hardpan
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Like baseball, swing the biggest bat you can handle.
Like baseball, swing the biggest bat you can handle.
Hope this thing is as good as you guys say it is. I have difficulty seeing how it could be that much better than a regular axe....
Pretty soon you'll be reading posts by other people who say the same thing and you'll laugh to yourself and think, "I remember when I used to feel that way!"
The few nay sayers about the Fiskar's that show up in these threads are the ones who expected it to be a miracle tool and replace mauls, wedge/sledge, etc.
I used my new x27 today -- freaking love it! It performs much better than the Stihl "splitting axe" (not maul) that has been very disappointing. Wish I wouldn't have bought the Stihl...
The only x27 flaw is the soft steel. I already have two dings in the blade from 45 minutes of splitting, but I will wait to sharpen it until it develops enough dings affect performance.
I don't have an x25, so I can't say. My guess would be that they're about the same.Is the x27 softer than the x25?
I used my new x27 today -- freaking love it! It performs much better than the Stihl "splitting axe" (not maul) that has been very disappointing. Wish I wouldn't have bought the Stihl...
The only x27 flaw is the soft steel. I already have two dings in the blade from 45 minutes of splitting, but I will wait to sharpen it until it develops enough dings affect performance.
Not true Harry. I'm one of those naysayer's, and I didn't expect the X27 to be a miracle tool... in fact, it performs near exactly as I expected it would. As far as splittin' wood, it's a splittin' ax... it's a finisher, not a starter... and it ain't even a finisher for tough, stringy stuff. Often I'll halve or quarter some splits into smaller pieces to build a quick bed of coals for cookin' in the fire pit. If it's elm or such I don't even bother with the X27, I go directly to the maul... 'cause the Fiskars can't handle the job! And why anyone would swing the Fiskars two, three, four or more times to halve a larger round instead of one swing with the maul is beyond me. Honestly, it requires more energy to swing the 4# Fiskars twice than it does to swing an 8# maul once... I don't care what anyone says. I've even found some ash and hard maple that the Fiskars wouldn't handle efficiently, and tossed it aside for the maul. Splittin' Bur Oak it's a crap-shoot, it does fine on the straighter, smaller rounds (say under 10 inches)... but that's normally less than 25% of the tree. What I didn't expect was how well the synthetic handle feels and performs... light-years ahead of any other I've used or tried (except for that Fiskars handle, I hate synthetic on any striking tool).
And finally, I see a lot of claims as to how sharp the Fiskars is... well guys, it's pretty simple, if'n ya' can't shave hair with an ax, it flat ain't sharp!
Agree. There is no one tool that does everything. The few nay sayers about the Fiskar's that show up in these threads are the ones who expected it to be a miracle tool and replace mauls, wedge/sledge, etc.
Harry K
How did you ding the edge, what did you hit? Only asking because I have yet to ding mine up. I have dulled it a lot, but nothing I could class as a serious ding.
I really like that Fiskars too, even though I think it's the ugliest axe I have in my collection. The edge retention isn't great but when its sharp, it makes short work of a stack of rounds.
joseph
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