Maul ID

[LAH]

Anyone use one of these?

 

[pinemartin]

chopper 1

 

[Snowchief]

Yes, when I was a teenager. It was a nifty thing that seemed like it would work great - but it constantly got wedged in the wood and I didn't like it.

How is it working for you?

 

[LAH]

Yes, when I was a teenager. It was a nifty thing that seemed like it would work great - but it constantly got wedged in the wood and I didn't like it.

How is it working for you?

This was given to me years ago and is the best thing since sliced bread. I've used it on oak, hickory, elm, and popular with great success. Never had it hung but there's things I couldn't split.

Haven't seen another around here so I posted the pictures for feed back.

 

[Valkyrie Rider]

I remember my Dad using one when I was maybe 5 years old.

 

[Snowchief]

This was given to me years ago and is the best thing since sliced bread. I've used it on oak, hickory, elm, and popular with great success. Never had it hung but there's things I couldn't split.

Hmph! Guess I must have been scrawnier than I thought as a teenager then.

I saw you had a pile of split wood in the photos, was just wondering if you preferred that maul or if it was the only one you had. Sounds like it's your new favorite. I'll have to pick one up if I find it somewhere. You can never have too many!

 

[sctstoys72]

hickory and elm oh my!

 

[blackoak]

chopper 1

Yep it's was called the Chopper 1. I don't know if they are still made today. I see them on ebay often. I have seen them with both wood and fiberglass handles.

 

[flashpuppy]

They are still made. I have an older one. It works okay. Would not be first choice if I could only have one. I'll stick with my Gransfors thank you.

 

[LAH]

OK guys listen up. This is a dandy maul. I used it for my own wood for years but once I began selling wood I purchased a machine to split with. I hadn't seen one of these mauls on the board so I posted the pictures. The wood you see was processed on my TW-6.

As for which maul is best I wouldn't try to guess. I've owned only two. One 8 pound solid head and this one. This one is miles a head of the other at least in my hands.

What's a Gransfors???????????

 

[flashpuppy]

Try this here.

Absolutely the best. Pricey, but good. Between noodling and those axes, I can outsplit just about splitter. Plus, it keeps me in shape.

 

[LAH]

So you are splitting your wood with an axe?

 

[duane9835]

That is really neat! I have never seen one of those.

 

[flashpuppy]

So you are splitting your wood with an axe?

I use the Large Splitting Axe more than anything. I have the maul, but if I have to get it out, I typically have to get the wedges as well.