Alright, taking a survey. What is the worst wood to split by hand (maul, fiskars, sledge, etc)? And to make it comparable, let's not talk about crotches, knots base chunks, etc. I'm talking about a chunk taken from a straight section of the tree with no branches.
For me its a toss-up between wild cherry and shagbark maple. The grain goes every which way. I would have said elm but that has all but disappeared from around here since the early '70's. But I do remember my dad busting his ass trying to turn it into something burnable.
For me its a toss-up between wild cherry and shagbark maple. The grain goes every which way. I would have said elm but that has all but disappeared from around here since the early '70's. But I do remember my dad busting his ass trying to turn it into something burnable.