FISKARS X27 vs FISKARS 8 POUND SPLITTING MAUL!
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- Today I compare the Fiskars X27 with the Fiskars 8 pound splitting maul...I was surprised!
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Nice video Chris. No loud motor, no extra safety equipment. Just a man and an axe/maul. Very satisfying work that clears your mind, tires your body,and is good for your soul. GNI
Yup, I agree!
I so love that you don’t give a darn what other people think about the way you get your job done. You just get it done.
I have 60,000 people that tell me every day what to do ...you grow some thick skin.
Yeah, it's refreshing! Drives me nuts, when guys feel the need to justify themselves constantly to the yt comment section crowd.
@@InTheWoodyard That would drive me even crazier, lol. Like being surrounded by those "helpful" old guys that have all the time in the world to critique what you do, but none to actually HELP you. "you're doing it wrong!"
I did break the handle on a Fiskars once. Then again backing over your hand tools with a bulldozer usually has that effect on them. Guess what? Fiskars replaced it with no questions asked. Great video.
Ouch... good to hear!
That montage of swings/splits was cool and like music to my ears! 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m still a youngin’ so to speak, but man this brought back memories of hand splitting with my ole man. I miss him but not the mauls, axes and wedges all that much. Haha
Great job Chris..I may have to pick up a X27 !! 👍👍
Yup, splitting reminds me of working with my dad too!
I have had an X27 for around 12 years. Still going strong. Would love to get a new one, but like everything, they’ve doubled in price. Well worth the cost though.
They do work well!
Chop, chop, chop, smack, smack, smack.
I did not know that Fiskars had a replacement policy.
I started out with wedges, maul and axe.
Loved the high speed splitting.
I too like the fast splitting...it ain't like that in real time!
@InTheWoodyard I have a modified swing. I learned how to swing while kneeling on roofs. What ever works. I have seen people learn to chop like woodpeckers. Tap Tap Tap.
I bought the X27 after one of your prior vids. Considered the maul when I was at the shop, but I wanted something I could swing for hours on end so I went w/ the X27. Now, I'm eying up their hatchets. Getting ready for the summer camping season, a good hatchet is a must for me.
Yup, they do make great stuff that just works!
I gave my son an x27 and he loves it! I don’t split much by hand anymore but I have the skill to with my favorite axe. Everyone should know how to do this.
Yup, it is a fun thing to do.
Thanks to you and Tony of the previous review of the fiskars at his place, I bought the x24 (smaller version of the x27) and I just love it!! A lot lighter for this old body to use it compare to my 6lb maul. Thanks for the review.
Great to hear!
Excellent tutorial video! The Fiskars X25/X27 is also my favorite tool. I use the parallel stance overhead swing. In my swing, I focus on acceleration from overhead to the target area on the round. Isaac Newton said that force = mass x acceleration. The mass of the X25/27 is fixed, so that leaves one variable! Interestingly, splitting wood is much like martial arts: focus on thru the target, breathing techniques, great core exercise & explosion of power. Thanks!
Yup, technique matter. Thanks for watching!
Feel your growing up pain, one of 5 growing up on a dirt farm heated by wood and somehow I got designated in charge of Firewood. 5 cord a year. Still using the same 6lb. maul, I am 64 now you can do the math. Did find a similar maul with a longer handle. The geometry of a longer handle adds to the splitting force.
Right on! I like it...keep cuttin'!
Red and white oak and ash were my favorite woods to split. You have great form. So many people try to split with just their arms and shoulders. The secret is to do what you do, pitch it up into the air, when it is at its apex, slide the hand down and squat as you pull it down. You get the power from the largest muscles in the body, the thighs. Those Fiskars do a nice job.
Yup, it works ...accuracy is what most don't have.
I just picked up the X25 as my carry axe in the woods when I am bucking firewood. Muscle memory brings accuracy, momentum brings faster and easier splitting. Find the weight axe or maul that works for you and practice. Another great video Chris. Good Night Irene
Very nice! Keep cuttin'!
I used the 15 lb. monster maul until I was 55. I also enjoyed it. You can work off a lot of stress with one of those. Sometimes I would go 6 hrs. at a time. I could do about a cord an hour in my prime. It will wear you out faster, but you only have to hit the wood once if you really smack it. There were few I ever had to hit twice. I miss my maul, but I am 12 years older than you and had to give it up in my late 50's when I finally got a hydraulic splitter.
