Thanks for sharing your video, we really appreciate your thoughts! We are proud to hear that you are still satisfied after 20 years! We can't aim for more than that! :-) Keep up the good work! //Hultafors
I no a good axe and a good piece of wood and i also no when someone is lookin' for views on some silly little review they no nothing about . Ill help any way i can you guys are great , thx for the comment
just got my first vintage arvika 5 star with the star punches and the red handle, im so happy to own one of your axe and be part of your Swedish heritage. I love the history of your company
I like your do your splitting as you want and love attitude instead of the "this is the PROPER way to split wood" garbage videos by Wranglestar channel.
he was the catalyst for some of my vids actully , he wood do stuff and i could see that he enjoyed what came with being a faller or saw man but just does'nt have the time or knowledge or bumps and bruises that ya get when yer in the trenchs for 20 years so it becomes quite ridiculous the stuff he does, he actually doe not no how to splitt firewood hee heee lol
It's funny how many self-proclaimed experts there are on RU-vid reviewing axes. Many of them have bunches of subscribers that are just as clueless as they are. There's a lot of them that would end up in the ER if they actually tried doing some real deal axe work. Most of them have shiny new axes that's probably never been in the woods. If they do end up showing themselves cutting anything it's normally a downed tree and they seldom make it through it without sounding like they just ran a marathon. LOL I love old axes and I really enjoy watching you restore them. Personally I can't get an axe without totally restoring /customizing it and making it my own. I'd really like to learn how to make a proper handle but it's a lot harder to do than most people think. It's good having goals imo. Thanks for all the time you spend bringing us those awesome videos! :)
buckin and victor hanging out at the saw shop , that is a nice way to pass the time between making some stumps . I have a splitting maul with a welded steel handle its gotta be 30 years old my brother in law made it for me when we used to sell wood. We use a splitter now but sometimes break out a single bit or the beast on the tough ones !!!!!
i dont know what it is about splitting wood, but i tell ya if im running low i start to panic! splitting wood is definately my way out of the real world problems, along with running my saws in the woods! there is no other feeling that listening and watching you saw cut!! it turns into a true passion!!!!
AS A PROFESSIONAL CARPENTER, I TOO LOVE WOOD HARD WORK AND TAKIN CARE OF AND FIXEN MY TOOLS. I HAVE SOME POWER TOOLS THAT ARE 30 YRS OLD STILL WORKING PERFECT. MAN LOVE YOUR VIDS THEY ARE REAL..I CAN SEE YOUR PRECISION, PLANNING AND EXPERTISE WITH EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE, PLANNING AHEAD FOR THE NEXT MOVE. ALL THE MONEY IVE MADE WAS PAID TO ME FOR WHAT I GOT DONE .NOT BY THE HOUR.PUT MY NAME ON IT.
came across your channel and i am really liking your content its so nice to see someone have a genuine passion for what you do and it makes for honest reviews in my opinion. Im confess myself as not being a logger or lumber jack but i do love good sharp axes and knives and especially forged ones anyways i have a 3.5 lb dayton head council tool that seems to do just fine for splitting and just bought a wetterlings 16 hatchet but my next purchase will deffenately be a hults brux especially now since wetterlings has went out of business
I bought an arvika 5star that had the toe chip off after 11 hits - i told the supplier and they contacted the head company and i had a new axe in 2 days and ive now put that axe through hell without a single drama.
You said it brother. Knowledge is important. Now take that knowledge and apply it and it begins to become something sacred and that thing is called wisdom. It is priceless! Nice hangin' out with you at the saw store.
those are nice axes I had one a long time ago, and lost it I've always wanted to get another one. for the life of me I couldn't remember the name of it now I remember Thanks a million.
I was born one half hour drive from Hultafors Bruk. They do make good axes, just like Wetterlings. The hickory for the handles are imported because we have no Hickory trees here.
