Who Builds The Best Splitting Axe? You'll Be Surprised 

Well that was, shall we say, anticlimactic?

I think you made a typo in the video description: _Eventually_ Wranglerstar puts two axes to the ultimate test

Splitting hardwood for 30 years. Tried everything. Got Fiskers long handle slitting maul 2 years ago. GAME CHANGER! I don't use my splitter anymore unless I'm sick or hurt. Each year we produce about 6 cords of maple, red and black oak and a lot of ash. My wife can split with this tool. Awesome. Good luck and keep up the great work. Thanks for a great channel.

A nice 2 inch thick round of that log would make a nice small coffee table or end table.

"Who builds the best splitting axe?" *doesn't test axes, just cuts wood with a chainsaw*

Ok, I'll admit it. He got me good! I watched until the very last second, still telling myself "it might get interesting soon."

Dude your title was who builds the best splitting axe. I’m still waiting

"kicked it so hard i pulled it right out of its own bark" made me giggle :-)

Your older vids are awesome too dude. Love the work. Keep the channel going

My grandpa started me out on a maul. I now use the same Husqvarna you have and love it! It can be tricky to use in more gnarly stuff, but some technique and it'll do anything.

Yes i'm little surprised… im surprised that after watching whole film i found that i have to wait for another :D

Really enjoyed this video, Cody. I know you've been experimenting with new techniques and equipment. Really like the result I see here as your applying those new shooting and editing techniques to the "good ol'" content topics that make your channel so loved. Keep up the good work! (P.S. Thanks for bringing back the double axe bumpers, which are my favorite.)

very little wood splitting going on........

In Mississippi we burn hardwood, mainly oak, and the maul is what works best for the hardwoods. Just aim for a split in the round and swing fast. What I've always used is more of a concave blade. It's what I've used since I was a kid, back when they invented dirt.

I've been heating with wood only since 1983. I split seasoned wood all winter long with a 12lb Ace Hardware wedge. Gnarly, knotty, twisty Colorado pines...But I'm an XXL man. I wouldn't expect smaller people to appreciate the raw power of that steel wedge like I do. I split 6 cords every winter...a few hours at a time. My wife swears the wood "jumps apart" in anticipation of my strike. Haha.a..a. From 1983 to 1999 I used a Chopper I mechanical ax-type splitter. The springs didn't last long but I found the tool to work just as well without them if I used a smooth stroke. I'm not as young as I used to be...so I started thinking about how a smaller, older, weaker, future me would split wood...and now I love watching splitting videos. :-) I'm sticking with the inertia vectoring efficiency of the big wedge on a handle for now though. Also, I see splitting videos that split into tiny pieces...I agree the big 12# wedge isn't right for that. I use a Sedore USA downdraft stove that can handle pieces up to 12" in diameter...but I always split a 12" piece, once...I don't chop it into sticks. For the chunks that are larger than 12" I'll split 3-4 times. I also split every piece down to about 3" diameter. Mostly I split the small stuff for sport than for practical use. Thanks for all the info!

I had a chuckle when you said you were going to sharpen the chainsaw "blade" I know you know the difference and were being humorous.

man I love that scenery behind you. Lovely place to live.

notice at 4:05 the pattern made by the lighter colored wood, it resembles your star logo Cody

Glad to see you come out with another axe video! These are what got me started on watching your channel. Since then I have watched them all but it's nice to see these sprout up again.

my favorite videos so far out of everything you've done is all the axe videos, learned so much about axes that i never knew i should know

I am a grown and responsible ADULT.... but at 4:07 in the video i was like GO GO GO on more turn! Lol

This channel is positively therapeutic. I'm over an hour in, and I can't stop watching. If you work an office job long enough, you forget what "salt of the earth means." This is a useful skill, being graciously taught, by a hard working man on his spare time. You, sir, are the salt of the earth.

I usually don't catch these videos until a couple weeks after they are posted, finally I had a chance to sit down and watch a new one, and now I'm so anxious for part two. thank you Cody God Bless!

Do not let the fresh pee get any were near that axe ! : )

Damn watched the whole video waiting for you to split logs and nothing....

just picked up a nice 5 lb collins head. kinda old but good shape,also a spoke shave,3 hand planes a handful of old files and a micrometer set,15.00.good yard sale day. as for the video,i grew up using the old maul,busted me a lot of wood with it.

Whoa!! Drop starts?? Not safe! Stihl puts out an excellent video class on chainsaw safety. It only takes one time....

Cody love the videos, but here is one for the east cost guys chain saws don't have blades, they have chains and bars. Love the banter mate keep up the amazing work!

