18"+ Hickory and a sledge eye maul

[AmateurSawer]

Not a good combination when the operator misjudges the strike and the handle hits the far edge.Even being a new handle a week or so old didn't help.
New handle Ordered from House Handle.Think I'll put a collar on this one or wrap it with paracord at least.In the meantime,I'll use my new CT 8lb axe eye.It feels more balanced ( less heavy toward the head) and seems to be putting less shock into my hands and wrists.Probably because of the thicker handle. Both are 8lb head.
Is this my imagination?

 

[catbuster]

The axe style eyes usually put the front of the handle closer to the head’s edge, so the balance thing is probably not imaginary, but very perceptive. I quite like an axe handle over a maul handle, it seems to hit easier in my hand and hurts less on a missed strike, albeit I don’t have a maul with an axe style eye, just a six pound maul and a six pound splitting axe. An axe handle always seems to slide better through my top, usually right, hand when I’m swinging than a maul.