This Fiskars splitting axe is both lightweight and light on your wallet. ... Its 6-1/4-pound head and 31-inch length give it tremendous log-splitting power and put it more in line with a maul.

And the longer 36-inch handle length makes the axe a little more challenging to control for precise strikes, but Fiskars also makes a similar 28-inch X25 Splitting Axe and 23.5-inch X17 Splitting Axe.

While it’s not as elegant as a Best Made Axe, in true Gear Patrol colors, Fiskars does deliver wood-splitting Armageddon with their 7854 Super Splitting Axe ($40).With its 28-Inch Handle and ...

Curiously we haven’t seen too many log splitting hacks here on the blog. [KH4] built an incredible cross bladed axe back in 2015 , but that’s about it. There are a ton of commercial firewood ...

The new range is made up of two chopping axes for woodcraft, carpentry, pruning, cutting and logging, and three splitting axes for firewood. It starts with the X7, which is a 355mm, 655g hatchet ...

Best For Splitting: Fiskars X25 Splitting Axe. ... In effect, the weight does much of the work of splitting the log for you when used properly. Best Bushcraft Axes: Final Thoughts.

I earned my BSA Paul Bunyan certification when I was 16, hacking down and splitting a 24″ pine. With my old-ass axe, it took me better part of two hours. Man, I wish I had the Fiskars X17 back then.

The head weighs 1.6 lb (726 g), with the whole long-handled axe reportedly tipping the scales at 2.5 lb (1.1 kg) – that's definitely lighter than packing both a full hatchet and a full axe.

Splitting Test. After that, they went straight to the log pile for splitting testing. I split just over two face cords between all the hatchets and axes. A face cord is one row of stacked split wood ...