Saw this video in my feed as i've been binge watching Wranglerstar and when he said "you could win an axe" i instantly got excited... until i saw the date haha 2016.. DAMMIT!!
A professional chimney sweep will tell you that resin is just another hydrocarbon that burns. Creosote formation is a function of how you burn your wood not what wood you burn. Put aside the BTU content, softwood and hardwood burn differently. Hardwood burns slowly with a long charcoal stage. Softwood burns quickly with a short charcoal stage. Folks in softwood areas learn how to burn their softwood more slowly. Those who enjoy hardwood stands don't learn these techniques. When you burn softwood with lots of air you get extreme heat. As you know, fuel plus oxygen plus heat equals fire. Generate extreme heat and creosote will ignite. If you have been bad and burned a lot of wood that was wet (or any number of other mistakes) and have a lot of creosote in your chimney, the occasion of that hot, fast softwood fire simply completes the equation and you get a chimney fire. Be like those who rely on softwood stands, burning your softwood with care, and you will not have a problem.
I'm a log home builder in Canada and have the "grandads" design. The bounce does rob energy as the energy is being deflected but it's also less likely to get stuck then have to be pulled out due to its convexed shape; it fractures the round internally then eventually it all comes apart. I'm currently designing a new type of splitting axe and maul.
I have been gradually grinding on mine making the angle sharper looking for the perfect balance between stick and bounce - in my wood - dry, hard eucalyptus. Trad maul would just bounce and an isocore gets stuck, need in between.
I have split with a 15 lb. "Monster Maul" that I bought from the Boy Scouts in the early 70's. It has a steel wedge head and steel handle. I like it because it is so wide that it will not stick in the wood. One blow usually does the trick. Large logs are under tension until they are split open which is why it's so hard to get started.
Also, have to compliment your cinematography and editing. I watched your "back to basics" bridge build a few weeks ago and was blown away by your composition, scene framing, cinematography, dedication to establishing shots and editing skill in general. Probably not something everyone notices, but when you're headed into the woods alone walking away from the camera, I know how much effort went into that. A craftsman at every turn.
Why would you bother to respond to the Internet dummies. You gotta stop arguing with the internet. You don't make videos for folks who leave stupid comments.
I've never used the high end mauls but from my years of splitting I always go back to the old-school grandad's 6 lb maul. I hated the hybrid one. I've tried heavier ones but always go back to standard 6 lb. Live in the NW splitting mostly fir, maple, alder, cherry, and ceder. I've thought about spending some money on a high end one but if old faithful can't do it the chainsaw or hyd splitter gets it.
Graham, I thought all mauls were created equal...Sadly, they are not. Being from the east with strong hardwoods having a hand forged heavy maul that powers through big rounds makes a difference. Wise men trading and supply is a great small American business if you're in the market. Cheers
That beak on the big German maul, I think is called a "turning tooth", or something like that, and it helps you to position the wood without quite so much bending down, by letting you use it as a Hookaroon, or a firewood pick. It can be handy sometimes...
Yep, if the wood is laying on it's side you can just hook it with the tooth and stand it up. It has saved me a lot of bending over to stand up wood to be split.
what you called a beard on the "german" maul (we actually do mostly have this style in germany, for example by Ochsenkopf - nice woodworking tools company) is used as a sappie (dunno the englisch word) to move around logs and stuff ...
@@mattmoore1311 so there's a lot of words for it? does it depend on the area where you live? are there differences? we pronounce "sappie" pretty much as if it was english. there are shorter and longer ones of about 50 cm respectively 80 cm length. same usage, just a matter of preference or weight of the piece of wood.
@@theone2-three438 Well I probably don't live where you are but I've picked up some pretty nice axes for 50-100 bucks, it doesn't even take that much because in a video Cody picked up an axe for roughly $30 and he said it is one of his favorite axes!
I'm 17 and have finally started getting into buying antique axe heads and hatchet heads and restoring them and your videos really inspired me to do that thank you very much sir for the great work you do
+Kimmy Posey I agree, I never really helped cleaning the chimney when I was younger, then I didn't have a chimney to clean. Thanks for the chance to win a nice axe. I'm torn between 4 and 5.
I was a sceptic, but when my buddy that makes a living from firewood showed me how well they work, I bought a Fiskars splitter too and I haven't touched my 'grandad' maul in years
Do you have a less expensive splitting maul you like? Somethig from harbor freight or a hardware store? I have a GB axe and Husqavarna hatchet that I love but I am looking for a good Maul but want to save some money if I can.
