Stikkan... kindling cutter. Anyone have any experience or thoughts on this?

[Rob Barnet]

Do any of you have any experience with this tool? It looks genius, but like you'd have to carefully select straight grain pieces for it to really work well, which I guess you have to do for kindling in any case...



http://www.plowhearth.com/stikkanandreg;-wall-mounted-kindling-wood-splitter.htm

http://stikkan.com/

 

[reddogrunner]

Cool idea but not for $160

 

[Babaganoosh]

The commercial warms my heart. What a life those two have.

 

[USMC615]

Jeez, I see it listed for $200 on a few sites...think I'll have to pass on this 'can crusher theory turned kindlin' maker.'

 

[Shagbark]

It'll work better for heavyweight tall women, than petite ones.

 

[Motorsen]

What's wrong with a small axe? Way faster and you won,t freeze your butt up fumbling with that genious invention. Jeez! Conversation piece at most.

Motorsen

 

[rmihalek]

I like putting a bunch of wood inside an old car tire and chopping away with my axe until it's all kindling-sized. Do this with a few car-tire's worth, maybe 5 minutes, to get a whole bunch of kindling.

 

[Rob Barnet]

I can see that maybe you could get some very fine strands with it for tinder. Without risking cutting your thumb off... haha. Or you could use it even after a few drinks... It looks like it'd be fun to play with

 

[Rob Barnet]

I could see an old widow making good use of it

 

[Oldman47]

Forget mounting it outdoors. I see nothing about it that requires an outdoors mount. Why not mount it right next to your stove and just create kindling or tinder as needed?

 

[Rob Barnet]

I suppose you'd want to anchor it in very well to whatever type of wall you have. And it could maybe make a mess of slivers, shavings or bark? But yeah, why not!

 

[Babaganoosh]

200 bucks and you could almost buy an electric 5 ton splitter.

 

[dave_dj1]

I could see that being useful to this generation.

 

[Rob Barnet]

I could see that being useful to this generation.

I think this concept has been around a few generations.

 

[olympyk_999]

I could see that being useful to this generation.

yup, that's what you get when all kids go to college, and have no life experiences, along with someone else doing everything for them...
a solution to a problem that never existed...a hatchet/axe has worked just fine since they were invented...and they do it faster with less effort!

 

[olympyk_999]

I think this concept has been around a few generations.

except it was a paper cutter in the classroom...

 

[Rob Barnet]

200 bucks and you could almost buy an electric 5 ton splitter.

The 'Stikkan' will work in times of power outage, whereas an electric splitter... won't.

 

[Rob Barnet]

except it was a paper cutter in the classroom...

I am trying to remember which, but my kids have an old kids book or movie that is set on a farm and in the background there is something similar mounted on a barn post.

 

[Babaganoosh]

The 'Stikkan' will work in times of power outage, whereas an electric splitter... won't.

I make kindling ahead of time. If the power was out I wouldn't make kindling.

 

[Guswhit]

Super split, Can get a box full shaved off in 5 minutes!