I found after using my chainsaw i needed a good AXe try finding a good one at a fair

[happysawer]

I use a sawzall and chainsaws, small Axe for kindling firewood. Maul for splitting (8lb). I would like a felling axe to breeze through larger saplings as I clear trails. So have been looking.

I picked this one up at Harbor Frieght i have another on order but they told me it's back ordered, this axe after a small amount of dressing it's cutting edge has really been a powerful chopper, and so far the head has stayed tight.

4-1/2 lb. Hickory Axe

 

[Mat4644]

Too much $$$$ for an imported wood handle HF product.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I prefer a machette for lopping off small branches. Easier being a one handed instrument. I pretend I'm in a cave with Kurtz! lol

 

[deezler]

i love wacking at them with my Axe everytime i hit the stump i think i am choping my ex wives oldest son in his worthless head.

Yikes..... Well, I have plenty more stumps for ya here in Michigan is you have any further aggression you need to get out, lol.

Lately I've been getting lazy and just flush cutting trees on my trails and yard edges. Yes, the stumps are very annoying. But I just don't have time to dig them out. I keep telling myself that next time I rent and excavator, I'll remember where they all are and go pluck them out. We'll see....

 

[Industrial Toys]

ALWAYS easier to leave a few feet of stump if you intend to dig them out. I have owned a few stump grinders, big and small, but that's time and work too.

 

[happysawer]

Yikes..... Well, I have plenty more stumps for ya here in Michigan is you have any further aggression you need to get out, lol.

Lately I've been getting lazy and just flush cutting trees on my trails and yard edges. Yes, the stumps are very annoying. But I just don't have time to dig them out. I keep telling myself that next time I rent and excavator, I'll remember where they all are and go pluck them out. We'll see....

I would love to visit Michigan i keep remembering that song Bobby Bear sang ( By days i make the cars by nights i make the bars) yeah still hear him singing it.
But that was long before your presient Governor, she would be the main reason i could not feel good being in Michigan today.

 

[bullbreaker]

I really like my Stihl axe and maul . Like $107 each OTD . I also have a couple Husqvarna swedish axes but like the Stihl's more .
The Stihl axe and maul are actually made by OCHSENKOPF in Germany . If you buy the OCHSENKOPF colors these axes and mauls are way more $ . I 'am not trying to brand bash or stir mud but I 'am not a fan of Fiskers stuff .

Stihl Pro Splitting Axe vs Pro Splitting Maul - YouTube

BTW I'am also not a Stihl brand chainsaw loyalist , but I will share with you's this axe and maul is money well spent . Just my :2cents: .

 

[happysawer]

I really like my Stihl axe and maul . Like $107 each OTD . I also have a couple Husqvarna swedish axes but like the Stihl's more .
The Stihl axe and maul are actually made by OCHSENKOPF in Germany . If you buy the OCHSENKOPF colors these axes and mauls are way more $ . I 'am not trying to brand bash or stir mud but I 'am not a fan of Fiskers stuff .

Stihl Pro Splitting Axe vs Pro Splitting Maul - YouTube

BTW I'am also not a Stihl brand chainsaw loyalist , but I will share with you's this axe and maul is money well spent . Just my :2cents: .

I looked at the STHIL Axes at my local STHIL Dealer and i did not like the poorly ground blade edges, this is why i ordered the axe from German-Made Forest Axe | Full-Size Tree Chopper | Garrett Wade but after placing my order was informed they were on back order, so i bought this axe from Harbor Freight 4-1/2 lb. Hickory Axe and after a little dressing of edge it's a super good axe still waiting for the one from Garett&Wade.
As i am also waiting for a Sun Joe SWJ803E 10 inch pole chainsaw.

 

[CADplans]

I bought this one at a yard sale for $5,,

I could sell it for the eBay price!!

(look for a Plumb Champion axe)




No, it is not really for sale,,,

 

[happysawer]

I bought this one at a yard sale for $5,,

I could sell it for the eBay price!!

