best axe for building a campfire and keeping it burning?

[muleman77]

To explain my thoughts a bit more ... the advantages I see for a 24-28" Faller's axe in this usage are:
1. since it is not intended as a pack or trail axe the head can be fullsize with a two-handed usage for more efficient cutting and splitting of larger diameter logs into usable lengths to drag into camp. This makes a better fire for cooking and heat than the smaller brush fires.
2. I have tried all types of kindling axes at home and definitely have a preference for a fullsize head which is not so apt to stray out the sides of the piece on its way down through
3. The larger head with a longer angle slope which makes it easier to shave off small kindling pieces
4. The larger head has a wider poll to open up the split
5. The heavier weight allows for a more controlled/accurate gentle swing which lets the head weight do the work
6. The heavier head allows for the wood to be held upright with the bit placed on top of it ... and the split can be facilitated by dropping the wood and the axe together onto a block. This is a safe way to break down small kindling
7. The handle is long enough for two-handed swings and short enough for choking up and using a one handed swing
8. The straight handle keeps a uniform hand geometry relationship to the bit for the varying hand positions

I chop a lot of kindling and stove wood on a block, with a fallers axe for all the reasons you said. I can swing it well one handed, and find no difficulty in using it that way.

That that was the axe we had in the block when I was a kid.