Hello Sir WrangleStar! I live in the Piedmont of Virginia on the East Coast, and my dad and my grandpappy taught me how to split firewood since I was a young buck. I heat my house with a Vermont Castings fireplace insert that has a glass front so we can have some ambience, and then our main primary heat comes from a My. Penn Stove Works Potbelly stove that was built in 1890s and produces a massive amount of heat. A lot of guys here on the East Coast just like you said think that they are purest burning only Hardwoods like Oak Hickory cherry and Maple, but I learned a long time ago if you fall a loblolly pine tree by the Light of the Moon (meaning full), the sap is said to be drawn back down into the ground where the roots are I'm not certain if it is mere folklore but I have learned to get that potbelly stove fired up properly you have to use soft wood like Pine to get fast hot coals to reduce the right amount of heat where the gases will start burning better than any new modern day catalytic stove out there! So consequently I have learned through trial and error that's some softwoods like Poplar Pine Cedar Pine and many others are excellent choices to make a very hot fire, and I have no problems with my flu getting sooted up. I absolutely love watching your videos and implemented the bungee and chain splitinator the first time I saw it from you! Thanks so much and Good Bless! Phil
In general, when an object collides with another and bounces off, there is more force transferred than when it stops, due to Newton's "action/reaction" law. If a ball hits a wall and bounces, not only is the wall absorbing the inertia from the ball, but also the force needed to send the ball back. It's hard to say what the case is with splitting rounds however, since maybe the energy is being forced into the log as a general shock, instead of outwards like you would want in order to split it.
I've been a subscriber for a long time, and always appreciate the additional information you offer during your videos like the varnished handles, the history of your heritage maul. Always interesting!
Accidentally found a video of comparison of Fiskars X27 with traditional splitting maul and this channel became my favorite. Weirdly watching this gives me peace. Weirdly because I do different things for living, neither I split logs as a hobby. I don't even have a house.
Wranglerstar, I revere your videos ! Can you identify the Brutacus maul ? I'd like to try one. I split for heat and for a good workout. The maul is far faster that a splitter. I use a hydraulic splitter, however, for knotted or figured rounds. I'm 70 very soon. I keep 30 cords under cover and I use whatever wood is available in my area. Maybe my favorite is Madrone (I have always pronounced that Madrona) , but rarely reject anything over 4" diameter. Like yourself, I realize some people are needing an all-purpose tool and some prefer a more singular purpose tool or tools. I live on the Kitsap Peninsula where many wood varieties are available. Maybe the only wood I avoid is cottonwood because drying it is time consuming for the energy value. Regardless of my comments, please keep sharing here on You Tube. I think you are fair in your evaluations and a true subject matter expert. I hope you will reply to my question above.
I forgot to add, I love the one I have, I use it on big rounds and wedges with knots pinning the pieces together. Nothing more satisifing than snapping a 2" pin.
I am a Back Country Horsemen of NC a branch of BCH of America. I do trail work and heat my man cave with wood from my property. The number 5 splitting maul impressed me with it's unique head design and efficient cutting/splitting. You probably already know this, but if you put a tire around the wood you are splitting you will make a lot fewer steps collecting your split wood. Take care and know your video is appreciated. Tom Thomas
I"ve been watching your site for about a year and I appreciate you knowledge of all things woods, farm and garden AND your thoroughness in commentary. The wood splitter demo was fine and I probably would go for the new hybrid, but any of those you used did the job. Thankyou for your care and shared insights. Karl Hoessel, the UP of Michigan,
That Basque axe is by far the most beautiful axe I have ever seen. I love the design plus I love when an axe head is all polished and shiny. I don't like these black heads with polished edges..When I save some money I'll buy that baby and cherish it till the rest of my (or axe's) life. I would only put a screw or something below the head because it's designed to slide of the handle and I don't like that at all..
Love your videos, your humour, warmth and lack of ego! suggestion for your swing (I'm a bit of biomechanical nerd). Lift the mall with your hands apart. Keep them apart until you actually start the swing. This makes it far easier to both lift the mall, and to get it accelerating down accurately. Your upper hand should slide down and meet your lower hand somewhere on the swing down. What this does is allow you to control the head of the mall, the heavy part, with a much shorter lever arm on the lift and and improves your accuracy on the start of the swing down. Try this: lift the mall overhead and try to hold it with your hands together at the end of the handle, and then do it with your hands farther apart. the control with hands apart is immensely better. I can usually get each swing with-in 1/2 inch of each other. Doing this lets me use an 8 pound mall to split the gnarliest rounds far faster than breaking out the wedge and sledge.
Love your videos, but please - give credits to the musicians in your videos! Just a simple sentence like "music by ____" in the description bar is enough. Everyone working in the music industry know how important this is for the artist. Especially when they can get so much exposure from a well known channel like yours. And at the same time you will make a huge difference for a little artist :) So please, i ask you again, give the artists the little credit they deserve.
I bought one of these little guys a couple weeks ago and like most of the stuff Estwing makes, it is high quality. I got it mostly to split wood for kindling and it works well for that. Too light to do primary splitting though. Get one, you will like it. The other face is like a baby sledge so you could use it for chainsaw wedges too.
