@@goodnightmunchie Not a biggie. If you're one of the small town locals, the color of your skin will only matter during Summer. Then everyone has to be on the lookout for burns.
For people who don't understand how this works, it's not the spring which is forcing the wood apart. The spring is there to make the pawls return to their starting position when you lift the axe. It is the force of the downstroke that causes the pawls to cam open and split the wood.
It would've used a much heavier spring. Then when compressed by the force of the downward swing the spring then would have stored kinetic energy it can release.
@@James_Lindgaardthat makes no sense. A stronger spring would make it worse by absorbing more energy exactly when the splitting force is needed and releasing the energy afterwards in the opposite direction when it's wasted.
In Germany, these were sold in the 1980`s under the name "The great divider". I was a teen than and one day, our music teacher asked the whole class: "Guess what I did yesterday, check your last test or try out my new tool?" The next 30 minutes he told us about "The great divider". 😀
You sound like the 'christian' Taliban, you know book burning and all. Leave people alone, you have zero rights to tell others to live according to your 'religion'. @@Max_Griswald
These are so cool and _really_ clever. You'd think the axe is too simple to possibly improve upon. You can debate the tradeoffs of this design versus a traditional axe but the fact that it's even debatable is a huge accomplishment.
There are not too many trade offs. It´s designed to work as a splitting maul. It´s not intended for the cutting tasks most of us have in mind when thinking "traditonal axe". Neither is the splitting maul.
YT has a built-in slo-mo option. Problem is at quarter frame speed, I'm not seeing the spring guides coming out. Click the gear icon, and adjust the playback speed.
I can imagine it's the kind of thing that some ancient god of wood splitters gave to that one legendary woodsman after they cut down a million trees in a single night with the help of a talkative grasshopper.
I come from the wood, I saw a that kind of spring loaded axe before. But a 24 pounds maul!!! What kind of arm do you have to use a tool like that all day!!!!!
I learned to split with my dad's chopper 1 and then bought my own when I got a house with a wood stove. They work the best on hardwood! They still make new ones and all the parts you need to refurb the old ones!
My dad still has one that he got in the mid 80's. We were clearing property in Thunder Bay Ont. This axe quickly became a favourite wood splitter by him and I. This sucker would and still does just fling the pieces depending on how much power you used. As punishment for signing my Dads name on a school form, he gave me splitting chore that without this axe would have been absolutely miserable into something bearable. I was a lot stronger the following fall/winter semester because of it that's for sure. We've maintained it over the years and to this day its still great axe. We still have it's original Fiber Black handle. Dad taught me how to swing on some shitty wood handled axes first before letting me use this baby, but after he saw I wasn't abusing the wood axes he trusted me with this bad boy. If someone gifts you one in good condition, thank them, it's a great axe.
Same... I need one so bad. I mean I don't, I have way more axes than I could ever legitimately use (one downside of "stress smithing"), and really I only have use for any axe because I create excuses to use as a "legitimate reason" to own them, because selling/ giving them away is a "whole thing" here these days.
I looked this axe up. I found one on ebay. Made by the sane companyand same size. I see a purchase in my immediate future. Thank you for the inspirational videos as akeays Nicole.
Instant like for the ingenuity! For using a string for the spring! A length of starter rope It’s my favourite spring tool! So many blokes I work with as a mechanic struggle with springs opting for pliers or a hook tool! Often resulting in a bit of swearing!
I picked up a spring loaded double bit at a flea market last fall. It feels a bit odd in the hand but works pretty well on white oak. Mine uses a spring similar to a rat traps so breakage is less of an issue, definitely worth $15
This is a fun tool to use and works great on medium and small pieces. Personally, I do like prefer my splitting maul, but always exciting to add "new" tools to the collection.
Wow it really works. I think I saw one of these many years ago. The spring she installed seems too weak, but it worked. She's good at splitting wood & cute too !
Only in Canada could a random stranger walk up to someone in a grocery store and say “I have an axe for you in my car” and it still be a happy ending ❤🇨🇦
@@Meisha-san could work in texas too. why be afraid of someone with an axe when half the ppl are carrying. it's the "don't bring a knife to a gunfight" situation :)
@@thecursed01What made you think my comment was written in fear? Just, how?? It's a lighthearted vid with polite jovial comments made in jest. Hope you cheer up & enjoy the rest of your day.
