Kindling Splitter

[HarleyT]

I have pissed off a lot of guys on facebook, by making fun of a kindling splitter, and I am getting some emotional responses. Am I missing something, or is this thing good for anything?

 

[homemade]

I don’t think they are that bad. It better then being unskilled with a hatchet and chopping a finger off.

My sister for example bought a house with a small fireplace insert. She doesn’t run a fire 24-7 so she is always starting a new fire. She is also not coordinated enough to run any chopping tool. I thought it would be a good way to get her kindling on her own.


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[unclemoustache]

Those are pretty good. Made my own from a hatchet and a piece of angle iron. No safety bar, of course.

My younger kids can split kindling easily with no danger to themselves. I find it a bit faster myself.

 

[DutchWoodPecker]

We have a prehistoric open air museum that even has a few of them for guests to make kindling without, as @homemade so aptly put it, chopping a finger off.

 

[holeycow]

I know two people with parts of fingers missing from cutting firewood. So...

I wouldn't want one of those tools. I just use the maul for kindling. Works like a charm and no chance of cutting my finger off with my technique. I imagine many do it the same way.

for some folks that may be a great tool.

 

[turnkey4099]

When I need kindling it gets fed through the log splitter. Black Locust is a dream to split kindling just as small as one wants. Takes only a few minutes to make a 5gal bucket worth.