Square_peg
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I don't remember what I was chopping.
It don't matter. So long as you're chopping.......

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I don't remember what I was chopping.
Splitting on the reverse with a Best Made Felling Axe, up in Voyageurs National Park. Stubborn red pine.
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I've found pine, hemlock, and spruce (especially when old/dead) also hard to chop (buck). Surprisingly beech (when green) is nice to chop. Birch ain't bad either.
A lot of folks think pine is easy wood to split. it is if its straight and knot free but that is rare with the stuff I get around here. The good stuff goes to lumber. Some of the best splitting stuff Ive found is straight grain maple, splits so well it makes me teary eyed. simply beautiful.
Some of the best splitting stuff Ive found is straight grain maple, splits so well it makes me teary eyed. simply beautiful.