Yup, hydraulics are awesome!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
You made me tired just watching you. LOL!!
90% of the firewood I made over the years I split by hand. It isn't how hard you hit it. It how and were you hit it. Also makes a difference in how it's cut in relation to the knots.
Take care my friend!!😀😀💚💚
Logger Al
Yup you are right ..reading the wood is something that most do not know about...knots, edges, clear grain, cracks, punky stuff, fresh cut vs a dry old cut...lots to look at before you wack it.
Chris the man the myth the legend. Wood fears him. You're absoulety right about the round house, but between having two bad shoulders and being over weight it's hard on this 70 yr old. I enjoy splitting with my x27. Haven't found too many I can't split with it. I get all shapes of wood.
Yup, it is hard on the old carcass!
Chris...Great video. You are the epitome of Newton's first law of physics...a body in motion tends to stay in motion. My splitting maul of choice which my middle son inherited was my Sotz 18# Monster Maul. At 6'7" and 245 (at the time) I can assure you that you did not swing that beast like an axe. It was the overhead and the goal was to get as much momentum as you could. Rounds the size you were splitting would literally explode when hit. Would handle up to about 24" red oak and after that it was sledge and wedge. Keep the great content coming...really enjoy it!
Wow a 18 pound tool is something unreal!
we have a x27 and the 6lb maul from fisker a great combo! did 7 cords by hand with it last year with them!
We have the x27, 6lb and the 8lber. All are great, but the 8lber is tough to swing for a long period of time.
nice!
Yup, the 8 gets heavy!
Good timing Chris!!! I split 4 rounds of red oak and 6 rounds of Osage last night with my old ax... Good feeling for sure.... Slowly getting my strength back!!
Awesome keep wackin!
Love my X27. Almost bought the maul, but was a bit heavy. The X27 is easy to swing for hours.
Yup!
I'm 70; and I still enjoy splitting with an axe and maul. I own almost all the Fiskars splitting tools. For a maul; I prefer my SIX pound Fiskars. I DO own the eight pound one; but I hardly ever use it.
Also; when I need a big axe; I usually pick up my X25 instead of the X27.
When I'm splitting Locust; I go for the X27.
I think it's great fun; and I know the exercise is good for me.
Well said! It is fun and good for you..keep wackin'!
What's REALLY fun; is my 24" battery operated chainsaw!
The best work out is splitting fire 🔥 wood outside in my opinion,, thanks for sharing this type of video Chris and have great weekend...
Thanks 👍
Chris,excellent splitting of the oaks and video 😮😊❤
Thanks !
I take a eight pound fiskars with me wood cutting to work big rounds down so I can lift them in my truck. I love it. Just bought the fiskars six pound version and I'm looking forward to using it.
Nice...I need (want) a 6 pounder too!
Forget that. I spent good money on a standard log splitter from Tractor Supply for a reason. I get enough exercise from cutting, lifting, splitting, and stacking firewood.
I’ve been using a hydraulic splitter for 25 years due to bad shoulders. But recently bought the Husky copy of the Fiskars splitting axe. It’s a wonderful tool. Yes the hype is real. I can’t swing like I did in my 20’s. But love doing it.
Yup, it is good exercise!
After using 4 other mauls and not being satisfied I forked out a handful of cash again and got the Fiskars maul - my search was over.
It's handle transmits less shock
It's head and geometry does hard to split wood better than any other I have tried.
Cheers
sincerely
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Yup, they make tools for work that....work.
Never used a fiskars, I like the looks of them though. When my brothers and I were young, we split 8-10 full cord a year by hand, because dad didn't believe in hydraulic splitters either 🤣 Large rounds (30" or bigger) we would quarter by cutting shallow X's in the cut face, then use wedges and an 18 lb maul to split. From there we finish them down with splitting axes. We made contests out of it to keep it fun.
That sounds very familiar!
Love splitting wood with a spitting axe/maul. I have a 6 pounder. But don’t seem to get to split to often.
Your pros and cons of putting the wood to split up on a stump/round. I see you don’t use a stump/round.
