I was splitting my favorite today with the Fiskars. White oak 
. What wood do you think smells the best as you split it?
. What wood do you think smells the best as you split it?what wood has the best scent when splitting
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Lakeside
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I like black birch , smells sweet like - peppermint or wintergreen.
TommyTally
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Snigg
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johneh
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bsruther
Minister of Fire
Cherry and most any type of pine. I don't find the smell of oak pleasant, but I like smelling it while splitting.
KindredSpiritzz
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Rebelduckman
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White oak and nothing comes close. Makes me want to pour up a stiff bourbon
mustangwagz
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White oak smells great when splitting it, Cherry smells best when burning, Red oak smells good burning too, only thing locust does good is burn! LOL Wet locust Stinks like a horse barn when splitting and when burning has a distinct smell. When the neighbor toss's locust in, i know it!
prezes13
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I like red oak. I didn't split white yet. Have about a cord on a ground to be split.
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TreePointer
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Black cherry and white oak are my favorites. Most red oak is pretty good, too.
midwestcoast
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On smell alone, it's Cedar for me, I never get tired of that smell.
Red Oak burns really nice, but smells like piss when splitting if you ask me. And you sorta almost did.
Red Oak burns really nice, but smells like piss when splitting if you ask me. And you sorta almost did.
Knots
Minister of Fire
I've cut and split so much red oak I've begun to associate it with money. Red oak smells like money. 
Paulywalnut
Minister of Fire
Red oak and cherry. You would think apple would smell good when splitting it but it has a surprising horse a... manure odor. Nice when it burns though.
Fi-Q
Feeling the Heat
For me it is Larch, fir and spruce, the best smell ever 
. I know fir and stpuce are far to be the best burnin wood, but I use what I have. And last summer, Arthur brought a lot of then down on my land....
. I know fir and stpuce are far to be the best burnin wood, but I use what I have. And last summer, Arthur brought a lot of then down on my land....White pine, cedar and black birch smell awesome to me. I love the smell of red oak as well but the first 3 are great.
firefighterjake
Minister of Fire
Cedar, cherry, apple, red oak, yellow birch and white pine ... I'm always stopping to sniff the fresh splits ... it's a wonder that I get as much wood split as I do.
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