That was great,I’ve seen these axes before but never new how they worked. You,my friend,are a wealth of information,knowledge,and sublime beauty. Thank you for your quirky channel,I absolutely adore your personality,it’s infectious and very very fun,I giggle every time Nicole.
My old man bought one of these when I was in my early teens. Great for splitting Aussie hardwoods, even ones with a twisted grain. Never got stuck because the pawls would separate the wood as it penetrated. awesome bit of gear
I bought one of those in the late 80's when I was in Texas. Mine has a plastic handle and it's worked flawlessly for over 30 years! I love my Chopper 1. I have split really knotted wood from my 12 acre farm in GA.
I picked one up in an antiques store in the UK for £25 labelled "american axe". It's on my "must restore" list. Seeing this I think I need to get round to it sooner!
I have used one to split quite a bit of wood when I was younger. I loved using it, thought that it was a huge improvement over the standard maul. Swinging that for a few hours was definitely a workout.
My parents bought a wood stove in the early 1980's, so I got to chop wood with a maul back in those days. We'd had the stove for a couple of years when my dad bought one of these axes. I tried it, but I preferred the maul. I didn't notice any appreciable difference. If anything, I thought the maul was easier to use. Maybe that spring-loaded axe was too cheaply made to work as well, so who knows? Anyway, thanks for another cool video.
My dad and us three sons used that kind of axe all summer long in the 70's and 80's. Very handy for the knotty pieces. Thanks for taking me down memory lane. :)
I had one similar. It wasn't spring loaded but the "ears" would pop out if you got it deep enough. The weight was noticable and it worked well enough if the wood was completely dry. If not then it would get stuck and the cursing would commence. I don't know how you ended up in my algorithm but I'm liking it. You got some oomph. - a middle aged dude who's split more than his share of firewood and swung more sledgehammers than most.
I grew up with this style axe here in Alaska, honestly not my favorite design after years of use I ended up favoring a more 'normal' style maul. For one, the axe head does not embed very firmly, meaning you can't pick up the wood and swing again with the weight if the log. You usually have to stop and remove it. For two, the pawls don't engage until you're pretty far into the wood, by that point, you've pretty much split it anyways. I always love these axe demonstrations when they show a bunch of perfectly straight, dry, light wood.. like you could literally split that pretty well with a hatchet. Even the 'dense' piece was still straight and knot-free. Hardly realistic conditions for regular use... maybe the trees are different wherever you're from, but here every third round has at least one knot. This axe is not as good for those. Fun, interesting? Yes. Good for some niche applications? Probably. Should you go buy one? Probably not.
its good for dense/knotty lumber like spruce - it never gets stuck like a normal axe does, if it fails to split. using this on popler or birch or even pine is overkill and just makes the log halves fly across the yard source: my childhood job
Cool video. The ax looks heavy. A personal question ???? How did you get such Sculpted Arms. Keep showing the power and grace wood cutting takes. I’m always in awe of the precision you swing the axe. Keep making videos. Thank You
If you look very closely, she has an entire youtube channel revolving mainly around chopping wood. This is pure speculation, but maybe - just maybe - this intensive manual labour could perhaps somehow be related to her having strong arms?
Back in 1975 I bought two of these because I liked them so much. I still have both, one is fiber handle, and one is wood handle. Word of caution, pieces can fly off to the side 40 ft. Enjoy.
That wood would have split just as well with a standard maul. I have one of those spring loaded gimmicks and if the wood isn’t ready to split, the pawls prevent it from penetrating as deep as a regular maul would 😐
We had one growing up...not sure it worked better than a standard maul...but I split a ton of wood with it when I was a kid...gave me a work out for sure.
Thanks for the test I was always curious about those. I think my dad has one somewhere now I’ve got a find it. Keep up the good work thanks for chopping wood for folks.
