FYI- walking through BJ's wholesale club yesterday and saw them. Price wasn't great at 49.00 but most places near me don't sell them. Picked me up one, and gonna try it out this weekend. Suppose to be a heat wave of 45 degrees on Saturday.
Fiskars x27 at BJ's
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KindredSpiritzz
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brant2000
Feeling the Heat
I've been very happy with mine. Just try to keep your logs up off the ground, to avoid hitting rocks. Of course, you can always order them on Amazon and be amazed at how quickly it arrives at your home (especially with prime shipping).
Very much so. The splitting axe works precisely because it's sharp and digs in to the wood a good ways before the wedging action takes over and splits the round. I find splitting as low in my swing as I can works pretty well, so I just lay a scrap of OSB on the ground, or stand uphill of a short chopping block.
I bought one when tsc had them on clearance for $25. I have no problem with the way it splits but I do not like the plastic handle.
This might be the first time I've read that someone didn't like it. I'm pleased with mine. What didn't you like about it?
Halligan
Feeling the Heat
I like mine. I have a splitter but will split by hand when I want a little workout or I don't have much to split.
Auzzie Gumtree
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Exactly the same here - sometimes its nice just to swing the axe for a couple of hours. Got mine from Amazon delivered to Australia and its still less than half the price.
Here's the cheapest we can buy them for here.
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Love mine... Just split a rank of silver maple and it was super easy to split. 1 more rank to go then im off to cut more wood.
KindredSpiritzz
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I suppose its fine on easier splitting woods. I found i had to swing more times to get thru a round than i did with my medium sized maul. I didnt like the light weight head or the hollow fiberglass handle and i thought the shape of the head caused it to get stuck more readily and i didnt like the fact there was really no spot to hit it on thru with a sledge hammer if need be. After all the hype i read on it i was greatly disappointed in it. Maybe im just used to more heft when i split. For the life of me i don't understand what everyone sees in it.
I'll take my old axe any day.
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husky345 vermont resolute
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I paid 60 for mine . I love it and is a joy to use. Its alot lighter than the maul i was using and i dont get beat up as quick using it. Great for splitting up kindling as well. Love it and wont use anything else now
I'll second the notion that the x27 sometimes just doesn't have enough weight behind it. I think that's really the point - most logs don't need the weight, and you'll get more benefit out of a higher swing speed with a lighter head. For those gnarly logs, or even just a big one you want to split in half so you can feel like a viking, a heftier maul will get it done. I've got both the x27 and an 8lb "wedge on a stick" maul that I'll take out for splitting. The x27 does 90% of the work, the maul splits about 5%, and the really stubborn logs get left for the hydraulic splitter or chainsaw later.
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