Fiskars Chopping Axe | Overstrike Test | Shotgun Test!
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2024
- Extreme Fiskars Axe Stress Test!
Pretty well every axe I have ever used or owned (Estwing excluded) has featured a handle that is generally quite susceptible to damage from overstrikes. I took my near new Fiskars 28" Chopping Axe out to find a solid hardwood tree to put their handle to the test. Much to my surprise, and after much abuse, the tree nearly failed to put so much as a scuff on the handle! These Fiskars handles are tough as nails!!! But are they shotgun proof?
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MC Cullah - A Dangerous Game
Well, if Manglerstar hates them, I'll get two of them.
Haha!
He's a jerk.
C'mon now! He's a self proclaimed internet expert!
manglestar :D
bUt It Isn't An HeIrLoOm tOoL
Taken out of context, it pretty funny seeing someone just wacking a tree then saying "oh thats painful" and then just keep on smacking. Have a like for that
Many years ago I bought a wood handle axe went to do a job and my customers son used it he took one single swing and hit it on the neck and that was the end of it now I own a Fiskars for the last 20 years no problem
All my hatchets, axes, sledge, and large hammers have a collar of pipe insulation taped just below the head. Since starting this almost 40 years ago I have yet to have a handle break. Even with other employees using them. Before using that trick I spent way too much time and money replacing handles.
Try it you, won't regret it.
@@theprophetez1357 My Sledge hammers all have a thick hard rubber around the neck shaped like a 'V' to absorb shock like those highway safety barrels. You are right to put something around the neck.
Anyone like Wranglestar who attempts to discredit the Fiskars axes is an idiot, period. I have an old 7850 hatchet (the predecessor of the X7 and the 7550) that is still going strong after a lot of Canadian winters and my old X15 is a go to tool. Dont get me wrong, I love my classic wood handled axes and tomahawks but the Fiskars are a hard working tool.
+TurtleWolf Pack My thoughts exactly!
I can't stand wranglestar.....
The axe is simple and modest, but tough. Just like us Finns 😂
Tapani Löfving Just my thought as well.
Hurray for Finland! Love the Finnish tools I have.
Finns are cool ppl. :)
I love my Fiskar X7 ☺️ my first hatchet 🪓
I went to school with a Finn. He drank 24 beer and helped carry the “drunk” people off the beach! I never saw anything like that before.
He tried to break a fiskars and ended up damaging a sapling, a tree, a cell tower and possibly his hands. Then he shot it with a shotgun which turned it into a hatchet.
My first "Axe" was a little gerber branded fiskars hatchet, and I received the same axe in the video as a gift several years ago. Over the years I've accumulated more than a dozen fantastic vintage axes, many on the original handles. I still keep the fiskars around, it makes a great truck axe. More recently, it's become a "Brother" axe. I have good enough technique that I wont overstrike or swing the bit into the dirt, but the same cant be said for my family. My fiskars sees a lot of use and abuse, it's still going strong. They get a lot of snide remarks and derision from axe snobs and gear queens, but they actually cut really well and you'd have to be an absolute ape to break one.
Wow thanks for doing this, I was looking for an axe to mount on my 4x4. I am normally a nostalgia wood handle guy but I wanted something that would not be affected mounted on the outside of a truck during crappy weather etc. I had doubts about the durability of the handle and would have tested the axe to its failing point.... but you did a fantastic job showing the resilience of these things, some of us need to see it in a failed state before we can trust it. Again, a well appreciated video !!
No prob, thanks for the comment!
you made me love this axe more and more
I literally just ordered one. After this video I don't anticipate any buyer's remorse!
Just picked up the X25 after spending hours on UA-cam going back and forth between Wooden and Polymer Handles.
Glad to see I made the right choice! I don't plan on shooting my Axe so I guess it will serve me well! XD Great vid, Man!
Earned a Sub
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!!
will last longer than you :)
It never ceases to amaze me what people will go thru to make a UA-cam video.
You mean to satisfy their own curiosity, and share it? Why thank you!
@@lumberjackoutdoors933 I mean encourage a condition called carpal tunnel syndrome. Ever heard of it?
@@davidmorse8432 I've been climbing trees and cutting full time for over 10 years. A few overstrikes on a little maple is the least of my worries, lol.
@@lumberjackoutdoors933 I know you are still young and you think you are invincible, but the abuse you subject your body to today will come back to haunt you in your later years. It's bad enough when you get abuse from working your regular job. Why subject yourself to unnecessary abuse just for a little fame? I can't tell you how to run your life but I know from experience that one needs to be a friend to their body, not an enemy.
I’ve worked for a tree service, landscaping teams, and run a farm with 2 houses that use wood burning stoves for the main source of heat. I also tend to follow the “traditional” school of thought that wood handles are easier to replace in the bush. But I can tell you this axe has served me faithfully without flaw. So much so I now even have my father who is an old school woodsmen now swinging one also. The only one minor complaint I have is that if you are to hit any metal in wood or a hard rock the edge will damage. Nothing I couldn’t work out with a file and sharpening stone. This axe along with my Silky Big Boy and my Grandsfors Burk Small Forest axe are in my main pack any time I’m doing any kind of tree work/wood processing.