Have a great day. 👍🏻👍🏻👋👋
Yup, to me it is just extra work.
Best hand splitting video!
Glad you liked it!
You do know how to swing an AXE!!!!!! (years of practice) I am like you now, my body won't let me do only so much, I get tired after only about 10 minutes!!!!! (I got about 8-10 years more on my tired beat up carcass)
Haa! My carcass is catching up to your carcass!
Splitting straight grain wood no knots is faster than a splitter. As soon as you get a knot or twist to the wood move it to the splitter. My rule, take 3 swings is the round does not split save it for the splitter or the younger people.
You must have a slow splitter. I can easily split 1 full cord an hour by myself and if I have help we can easily do more that 2 full cords an hour. My splitter is a Eastonmade Ultra with a 4 second cycle time...feeding it fast enough is the only bottle neck. And it can go for hour after hour after hour after hour all day every day with out resting. But I do still enjoy using a axe/maul to split wood too, it is good exercise but much slower.
I’ve got a BIG splitting maul. It weighs 15#, all steel. A 12# head. It’s called Monster Maul. I’ve had it for more than 40 years.
Nice. I have used one of those ONCE and that was too much.
Love the hand splitting videos!!!
Glad you like them!
I liked the 1st time lapse
thanks Ed!
I’ve done splitting for my heating of my house. Regular 8 lber and regular ax. I used to put some of the harder wood to split on top of another log so it won’t bounce. Makes it split easier.
I really like those fiskars might have to get one 6 pounder.
Very nice video.
Thanks for watching...keep cuttin'!
"This wood is very ..ROUNDHOUSE.. stringy."
Yup, some is that!
OK Chris - Now I ache! I remember when - - - - - Stay safe - Dud
Yup, splitting wood is good work but hard work!
I have the Fiskars 8 pound and love it, but I did have wood that stopped it, like cherry and a knotty maple.
Yup, knotty wood is hard to split no matter what you use.
Hi Chris love them Fiskars I have 2 of them the big one and x27 now that is better then your gas splitter lol ( Ty Ron
Yup, but I run out of gas wackin before any splitter does!
Hi Chris, I have both but I like the 3.6kg/8 pounder the most but I only split 40 or 50 meters a year. Its all down to personal preference in my opinion. A good video as usual.
Thanks!
I have a X27. It’s my favorite. After swinging one I put my mauls away never to be brought out again. If the X27 won’t do it than the Allwood splitter will.
Yup, it does work well!
I hear you about your body not letting you split with an axe or a maul long .I enjoy using anKeep up the hard work Chris. Great video axe and a maul, but I can't do it long.
Yup, I do not last as long doing anything anymore!
Great info as always. Love my x27
Thanks!
Based on yours and several others on TH-cam I got an X27 aka Greased Lightning,. Great tool and it's generally faster than the hydraulic splitters from the big box stores.
Great to hear!
Impressive Chris, that is all I can say, impressive!
Thanks for watching!
Chris iiii iiii grew up forty iiii iiiii alway had a splitting block keep sharp edge out off the ground. 😊😊
yup
I learned a lot from this video, thx.
Glad to hear it!
You have to realize some people can break ANYTHING! I haven't used a wood handle in 25 years. I bought the 8#er this year to replace the old 8 standard and yeah it's good, heavy and at 77 y/o I too prefer a 6#.
They do work well!
Be sure to speak to your wood while splitting. It works ! 😊
Yup, I edited out all of the "words" I used when yelling at it!
Good video, x27 is tough to beat!
Thanks! It sure is!
Nice! I do like getting the axe out every once in a while! Makes ya feel good! 👍🏻👍🏻GNI
Yup, splitting by hand is good work!
Nice... 8 of 10.
Thanks, most of my life I have been a solid 6. Slightly over average but some days I feel like a 4.
I love my x27!
Yup!
i have the big loggs on the ground also, i get way more swing on them by doing so..
And yes i hit the ground with my axe alot, no one else is going to use it so :)
I like it! Yup, it is my awe/maul and if I want to hit the ground with it...I will!
Darn good with them hacks Chris! Nice just watching ha
Thanks for watching!
