splitting logs with Fiskars and Hultafors axes.wmv

[lecturer09]

This bloke makes out he is a woodman but he does not seem to have a clue on safety. He cuts wood from a base of snow wearing wellies. He wrenches the axe out when stuck in the wood so hard that one slip and he will either end up on his arse or with a v cut down his abdomen. Move over and let someone who knows what they are doing show you, i.e 'me'.

[Finnman77]

@lecturer09

I don´t make out anything and trying to be out anything. I heat my house with wood so I have cut and split a lot of wood without problems, but thanks for caring I promise to be more careful in the future :)

- Finnman

[taos55]

He who lives in South Florida don't need any axe, any wood, any logs and barely any clothing. So, forget about all that crap and come on down!

[DeeManSony]

i hazard a guess that the hultafors is prolly designated for 4" to 6" trees

[moseseseseses]

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[flamedrag18]

a hultafors looks to be the chopping type, meant to cut through a log against the grain, if put with the grain, it bites too deep and sticks, meant to penetrate the wood and knock small pieces off, not split big pieces.

[mrjagill]

What did you think of the fiskar's handle? Does it provide a good feel, or does it feel too light, or bad in the hands? Love the sound of the dry wood. Wish I heated my house with wood, just for the joy of splitting.

[flamedrag18]

@mrjagill pfft, splitting is not a "joy", it's a chore and when your freezing your a** off in the dead of winter, you'll curse yourself for not getting someone with a splitting machine to do it for you or at least rent the machine. you can split a year's worth of fire wood in a day or two with a splitting machine, with a ax your pushing a week, embrace technology in this instance. the only way it's a joy is when your only heating a cabin and you don't need to lug around a machine for..continued

[flamedrag18]

@mrjagill a couple hours work, but when heating a full sized home for a whole winter, you need a lot of wood, around 6 cords in the northern or mid west states and canada, and you likely need a wood furnace to properly heat a two story with a basement too, that's expensive. the only way it's feasible is to buy your wood in the late spring when demand is down and prices are low or cut your own firewood. personally, I've cut my own wood and it's hard work, now I buy most of it.. continued

[flamedrag18]

@mrjagill $1000-$1300 a year is a good estimate for a year of wood, cheaper then oil and electricty, but you need to split all of it and find a place to put all of it, and not just in a pile outside, I made that mistake, not nice to have to dig in 3 feet of snow looking for your pile of wood that's supposed to keep you warm for the winter, so I'd advise a shed for it and room in near your stove for close to half a cord in case you get snowed in and ...continued

[flamedrag18]

find out you can't get to your wood easily. for wood, your looking for around $7000 for set up and prep, having a couple years of wood spare in case you are low on money one year, at least you can get by. you only save when you do it for 10+ years, then you get ahead of the initial costs. I'm not telling you not to do it, it can be rewarding, especially during blackout when your one of the only houses with proper heating without a generator :D I hope you didn't think this was a rant, just info.

[mrjagill]

@flamedrag18 You sure this isn't a rant? Just kidding. I split wood with my dad when I was old enough. He built the house I grew up in, and is still a real DIY kind of guy. But, he split more of it, and got lots of wood from other people's building project left overs (no worries about chemicals, just wood). In the winter we heated the basement of the house with a cast iron stove. My house is not really set up for it. Maybe it was a chore, but sometimes I look back with nostalgia.

[CanItAlready]

Interesting demonstration. A certain well-known youtuber has a video up where he tries to chop with a splitting axe, which earned him no end of grief in the comments. :)

[nazkirik]

nice

[JustinBaker2567]

The hultafors would be a better woods axe. The felling/bucking profile makes its a good, all around versatile axe. Its not as good at splitting, but splitting is only a minor energy expenditure and you wont have to split anything huge in the bush.

[RockyAlajoki]

If using a regular axe to split wood as opposed ot a splitting axe or maul it is a good idea to use the same approch as when splitting larger chunks of wood and cut wedges from the sides of the log as opposed to starting in the middle.

[MrTomMasterVideos]

btw: it's not the wide or narrow edge

it's the blade itself

[MrTomMasterVideos]

wunderful sound of dry wood :)

[replexanossega]

Great video showing the difference between Fiskars and the rest of the "pack"

/AKKAMAAN

[Finnman77]

biguglygadgie:

I used Fiskars lightest 1100g splitting axe for demonstration cause it´s about same weight with bigger size Hultafors chopping axe. For logs that size I normally use Fiskars biggest 2400g splitter and you just need one good hit.

[Finnman77]

biguglygadgie:

I used Fiskars lightest 1100g splitting axe for demonstration cause it´s about same weight with bigger size Hultafors chopping axe. For logs that size I normally use Fiskars biggest 2400g splitter and you just need one good hit.

[biguglygadgie]

if i was you i would throw them both away and get a axe that can split wood . that sort of wood should be split first time.

[chiprommel]

Fiskars are awesome! I am buying a new one this winter!

If you ever see a Norwegian hatchet called "Oyo" you should buy one, it is very unique and is my favorite small hatchet.

P.S. You are lucky to live in Finland!!!!!!! Turisas is my favorite band! Say hello to the "Dudesons" for me too, hahah.

[WAMBOFOX]

by splitting it up off the ground you're wasting energy, you get more power when its on the ground

[Sl1ghtOfHands]

@WAMBOFOX i honestly disagree with you, not to flame but to inform. spliting on the ground, depending what kind of ground it is soaks up alot of the force your putting into splitting it, so putting it on a block like that puts more forse into cutting that rather then sinking into the ground.

[WAMBOFOX]

@WAMBOFOX , I get your point but i think it would be reasonable to say you could find somewhat stable ground in most situations

[fixedgearforlife]

@WAMBOFOX I have noticed when splitting wood that this is true. The lower the wood is, the person's swing is longer resulting in a more powerful strike. But on the other hand he is splitting in winter time and I know that wood splits easier when it's cold.

[ohwhatok]

AGHHHHHHHHHH THAT STYROFOAM SOUND I HATE IT

[TheBeebopper]

If you do use a chopper for splitting the head can become fast and must be hammered to extract. Make sure you have a suitable hunk of wood for use as a hammer before moving on to the large stuff. It seems that with hardwood, a chopper (normal, not broad) can split up to twice the edge length.

[DieZweckentfremdung]

the wood ound f*cking dry :D

very nice work

[Finnman77]

Idea of this video was to demonstrate how big is the difference of the different profiled axe heads. Fiskars was made to split and Hultafors for chopping. Both are great tools, but meant for different jobs.

[Spetznaz666]

@Finnman77 Can I come visit you. I swear the place you live is beautiful.

[saraswatilakshmi]

I have the Fiskars Super Splitter and it is fantastic! Toss that Hultafors axe! You might consider a shorter chopping block so you hit the wood at the apex of your swing. I often chop right on the ground in the forest and use a bungie cord.

[tulius01]

Comparing apples with pears. Hultafors also produces a splitting axe with a convex shaped head optimized for splitting wood.

[mrskyecfisher]

use the right tool if you don't want the axe to stick then- a splitting maul.

[Tacticalgearhead]

Love log splitting vids! Good work. I have a small Fiskars hatchet that I use, and I love it.