+MadlySevered It is almost too pretty to use. But I agree. I wonder how it would work compared to a normal wedge and maul or wood grenade. I'd love to see how these wedges do on some sweet gum. Sadly thats all I seem to have, they are worse than weeds.
What you call the German axe is a very very common splitter to see here in Australia, I find that design to be very effective with our hard woods like red gum and iron bark
hey wranglerstar, kipp here in arkansas. I own a hybrid maul. absolutely amazing maul and have cut a lot of firewood with it. the best that money can buy.
+Wranglerstar Whats that music i watched the video lots of times but what song! And keep up the good work btw u should try to find some new techniques?
Fantastic demonstration on evaluating the best splitter on splitting and extraction. For my personal choice I would prefer the #5 Hibrid splitter it seemed to go in deeper and easy to extract.
"Oak can't carry it's own weight". Guess I missed that class at Structural Engineering College. Video was interesting until you tried to bluff that one through. Lost me there.
That Structural Engineering College looks like a good college: "See how that oak tree is standing there and not falling? That means that it can support its own weight. Tomorrow we learn the structural desing of the color blue."
At 17:45 , If you look at the cuts, you can tell that he was not aiming directly at the pith. Instead his aim caused him to go in the direction of the big knot. When splitting, it is almost always easier to aim from the outside to the pith. {Center} Just trying to help. By the way, many times thru the years if I looked at where my ax, or mall hit, it was not aiming at the pith like it should have been. Yes, I'm preaching to myself.
Did you ever do an in-depth look at the American fan style splitting axe? I just had a windstorm blow over 150 year old red oak here in Tennessee and would love to give that extra try if I can find one around here.
Great information I'm just starting in the forestry game . I purchased 50 acres in Kentucky of forest that's been badly neglected for a couple decades ..thank you for your videos I do learn a lot from them .
Go back to 11:50 slow it down and freeze as the maul hits the wood. It split the whole piece inspite of the bounce. Another hit in the same area would split it completely. That is how those mauls work. Having one just like it and having much experience with it. I have even split crotch wood from hickory and elm.
Was more informative than a lot of videos I’ve watched gave a lot of information on different types and was very helpful to me to decide witch would be the best choice thank you
If the maul is to blunt or dull, It can't penetrate the wood> To make it split. All these new mauls. are WAY TO BLUNT! Every new maul i bought. I had to grind them down where the cutting tip is not so BLUNT ~ now it work EXCELLENT ~ The best all around weight for a maul is? 6 to 8 lbs. My go to maul is? The 6 lbs.
Yes you are correct when you said it has less enegry going into the wood. Some simply physics proves it. One is Inelastic Collision, when the maul has "no" bounceback and sticks into the wood, and the other is an Elastic Collision. While both momentums are conserved, one travels in "one" direction only (in reality, it does get forced back but the direction of travel is 1 way) and the other has a sizable portion of the momentum go in the backwards direction (the direction you would not want to go in because you're trying to split).
I know the old grampa mauls, some grampas used to keep it quite blunt, so it wouldn't get stuck in the wood. But they used smaller trees that were less thick. So either the wood would split in one hit, or it would bounce and not get stuck. Then they would just turn the piece of wood or put it upside-down, and try again!
I have the German maul lol I named it the Bismarck it’s “ beard” designed for standing blocks up right it’s my favorite I do have the newest one you have it’s very nice I’ve found that it doesn’t hold an edge very long
The bounce is caused by the convex profile. Interestingly the convex shape is the least likely to get stuck which may be bad for a maul but would be perfect for a machine splitter. So I would guess that a flat wedge would be best as it can sink and has a better splitting action than concave which would have to sink the furthest as is most prone to sticking.
Love the videos. Was using hydraulic splitter past few years but started getting back to hand splitting, have one of the hybrids but only down fall I feel is it has fiberglass handle
My go to mauls are a Fiskars and an old Snow Nealey. Split as many as 25 cord a year by hand. Fiskars handle absorbs shock very well, but the old timer Snow Nealy does as well .
The hybrid axe is the only one I use. With 2 tires, one with sidewall and another that without sidewall. Tires save lots of work and the bat speed you get with lighter axe splits well.
Hi Cody. I did see this first time round but it came up in my feed and watched it again. I saw your comment about the bounce and wondered if you have seen Moses who splits big rounds with a Maul. Watch this video and a couple of his others - more recent ones. All v short. He seems to be ok with the bounce. cheers
I’ve had my eye on that flared splitting axe for a while. The hickory handle was beautiful on its own, but I was curious about how the engineering of that flared wedge would perform. I bought one at the beginning of this season and have had great results with it. I’ve managed to split everything from hard birch to softer spruce and fir; seasoned and unseasoned; and some rather large logs. I grew up on grandads 8 pound maul and figured that you can’t beat tried, tested and true, but that splitting axe is my new go-to for splitting firewood.
