Saw this from fiskars
And thought, uh? So do I swing like a righty? I'm a lefty but put my right hand at the bottom. I swing a bat left handed, left hand nearer the business end, right hand at the end of the handle, it seems natural to do the same with an axe, so fiskars, wtf?
Those aren't muck bigger than a pecker!
I bucked split and stacked a 33" DBH ash last weekend. About 115 years old. Too much for an axe, but took me about 4 hours. Started with a small wedge in the big pieces, bigger wedge, drove with a 8-lb maul, then a 8-lb maul. When right got tired, I switched to left. If you can't use both arms you are crippled splitting by hand.
Axes are only useful that you can split on a block or your edge will be dulled. If you get learned the bigger pieces that get "stuck" on the axe are your friends, heave back and flip them and bring the backside of your axe down on your splitting block. The weight of the piece will split it. Be careful, if you haul down with a split on the axe, and it pulls out, it can hit your noggin. This even helps
with picking up pieces, wack them on their top side with the axe to pick them up, then just hit your chopping block with the backside of the axe and it splits. No leaning over to pick up and place a piece. Learn this technique. Take a piece too big for one chop, hit it well so the head is stuck, flip it and bring the backside of the axe head down on the chopping block.
Disclaimer: no responsibility for broken noggins.