Chopper 1 Splitting Axe vs 8 lb. Splitting Maul and Fiskars X25 Splitting Axe 

Thanks for watching and commenting Cliff. The Fiskars Axe did perform really well on the big rounds. It feels good in the hands and is great for a long day of chopping like you mentioned.

I just got an X25 for smaller rounds but was also surprised how effective it was on some larger rounds that I tried it on.

Bought an X25 when I first started heating with wood and have never felt the need for anything else. At 5'9", it has the perfect length for me and the weight is such that i can swing it all day with force to blast through the knottiest stuff on my property after a few chops. Also, I feel more in control of this amount of weight. Great axe.

That is true! 😇🌎💫

How did he die?

Technique fella. Let the tool work for you, too. A lot of people flex up and are shot a few strokes in.

Log splitter sounds very good. 😆

Wish I’d got one when I was 35. Now I’m over twice that and winding down. I’d love a Wolf Ridge or Timberwolf commercial splitter. When I needed it I couldn’t afford it. 😏. I got a TrueTemper Splitting Axe from Lowe’s a couple years ago. Swinging 4.5 pounds fast works well for me. I can work longer with it as the weight of my Monster Maul (18#) wears me out fast these days.

Wish I’d got one when I was 35. Now I’m over twice that and winding down. I’d love a Wolf Ridge or Timberwolf commercial splitter. When I needed it I couldn’t afford it. 😏. I got a TrueTemper Splitting Axe from Lowe’s a couple years ago. Swinging 4.5 pounds fast works well for me. I can work longer with it as the weight of my Monster Maul (18#) wears me out fast these days.

I hear ya. I split about twenty large hemlock rounds over several days with the 8 lb maul last month and I was hurting in several places afterwards. Haha!

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Haha! Glad that you watched and commented. Thank you!

Man, I chop wood for my mother during summer and I've gotta tell you, it's a beautiful time of my life. The sounds of a good blow that crackles through the air is the most pleasant sound on earth. Doesn't take to much force to chop wood with that fiskers axe, I have the same one and man it's a Beauty

mike makes yes that’s why I decided to become brain surgeon because I didn’t want to spend 16 years in wood splitting engineering school!!!

Same here,

Me too

Thanks for checking out the video and commenting.

I have all 3 also got my chopper 1 at a yard sale What were you splitting looks like hemlock or spruce. And where are you located looks like my neck of the woods literally

LOL!

😅

I've never heard of the chopper 2. Sounds cool.

@@AlmostHomestead That's because it doesn't exist.

​@@AlmostHomestead Like the dude said, it doesn't exist. BUT WHAT DOES EXIST, are old tires. And will help keep the wood from becoming satellites with the Chopper 1. ... it's a cool splitter

Or any sort of strap or chain around the log will hold it together while allowing the splits.

@@trevorlambert4226 You're right. For some reason I thought the fiberglass handle version was called Chopper 2 but it's not.

Pllll

It's not supposed to get stuck..

How many hours to you split with it? I feel the vibrations of fibre shafts much harder after a while than using hickory.

My grandfather has almost 30 years old Fiskars splitting axe that has been grind back at least 3 cm. It's a wonderful thing to swing.

Yeah, my Fiskars axe is still going strong. That's great that you scored a Chopper One.

Not very damn often that's for sure. And never deep enough you can't pop it out pretty easy. I loved the Chopper 1 back in the day. It could put wood into Orbit 😂

Yes, because they copied a profile from one old splitting axe, Buckin' Billy told and showed, i don't remember axe name.

EXACTLY ... !

Oh cool. I need to use mine nore often. 👍

Good advice 👍

Kim is right i thought the same watching you. Also you use much less energy with this advice.

@Kim - Same principle when you box. Don't aim for their nose, aim for the back of the head.

What are the different purposes?

Depends on the species of tree. For example, usually Maple and Walnut split great slabbing along the edge but Oak and Pine split better in pie shaped wedges as shown in the video.