Loved your video. Was very impressed with the fantail hatchet. I’m a fan of camping and campfires and would be thrilled to win the fantail hatchet. Keep up the great videos.
Saw this video in my feed as i've been binge watching Wranglerstar and when he said "you could win an axe" i instantly got excited... until i saw the date haha 2016.. DAMMIT!!
Ha lol me too hope you win the lottery or something so you don’t have to be sad
Right? Lol
@@vgamble33 yup 13k comments probable another tip off
@@rondenniel5760 I ended up getting a Trail Boss from Cold Steel. It's a great. For a maul I picked up a 36" Fiskars Isocore. Love them both.
I did the same but in 2021 haha
A professional chimney sweep will tell you that resin is just another hydrocarbon that burns. Creosote formation is a function of how you burn your wood not what wood you burn. Put aside the BTU content, softwood and hardwood burn differently. Hardwood burns slowly with a long charcoal stage. Softwood burns quickly with a short charcoal stage. Folks in softwood areas learn how to burn their softwood more slowly. Those who enjoy hardwood stands don't learn these techniques. When you burn softwood with lots of air you get extreme heat. As you know, fuel plus oxygen plus heat equals fire. Generate extreme heat and creosote will ignite. If you have been bad and burned a lot of wood that was wet (or any number of other mistakes) and have a lot of creosote in your chimney, the occasion of that hot, fast softwood fire simply completes the equation and you get a chimney fire. Be like those who rely on softwood stands, burning your softwood with care, and you will not have a problem.
That's pretty cool to hear, it's nice to see an educational comment
Very common misconception of burning softwood
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I love the concept, I wish this knowledge was common and spread everywhere. Thanks for your service
I'm a log home builder in Canada and have the "grandads" design. The bounce does rob energy as the energy is being deflected but it's also less likely to get stuck then have to be pulled out due to its convexed shape; it fractures the round internally then eventually it all comes apart. I'm currently designing a new type of splitting axe and maul.
I have been gradually grinding on mine making the angle sharper looking for the perfect balance between stick and bounce - in my wood - dry, hard eucalyptus. Trad maul would just bounce and an isocore gets stuck, need in between.
I have split with a 15 lb. "Monster Maul" that I bought from the Boy Scouts in the early 70's. It has a steel wedge head and steel handle. I like it because it is so wide that it will not stick in the wood. One blow usually does the trick. Large logs are under tension until they are split open which is why it's so hard to get started.
15lbs. , from the boy scouts or the man scouts?
Also, have to compliment your cinematography and editing. I watched your "back to basics" bridge build a few weeks ago and was blown away by your composition, scene framing, cinematography, dedication to establishing shots and editing skill in general. Probably not something everyone notices, but when you're headed into the woods alone walking away from the camera, I know how much effort went into that. A craftsman at every turn.
I really didn't expect to see you watching these videos but happy to see it
Hey! I know you!
He misspelled "Challenge."
Why would you bother to respond to the Internet dummies. You gotta stop arguing with the internet. You don't make videos for folks who leave stupid comments.
That dreaded bounce back still split the round anybody else catch that. All beautiful axes though
yeah it was interesting that the one he complained about was the one that split it in one swing
That dreaded bounce back saves a lot of work as you don't have to bend over to extricate the maul from the log.
I've never used the high end mauls but from my years of splitting I always go back to the old-school grandad's 6 lb maul. I hated the hybrid one. I've tried heavier ones but always go back to standard 6 lb. Live in the NW splitting mostly fir, maple, alder, cherry, and ceder.
I've thought about spending some money on a high end one but if old faithful can't do it the chainsaw or hyd splitter gets it.
Yes it did. They are effective. Cheers from northern indiana
Graham,
I thought all mauls were created equal...Sadly, they are not. Being from the east with strong hardwoods having a hand forged heavy maul that powers through big rounds makes a difference. Wise men trading and supply is a great small American business if you're in the market. Cheers
That beak on the big German maul, I think is called a "turning tooth", or something like that, and it helps you to position the wood without quite so much bending down, by letting you use it as a Hookaroon, or a firewood pick. It can be handy sometimes...
Yep, if the wood is laying on it's side you can just hook it with the tooth and stand it up. It has saved me a lot of bending over to stand up wood to be split.
what you called a beard on the "german" maul (we actually do mostly have this style in germany, for example by Ochsenkopf - nice woodworking tools company) is used as a sappie (dunno the englisch word) to move around logs and stuff ...
Oh! A cant hook. Nice!
Some might also call it a peavey. I'm not clear on the difference.
What you call a sappie we call a pickaroon.