I'll admit I haven't used the X27, but y'all are sleeping on that Fiskars Isocore Pro maul. That thing is a MONSTER!!! Everything they say about it is true. It swings lighter than a normal 8lb maul, the handle does help alleviate vibration, and it definitely hits harder than an 8lb'er. It swings like a 5-6lb'er, but hits like Mike Tyson!!!
Yup, they do work well!
Must have taken you twice as long to edit this video as it did to split the wood. Thanks for taking all that time.
Ha! Pretty close! You are not wrong! Thanks for watching!
I will be 62 in December and have never used a hydraulic splitter love splitting by hand.
Awesome!
wrangler star has the best vid on the fiskars splitting maul. its what s needed on the left coast soyboy protesters.
back when the kids were watching the walking dead. i couldn't get my kid to mess with wood at all. so i bought a fiskars and named it lucielle. now the son wanted to swing it. i prefer my hydraulic now. chiropractors orders.
Yup, hydraulics are awesome!
G’morning Chris. Wacking and cracking. Nice swingin out dare. You should get a hydraulic splitter ;)
GoodNightIrene
Yup, sometimes the old ways remind you that you are not what you used to be and that the new machines are WAY better!
Only way I chop my firewood 😅
Nice!
Eye protection...better safe than sorry. Love my fiskers maul.
Yup.
I have that maul, but I think it's met its match with the huge, nasty, twisted hard maple rounds I have left. No matter where I hit them it just bounces off.
Only a real man can admit he wants a pink axe.
When it gets covered with splits on the ground or is laying in the woods in red oak leaves it is hard to see without the tape!
The eight pounder wears you out in a hurry!! I like the X27 the best!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
You got that right!
lol, I have the 8lb fiskars. The head says 8lbs but the scale said 10.6lbs. Use it about 1 1/2 hours a day in winter for exercise and of course firewood. Split about 19 face this last winter. 66 years old and people think I’m crazy, buy a splitter they say. Then the look on their face when told it’s in the garage! It’s only used in the spring for the last 3-4% of crotch wood. I just don’t like the idea of exercising without accomplishing anything, therefore my “gym” is just out the front door. By the way I have to chime in on the frozen splitting. For me woods splits way better below 32 degrees. I even split at -32 once and really did not split better than +20. So in my opinion, froze is froze.
Yup, exercise with tangible useful stuff!
'' You need to ''' You need to do what ever you like to do ! What do i know, to tell people what to do !
Yup, try having a youtube channel with 60,000 people telling you what to do every day.. You gotta have think skin!
Imo, the Fiskars- all day long. Because you CAN swing it all day long, lol. My old 8# maul wore me down too quickly. It was also kind of crappy- too blunt, and the "cheeks" were too wide too quickly, making it bounce off way too often. Not to mention it mostly just left a dent without starting any cracks... I used it primarily on stubborn, semi splits. When the handle cracked and the head flew off one day, I didn't bother repairing or replacing it.
If my Fiskars or my double bit can't do it, I have a sledge and wedges. Or I'll just use the saw, lol. Screw beating myself up trying to split gnarly, stringy, knotty crotchy stuff! Just rip it into slabs, or slice it into cookies or chunks and be done with it! It burns just the same. (what can I say- I get ornery when a chunk of wood tries to tell me NO!)
The X27 is just a well designed, and very effective tool. I'm glad I spent the money to buy one.
Yup, some times you have to just rip it!
When splitting big blocks in half, i dont aim for the center. I try to hit it about a quarter or a third of the way in. Seems to work better for me.
Yup, it is easier to work the edges.
Okay old man, we are about the same age and you give me so much motivation to keep moving but I have to know, what do you do for the pain??? After a day of cutting and splitting (moving) I can definitely feel it. I try not to take anything but some days are rough. I know, I know...keep moving. 🙂 All the best to you.
I don't take anything I just stretch out more and stop sooner than I used to! Yes pain happens!
@@InTheWoodyard The pain just letting us know we are above ground. Love your content and appreciate what you do.
Hey! I'm watching your channel for a while and really enjoying it ! Good quality content with honest and authentic opinions from your side. Got a Dremel for sharpening because of your videos. Works great for me.
Now my question:
What's that hookeron thingy in the background? Saw it a couple of times in your videos and love the idea how it works to keep the wood off the ground for cutting!
