Stihl Pro Splitting Axe

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Square_peg

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I was just looking at one of these in the store today. I liked the look of it. The shape reminded me of one of my big rafting axes except a bit bigger at the poll. Not quite a maul in shape or weight, it looks about ideal for splitting. 5.5 pounds. Looks well built. C60 medium-high carbon steel. Made by Oschenkopf in Germany.

Anyone have one? Review?

http://www.stihlusa.com/products/hand-tools/axes/prosplitaxe/
 
Square_peg said:
I was just looking at one of these in the store today. I liked the look of it. The shape reminded me of one of my big rafting axes except a bit bigger at the poll. Not quite a maul in shape or weight, it looks about ideal for splitting. 5.5 pounds. Looks well built. C60 medium-high carbon steel. Made by Oschenkopf in Germany.

Anyone have one? Review?

http://www.stihlusa.com/products/hand-tools/axes/prosplitaxe/
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My brother has one of those. :)
It's a beast!
Definitely splits wood pretty good if you have a handy chopping stump. :thumbup:

My wife found it to be a bit unwieldy for her...but she's five feet tall (no extra inches).
She still managed a few good swings with it, and split a nice section of telephone pole pretty handily.
 
The way those germans seat the heads way above the shoulder sure looks weird. Not the first time I have seen this.
 
thunderstick said:
I'd be interested in seeing a side by side comparison with a Gransfors Bruks splitting maul.
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Second on that. The user reviews from their site (keeping that in mind) seem outright favorable. Didn't see this axe the last time I was in a Stihl store here - are they pretty recent? About $100 or so sound right?

I have one of their chainsaws and think that falls in the quality user tool category.
 
[video=youtube;7xrn01lJIk0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xrn01lJIk0[/video]

[video=youtube;e_Q_mSheKyk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Q_mSheKyk[/video]
 
Thanks for the videos. How he feels about the splitting axe - that's how I feel about my rafting axes. They just split so naturally and easily.
 
I have the Stihl pro splitting maul, and I'm very happy with it. I tried the axe, but for the red oak I split the maul seems to do the job better and less effort. (Less swings)
 
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