(look for a Plumb Champion axe)




No, it is not really for sale,,,

I will give you $10 right now "grinning BIG" hope he bites.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Those loose .22 shells could get you a criminal record here. Unsafe storage of ammunition.

 

[happysawer]

Those loose .22 shells could get you a criminal record here. Unsafe storage of ammunition.

In Mexico just one 22 bullet would get you 10 years in thier prisons. in New York same 1 22 bullet would get you life in prison.

 

[two_bit_score]

I have ten chainsaws and a couple of AXES that never get used. I used to use them for chopping roots in the ground, but got tired of soil in my hair and started using a saws-all. What do people use an AXE for? The OP mentioned something about a STUMP???

I recently bought the Milwaukee Brushless battery saws-all mostly for cutting roots and stumps. Used it today for a couple. Better than an axe ever was, for me.

 

[two_bit_score]

There Holly Bush stumps left after cutting down them worthless bushs, i love wacking at them with my Axe everytime i hit the stump i think i am choping my ex wives oldest son in his worthless head.

WOW, that is a real good way of dealing with pent up frustrations. Do you maybe need to talk to a shrink?

 

[Frankenkubota]

Haven't split wood in 20 years. Neighbor recovering from the big C so, I offered to bust up a red oak that came down 9 months ago.

All my tool are in storage so I had a maul,a wedge I borrowed, strong back, weak mind.

I forgot how much work that was. Cut it to size, 18 inches! Tote it here and there. Beat on it like a red headed stepchild, that maul weighs a ton. Like hitting a trampoline! Tote it some more. Make a pile.

I told him, I'd cut it, tote it, stack it etc but. I will not split it again, I'd rather just buy him some wood! Next time we get a splitter!

I've said it before, I'm a pellet stove lover!

 

[happysawer]

Harbor Freight had lost the Axe's Head protection that should have come with the Axe i bought just told me sorry, i found some good heavy rubber and with a little help from my hole punch, and a few tying straps i made my own sharp blade safety cover problem solved.

 

[Bullwinkle123]

Harbor Freight had lost the Axe's Head protection that should have come with the Axe i bought just told me sorry, i found some good heavy rubber and with a little help from my hole punch, and a few tying straps i made my own sharp blade safety cover problem solved.View attachment 674939

I use lengths of old garden hose. Cut one side of the hose across its length, and then attach a cord to either end of the hose. The slit hose slides over the axe edge, and the cord loops around the back of the axe to keep it attached. Something like the picture on further down this page: Cheap easy axe sheath idea's | Bushcraft USA Forums

 

[forgeblast]

Just saw this tread, so best ax in my opinion, and I use an ax almost daily is a granfords bruks ax. Top notch great grind and makes you understand why an ax was such a deadly weapon. Once you have one you will not ever want to use another one. Still hand forged in Sweden.

 

[bullbreaker]

Heres pics I dug up of my of some of my axes and the one maul I own "out west " before we have used them . Stihl axe ( Big OX ) , Stihl maul (Big OX ) , and 2 Husqvarna axes one wood handle and one I recently purchased ( F - composite handle ) S1600 model . BTW don't own one but the new Channelock Mauls painted blue are actually " Trupers ". Like I said earlier not knocking them never even tried one or owned one but never owned a Fiskers . As far as wedges I have always heard and followed "never strike metal with metal " ? metal with aluminum or hard plastic "ok " ?
I 'am no pro lumberjack or tree cutter , just sharein what I always heard as far as wedges . Wear eye protection , gloves if possible and keep your trap shut .........

 

[two_bit_score]

I can offer some insight on the Fisker, splitting ax. Don’t waste your money. We bought a Fiskers splitting ax and a Lowe’s brand double bit ax at the same time. Son was splitting wood and finally broke the handle on an old ax we have had for years.

Decided to try out the Fiskers based on the lifetime guarantee. But bought the double bit Lowe’s brand just because that was simi to what we had been using and it was working fine.

We were splitting some pecan and oak that had been cut about 5 months ago.

Fiskers would not split anything like the Lowe’s double bit did. Took the a Fiskers back the next day.

The Fiskers was over $60 and the Lowe’s was ~ $26.