Own one. Unique sound of the two splitting cams “clink”. It will split elm and red oak, however there is a noticeable thud of resistance until you find the sweet spot and a small split occurs. Those cams certainly make the pieces fly. Well designed and beefy handle.
Is it possible to see a super slow-mo close up of the springs in action? I can’t quite wrap my head around it 🫠. And whao! I dunno what I was expecting but it wasn’t that. That’s pretty awesome how they just flew apart 😯.
Finally someone on the internet who knows how to chop wood without messing up their back and tiring themselves out after 2 swings!!! Keep having fun!!!
I've got one and lost a spring. You found one. I've been looking for 15 years. So I use it with a missing spring. But I've got all the other wood splitting stuff...including a generator running a log splitter. And wedges and a double bit axe. Cheers from the Bruce Peninsula...
I have one of those at the family cabin. Works great and the guy who invented it is still selling the replacement spring kits online. Ships from New Jersey. Like $15. Great tool.
My father used this exact axe model when I was growing up to split fir and pine logs for our wood stove to help heat the house in the winter. For logs with knots, he would bring out the splitting wedge and the 8 pound sledge hammer since this kind of axe didn't do too well with knots.
I have one of these axes, its in better shape. My dad bought it. It works great. I used it yesterday. Try it on smaller diameter wood, the stuff explodes apart. I have sent one half 10-12 feet. Kinda fun actually, any spectators really need to pay attention. I would like to get another one for home, to match the one at the cabin.
Good Morning, many years ago I heated my home with wood. I used a chopper 1 to split all my wood. It was the best splitting axe i used. A bit of a tip, don’t sharpen it, it seems to work better with very little edge.
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Never had to chop firewood (I live in Brazil) but I just thought it was very satisfying... ✌😆
That's a pretty neat piece. It seems to me you could probably blast logs apart across the yard with a sock full of quarters, but so what a cool gift. 🙂
Fascinating! I'm surprised there's no need to "reload" the springs back into position between strikes. I'm curious to learn more about the mechanism that gets it to work every time like this. Time to Google! Thanks for sharing this neat tool and blowing my mind!
That was really impressive but, l don't know if it was because of your skill or the fandangled axe. I'd love to have seen a comparison with a normal axe. Also super excited to see you use string to hook up that spring. I have a "Dosa caffè" that l brought back from ltaly in the 90s. It lost its return spring decades ago and, as l still use it daily, l have sacrificed many pens and had countless attempts at attaching a replacement spring. Your string trick gives me new hope or, at least a new idea of what to try. For anyone wondering why l don't just replace it, l'm in Aotearoa/ New Zealand and, with the cost of shipping from ltaly, a replacement would cost me more than 140NZD (about a weeks worth of groceries). 😊
Some older friends had an axe like that they bought it at Home Hardware in the 1980s. I spilt a lot of wood for them with it, (and earned myself a few suppers as well) It worked quite well in straight grained wood.
We had one of these in our woodshed, when I was growing up! I preferred the maul by a mile. I'm sure the mechanism wasn't in the best of shape with ours, though.
*WOW SO NICE* to see someone who knows how to use an axe, swing it up high, bring it down FAST and let the head do the work, your hands are just guiding it gently at the point of imapct.
We use to have one of these splitting axes when I was a teenager in the eighties. Worked great! If my dad had a stump or chunk that wouldn't split, he would say put it aside until wintertime until it froze good and hard! Then he'd go and split it quite easily!
When we were cutting up wood for the winter, we had the choice of the chopping maul, the mechanical axe, and the regular axe - and my favourite was always the mech. axe.
I came across one of these years ago. I ended up giving it to a neighbor. It can twist your wrist up if you hit a knot just right. Really sends the wood flying though.
Nicole has the cutest, most cherubic smile ever. You’d never knew rust underneath that beautiful face and cheery attitude beats the heart of a warrior with a deadly swing.
Because of a certain Irish woodworking creator, it appears I can’t read the phrase “Linseed Oil” anymore without my inner voice saying it in an Irish accent. 😂
i've found with these axes I never end up with a stuck head. the wedge shape and springs always mean the piece splits or it pops out easily. Big fan of them
We had one which we named Clunk. She was stolen from our garage. I miss Clunk. She was a hard worker.