The old wranglerstar is back. Nice to see some of the testing and axe work again.

that clip at the end of you trying to stick the maul made me laugh so hard, thank you cody!

I'm fond of my 8 lbs. maul, and I'm not that big...I think it's easier to split with the extra energy of the larger mass.

Trying to make the maul stick at the end was great LOL!

Good lord, split the wood already!

I think fiskars makes the best splitting axe. *Grabs popcorn and waits.

Cody, What do you do with your bark? When I was growing up we stoked the fire for night burn with bark and lowered the air flow. In the morning when I went to the furnace to reload and open up air flow to increase the house temp the bark was usually all still there in full shape, just all red. It would collapse when I added new wood on it but I didn't have to relight the fire.

Kudos! Guinness are advertising on your channel... Wranglerstar you have arrived.

Nice sharpening device!

I have used the old grandpa American 6 lb maul all my life. We used to cut and spilt 20 cord per year. We found that where one strikes the target of the maul matters as well as the ambient temperature. The best splitting for green birch was -30 F and striking right on the edge and of course if one was splitting what we called "rubber wood" or heavily knotted we would use wedges.

Whens the Wranglerstar MS 880 donation fund starting? And the Woodmizer fund, and Wranglerstar logging daycare for adults?

Well, I'm about to head out to work with my suit on to repair a couple of computer networks with these lotion-dipped soft hands of mine, while sitting in a leather chair in some air conditioning. I got just the proper dose of manliness that I needed by watching this video alone. I ain't even mad at you guys. Lol!

When I was a wee lad I preferred my grandad's maul over an axe because I did not have the upper body strength and agility to swing the axe fast enough to split through most logs. With the maul all i had to do was get it above me and guide it down. Now I prefer my axe much more because I can split much faster and with more precision.

Am I the only one getting stuck to binge watching axe videos on Wranglerstars?

1:05-1:10 I'm dead😂😂😂 like if you agree😁

Many of you have asked me to review the infamous Leveraxe. This splitting axe has set the internet on fire for some reason I don't understand. Here is my full review. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w_s3Ci1Dl0s.html

Here in Tennessee we split a lot of Hickory and Oak. A maul is the way to go, the kind you have in this video is a 6 pound. I prefer a 6 pound but with a concave grind instead of a convex. The concave bevels really sink deep before busting the log.

Dang, Was actually sad when I saw the "To be continued." I guess there's one way to keep the audience coming back, and this is it. Also found it amusing how sad you sounded when you hit the rock with your chainsaw. I almost felt bad for the saw!

Enjoyed the video, thanks !

this video was very fun can't wait for part 2!

I do firewood as a full time job here on Vancouver Island, splitting roughly the same stuff. in my experience I find a 36" handle on a 4.5lbs splitting axe works best. on the bigger stuff I use my 24" arvika on one side in the holding wood then go back the the other side with the 36" and work on the holding there. but as you say, bias and opinion. I've used this style axe to split about 500 bush cord a year.

Dang Cliff Hangers....guess I'll have to wait for episode 2!

Nice mountain in the backround 5:10

I enjoy watching your long videos keep it up

Really wish I could find the rest of this video. It is pretty frustrating to not be able to see these full videos.

Really enjoyed the way you shot this. I liked the time lapse at the beginning and the axe hit montage at the end. Your style keeps getting better and better. Thanks for all the years of great content!

yes very good with the new camera set up proper done vids:)

Please don't wast my time. I actually want to know who builds the best splittling axe. I usually love your content and your perspective, but have run into three clickbaity titles from you today. I hate to preach, but if your viewers don't get what they're promised in the title, they'll look somewhere else for information.

Stumbled upon your YT channel here and wow, its so great to see such a nice channel! I personally don't have any real life experience or anything with logging and forrestry, but its really nice to see your videos!

Did Cody direct Reservoir Dogs? If he made a video "about a bank robbery" it would just be about eating breakfast and planning the thing.

Sharpening scene is professionally made!! 👌

That chainsaw blade sharpening session was straight up Toolporn

What a cool topic And i really have to say that the music you are choosing is sooo good

+wranglerstar How about a mix of the two? After your original video about the splitting axe I found a local store that had one and they were having trouble selling it and the Husqavarna splitting maul! A lightweight maul that has a similar blade design to the axe. I told the store owner I would take them as a pair for 120.00 andt they went for it. I really like the axe but the maul is great for knots and such.

The flying kick & Ju Jitsu logging comment got an honest laugh out of me. The artistic quality of your videos is improving immensely!

That chainsaw chain sharpener seems super slick to use. How do you like it and where did you find one?

How many wedges can you use with a splitting axe? A Maul should always have a wedge or two and a prybar, which imo makes it far better for splitting large rounds than an axe with a poll that's not hardened.