Thats why your back hurts, it doesn't get used xD

If the wood falls over, just use an underhand, "golf" swing on it.

bcubed72 this tactic will make you exceedingly good at the “Happy Gilmore”

@@FearNoSteel you always start at the edge. Work smarter not harder

Especially when it's really stuck and you have to wrestle with it.

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Thank you. A maul is a good way to plow through the rounds.

Same.

Thanks Allan!

Cool. It really does feel good in the hands. Nice balance.

Витую берёзину или рябину вообще хрен расколет

westmeathguy Thanks. Still loving the Fiskars axe. I may have to pick up an X27 someday.

They do with their chopping axes but jot with the splitting ones

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Внучок чо за чоппер у него с распорками?

you are way more prepared than my dad and I every was doing this. I split wood my entire childhood in tennis shoes a t shirt and jeans or basket ball shorts. I can't keep more than one layer on after a few swings. We used these Red steel mauls from the local hardware store. they were 14 pounds head and shaft together. Wasn't till later on when we refreshed are hand tools did we get some lighter heads. Spent one year with a 6 pound head before we got a hydraulic spliter. Now a days he buys 3 cords a year from the electric company (they keep a big pile on hand from the trees they clear) and uses space heaters to fill in the gaps. You tried a electric chainsaw yet? I've been eyeing a greenworks 60 volt for awhile now.

Ben McLeod same. Wouldn’t go back to the maul. Effortless.

@@edwardmullan2724 I just got an x15 this weekend for limbing and that thing is awesome too in it's own way, would recommend.

I’m 5’6”, but strong and muscular, and swing the X27. Works well for me and I enjoy it. Ordered and Isocore mail and can’t wait to try it out too!

@@BrandonWest87 I have the maul and love it too, I usually use it to bust the big ones that the x25 can't handle and to drive wedges which it is extremely good at

@Ben After testing out the maul, I’m hooked! The difference between the isocore and the husky maul I have is night and day.

Thank you Paul. Have a good one.

Earl Raymond I agree 👍

Tom Kelly Not one of my finer moments with the longer axe for taller people statement. 😬 😆 I appreciate the feedback. I’ve learned a few things from some of the comments which is good. Thanks again.

I use a piece of dog chain with a spring and a clip

@@Theincompetenthandyman I use a tyre with one side wall cut off and screwed onto another round, quicker than having to tie or chain it, just drop the log in. As extra safety feature, the tyre catches the axe head if you make a bad swing.

bungee cord thats a great pointer but you forgot to tell him to mark out a perimeter 15 feet around you with pylons and wear protective kevlar safety chaps ,a hard hat with flipdown screen visor, just to be safe u wear safety googles under that visor, florescent orange and yellow visivest , steel toe boots, heavyduty up to the elbow orange cut resistant gloves keep little girl hands from getting blisters

or maybe cityslickers or fem boy/trans millenials like urself should just not tell guys how to split wood

BTW, chopping tip to onlookers ... just like having a good base for an anvil improves work efficiency (rebound) for a blacksmith, a splitting axe performs better if you can position the log atop a solid immobile base (but not so hard that a miss or a thru-split will damage the axe). An old stump cut level to ground works, as does a driveway (you can put down a pair of 2x12 scraps side by side, or a piece of 1" plywood or microlam, to protect the axe). Heck, if ya got scrap metal, a 2ft circle of 1" steel plate, and a matching circle of microlam would probably be great - round so you can upend and roll em if needed, the heavy steel as a kinetic energy vertical backstop, and microlam to stop misses. You could cut the microlam slightly and put four 2" deck screws around the lip, to prevent it from sliding off the plate. Splitting on dirt robs your blows of quite a bit of force.