I'm naming this one Clunk II, in honor of your missing companion. I'm sorry for your loss
I'm gonna be pouring one out for clunk.
@@NicoleCoenenAww, thank you. May you have many years of hearing her sing the song of her people.
i love this
Awww clunk....that was really touching. My spring load axe was stolen too, in my 20s enough I didn't care...but it's potential
You know you've made it when you're gifted an axe in a grocery store by a stranger! 👍👍👍
There's famous and then there's "Grocery Store Axe Famous." 😂
you know you're in a high trust society when someone tells you, "I've got an axe for you in my car", and you don't run away
@@chrisc7265imagine if she was a black African girl walking around aimlessly in a store with a axe 🫣
@@goodnightmunchie Not a biggie. If you're one of the small town locals, the color of your skin will only matter during Summer. Then everyone has to be on the lookout for burns.
Only free axe i ever got, the head came off when I went to use it, fortunatelyno one was behind me. My fault for not checking enough before hand.
For people who don't understand how this works, it's not the spring which is forcing the wood apart. The spring is there to make the pawls return to their starting position when you lift the axe. It is the force of the downstroke that causes the pawls to cam open and split the wood.
yes.... it's not spring loaded, the springs just hold the levers in place
It would've used a much heavier spring. Then when compressed by the force of the downward swing the spring then would have stored kinetic energy it can release.
@@James_Lindgaardthat makes no sense. A stronger spring would make it worse by absorbing more energy exactly when the splitting force is needed and releasing the energy afterwards in the opposite direction when it's wasted.
@@berzerius That might actually be to help get the axe out of the wood.
@@James_LindgaardIf it doesn’t split the wood in the first place, a spring isn’t what getting it out.
Dang you’re so good with an axe! My father always called me ‘lightning’ cos I never struck the same place twice 😅
Going to use that 😊
Good one...lol..lol..
Bwuaaahaaaa!
the thing is, lightning is actually *more* likely to strike the same place twice
@@waffler-yz3gw That almost makes the nickname crueler.
In Germany, these were sold in the 1980`s under the name "The great divider". I was a teen than and one day, our music teacher asked the whole class: "Guess what I did yesterday, check your last test or try out my new tool?" The next 30 minutes he told us about "The great divider". 😀
In 2023, if a teacher gives that choice, I am going to bet they "tried out" their "new tool," have non-traditional pronouns, and also have blue hair.
You sound like the 'christian' Taliban, you know book burning and all.
Leave people alone, you have zero rights to tell others to live according to your 'religion'.
@@Max_Griswald
Bro what are you smoking@@Max_Griswald
@@Max_Griswald Not every place in the world is big city America, man.
@@monochromatic9601 - Then they would have checked the test and not made a big deal out of it.
I would love to see a super slowmow when the sidepieces push the wood aside! :D
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Not quite what you wanted but it shows the principle.
Ooooh yes!!! Get the slowmo guys to help you do the video!!! How cool would that be? ❤
Click that gear icon and put it on .25 speed. Axe does nothing
Aye I set the playback speed to a quarter, and not seeing the springed guides popping out. You're basically just using a wider-angled splitting maul.
In order for the springs to work, it has to go deeper
These are so cool and _really_ clever. You'd think the axe is too simple to possibly improve upon. You can debate the tradeoffs of this design versus a traditional axe but the fact that it's even debatable is a huge accomplishment.
There are not too many trade offs. It´s designed to work as a splitting maul. It´s not intended for the cutting tasks most of us have in mind when thinking "traditonal axe". Neither is the splitting maul.
@@maxlutz3674What I had in mind is the basic stuff like increased cost and moving parts that can break or get lost.
A really slow motion shot of it would be cool to try and see the spring stuff happening.
Yes, I'd love to see that too!
I was reading the reply’s to see if anyone wanted to see it in slow motion. I think that would be cool.
Slo MO Guys, Gav and Dan
YT has a built-in slo-mo option. Problem is at quarter frame speed, I'm not seeing the spring guides coming out. Click the gear icon, and adjust the playback speed.
