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bigealta

Minister of Fire
May 22, 2010
1,064
Utah & NJ
This is the old craftsman I still use and love. The key is the light weight and the curved handle. Straight handles are no good for me. The curve with a hook on the bottom let you torque your swing much easier. Also I like mine very dull, not sharp. I’m splitting mostly oak and I don’t want a sharp tip that can get stuck. I want it to crack the rounds not cut the fibers.

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Ashful

Minister of Fire
Mar 7, 2012
19,044
Philadelphia
This is the old craftsman I still use and love. The key is the light weight and the curved handle. Straight handles are no good for me. The curve with a hook on the bottom let you torque your swing much easier. Also I like mine very dull, not sharp. I’m splitting mostly oak and I don’t want a sharp tip that can get stuck. I want it to crack the rounds not cut the fibers.

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Nice! If that’s a Craftsman, then I suspect my favorite 6 lb. maul, re-handled many years ago with no maker’s mark, must also be a Craftsman. I painted it many years ago, but now I’m half tempted to go sand the paint off and look for that stamping mark.
 

bigealta

Minister of Fire
May 22, 2010
1,064
Utah & NJ
Nice! If that’s a Craftsman, then I suspect my favorite 6 lb. maul, re-handled many years ago with no maker’s mark, must also be a Craftsman. I painted it many years ago, but now I’m half tempted to go sand the paint off and look for that stamping mark.
I thought mine was not marked as well. But then looked very hard and wife said put some flour or baking soda on it to help read what is engraved. And then it worked, you could for the 1st time see the letters. Craftsman
 
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Jonathco

New Member
Jun 5, 2022
25
Byron, Michigan
I was able to get outside after work, for a few minutes before dark and try out the sawbuck. Entire books could be written on all the things I still don't know about wood processing, but overall I am still figfuring out efficiencies and I'd say it works well!
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tabner

Feeling the Heat
Jan 17, 2019
353
Eastern CT
I need to get a maul actually. Any brand/model recomendations?
I also use the fiskars X27 and love it. For a maul I have the Fiskars IsoCore 8 lb maul. I really like the combo. break up big knotty oak with the 8 lber, and then switch over to the X27 for the smaller chunks, or anything that's easier splitting.
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Jonathco

New Member
Jun 5, 2022
25
Byron, Michigan
I also use the fiskars X27 and love it. For a maul I have the Fiskars IsoCore 8 lb maul. I really like the combo. break up big knotty oak with the 8 lber, and then switch over to the X27 for the smaller chunks, or anything that's easier splitting.
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I wondered about the IsoCore - reviews look really good on it. I had also considered a Council Tool maul, but the reviews all say the handles are trash and break. Looks like I need to pick up a maul for those big rounds of wild cherry I have!
 

Jonathco

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Jun 5, 2022
25
Byron, Michigan
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Ashful

Minister of Fire
Mar 7, 2012
19,044
Philadelphia
There's a debate about this in the movie Frozen, which makes me chuckle and think of this forum, every time my kids re-watch that movie. I imagine one of their writers must have been a hearth.com poster, at one point.

 
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