OK, today I finally got the chance to use the Husky S2800. Joel, our young and energetic tech, needed a new maul. Despite the "handle's too short" impression he had, he liked the overall feel of the thing. After our noon closing we went out back to cut a couple pick up loads of wood. Some average size oak, and some huge, 30" ash. We also had an 8lb Council tool maul and the 6lb Total maul with us. Have to admit, the new tech S2800 was significantly better in that big stuff. We were both a wee bit shocked at how well it worked. "Wow, this thing's unreal!" I had to complain that the S2800 was better than all of my other tools and now I've got to have one for myself. Not perfect, as nothing is. If it gets stuck, it gets REAL stuck. But it was busting up wood that the 8lb Council and the 6lb Total maul just bounced off of. It really wasn't close.
Also, I got in some new Fiskars splitting axes for the guys who are into them. Mostly because I needed some splitting tools with longer handles for the big guys. Seems like there is another line in the Fiskars family that maybe you guys can enlighten us on. (Steve, jump in here) I think there are some pics posted of them earlier in this thread. Single color black handle and also a black, not gray head. Doesn't have "X27" moulded in the handle. Just a large Fiskars decal on the handle. (that won't last long) But it is a genuine Fiskars product with the lifetime warranty and seems otherwise the same as an X27. I'm guessing they took a little cost out of the manufacturing process, but the core product is essentially the same.
