Fiskars: Check out new series of axes...

[FSburt]

Anybody using these as falling axes for hitting wedges? They seem like they have a wide enough head to pound with just seem kinda on the light side for weight though. Just thought they might be a lighter alternative during falling assignments on fires where the hikes are usually long and weight savings is helpfull.

 

[oldmar]

I pound wedges with my 24" chopping axe- the poll is a little narrow, and slightly tapered, so it's not ideal, but it works OK. It's a better axe than it is a hammer, but I don't take a hammer into the woods.

 

[SawTroll]

Oh mercy TT, if your talkin to me brother Im just lucky to be able to turn this dang laptop on! If I could send ya the link I sure would....

Posting a link is almost as easy - about the first thing I learned after I started to post in saw forums!

In fact, it is easier on those that use V-bulletin (like AS), than on the others.......

 

[MacLaren]

Posting a link is almost as easy - about the first thing I learned after I started to post in saw forums!

In fact, it is easier on those that use V-bulletin (like AS), than on the others.......

i would imagine so troll. i just dont care.:biggrinbounce2:

 

[oldmar]

i would imagine so troll. i just dont care.:biggrinbounce2:

sigged.

and incredibly useful all sorts of places.

 

[Woodcutteranon]

Why do they always do this to us? If my Super Splitter wasn't the greatest thing ever...they go an make it EXTREME! I remember, a long time ago, when the .30-30 was a perfect load for deer season...Ah the good ole days.

 

[MacLaren]

Why do they always do this to us? If my Super Splitter wasn't the greatest thing ever...they go an make it EXTREME! I remember, a long time ago, when the .30-30 was a perfect load for deer season...Ah the good ole days.

Ah, yes sir, settin here lookin at the same thing The x25

 

[SawTroll]

Mine is far too old to have the orange on the handle.

 

[04ultra]

Why do they always do this to us? If my Super Splitter wasn't the greatest thing ever...they go an make it EXTREME! I remember, a long time ago, when the .30-30 was a perfect load for deer season...Ah the good ole days.

Gots me two of them.........



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[brages]

The new scabbard (sheath?) has an improved retention scheme:

 

[SawTroll]

I am not sure if I will like the "hook" on the rear end of the handle - the original one has never been a problem for me.

 

[CountryBoy19]

I am not sure if I will like the "hook" on the rear end of the handle - the original one has never been a problem for me.

It's always a problem for me when I'm wearing gloves.


I did notice one major change though, I think I'm going to like it.

Did anybody notice that they beveled the top and side edges of the wedge?

I always have a problem getting it out of wood if it goes in past the top edge of the flares. Those "sharp edges" grab and hold on. I think those beveled edges will make it easier to remove from a pieces of wood that didn't split.

 

[fields_mj]

For my use, the old one has felt "perfect" - but I guess I will take a look at the new one at some point......

I seldom split wood that is sitting directly on the ground, as I don't like hitting it with the axe.

That's funny because I seldom bother picking a round up off the ground until it's split. Then again, if it will fit through the 10" square door on my furnace, I don't waste time ruining it by splitting it into kindling. I just burn it as is. It's nice to have the wood off the ground when splitting, but I really don't like the idea of lifting over 24,000 lbs of wood a year one extra time

Personally, I'm a little disappointed that it has taken them so long to get this product on the market. All they had to do was manufacture the mold for the longer handle. I think I was seeing pictures of it over the summer, which means the mold has been done for a long time, and the molding process has long been established. The 28" handle is the only thing that has kept me from buying a Fiskars. If they ever drop the childish marketing tactics and just put them on the shelves, I'll probably spend the money and buy one.

 

[indiansprings]

Finally! The short handle was the only reason I haven't bought a couple of them. I was afraid it would be a shin splitter with the 28" handle unless you used extreme caution, and using high school kids to do alot of the splitting there is more jacking around the splittin pile than anywhere else.
I think the longer handle will give them a boost in sales in the American market. Now if I can find one in the area, I haven't seen anyone that carries them in my area, Baileys is the only place I've seen them, prolly have to order them from them. I though True Value hardware might carry them but no luck on the short one there. We go through five or six hickory handles a year. I'm lucky that there is a handle factory located only 15 miles away. You can buy 2nd quality handles for 3.00 a piece and 1st quality for 6.00 which is a heck of alot cheaper than Lowe's or Depot.

 

[BigJ]

I am not sure if I will like the "hook" on the rear end of the handle - the original one has never been a problem for me.

A couple of my original ones broke upon their very first opening in very cold weather. My theory is that the un-fatigued hinge was too thick and stiff for the first operation in cold weather. The ones that I broke in during the summer have been fine unless they've sustained a blunt force trauma.

 

[Chris J.]

...I remember, a long time ago, when the .30-30 was a perfect load for deer season...Ah the good ole days....

I had a couple of great uncles, RIP, that put a lot venison on the table for many years using open sight .30-.30s. I'd also guess that they didn't use any fancy axes to split their firewood .

 

[MacLaren]

I had a couple of great uncles, RIP, that put a lot venison on the table for many years using open sight .30-.30s. I'd also guess that they didn't use any fancy axes to split their firewood .

More deer killed with a 30/30 than any other rifle.

 

[CountryBoy19]

Personally, I'm a little disappointed that it has taken them so long to get this product on the market. All they had to do was manufacture the mold for the longer handle. I think I was seeing pictures of it over the summer, which means the mold has been done for a long time, and the molding process has long been established. The 28" handle is the only thing that has kept me from buying a Fiskars. If they ever drop the childish marketing tactics and just put them on the shelves, I'll probably spend the money and buy one.

I don't remember seeing any pictures of it until now. Are you sure? The only thing I saw was internet rumor in mid-summer, then later towards fall was an email from a Fiskars rep the got copy and pasted saying that they were, in fact, making one with a longer handle.

 

[Chris J.]

More deer killed with a 30/30 than any other rifle.

That's what I've heard & read many times. If you talked to my greatuncles about groupings, scopes, rangefinders, custom stocks, weights, etc., they would look at you as though you were speaking an obscure foreign lanuage. To them technology meant fancy farm equipment that they couldn't afford.

I wish that I had been older while they were alive & in good health. At the time I was a cityslicker kid who didn't appreciate the simple lives they had. I probably would've learned a thing or two turning trees into firewood, the old fashioned way.

 

[SawTroll]

More deer killed with a 30/30 than any other rifle.

Yes, but that doesn't make it a great caliber! :biggrinbounce2: