Birken Vogt
Charter Member
I thought this forum is as good as any for this question.
I am in the market for a new splitting maul. It is how I keep in shape because troubleshooting does not do it for me.
Mainly for white oak and live oak which are pretty stringy to split.
I once used a triangular shaped head and it seemed like it did not get stuck very much compared to the traditional one.
I also like the idea of a steel handle because this tough wood seems to take a lot of odd bounces which are hard on the sides of the wood handle.
I always used a power woodsplitter when I had to do lots of firewood for necessity's sake so I never got much experience with hand splitting. Now that I don't have to burn wood and am doing relatively little I would like to know what those experienced say about shapes and sizes of mauls. I like to get the exercise but I still want to be as efficient as possible, no fun taking 5 strokes to crack a tough round open.
I am in the market for a new splitting maul. It is how I keep in shape because troubleshooting does not do it for me.
Mainly for white oak and live oak which are pretty stringy to split.
I once used a triangular shaped head and it seemed like it did not get stuck very much compared to the traditional one.
I also like the idea of a steel handle because this tough wood seems to take a lot of odd bounces which are hard on the sides of the wood handle.
I always used a power woodsplitter when I had to do lots of firewood for necessity's sake so I never got much experience with hand splitting. Now that I don't have to burn wood and am doing relatively little I would like to know what those experienced say about shapes and sizes of mauls. I like to get the exercise but I still want to be as efficient as possible, no fun taking 5 strokes to crack a tough round open.