15 years on YT... You've made the best product review video so far... Kudo's... to you and Fiskar's. Bad ass handles!
Go-Pro at the end of a shotgun... now that's a MAN's selfie stick.
If only it could handle the recoil like me! rofl
Bwaaahahaha. Now that's some funny shit ya'll.
More like Kurt Cobains selfie stick
Leaving it out in the weather won't do anything from my experience i have an older X10 and I've neglected it so much, i forgot about it and it was sitting in a stump for years outside, the axe head was completely rusted but i removed the rust on a wire wheel and reprofiled the edge and now it's razor sharp and ready for use once again. These axes are tough as hell
Wow. Never heard of Fiskars before this video.
I think I'll buy one just so my decendents 50 yrs from now can have something I owned.
Great test. Exactly what I need to see. Thanks!!!!
Now you have a Fiskars X5.
I've got an X27, it's seen seen so much use, overswings, misuse driving wedges with it like it says not to. Taking care of one like my life depended on it and not misused, I expect it would be the last piece of equipment fail me.
This is superb! What a generous and refreshingly open, unsentimental 'review'. Great Stuff!
The boy of the household is raring to go and get one now!
made in Finland where they have pride in quality and workers are well taken care of and paid
I've gotta tell ya, I am a hickory guy as much as anyone, but for brut force toughness, this is just undeniably the one to have in that situation.
Thanks for doing this painful test, man! Can only imagine how your arms reverberated with each swing... o_O
Send it in to Fiskars...
Ya know, that might be a bit interesting. They claim free replacement no questions asked.
You got a new sub from me sir
"..If you're out in the bush and this thing breaks.." Well yea, if a megaton class nuke explodes over your tent and half of chinese armored forces roll over you and your axe, it might break.
There will always be those so called "hard treestumps in the fire" whom resist things just for the heck of it, usually without any logical reason.
I've used axes for all my life as well, all 40+ years and have destroyed countless wooden handles by overstrike. Way too many to ever go back to them. With the handle hole, they might be a bit more easier to fix in the bush as you mentioned, but then again, if that composite handle breaks on you in the bush, you should go buy some lottery tickets as well, because you'll probably beat the almost nonexistent odds there too.
A wooden axe would of broke along time ago. I got a 28 in fiskars chopping axe and it cuts great. Honestly if I had one axe to choose from on a long trip in the woods a fiskars would be my choice.
Instead of burning the head off and ruining its temper, you could have jammed a branch into the hollow remaining portion of the handle beneath the head. Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. I’ve wondered what that head looked like without a handle.
I love my X7 hatchet.
I have an X7 as well, it has been abused for 4 years now and still solid. I split sugar maple for my small stove with it, knotty gnarly stuff that I just repeatedly chop at until they split or turn into chips lol. It's been left out in the rain for a month, in the back of my truck. Ice, snow, humidity in the shed. You'd be hard pressed to break one of these outside of excessive age and some real obscene abuse! Thanks for the comment!
Here in Finland we can make solid tools like Fiskars axes etc.!!
Dino Hauska don’t think so
Good shit i keep buying wooden axes and ive had so many break on me so i figured i start looking for a new kind and i found fiskars and just now watched this video cause i wanted to make sure i am making the rite choice and by the way when u miss with and wooden handle axe it stings so what the hell is the difference how much more could it possibly hurt and i dont plan on missing but just incase i do over swing cause ive done it ive had friends break them but thank u for making this video appreciate it im grabbing me the friskars this week
Good video, you just sold me an axe.
Hard to beat. I have an X7 hatchet which is like a razor, great little hatchet. A year of ttwo ago, I bought a big splitter with a plastic / whatever handle and it seemed useless, too much spring in the handle I suppose. A friend recommended a Fiskars splitter and man!!! It was like changing gears going up a hill! Impressive splitting to say the least. The axes don't seem to be available in Australia (we don't use axes much as our woods are mega hard and won't split easily with an axe). I use an axe to test if trees ar hollow before I fell them and not much else, but I'd like one of these Fiskars axes. It's a shame you whacked it with the shotgun, I would have put it into service and see how long it lasts. I'm betting it would have seen you out.
Bro, i know this comment is from 2 years ago, but if anyone in Australia is struggling to find the Fiskars gear, get into your local Bunnings store =)
This makes me want to buy a fiskers
Even after hearing everyone hating on them
Tgeres a reason why all the trade heavy duty tools have fibre glass or composite handles now. Spades shovels sledge hammers and so on...you just proved something we have know for years now..
First time i see a broken fiskars. and the last xD
Fiskars is our only defence against the russians thats why they are tougher than nail.
I’m almost positive the handle is made of a type of Teflon!!
After seeing this, anyone who thinks they may have to re handle it in the bush, probably should not be in the bush in the first place.
Awsome video!