Can you provide a link or the name of the company ?
Keep up the good work !
Greetings from Germany
Hey, thanks! Yes, it is a WOODCHUCK ..cant hook, log lift...it was about$150
@@InTheWoodyard thanks a lot !
I own both of them vertical splitters as well , have u ever tried the golf swing method? I like it on large rounds and u dont need to futz with setting the round back up on end .
Yup, on easy splitting wood like pine, fir, aspen or cherry it works...never on elm or some other stringy wood.
I only have a Fisk 27 it does everything and it’s 13 years old at least
Awesome!
The wood splitting better when below 0F is an old wives told by old wives to get the hubby out of the house middle of the winter, wood splits mucho better with a higher moisture content and not frozen together so YOU!😁 should repeat this demo again about mid August and wait for the heat of the day. GNI 1%💩😁
Nope. wood splits better when frozen...added expansion pressure!
@@InTheWoodyard sadistic/sarcasm see my other post regarding frozen water pipes etc,I wanted to see you doing this in August mid 90s 80%humidity around 2-3pm.😉🙃😝
@@iffykidmn8170 Yup, I got it!
Hand splitting is definitely faster then using a "glacier" type splitter.
Maybe for a half hour or so...but the glacier just keeps going hour after hour all day long!
That’s a great workout 😅
Yup, it is that!
Precisely!
Thanks Ed!
Cottonwood does not split that good even dry; cold helps a lot though. (subzero)
Cotton wood produces similar heat splitting as burning it.😁
More splitting than burning! HAAA!
Yup!
My swing is a bit of a hybrid of the two
As long as it works ...it is good!
Am I the only one who has bruised shins afterwards? Seems a few splits always manage to ricochet on me.🤦♂️
No, it can happen...I guess my catlike reflexes must help! Ha!
I prefer a 6 lbs maIl as well
yup.
Good Morning Woodhounds!!
Morning!!
Hey. Chris
Hello Ralphy Baby! Good to see you here!
👍👍👍
THANKS!!!
i have the x25 and x27 .... can not be broken
I have not broke one but some claim to have broken them (probably on purpose...might have been a woodhandleonly fan boy ) but if one does break the company will replace it so..... Kind of unbreakable!
🎉
Thanks!
I’m tired from just watching!!
Ha! It was fun!
I do enjoy splitting with my x27 but my mind can go much longer than my body
Yup, my body quits before I want it to!
Why don't you have a pink saw so you can find it in the woods
Pink saws are purple.
I did not know anyone made one! Maybe I need more pink tape!
Sorry your splitter broke buddy....
Ha! That is a good one!
I try to hand split something at least once a month. I am so winded and exhausted quicker after getting the gift of China (Covid) that I just can't go 30 to 45min anymore
Yup, same with me I am an old worthless bag of mush most days!
13;15 wrong statement, Ask what is easier to put through a pail of water of a frozen pail, Physics 101
Water/moisture expands when freezing, ever see what is does to a water pipe, granite boulders, your sidewalk or an iron engine block? Physics 101
I have no idea what you are trying to say..it makes no sense.
Yup, the water (moisture) in the wood expands creating more pressure that causes the wood to split much easier when it is -20 to -30... best firewood splitting conditions.When you split rounds at -20 you can see the ice crystals in it...also on really cold nights in the woods you can here the trees pop from the expansion of the water freezing inside...very cool! But what do I know, I have only split a couple hundred cords a year every year for decades now. I did not read it in a book at college I actually did it....for decades.
I have to agree with Chris, minus 20°F or better yet minus 30°F, the frost in the wood loosens the growth rings,
elm even splits by hand fairly easy if you don't go through the center and layer it at about 2 inches when it's cold cold
not to mention the ground doesn't absorb the shock as much when it's that cold
@@InTheWoodyard rough translation timestamp 13:16 your comment on frozen wood. his physics says a splitting axe will go through water easier than ice.🤐
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Thanks!
Great Video!. I really like my Fiskars 8lb maul. I did grind down the cheeks on the Fiskars 8 pounder and I noticed that the maul penetrates the wood a lot easier with one swing. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🌲🪵💚💚💚🪵🌲🪓🌲🪵💚💚💚
Very interesting!