Hatchet vs knife for splitting wood

I like a big chopper for splitting wood , does OK , I prefer it to my hatchet in fact

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I have a slightly larger one too , that often does duty as an axe , or super heavy duty machete , makes super short work of branches stuff

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yeah , it is a recycled leaf spring :) but its an awesome tool to use as well :)
 
An Axe works for me.


BTW, Myal, how did you ever make that spring straight?
 
Get a 12" ontario machete and call it a draw. The 18" machete is a better choice if you are doing more than just splitting.

Kev
 
555 said:
An Axe works for me.


BTW, Myal, how did you ever make that spring straight?
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I parked a car on it and lifted against the natural curve , moved the car , done it again , repeated a whole lot a times ... eventualy had a straight spring .

I happen to be a bigish kinda guy and can do silly things like that

it took two days with a wet rag and angle grinder to put a decent cutting edge on it . the temper of the steel is the same as when it came off the car . I just straightened it and sharpened it damping it down when it got warm to touch .

I do things a LOT different now days tho
 
Myal said:
I parked a car on it and lifted against the natural curve , moved the car , done it again , repeated a whole lot a times ... eventualy had a straight spring .

I happen to be a bigish kinda guy and can do silly things like that

it took two days with a wet rag and angle grinder to put a decent cutting edge on it . the temper of the steel is the same as when it came off the car . I just straightened it and sharpened it damping it down when it got warm to touch .

I do things a LOT different now days tho
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thanks for posting back.

i'm used to lawn mower blades and metal files that were made into knives.

one cool idea and project.

nice work.:thumbup:
 
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