@@mattmoore1311 yup
@@mattmoore1311 so there's a lot of words for it? does it depend on the area where you live?
are there differences?
we pronounce "sappie" pretty much as if it was english. there are shorter and longer ones of about 50 cm respectively 80 cm length. same usage, just a matter of preference or weight of the piece of wood.
Man watching him so In tuned with his passion hell ya I need to find something I enjoy this much
He always makes me want to run out and start chopping some wood.
@@TheSaintberzerker ahha i feel the same way xD. and i live in a big city with 0 trees xD
I have similar passions to him but I’m poor so... 200 dollar axes are pretty distant
@@theone2-three438 Well I probably don't live where you are but I've picked up some pretty nice axes for 50-100 bucks, it doesn't even take that much because in a video Cody picked up an axe for roughly $30 and he said it is one of his favorite axes!
This is almost like watching Steve Irwin just be happy doing his thing. Love the enthusiasm.
This is quickly becoming my favorite youtube channel.
"America's not looking so good today." LoL that made me laugh so hard
10:26 I've heard that many times in my day. Still makes me smile.
From your boyfriend
“This test is totally bogus but it’s still fun” -In essence, why I watch these videos haha
Whether u get an axe or not u have to love these videos, this man has an excellent opinion of life & he says it like he sees it. What a guy!
The drop down on that German one is the reason its pops out so easy. Its ads a fulcrum point that multiplies the energy popping it out
Huh wow - very interesting! That's makes sense. Maul theory!
It's so the tool can be used as a hookeroon, to stand pieces up without having to bendover...
I'm 17 and have finally started getting into buying antique axe heads and hatchet heads and restoring them and your videos really inspired me to do that thank you very much sir for the great work you do
Same!
kendrick schultz same xd
Thumbs up on the future Chimney Cleaning video. Need that one brother.
+Kimmy Posey I agree, I never really helped cleaning the chimney when I was younger, then I didn't have a chimney to clean. Thanks for the chance to win a nice axe. I'm torn between 4 and 5.
The Fiskars maul is my favorite; I've used half a dozen different designs but the Fiskars is just fun, efficient, and light.
I was a sceptic, but when my buddy that makes a living from firewood showed me how well they work, I bought a Fiskars splitter too and I haven't touched my 'grandad' maul in years
Fiskars X27. Made in Finland 🇫🇮. 👍
Me too! I got a hatchet and I loved it so much I got the splitting axe
Do you have a less expensive splitting maul you like? Somethig from harbor freight or a hardware store? I have a GB axe and Husqavarna hatchet that I love but I am looking for a good Maul but want to save some money if I can.
Collin's Axe makes a nice 8 pound maul on a hickory handle. I got one and I love it.
Any videos coming on the twisting wedge?
+shotgunjoel It's in the final edit now,
What about that weird twisty wedge thingy? Please let us know how that works.
Yeah would definitely like to see that in action
He's already made a video about that.
I saw another video with that fancy expensive axe, it didn't go too well
Cody, any affiliate links for that hybrid axe? Or just where you bought it?
Hello Sir WrangleStar!
I live in the Piedmont of Virginia on the East Coast, and my dad and my grandpappy taught me how to split firewood since I was a young buck. I heat my house with a Vermont Castings fireplace insert that has a glass front so we can have some ambience, and then our main primary heat comes from a My. Penn Stove Works Potbelly stove that was built in 1890s and produces a massive amount of heat. A lot of guys here on the East Coast just like you said think that they are purest burning only Hardwoods like Oak Hickory cherry and Maple, but I learned a long time ago if you fall a loblolly pine tree by the Light of the Moon (meaning full), the sap is said to be drawn back down into the ground where the roots are I'm not certain if it is mere folklore but I have learned to get that potbelly stove fired up properly you have to use soft wood like Pine to get fast hot coals to reduce the right amount of heat where the gases will start burning better than any new modern day catalytic stove out there! So consequently I have learned through trial and error that's some softwoods like Poplar Pine Cedar Pine and many others are excellent choices to make a very hot fire, and I have no problems with my flu getting sooted up. I absolutely love watching your videos and implemented the bungee and chain splitinator the first time I saw it from you! Thanks so much and Good Bless!
Phil
Never knew I’d want to watch wood splitting. Now I want to win the number 5 hybrid splitter... such an easily influenced mind! Thanks wranglerstar.
In general, when an object collides with another and bounces off, there is more force transferred than when it stops, due to Newton's "action/reaction" law. If a ball hits a wall and bounces, not only is the wall absorbing the inertia from the ball, but also the force needed to send the ball back. It's hard to say what the case is with splitting rounds however, since maybe the energy is being forced into the log as a general shock, instead of outwards like you would want in order to split it.
I've been a subscriber for a long time, and always appreciate the additional information you offer during your videos like the varnished handles, the history of your heritage maul. Always interesting!
