Splitting Axe

Amazons service was a great. Even though I used Supersaver they shipped it right out using UPS and I got it 3 days later. Thanks Amazon. Let me say in general I despise Fiskar tools and never buy them. While some are very well designed the price point demanded by all you people who buy made in China or made India lousy products at Home Depot means Fiskar has to lower the price point to where the quality is not commercial. Fiskar tools in general are not commercial and I have destroyed or worn out every Fiskar tool in short order as I have a large property and commercial orchards and timber land and my tools are heavily used especially by the 'help' that does not have to pay for the tools. In general I stick with Gransfour Bruks (Sweden), Vaughn (USA), Estwing (USA), Milwaukee (USA-electric saw), Silky Saws /cutting hatchets (Japan) or the professional Grade Husqvarna chainsaws when it comes to felling timber. I took down a big ponderosa pine and was splitting it green. My near six pound maul was having problems with the big rounds as the wood was very wet. And it is a hassle to use a wedge and 8/10 pound hammer. And my 8 lb maul had a broken handle. Gransfour Bruks does not make an 8 lb maul. I checked the USA sources. No one made an 8 lb maul.I checked with Craftmans who while they do give a lifetime guarantee make their 8 lb Mauls in China now. So no 8 lb splitting mauls made in the USA anymore that I could find, if you know of one let me know. I have my old 8 pound maul head which was made by Craftsman in the USA but have to find a handle for it. Glad I saved the head now. China is gutting the USA with its currency rigging and we send them fake paper money and they send lousy products with a lot of 'cheating' in the steel quality so fat cat Home Depot Shareholders and Fat Cat Chinese sweat shop owners is all you have and then you get a lousy axe and the "opportunity' to make yourself poorer and Home Depot Shareholders and the Communist Chinese richer. And a sharp, well designed long lasting tool is the safest tool. Sad to see Craftsman Tools which are nearly commercial grade go to China. People buying these cheap made in China tools at Home Depot or Sears are hurting us all and especially the people who need commercial grade tools or the 20 pc of America that is unemployed. It is unethical to buy tools made in communist china or india as they use slave labor and you're taking a job away from an American/Canadian and china/india rigs it currency to give its manufacturers the ability to drive USA quality vendors out of business. Buy local. It is 'greener' for this politically correct generation of MTV bra....er kids to buy local. I was very skeptical about the review about this axe, given my prior experience to wear out Fiskar tools in no time or have the help break them in no time, but I ordered one against my better judgement as Fiskar tools are at least made in Finland which has good protection for labor. And the Finns have a big timber cutting industry they manage well so I suspected maybe the Axe was better or the Finns would just buy the Granfours Bruks' axes from Sweden. So the pressure was on Fiskars to come up with something world class. They surely delivered. This is a superb tool!! This axe is very, very well balanced and designed, as well balanced and designed as the Gransfour Bruks splitting axe or splitting maul which is saying a lot. It splits like a dream and has the same splitting ability as an 8 lb maul at a much lighter weight which really, really surprised me. So it is particularly good for older people like me that are starting to have trouble with swinging the big mauls all day. The ergonomics are perfect for a 6 foot tall man. The blade keeps its splitting edge well. Splitting a Cord of Pine is near effortless. The only problem is I don't get the good workout anymore the splitting is so effortless. You might not even break a sweat splitting with this axe if you touch up the edge after every cord with a stone. I'm a strong big guy and I was splitting wet 1 foot ponderosa rounds with a 3/4 raise and one arm. It Split just from the gravity fall with the dull factory edge. Truly amazing. Not even my Gransfour splitting axe does that and they shipped it with a dull edge for safety when I tried the dull edge first cut test with just a one arm 3/4 raise. This axe was truly amazing once I put a professional edge on it and got after those 30 in rounds with no problems although you do need some skill to crack a wet 30 inch round on the first go. FYI - Never ever take a splitting axe or maul behind your head. Learn to split and/or you need to get a heavier axe. I never take ad axe behind my head and have never seen professional fallers or buckers to so at least back in the days when they did not have chainsaws and people learned how to use an axe properly. I would have preferred a leather sheath but the plastic one it comes with is very clever. Plastic is not good for the environment. You can always grow more cows or wood. The only question I have is if the handle well hold up and how easy it is to replace. Fiskar steel is better than average, not as good as say Silky Saw steel or Gransfours Bruk steel which is world class, but it is as good as Estwing steel or Vaughn steel so it is great steel. This axe has a commercial grade head as far as steel quality. It is a great, great head. I gave it five stars as for the price you can't beat this splitting axe. For the homeowner or non professional you cant beat this splitting axe and the only shame is that Vaughn or Estwing don't make a splitting maul or heavy splitting axe in the USA. This axe is the bomb as this generation says. The only question is how many 'years' of hard use can you get out of the axe handle for professional splitters. But you could buy 4 of these for the price of the Gransfour maul and this splits better although Gransfours won't like to hear that. The Granfours of course last several generations the steel quality is so good so if you don't want to have your kids buy tools go with Granfours axes and maul if you can afford them. I inherited my grandfathers gransfour axes and I am an old man now and they still cut/split like they were new. Given what is available in the market for high quality 6-8 pound mauls not made in China or India or the third world this splitting axe is the best choice for the home owner with a lot of wood to split especially big rounds. It really cracks those big rounds I was using a estwing wedge and 8/10 lb Vaughn sledge to break. Looks like they are selling enough of these I can get a new handle if it breaks and the handle is under warranty but I always misplace receipts. I'm going to put some coffee can tin underneath the head to extend the life of the handle as the head is a 'perfect' design. They should give a raise to the engineer who designed this axe. I will buy a few more of these. In summary a superbly designed axe with capability to split equal to a good usa made 8 lb maul with near commercial quality ex for the handle and lack of a leather sheath. For the price you can't beat this tool and its made in Finland where the government respects labor and not China or India nations looking to gut and steal USA and Canadian jobs by rigging their currency and employing child labor. Too bad about the cheap looking plastic sheath. A leather sheath and a commercial grade handle of top quality hickory would make this a forever tool and I would gladly pay $75 dollars or more to get the upgrade to the commercial handle and a good sheath. Gransfour is on the run with this axe at last. Heck I would pay 125 dollars for his head on a commercial grade handle it is that good. Thanks Fiskar. Thanks for providing us with an ethical buying choice and such a superb design. Fix your other tool lines and I will be a buyer. This makes up for all the other Fiskar tools I wore out or the help broke. So Fiskar owed me as I don't take back tools I wear out. That is my job to be a buyer and pay a fair price for high quality. This axe has HIGH QUALITY although its is nothing to look at as far as aesthetics. Only Gransfour makes beautiful axes anymore.