Love your Vids Buckin’ 👍 found ya few weeks back. Enjoy the no nonsense get down and Dirty approach! Breath of fresh air in these days of Desk Jockeys. Back in years 72’-74’ 16-17 years old-Used to Trim trees to make few bucks. -the MINI MAC was King💪. Run strong forever. Best in all. Dennis In Idaho🇺🇸
I have an H&B I bought 20 years ago used... Beat the tar out of it ... Still same handle and still keep her filed razor sharp... She'll cut small trees and for dang sure drive a wedge ... She's got that slightly flared splitten' head! Damn fine tool! 😀👍👍. Good luck and God Bless!
Arvika and husqvarna!!! West coast tried and true , I live in coastal British Columbia small logging/mill Town powell river!!! , everyone around here has this combo , awesome channel
After using a husky 8 pound maul for the last year or so I had a custom knife maker put me together a new splitting maul. Oh mah guudness, i've never been so happy then that moment I split the first log with that sucker. A nice maul/axe:Priceless.
Arvika's have been the shakers implement of choice for splitting blocks since I first hit the bush in the 80's. For the tougher splitting wood I would use a seven pound Trojan which is another beauty head for splitting, I have one Trojan that was difficult to hang a handle on because quality control at the foundry took a sick day when it was cast and the tapered handle hole was put in upside down. The only way to correctly install the handle is upside down to how it should be, or ruin a handle and make it kinda fit the right way around. But this greatly weakens the handle which you really don't want with seven pounds of shiny steel hanging on the end of the stick. But it does look pretty hanging on the wall.
Update: As of 4/8/2021, this axe is now $200 MSRP. I wonder how much this video helped drive that price up? I have been looking for a good splitting axe for ~$100 since I started watching this channel, and it seems they are all in the $175 - $200 range now for a new one. I'll keep searching. Good video.
I never read reviews when buying a product as with everything in life it comes down to individual choice, budget and how heavily you will use the product. Great vid Billy.
The only way Australians can pick up a Hults Bruk is an old second hand head. I've got an 2kg (41/2") Gransfors Bruks Dayton pattern sitting in some vinegar that you love so much ha ha. Also Buckin beautiful editing on this episode lovely saws when chainsaws first entered the timber industry here blokes didn't like em and went back to the felling and swamping saws.
I've watched this three times now I loose it when you cut to the felling and the sound that first one makes but mostly I'm trying to spot things in the background it's my new favourite from my brother from another mother ha ha sticks and stumps Billy.
if someone is reviewing something from their living room, and the thing their reviewing is still in the package forget about it, like ya said, get out there and use it! then make yer video if you so choose, thanks for your insight.
I split my own wood too. I love looking for old American made axe heads at yard sales and thrift stores and cleaning them up and putting handles on them. I Know some are going to hate me for saying this but my new favorite for splitting wood is the Fiskars X-27 axe with the long handle. It splits wood better than my old 6 lb. maul traditional style head, and the Fiskars head only weighs 4.5 lbs.! Lighter , faster, weather proof handle, I know , I know, handle is plastic. First time I saw it I hated it. Then I tried using it. Sold.
I love the way they split but unlike hickory gloves are a must. That spongy rubber causes me blisters like none other, and i'm pretty much one continuous callous. Wish they made that style head on real wood
Hi Billy! You have commented that the Arvika 5 Star Ax is a $90.00 axe in the store that you filmed this video in. I sure do need to know the name of the store so that I can contact the store for this ax. Glenn
Just for everyone's info all the wood handle Husqvarna axes are made in the same factory as the Hults Bruk axes same steel and same craftsmen I have a couple wanted to get the maul but couldn't justify it to the boss but there's still rusty heads waiting for me out there enjoy the weekend with your families sticks and stumps
Buckin' I need a brand new Arvika, I "need" it!! But here in the states I can't find one new. Where in the heck can I get one? Thanks if you can share any info. It's been 2 weeks since I subscribed and I am learning a ton from ya! Keep it up we love ya!!