Accidentally found a video of comparison of Fiskars X27 with traditional splitting maul and this channel became my favorite. Weirdly watching this gives me peace. Weirdly because I do different things for living, neither I split logs as a hobby. I don't even have a house.
You're going to teach me everything I've ever wanted to learn, and for that I thank you
Wranglerstar, I revere your videos ! Can you identify the Brutacus maul ? I'd like to try one. I split for heat and for a good workout. The maul is far faster that a splitter. I use a hydraulic splitter, however, for knotted or figured rounds. I'm 70 very soon. I keep 30 cords under cover and I use whatever wood is available in my area. Maybe my favorite is Madrone (I have always pronounced that Madrona) , but rarely reject anything over 4" diameter. Like yourself, I realize some people are needing an all-purpose tool and some prefer a more singular purpose tool or tools. I live on the Kitsap Peninsula where many wood varieties are available. Maybe the only wood I avoid is cottonwood because drying it is time consuming for the energy value. Regardless of my comments, please keep sharing here on You Tube. I think you are fair in your evaluations and a true subject matter expert. I hope you will reply to my question above.
I forgot to add, I love the one I have, I use it on big rounds and wedges with knots pinning the pieces together. Nothing more satisifing than snapping a 2" pin.
I have a hybrid splitter, loving every time I use it!
Hi what it the name of the hybrid maul axe that he used in this video? I'd like to get one. It seemed to be the winner. Thanks.
As a photographer And a do it yourselfer I really appreciate your videos for their content as much as their visual quality. Thanks for sharing.
Very curious about that little "hybrid" Spaltaxt
The hybrid splitter is a german design and is called a spaltaxt
I bought the hybrid at Lowe's a few months ago, light weight and works very well.Best I have ever used.
I've done it for a livin and that lowes squirly handle does the best on oak
cjk1941 how much was it?
@@Cdlzzl 4.5 is $30. 8 lb is a little more. Trying to find a 6 lb somewhere.
I am a Back Country Horsemen of NC a branch of BCH of America. I do trail work and heat my man cave with wood from my property. The number 5 splitting maul impressed me with it's unique head design and efficient cutting/splitting. You probably already know this, but if you put a tire around the wood you are splitting you will make a lot fewer steps collecting your split wood. Take care and know your video is appreciated. Tom Thomas
Too hard to choose. Even though the giveaway is closed, i'll take one if each :)
I would like one of the smaller ones to use as as camp axe.
Robert Carmody exactly why I came here
I'm in it for the pencil but I would take #7 too. Great video as usual, keep it up!
+Dylan Allen lol
+Wranglerstar I'm in for 5
+Wranglerstar You have already sold me on the german style maul and if I'm not the lucky winner I will be buying one. Thanks for the quality content.
I"ve been watching your site for about a year and I appreciate you knowledge of all things woods, farm and garden AND your thoroughness in commentary. The wood splitter demo was fine and I probably would go for the new hybrid, but any of those you used did the job.
Thankyou for your care and shared insights.
Karl Hoessel, the UP of Michigan,
I would've picked 7 if I would've seen this years ago. I need a wedge banger and that axe is beautiful!
That Basque axe is by far the most beautiful axe I have ever seen. I love the design plus I love when an axe head is all polished and shiny. I don't like these black heads with polished edges..When I save some money I'll buy that baby and cherish it till the rest of my (or axe's) life. I would only put a screw or something below the head because it's designed to slide of the handle and I don't like that at all..
Just got a Granfors Bruks splitting maul, it's so beautiful I want to hang it on my wall. It comes so sharp I could shave with it. Dream tool💪🏼
Ever consider hitting it with all the others over and over weakened the wood
Love your videos, your humour, warmth and lack of ego!
suggestion for your swing (I'm a bit of biomechanical nerd). Lift the mall with your hands apart. Keep them apart until you actually start the swing. This makes it far easier to both lift the mall, and to get it accelerating down accurately. Your upper hand should slide down and meet your lower hand somewhere on the swing down. What this does is allow you to control the head of the mall, the heavy part, with a much shorter lever arm on the lift and and improves your accuracy on the start of the swing down. Try this: lift the mall overhead and try to hold it with your hands together at the end of the handle, and then do it with your hands farther apart. the control with hands apart is immensely better. I can usually get each swing with-in 1/2 inch of each other. Doing this lets me use an 8 pound mall to split the gnarliest rounds far faster than breaking out the wedge and sledge.
Love your axe vids!! Love all the axes! One can’t just simply chose what he wants! That decision is harder than the strongest oak trees!
I find it interesting that only one of these mauls became a staple on the channel, "The Bismark"
Love your videos, but please - give credits to the musicians in your videos!
