Vipukirves axe

Finnish VIPUKIRVES/LEVERAXE is a precision tool for splitting firewood. Have fun and split your firewood fast and safely.
More information: http://www.vipukirves.fi

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[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. :)

[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...

[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

[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.

[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.

[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

[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!

[Rhinoch8]

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