You ever make a purchase and think to yourself “ Wow! It doesn’t happen often that l’m this pleased with a product and I don’t regret buying it one bit?” This is that one! This is hands down the best splitting axe I have ever used. I do a lot of off grid camping in northern Wi and collect my own firewood (downed trees with a chainsaw) and this splits absolutely everything I throw a it Pine, Oak, Maple, Birch, Poplar, and others with ease. It’s ridiculous how easy it splits it all. I used it all of the 2025 season and it has held up incredibly well. Super durable, good steel stays very sharp and takes an edge nicely when it needs to be touched up. I would absolutely recommend this axe to anyone looking for the best value for the money spent.

After many purchases on Amazon, I think this may be my first review. I am extremely happy with this splitting ax. Here are my reasons for buying it: I do not own a wood stove, but I have had a number of large trees fall in the yard over the years. I typically just cut them with the chainsaw to a reasonable size and put them in the woods. However, I do have a fire pit and thought it would be great to start splitting some of these pieces into a size that would burn easier and would be more manageable. I could not justify a power splitter because, as I mentioned, I do not heat using a wood stove, and I thought using this ax would be good exercise. The number of positive reviews on amazon and YouTube convinced me to buy this particular splitting ax. Those reviews were correct. This was a great purchase that was well worth the money. Here are why I think it is great: Simply put, it cuts better and with less force than any maul or splitting ax that I have used. Nearly every cut is a full split on the first swing. In many cases, you do not have to use a full swing to split the logs, and those instances where I did not have a full split was because I only lightly swung the ax. Essentially, you can look at the blade design and see it is well designed to cut and wedge the wood. While not paper light, it is much lighter than a maul meaning one can work longer with it too. I used this ax primarily on Oak and Poplar. I also used it on green and old wood. The green obviously took a fuller swing, but not by much. If you do find that you need to make a full swing, the handle is very long and the head is lighter than a maul; so, you can generate a lot of acceleration resulting in tremendous force. I also tested it in near freezing weather because I was concerned that the composite handle may have issues in the cold (much like one is not supposed to use a composite baseball bat in cold weather.) It had no issues at all. As a matter of fact, on my first swing, I took a hard swing and missed terribly. I hit the handle directly on the log. It only scuffed it slightly. There is also no real vibration in the handle like you get in a wood handle ax. The shape and texture at the end of the handle makes for an easy firm grip too, even with gloves on. In addition, I have seen in other reviews that Fiskars is great about honoring the warranty if something happens to the handle. In theory, this should be the last splitting ax that I ever have to buy. As with any splitting ax/maul, I do recommend putting your wood on a stump for those instances where you cut clear through the log. The blade is sharp and has held its edge well, but it would clearly chip if hit into gravel or an unexpected very hard surface or material. In addition, I recommend wrapping the wood in a tire or strap to stop the pieces from flying. This will stop you from having to bend over so often to pick up the pieces. In summary, this has been a great product that does what it is supposed to do very well. The multitude of positive reviews will attest to this. It is a superb product with a great warranty from a reputable company. If you need an ax or maul for log splitting, I see no reason not to buy this product.