Just a simple sentence like "music by ____" in the description bar is enough. Everyone working in the music industry know how important this is for the artist. Especially when they can get so much exposure from a well known channel like yours. And at the same time you will make a huge difference for a little artist :) So please, i ask you again, give the artists the little credit they deserve.
Thanks
I sure would love to try that Spanish style maul. Thank you for your work. I enjoy your enthusiasm for your crafts.
Yep. I just watched some guy having fun with his splitting mauls!
can you try the Estwing E3-FF4 4-Pound "Fireside Friend" Wood Splitting Axe/Maul with Shock Reduction Grip. just to see if its a good lil splitter
I bought one of these little guys a couple weeks ago and like most of the stuff Estwing makes, it is high quality. I got it mostly to split wood for kindling and it works well for that. Too light to do primary splitting though. Get one, you will like it. The other face is like a baby sledge so you could use it for chainsaw wedges too.
Man i wanna see that prandi wedge in action.
same here! I love that twisted design and would like to see how it performs! +Wranglerstar
+The Great Lakes Piper
Agreed!
I thought he would include the Wedge as well. Maybe he's saving it for a similar video on wedges? Good video regardless!
+MadlySevered It is almost too pretty to use. But I agree. I wonder how it would work compared to a normal wedge and maul or wood grenade. I'd love to see how these wedges do on some sweet gum. Sadly thats all I seem to have, they are worse than weeds.
Enjoyed this video and the video of you unboxing the package of axes from Italy. Loved the two hatchets. I enjoy your videos.
Really like the "hybrid".
Did he select the winner yet I hope I’m not to late 😂
Chuckie Davis this was almost 3 years ago lol
But I said the same thing I really want one of those also
You're not too late you're the winner!!!!!!
Chuckie Davis, CONGRATULATIONS 🎉
@@Liberty-Freedom-Outdoors
Your comment is almost 3 years old
What you call the German axe is a very very common splitter to see here in Australia, I find that design to be very effective with our hard woods like red gum and iron bark
Thank you for the info.. been debating on what kind of good splitting ax/maul to buy!
the big German one started it split is by far the best malls
I would have liked to have seen you use the splitting wedge with the twist.......
I think Im a bit late for the contest, but I would have chosen the Hybrid Splitter.
hey wranglerstar, kipp here in arkansas. I own a hybrid maul. absolutely amazing maul and have cut a lot of firewood with it. the best that money can buy.
Kipp Conrad if the hybrid was 6-8 pound with s longer handle it would be a maul. as it is it is just a grest splitting axe.
Kipp Conrad, besides me and my dad your the first person I've ever seen spell the name "kipp" with 2 p's
That's cool, everyone always misspells it and puts one p. It used to bother me but now I shrug it off, lol
the same happens to me
Thanks for the great demo. I chose the hybrid #5
14:18 " I hit a knot, that's KNOT fair"
he wood not make that joke lol
Love the video, if I should win, give it to some deserving young man, you choose, my wood splitting days are long past
I'll take it from ya... 😛
Don’t stress too much over comments , half of them will be drunk, mad or trolling.
i really liked your presentation of all the different axes good job
You noticed the bounce back is actually a good split, the next swing will separate the halves. its a power head
did he all ready give an axe away.
+ipbthunder yes
ok thanks
+Wranglerstar Whats that music i watched the video lots of times but what song! And keep up the good work btw u should try to find some new techniques?
ipbthunder
what?
the good ol days....when Wranglerstar was just Wranglerstar and not just some youtube reviewer....
Fantastic demonstration on evaluating the best splitter on splitting and extraction. For my personal choice I would prefer the #5 Hibrid splitter it seemed to go in deeper and easy to extract.
"Oak can't carry it's own weight". Guess I missed that class at Structural Engineering College. Video was interesting until you tried to bluff that one through. Lost me there.
Eddie William well you are supposed to use Douglas Fir on spans over 20 feet. I think he just means it’s better than oak for that use
yeah his wording was cryptic, but i think he ultimately meant oak cannot support its weight and whatever else over a certain length limit
Wassenhoven420 yeah. And maybe just not as efficient since oak is strong and heavy but Douglas is strong and lighter
That Structural Engineering College looks like a good college: "See how that oak tree is standing there and not falling? That means that it can support its own weight. Tomorrow we learn the structural desing of the color blue."
Nice job comparing the splitters. Love the Prandi axe s they look beautiful and well made.
The shot of the mauls coming down "on the ripple" was excellent...nice work.
At 17:45 , If you look at the cuts, you can tell that he was not aiming directly at the pith. Instead his aim caused him to go in the direction of the big knot. When splitting, it is almost always easier to aim from the outside to the pith. {Center} Just trying to help. By the way, many times thru the years if I looked at where my ax, or mall hit, it was not aiming at the pith like it should have been. Yes, I'm preaching to myself.