@@Klaaism Not enough frames per second to catch whether they are or not which is why you need a high speed camera.
This axe is definitely part of wood splitting folklore and is right up there with the Sotz 24 pound monster maul. Love it!
I can imagine it's the kind of thing that some ancient god of wood splitters gave to that one legendary woodsman after they cut down a million trees in a single night with the help of a talkative grasshopper.
I come from the wood, I saw a that kind of spring loaded axe before.
But a 24 pounds maul!!!
What kind of arm do you have to use a tool like that all day!!!!!
Woodaxe+1, extra 1d4 damage to nature types
@@jeremybrouillard I have one, but rarely use it. My go to is the Vulcan splitting maul which is a measley 8 pounds.
@shockley1002
8 pounds is a fine weight for a maul.
You can still sling it, and it has impact.
I learned to split with my dad's chopper 1 and then bought my own when I got a house with a wood stove. They work the best on hardwood! They still make new ones and all the parts you need to refurb the old ones!
My dad still has one that he got in the mid 80's. We were clearing property in Thunder Bay Ont. This axe quickly became a favourite wood splitter by him and I. This sucker would and still does just fling the pieces depending on how much power you used. As punishment for signing my Dads name on a school form, he gave me splitting chore that without this axe would have been absolutely miserable into something bearable. I was a lot stronger the following fall/winter semester because of it that's for sure. We've maintained it over the years and to this day its still great axe. We still have it's original Fiber Black handle. Dad taught me how to swing on some shitty wood handled axes first before letting me use this baby, but after he saw I wasn't abusing the wood axes he trusted me with this bad boy. If someone gifts you one in good condition, thank them, it's a great axe.
I never found splitting logs a chore. In fact, I love it. It's good exercise and gets the circulation going.
it looks like a weapon used in a steampunk game. Nice!
My dad had one of those! It was fun to use and really works.
My dad had one too!
That is so freaking cool! I never knew such an axe existed.
Same... I need one so bad. I mean I don't, I have way more axes than I could ever legitimately use (one downside of "stress smithing"), and really I only have use for any axe because I create excuses to use as a "legitimate reason" to own them, because selling/ giving them away is a "whole thing" here these days.
I was around when they came out. Back then there were TV commercialss to make sure that people knew about them.
It's simply the best. Mine is 45 years old and still going strong.
That would have been a really cool gift, even if you HADN’T been able to fix it! I’m glad you were able to restore it. Thanks for sharing!❤
Woodchopper axe. I think you can still get them online. I bought a new one a couple years ago.
I looked this axe up. I found one on ebay. Made by the sane companyand same size. I see a purchase in my immediate future. Thank you for the inspirational videos as akeays Nicole.
I grew up in my dad's hardware store. We sold those beasts. Woodcutters loved them.
Thanks for being who you are… You seem to be smart, resourceful and knowledgeable about your passions. Thanks for sharing your videos with us!!
Love your videos, sense of humor, and you just being you!!! Great rep for Canadians 😊
Instant like for the ingenuity! For using a string for the spring! A length of starter rope It’s my favourite spring tool! So many blokes I work with as a mechanic struggle with springs opting for pliers or a hook tool! Often resulting in a bit of swearing!
I picked up a spring loaded double bit at a flea market last fall. It feels a bit odd in the hand but works pretty well on white oak. Mine uses a spring similar to a rat traps so breakage is less of an issue, definitely worth $15
Thank you, awesome person that gifted Nicole this axe.
Would you prefer this over a traditional axe? I mean I can see the wood splitting apart at the end but I doubt if it is as sharp as a traditional one
This is a fun tool to use and works great on medium and small pieces. Personally, I do like prefer my splitting maul, but always exciting to add "new" tools to the collection.
Wow it really works. I think I saw one of these many years ago. The spring she installed seems too weak, but it worked. She's good at splitting wood & cute too !
Only in Canada could a random stranger walk up to someone in a grocery store and say “I have an axe for you in my car” and it still be a happy ending ❤🇨🇦
As an American this made me burst out loud lmaooo
Only in Canada could someone walk around the grocery store wielding an axe - and it is perfectly fine...
