

[gilraine1225]

wow strait grained birch, what an achievement.. try that on some elm or rock maple..

[kalob35]

try gum or eculypt

[Kntryhart]

You got that right! Elm is the nastiest stuff I've ever tried to split. Beech is by far the easiest.

[k21160]

Probably an excellent tool for softer types of wood, but outrageously expensive.

[ACDCfan555]

is that all because of the axe or the technique?

[660magnum]

thats the wood for the woman and chidren

[b1istheboss]

yea try it with cherry that axe well break

[kalob35]

i can split any type of wood with an axe

[asllan1]

Das ist schlau und efektiv!

[rngrchad]

What alot of folks don't understand is try using that axe in cherry, or oak and then see the results. Not gonna be pretty. But that straight grained stuff ought to split outright easy enough with even a hatchet.

[kalob35]

cherry oak,r nuthin try gum

[Kalzparkour]

hyvä video TiFe07!!!!

[bigbeagle33]

it is pretty easy to split straight grained wood like what he is splitting, not to say that axe he is using isnt a good axe technique, posture,and following the split in the wood is also important too

[bigbeagle33]

yellow or paper birch from the looks of it

[tammipuu]

@bigbeagle33 Most likely Silver Birch, which is the most common and national tree of Finland, where the axe is from.

[jesse112693]

where can i get one of those in america?

[kozma76]

Gratulálok BARÁTOM!!!!!!!!!!! Ez igazi PROFI munka!

[badsimia]

I wonder if it has become evolutionarily ingrained in humans to be immensely satisfied at the sight and sound of logs, splitting logs, piling logs, and making wood fires. Humans have only been doing it for like... 25,000 years? There must be an evolutionary advantage to really, really liking everything to do with fire and fire making.

[Skipper72Productions]

u are the a FRIGEN man at spliting wood with a axe

[HaloHedgehog22]

how did you get the green at the top and the bottom of the screen?

[flatl1n3]

cold dry wood is easy to split with a sharp axe

[nbelt1919]

what wood is that bye the way?

[chrissept21]

birtch

[kalob35]

maple

[imnothot159]

good idea but you cant pull that shit on wood thats not frozen like that it helps

[mermaidiane]

That's an awesome idea!

[painintruth]

I can do the same thing with perfectly seasoned poplar with a standard axe. Let see you do that to a 15" wide piece of oak on a humid day.

[roughneck10000]

Oak is evil.

[walterbrunswick]

I'd like to see this in oak or spruce.

[MaximusArurealius]

Great idea!

[TAYC34]

You are bundling that wood and selling it, aren't you? I bet you are making lots of money! Smart man!

[rudoatlas]

great axe system man :-) I want one too :-)

[srdavis37]

That does it. Someway, somehow I've got get one. My 6lb maul may end up rusting silently in a corner!