Your a great teacher! Ty

My search might be over , i think on 3:12 might be the same sling blade he restored on another video.

Looks like your overstrike collar you described 9 months ago has see a bit of use.

The main advantage of the splitting maul is the maul part if your using wedges because you can split and drive with one tool and I’m not even a logger.

Axe or maul? Who needs either? Just put a little Jui Jitsu on that wood and split it. Unless you have trouble holding back to keep from overdoing it and end up splitting it up into toothpicks. :)

The only thing I have used a splitting maul for is to bust up concrete pads. It works better than a hammer drill and is more fun. Goes through 3 or 4 inch thick concrete like butter.

"Everyone at the base of Mt. Fuji knows how to do Jujitsu Logging."

what are your thoughts on the company condor? I know you prefer older forged axes but I lack all skill for making a handle and hanging a head on it. thoughts?

Mauls don't impress me much, but I do like Estwing's Fireside Friend.

I have a cruiser axe just like that used it for years splitting fire wood. clean wood would split like a hot knife in butter and was faster then anything we had..

I use the Chopper1. It's amazing!

The truth of homesteading. You have to do 3 jobs to complete 1. Good video, Cody.

8:38 Man you must've pulled it up so fast that the bark just came flying off!!

There's a lot of debate on the Axe Junkies group about whether or not to have a sharp maul or have it slightly dull. What's your opinion of that? (btw that Plumb is gorgeous! think I've seen it on Alan's Instagram and drooled over it then too)

Try the Gränsfors Bruks splitting maul. Best and only maul i will ever need.

Very funny, lots of fun in this video

You really enjoyed rolling that wood donut after the first cut didn't you?

Hahaha, I recognize the feeling you portrait in your video, fall has started, and you get that sense of happiness, a playful feeling!!! Good to see! Such a great time, the winter! My thoughts on the axes, well, i have chopped a whole lot of firewood (mostly hardwoods like Quercus robur, Quercus rubra, Fagus sylvatica), and I can't really say I have a preference for one or the other. I own a Husqvarna like yours, I probably have three of four mauls, and.......... I'm almost ashamed to confess to you.... I also own one of those hated Fiskar X27's.... :D For splitting bigger and heavier wood, I usualy start with a splitting maul, and when the wood gets thinner, I switch over to the Husqvarna and/or Fiskars. I never chop right trough the middle of a log though, I always chunck of bits from the side. So in theory, it shouldnt really make a differance... Except for when you encounter wood that hasn't got a straight grain, around knots and such Thanks for another great video. I also have a few attempts of making a video online, but I never get them to look so natural, you are very good at that! Cheers from the Netherlands!

I love the 6 pounder in hardwoods when the Hyd wood splitter is on the blink!

Interesting to see that the wood is a lot darker coloured for the last 19-20y ... may be interesting to check local development in the area, might be a powerplant or increase in cars used in the area since that time...

Love that last bit!

Great video, loved seeing the humor come out.

Splitting wood that you can SNEEZE at and it falls neatly apart isn't much of a test of splitting tools. Test them with hackberry ("hack-a-lot-berry") and then we'll see which is the better tool.

Where is EPISODE 2 and what is the title. I cant seem to figure that out when searching your playlists and videos

Where is EPISODE 2 and what is the title. I cant seem to figure that out when searching your playlists and videos

I'm afraid can't "Like" your video. I came to see an axe comparison and now I'm watching you sharpen your chainsaw. You need to stick to the topic at hand or you'll lose viewers. Hope this helps.

jiujitsu logging, I like it! We save the thick doug fir bark chunks and burn them in the stove. Lots of heat in that bark.

Hey Cody. A little off topic here but if you see this question I would appreciate it if you could spare the time to reply. I was wondering if you also make all of your own furniture. (Eg. Tables chairs.) I'm interested in one day starting out in making wooden furniture and if that's something you do I think a video would be very welcome in the wranglerstar community. :)

What was that amazing chain saw sharpener?

Sweet vid sir, looking forward to part 2.

What's the answer for an optimal tool inbetween a splitting axe and a slitting maul under 300 usd?

It could be that one of those will better in the doug fir and perhaps the other would do better in hard woods. So perhaps you should expand your test to include other species.

I dont know why but I was laughing hard at the end of this video... cant wait for part 2. Love axe videos

There is a man by the name of Craig Barr on eBay that demonstrates the capabilities of the axes he makes they are awesome! I wish you would buy and try one out I think you will enjoy them, made out of Damascus or regular steel

Split on a hard surface ie splitting stump. The soft ground is absorbing all your energy. You'll become friends fast with a 12# maul if you had to deal with wood such as mulberry.