The Fiskars X27 Super Splitting Axe, 36" Wood Splitting Axe works well. The axe I received was sharp enough to slice thin wood pieces of a log. That is about the right sharpness for an axe. The people that say razor sharp are confusing a shaving razor for an axe. This axe is not razor sharp and it could not be with the axe edge angle. I had two types of trees taken down and in need of splitting, a large 30ft ornamental pear tree, not to be confused with a pear tree. And a large 30 ft river birch tree. If I only had the birch to split of the two trees I would have a more negative review of this axe. However the pear was a completely different story. The axe worked very good with splitting the pear. Having split both types of trees my review is more complete. The ornamental pear split very easy with this axe. On the other hand the river birch did not split at all with this axe. I tried swinging it as hard as I could, with total control of the axe, and could not get any of the birch to split. I did get the axe head to go into the log a few inches in. Looked good but it would not split. I realized after splitting the pear tree that the river birch is a difficult wood to split. I could not split the river birch with a maul either. It's a difficult wood to split all the way down to the final stand of wood connecting two pieces. I was able to split the river birch with a couple wedges but I had to drive them all the way thru and use a hand axe to cut thru the strands. It was a process of hitting the wedge then using the hand axe to split stands them back to the wedge. It was a slow process but worked. River birch does not split well, at least not the type of river birch I had. In summary this axe feels light to swing and easy to hit accurately. It does not require any crazy swings to split normal wood. It's very enjoyable to use and does not wear you out. The weight feels right, the handle has a great grip, and the swing feels good. I really like this axe and prefer it over other axes I have. After all the splitting I did and many hours trying to split river birch the axe still had a sharp edge. I did not need to sharpen it at all. This is a great axe to split wood with.

This axe has done it all for me. I bought a piece of property in the mountains which has needed a considerable amount of clearing. There's nothing like having an ample supply of firewood for those weekend trips and this axe splits any variety of wood with ease. It is super lightweight and has decent vibration resistance. So far, its durability shows zero signs of issues, and I have used it for weekend trips for the last several months. At a great price point this axe is not only awesome looking but is a must have for your wood chopping needs.

Fantastic Axe...but... Still enjoy splitting wood the old fashioned way with a splitting maul axe over a gas powered splitter. I'm 65 and stay in shape better than most young people. So I ordered this Fiskars splitting maul on one of Amazons special Gold box or lightening deals, especially since I have other Fiskars products. Received it a couple days ago and when I open the box and looked at it my first impression was high quality as the rest of their products, but my keen eye picked up right away on two areas that might be an issue. The observation made was that the handle (butt end) is made of what appears to be a plastic coating, not rubber coating. This could be a problem since you want your anchoring hand to be firm on the grip when swinging this to split wood. The shaft can be somewhat smooth as the other hand has to slide down to complete the split. So with some caution I gave it a test ride. My observations were correct. I first tested it dry with bare hands and it was at best, okay, felt like I had to really squeeze it to hang on. Then I put leather gloves on and it improved somewhat as far as a grip. Next tried wet gloves, not good. I then sprayed water on the shaft and butt grip ( as we know we do split wood in wet or rain conditions sometimes even though you shouldn't) The water lubricated the shaft creating a dangerous grip. Knowing that this was a good product and split wood with ease, I didn't want to send it back. I knew I could improve on it. I first sprayed the grip with a rubberized spray that I use for high voltage electrical connections which after a couple thin coats improved the grip by 1000 percent. I then took it one step further and wrapped the butt grip with hockey players stick tape and BAM...Now I have fantastic grip and it works amazingly well. Pros: Company with great products. Gold Box deal great price. Well constructed, well balanced, not heavy, splits well, good quality with only one small flaw in my opinion (grip) see cons below. Cons: Me personally I'm not real fond of the pistol grip end at the butt. I wish it was just a straight shaft or even a ball style at the end. Not a deal breaker, but it just feels a little awkward is all. Secondly the butt grip area of shaft is smooth plastic coated which feels slippery when gripping whether it's dry or wet conditions, hands only or with gloves. Remedy to vastly improve grip. Spray with rubberize electrical coating which is used for high voltage lines or electrical wire, which can be bought at Lowes or Home Depot, and or wrap with Hockey players stick wrap, and problem solved. My recommendation even based on the cons is to go buy this splitting maul axe. If it was not for the grip issue I would have give this a 5 star rating.