Thank you!
You probably could have come out and beat on that tree for the next 10 years and the tree would have rotted away before the handle broke!
My hands couldn't take it - haha!
thank you for destroying your hands and arms for our entertainment! lol
Awesome video. I'd consider cutting 3/4 of this material though... 23 minutes was quite long! Awesome axe though, nice job 'testing' it
+Doug Petersen I agree, it was long. Thanks for the comment :) I'll keep working on it!
If he didn't keep it all, people'd say he edited it.
holy shit man that is so strong...how do they even do that...I just got am x10 and I loove it...also have a gb small forest axe but the x10 might come up on top...cant believe I said that
It really comes down to personal preference, Fiskars make a quality axe for getting work done!
I'd love to see the people that praise hardwood handles and denounce fiskars keep up with me doing any real work. They spend wayyy more time oiling and polishing their axes than actually working them! :)
Wow, I was just having a conversation. Am I trying to make money on youtube yes, do I know how to swing an axe - fuck yes I do. I've been working as a professional Arborist for 10 years, Forestry graduate. I've cut down 1000's upon 1000's of trees, and spend the rest of my time recreating in the forest. I've split more wood by hand than you have total axe swings over a lifetime. I guarantee I could work circles around your ass you little troll "I own 13 axes." Rofl you are hilarious bud, for a second I was mad and figured I'd just block your ass, but hey this is too friggin funny. I'll stick around to see what kind of BS you come up with next hahaha. You didn't even respond to my response, that was an old comment responding to Onix, maybe if you remove your head from your ass you'll be able to figure things out lol - I'll be here waiting for your next spastic outburst hahahaha - ohhh god sooooo funny!
@Lumberjack Outdoors
Pay no mind to that idiot. Clearly he's a spaz or has some other serious issues. I think your video was pretty good. I'm glad you blew up that FIskars. Why? Because I wanted to see if it would BLOW. That's why I clicked the video! What a concept! :D
How.do your hands feel now? I am happy I bought the Fiskers X27. Good video.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.
Well that quote pretty much sums up this video :D
Never bring a fiskars x15 to a shotgun fight?
holy crap
where is the video showing how u attach the head to a wooden handle?
Haven't tried it yet, super bad year for biting insects so I havn't been lingering in the bush lately. Bugs just started getting better though, soon!
I ment the broken fiskars head
I know, haven't tried it yet. Soon - stay tuned! :)
why not try re-handleing it the way it is, if you ever broke it in the bush it would likely break in a similar way. So re-handling it as is is the most logical way to compare a broken wood handled axe vs fiskars
That's an excellent point Steve! It would likely be much easier!
I broke my x27 yesterday. Anybody have a link or number for warranty?
Sure you did. Prolly on Gerber/fiskars website under customer services.
How?
So did you manage to make a handle for the head? Please do a video show the mounting for the Friskars.
Still have plans to do so, mostly waiting for the bugs to thin out a bit - stay tuned!
For the price buy 2 and keep a spare in your truck or at base camp. You're going to be so far away from both of those that breaking your ax handle is life threatening?
Timber!
I guess shooting with shotgun is not covered under warranty?? Haha
Ok,handle is good.What about the blade? All tell what they are to soft
They dont have the best edge holding but have great toughness, edge will roll instead of cracking or chippping every time. A good choice for a beater.
Fiskars with an A as in bars, not FiskErs as in whiskers. Sorry but with a name like yours, you don't look the part and your "project" is absurd. If after more than 60, 100, 200 overstrikes there isn't a mark...Try to destroy something else. The best wooden hickory handles don't take five overstrikes to crack or split.
Dang, do axes start shaking in their racks when walk buy them in the store…. Poor axe gave u all it had
Don't bring an axe to a shotgun fight?
The polymer handle transfers the shock into your hands. That’s why it’s so painful.
Also bc overstrike hurts hands period
superglue will fix it right up
Such a waste shooting it, you made your point by hurting your hands and put a few dents in it.
No it wasn't really, because I wanted to make a video re-hafting a Fiskars axe. So I needed to break it first, hence the shotgun. Plus - it was fun! lol
this axe is not good for hacking down hydro towers *noted*
You do know they put a cutting head at the end of the handle for cutting . Wranglestar does not take anything into the woods he can't fix in the field which makes perfect since to any one who does go into the woods for a living.
+Mike Boone You should probably check out the my "Re-Haft A Fiskars Axe" video. Thanks for checking out my channel, let me know what you think of the rest of it! Cheers ;)
let's see you do that to a wood handle axe.
I did - it broke! Haha
Solo un americano può sparare ad una scure, ma quanto è scemo questo da uno a dieci?
First you do not know how to use an ax
Hey thanks for comment you pea-brained fuck. Go flip a barstool upside and sit on it 🤣🤣 🖕
Do you think they dont test overstrike at the factory? You cant hit harder than the machine making the overstrike... Just use your brains
Booooring..
Waste of a perfectly good axe!
Not at all, I had a great time. And proved a great point!