Great show you are very knowledgeable and versatile in everything you do thanks for sharing all your talents
#5
Did you ever do an in-depth look at the American fan style splitting axe? I just had a windstorm blow over 150 year old red oak here in Tennessee and would love to give that extra try if I can find one around here.
Great information I'm just starting in the forestry game . I purchased 50 acres in Kentucky of forest that's been badly neglected for a couple decades ..thank you for your videos I do learn a lot from them .
Go back to 11:50 slow it down and freeze as the maul hits the wood. It split the whole piece inspite of the bounce. Another hit in the same area would split it completely. That is how those mauls work. Having one just like it and having much experience with it. I have even split crotch wood from hickory and elm.
Was more informative than a lot of videos I’ve watched gave a lot of information on different types and was very helpful to me to decide witch would be the best choice thank you
That hybrid axe looks fantastic!!! I'm stuck with a Harbor Freight maul and it's not workiing out for me. Thanks and have a blessed day!!!
If the maul is to blunt or dull, It can't penetrate the wood> To make it split. All these new mauls. are WAY TO BLUNT! Every new maul i bought. I had to grind them down where the cutting tip is not so BLUNT ~ now it work EXCELLENT ~ The best all around weight for a maul is? 6 to 8 lbs. My go to maul is? The 6 lbs.
Yes you are correct when you said it has less enegry going into the wood. Some simply physics proves it. One is Inelastic Collision, when the maul has "no" bounceback and sticks into the wood, and the other is an Elastic Collision. While both momentums are conserved, one travels in "one" direction only (in reality, it does get forced back but the direction of travel is 1 way) and the other has a sizable portion of the momentum go in the backwards direction (the direction you would not want to go in because you're trying to split).
I know the old grampa mauls, some grampas used to keep it quite blunt, so it wouldn't get stuck in the wood. But they used smaller trees that were less thick. So either the wood would split in one hit, or it would bounce and not get stuck. Then they would just turn the piece of wood or put it upside-down, and try again!
I have the German maul lol I named it the Bismarck it’s “ beard” designed for standing blocks up right it’s my favorite I do have the newest one you have it’s very nice I’ve found that it doesn’t hold an edge very long
Really liked this video, been looking at axes and researching what to buy. I’m a total newbie. Thanks. Like your channel too
The bounce is caused by the convex profile. Interestingly the convex shape is the least likely to get stuck which may be bad for a maul but would be perfect for a machine splitter. So I would guess that a flat wedge would be best as it can sink and has a better splitting action than concave which would have to sink the furthest as is most prone to sticking.
liked the short handled #5 hybrid for surer, real enjoy your practical quality in hand tools.
Love the videos. Was using hydraulic splitter past few years but started getting back to hand splitting, have one of the hybrids but only down fall I feel is it has fiberglass handle
Thanks for this demonstration! Was very reveling. It was interesting to see the difference!
Really enjoyed your demo. I like the feller style myself because it’s what I use.
My go to mauls are a Fiskars and an old Snow Nealey. Split as many as 25 cord a year by hand. Fiskars handle absorbs shock very well, but the old timer Snow Nealy does as well .
I liked the german one and the hybrid. I have one exactly like your grandads. I use it on various oak and some pine
"And what does that tell you, Well, actually nothing" , this guy is as honest as the missisippi river is long,
You gotta love these videos.
I have a maul the same as ur good new type.....getting ready to use it...do like ur marbles brands...thanks
The hybrid axe is the only one I use. With 2 tires, one with sidewall and another that without sidewall. Tires save lots of work and the bat speed you get with lighter axe splits well.
All Beautiful Mauls and Axes. Enjoy watching these videos
I liked the Number 5 Hybrid style axe. I bust oak and they work like magic in oak!
I enjoy watching your videos! Thanks for making them!
Catching up on your older content. What was the manufacturer of the maul that split the best. Thanks.
i love the durability if the hybrid spilter maul.and the american fantail axe,
Hi Cody. I did see this first time round but it came up in my feed and watched it again. I saw your comment about the bounce and wondered if you have seen Moses who splits big rounds with a Maul. Watch this video and a couple of his others - more recent ones. All v short. He seems to be ok with the bounce. cheers
I’ve had my eye on that flared splitting axe for a while. The hickory handle was beautiful on its own, but I was curious about how the engineering of that flared wedge would perform. I bought one at the beginning of this season and have had great results with it. I’ve managed to split everything from hard birch to softer spruce and fir; seasoned and unseasoned; and some rather large logs. I grew up on grandads 8 pound maul and figured that you can’t beat tried, tested and true, but that splitting axe is my new go-to for splitting firewood.
Loved your video. Was very impressed with the fantail hatchet. I’m a fan of camping and campfires and would be thrilled to win the fantail hatchet. Keep up the great videos.
Very informative thank you for the education. I want the fan fare axe,