Fact: The overwhelming majority of axe reviewers on RU-vid aren't even axe men by trade. They want to chop down redwoods with 1.75lb heads and buck logs with hatchets more power to them. Geezelouise. I can do 90% of what I need with a regular ol' Dayton pattern head and go nothing smaller than a 3/4 axe. I learned from guys who made their living with axes (including my uncle who was a pro climber for decades). All these backyard enthusiasts who wring their hands over fit & finish, know what? None of that matters. The only thing that matters is was it hung right. For those of us who actually use their axes, guess what? As soon as you swing it the first time, that factory edge and that factory finish is gone! Out the window! Vamoose! All an axe has to be is functional, not immaculate. Clean, not pristine. Oiled, not displayed. A "used" axe is a beautiful thing with all it's scuff marks and tree sap kisses and blemished cheeks! Use the heck out of it, give it a little wipe, hone it when it needs to be honed, oil it a little for storage, done. (sorry for the rant Billy)
Did you log a lot of old growth forest during your career? Any regrets about cutting down primeval forest and destroying irreplaceable (in our lifetime) habitat and biodiversity, if so? Love your rehang videos btw (the pathfinder double bit was cool).
Hults bruk was the first classic axe I ever bought I've been using (very successfully ) the fiskars , DeWalt , and Husqvarna Plastic handle axes and they split great but when I got my atran 3.5 feller in my hands I had to buy it I put it in a piece of stringy elm and it just parted it like the sea I was so impressed I have since bought 4 more hb axes and am about to buy the 5 star racer
Gransfor Bruks makes the best maul I’ve ever used. Their felling axe has A LOT better steel than Arvika in my experience and Tuatahi is THE BEST I’ve ever used in quality and blade steel. Mauls work better at splitting wood than axes.
I use a Stihl 3 pound short handle axe for light duty tree falling ( Lifetime warranty to boot :) ) got a few old 6 pound axes for serious wedging.. Good review of what axes are worth looking at.
for years i just swung a 6 pound mall for my fire wood . most my wood is narly and an axe just gets stuck in it . but i hear what your sayin . its the old tools and the old ways that are best . i cant swing a mall or an ax anymore but still put up 6 cord for winter i have finally gotten a hydraulic spliter i let my tracter do the lifting for me to load on the splitter . much slower but no bending over . crushed my L5 back in 79 and it finaly caught up to me
hear ya on the L5.... 4,3,2,1, as well , never goes away , not yet any way ,, ha ha , but hey buddy lets not forget some people dont get the pleasure of feelin pain at all so I think were actually lucky , JUST ME ,, THX PAL
+grizz270 that's an interesting interpretation of my comment I couldn't find in there where I said pain makes me feel alive I choose to be grateful for being alive other than complaining about my pain. Never bin much of a complainer. Just greatful that I can still feel pain something a lot folks don't understand I think unless they have been close to death. Guess I just feel lucky is all. Stay well grizz
Hey folks, my father passed and in his stuff I found a bunch of axe heads. Is there a place I can post some photos to see if they are worth keeping/restoring? Otherwise, scrap metal. Thanks!
I love wood that splits so easy you can just play put put, man I cut down an oak that was so straight I played put put with the whole tree was probably 45ft took me 5 min or less to split up all the wood half of it into 4s half of it into 2s
I see what kind ox saw you turn to when you get 50 feet off the ground - a Stihl. They work just as good on the ground as they do off the ground. I have 8 of them.
What wood are you splitting? Is it dry? How longs did you let it dry? I’ve been having a hell of a time splitting fresh pecan wood with an axe with the same profile as the axe you were presenting. Am I doing something wrong? Do I need a new axe? What gives?
he needs a buckin' special, its a work of art by an artist that loves what he is making, no factory can replicate that. the internet is great entertainment but do the leg work and learn by doing and form you're opinion, be kind
I get your point but I'm still going to buy an ax from Liam Hoffman (Hoffman blacksmithing) he hand forges his axes here in the us. yes they are a little pricey but they are hand made high quality tools.
I have just bought a silverline hickory falling axe. It has a couple of notch holes in the 25 arear of the handle. Its had a filling of some sort like bage colour glue or resin. I have used it on a stump i got it for. Ok. But scared it could snap. Any advice.
oh boy haha and their hands weren't even dirty haha.... saw my brother today, he moved off to the city... he says wow look at your hands they are so different from mine, I says ya I've got hands of a man!! hahaha...he gots calloused finger tips from typing hahaha