@@RovingPunster I don’t mind splitting on dirt I’m not worried about dulling my axe I’ll sharpen it but as far as the power being robbed from you goes I have to agree but at the same time the piece I’m splitting being as low to the ground as possible gives me a lot more force also it’s faster Atleast for me given I can put good power into my blows because I just flip my wood and position it with the sharp corner of my axe very rarely bending over what I’m saying is I find it much faster doing chop in top of dirt because I don’t have to keep moving around my wood o just work my way through the pile and once the wastland of wood gets too big I go and pick it all up ideally though that’s what the woman is for when she’s helping out lol alot faster working as a team

@@cocainehernandez919 It's all good. Cheers mate. I very much miss being young.

Logs are completely different, not a good test

WindWolfAlpha 😀

True but I do it for a work out but if I’m tired this is the best method for so,

Yeay that's way faster

Thank you for watching and commenting. I'm glad it was helpful. I'm going to do a video on my small axe collection soon if you want to subscribe.

me too. I had bought one of them fiskars but i returned it after using it once, prefer the middle splitting wedge as well

i usually will use wedges for big logs like these with the end of my maul... its just easier to not have to try and get the maul out of the logon those first couple hits where it sticks into the log instead of splitting...

@@hdrjunkie If your maul is not sharp, it will not easily stick. Yup, dull mauls hardly ever stick.

Спасибо за просмотр и комментирование

I recently bought a fiskars axe, what does polishing the sides do?

@@fordzzeh7430 It helps the leading edge sink into the wood a bit farther, I feel it takes less effort to accomplish the same task. And it looks cool lol

@@endutubecensorship interesting I’ll have to try that. What do you use to polish?

@@fordzzeh7430 I forgot to mention only the bare metal portions of the head are polished. The bare metal portions are coarse from the factory, I would start with 300 grit sand paper and as it smooths out use progressively finer grit until you can buff it with a polishing wheel. I used a sanding/sharpening belt then a buffing wheel.

Tom George Thanks for the info.

Hey I’m trying to be an A-hole here, quit being nice.

Tom George LOL! At first I was offended but then thought, yeah I probably wasn’t doing the best job at splitting. It annoys me when I see how to or review videos and the person isn’t as skilled as they should be to give advice. So, swallowed my pride.

@@AlmostHomestead i'm subscribing because i know with that attitude of yours i'm going to learn lots from this channel.

iamsupersammie Thanks. Mighty nice of you to say. 👍😁

Terry Hale X27 is a nice one also. Thanks for watching.

Chopper One Website sells parts and has the lever and pin kit. chopper1axe.com/lever-and-pin-kit

I've seen one of those at Lowe's. Looked like a fine maul for sure.

Almost Homestead Yeppers ... best maul I’ve ever used for sure ... big rounds get split in half right quick and then the x27 fiskars splitting axe finishes the job ... I think the maul is easier on the hands with the iso-core handle than the x27 axe but both are fine tools with a lifetime warranty... happy splitting ! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nacDENAgoW8.html ...

Wow, that thing must give you quite a good workout. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@C B it may be more, I forget what it weighed exactley

Haha! For sure.

yeah i use a normal axe for softwoods

45-50 cords per year? Man that's a lot of splitting. Nice work. I'm sure that the hydraulic splitter is a welcome addition with the wood you are splitting now. Have a great evening! Thanks for commenting.

Cool Nate, glad it was helpful. The X25 or longer X27 are pretty sweet axes.

X27 is way better

I love the birds, where do you live homesteader?

For sure. I'm 57 and pretty much in constant pain from one thing or another. Haha!

To rest is to rust , you gotta keep moving

Haha! You got that right. This was when I first moved to our cabin full time and was buried in wood to cut and chop for about the second time in my life. So yeah, this is one of those annoying videos by a guy who thought he knew what he was doing but had some things to learn. I did learn a bit from all of the comments though.

It would make a nice little diorama box in the cabin. Haha!

Thank you. Much appreciated.`

@@danielrunyon8534 Thanks Daniel.

Awesome. It is a cool axe.

He's forming a "crack-line" to seperate and split.

Your the first to say, and your right. Start on existing crack at outer edge works best.