Ground cover to protect axe blade?

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twd000

Feeling the Heat
Aug 28, 2015
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Southern New Hampshire
I'm planning to try the tire trick for splitting some rounds, and moving down off the chopping block and onto the ground. Is there some sort of material I can put underneath the wood, to protect the axe blade from getting nicked on rocks in the soil?
 
Stall mat works for me

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Wouldn't that shatter and shred after a few strokes? I'm thinking of some sort of woven composite fabric. Sort of like how chainsaw chaps have fibers that resist the chain by absorbing the energy without shredding
 
Wouldn't that shatter and shred after a few strokes? I'm thinking of some sort of woven composite fabric. Sort of like how chainsaw chaps have fibers that resist the chain by absorbing the energy without shredding
Guessing a 2x2' of 3/4 would last more than just a few strokes and you get 8 per sheet but yeah ain't gonna last forever. Figured it could be readily found. Heavy rubber matting (is that what a stall mat is) might be better for a maul. Something sharp like a Fiskars could cut right through?
 
Any co-op or farm/feed store

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plywood doesn't last that long either to be honest.
 
How about tying 4 big rounds together with a rope and put your tire on top? Not so much bending down.
 
How about some saplings or small limbs laying crosswise to the axe's stroke? Or a big "cookie" underneath the whole thing.
 
I made a base for mine from some 4x6 oak timbers and screwed the tire to it.
 
I've never been worried about nicks on my splitting maul. The edge isn't sharp anyways and if it gets too banged up I hit it with a file.
 
mulch, wood chips ?
 
not worth bending over for me........ But if you really insist, do what Montanalocal suggested.
 
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