I have an electric/hydraulic splitter from Home Depot that I've been using for years. It works pretty well but the cycle time is quite slow. I have also used wedges and a sledge hammer to split, which wasnt any faster. So I was very interested to see how this sucker would work, after reading so many glowing reviews. Well I'm here to add another one. I had some fairly well cured oak rounds that it did a job on. Anything under about 14-15" in diameter, it usually split in one or two strikes, as long as I got the second strike in or close to the first one, unless the wood had knots. More than that, I used the wedges and sledge. But 10" diameter or less .... shazam! My biggest learning curve was getting my distance from the wood right. The long handle means you have to stand back an extra pace (a good 5'-6') when you're swinging this axe in a big loop from behind you, over the top, and down onto the wood with your arms extended and that 36" length. But that cycle time is a few seconds. The job doesn't go that much faster for different reasons, but it's gratifying each time you drive this axe down and then pick up the split pieces. The lightweight plastic (?) handle seems indestructible. I missed a few times and the handle at the head hit the wood forcefully, with merely a scuff. I was pleasantly surprised at how effective it splits my oak. And not to sound sexist (intentionally), but I don't see most women using this effectively. It takes a surge of effort, and ideally some experience with swinging axes or sledge hammers at full extension, to complete a powerful and accurate swing. (I'm 5-10/150 but in good shape for 50ish, and experienced.) Not sure if it will work better if I grunt when swinging, but it's pretty danged good already.

I have only split wood before using a cheap home depot axe, and using a sledgehammer+iron split (thanks dad). Both were terrible methods as the home depot axe would get dull quick, be heavy to swing, and overall uncomforatble to use. The sledge+split was worse. My dad made me hold a split and hit it with a 8 lb sledge. It would take 10 minutes to do a 12 inch slab. So I looked into axes, found this, and had my dad order it. Came in a plastic holder to cover the head of the axe including the sharp end, and hold the axe for easy carrying. The handle is very light, and hollow, yet extremely strong and durable. The axe head is some very high quality metal, and the design is flawless for splitting wood and not haveing to worry about an axe flying off. The weight distribution on the axe is perfect for creating maximum velocity and power to slice through even the wettest, hardest wood. After using it for 3 cords of wood, It still holds true. I have slammed the neck of the handle many times on accident into wood by missing. I have split the hardest wood and largest diameter wood. I have hit metal nails and other objects.Yet I have had no issues with this. The handle has not had a crack or dent, just a scuff. the axe head had one small groove where I had hit a metal object but I worked it out with a fiskars grinding stone. There is no cracks, or visible damage besides scuffing. With the damage done to this, I would have expected it to break, but this thing is a beast. It goes through wood like butter, and if youre a dry splitter, this will cut your splitting time by half.Very minimal effort is needed to get this through dry wood, and it splits by itself on design alone. (Tip: use an old tire to surround logs or log of wood, cut wood, and have it stay in place) This axe does not get me as exhausted as other axes. It holds its edge for a long period of time, but I still like to sharpen it. And it does not rust! at least for me it hasnt. It was left outside for a rainstorm and there was nothing but some dirt on it.

柄が長く破壊力があるので薪割りがスムーズに行えます。 木の柄の斧では打ち損じで柄を壊してしまうことがありましたが、この斧の柄は強化ファイバープラスチックでできており、打ち損じても壊れることも無ければヒビも入らないので初心者でも安心して使うことができます。 価格は少々高いですが、長く使えるのでコスパは良いと思います。

Splits oak as if it were pine. Best splitting axe I have ever used.

Beatiful axe, but cannot register it for the warranty without getting help from amazon. Would like to get more information on a heavier axe.

Ok so I've gone from struggling with a felling axe which ended up snapping the timber handle as I tried to split large blocks, ended up looking for a replacement and got to learn that a splitting axe or maul would be better suited for the job. Fiskars was praised by many and although I'm located in Oz I made purchase from the US via Amazon, was really pleased by the speed of delivery and ended up costing slightly less than local purchase. Now to the axe it self, man what a world of difference it has made. I am getting through some very large blocks with half the effort and time, the axe never gets stuck like my old felling axe and for a skinny dude like me I am finding I can swing this baby with some force (weight is distributed towards the head) Absolutely loving this new axe and could have saved some dollars by by passing the felling axe to begin with.

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