@@Meisha-san could work in texas too. why be afraid of someone with an axe when half the ppl are carrying. it's the "don't bring a knife to a gunfight" situation :)
@@thecursed01What made you think my comment was written in fear? Just, how??
It's a lighthearted vid with polite jovial comments made in jest. Hope you cheer up & enjoy the rest of your day.
It’s an axe not an AR-15
My grandfather had one of those. I think I have it in my garage. This brings back some good memories. thanks for sharing.
I would love to see an ultra slow-mo of the mechanism engaging and pushing the wood apart!
Very interesting piece of history!
That was great,I’ve seen these axes before but never new how they worked. You,my friend,are a wealth of information,knowledge,and sublime beauty. Thank you for your quirky channel,I absolutely adore your personality,it’s infectious and very very fun,I giggle every time Nicole.
What an interesting piec of technology, thanks for sharing! And for showing the community of a Canadian small town!
That is a cool looking axe looks like it would be so much fun to use
I've heard of having a "little spring in your step" but never one in your axe before.
🎶 The more you know!🎶🌈🌟
My old man bought one of these when I was in my early teens. Great for splitting Aussie hardwoods, even ones with a twisted grain. Never got stuck because the pawls would separate the wood as it penetrated. awesome bit of gear
There was a guy in my supermarket with an axe the other day…they evacuated, we live in very different places
I bought one of those in the late 80's when I was in Texas. Mine has a plastic handle and it's worked flawlessly for over 30 years! I love my Chopper 1. I have split really knotted wood from my 12 acre farm in GA.
I picked one up in an antiques store in the UK for £25 labelled "american axe". It's on my "must restore" list. Seeing this I think I need to get round to it sooner!
I have used one to split quite a bit of wood when I was younger. I loved using it, thought that it was a huge improvement over the standard maul. Swinging that for a few hours was definitely a workout.
My parents bought a wood stove in the early 1980's, so I got to chop wood with a maul back in those days. We'd had the stove for a couple of years when my dad bought one of these axes. I tried it, but I preferred the maul. I didn't notice any appreciable difference. If anything, I thought the maul was easier to use. Maybe that spring-loaded axe was too cheaply made to work as well, so who knows? Anyway, thanks for another cool video.
Same experience, it felt as those spring-loaded axes were allways someway out of balance .
My dad and us three sons used that kind of axe all summer long in the 70's and 80's. Very handy for the knotty pieces. Thanks for taking me down memory lane. :)
Those Chopper 1’s are so cool, but I recommend having a stock of spare springs handy
Yeah it seems like the nature of what you're using them for means that springs aren't going to last very long.
My grandpa had one of these! he loved it! My mom and step-dad inherited it and use it to this day. I hope to get it down the road......
Would anyone else love to see a super slow mo close up of the axe head doing work?
I had one similar. It wasn't spring loaded but the "ears" would pop out if you got it deep enough. The weight was noticable and it worked well enough if the wood was completely dry. If not then it would get stuck and the cursing would commence.
I don't know how you ended up in my algorithm but I'm liking it. You got some oomph.
- a middle aged dude who's split more than his share of firewood and swung more sledgehammers than most.
I grew up with this style axe here in Alaska, honestly not my favorite design after years of use I ended up favoring a more 'normal' style maul.
For one, the axe head does not embed very firmly, meaning you can't pick up the wood and swing again with the weight if the log. You usually have to stop and remove it.
For two, the pawls don't engage until you're pretty far into the wood, by that point, you've pretty much split it anyways.
I always love these axe demonstrations when they show a bunch of perfectly straight, dry, light wood.. like you could literally split that pretty well with a hatchet. Even the 'dense' piece was still straight and knot-free. Hardly realistic conditions for regular use... maybe the trees are different wherever you're from, but here every third round has at least one knot. This axe is not as good for those.
Fun, interesting? Yes. Good for some niche applications? Probably. Should you go buy one? Probably not.
Exactly. This is my experience too 👍
its good for dense/knotty lumber like spruce - it never gets stuck like a normal axe does, if it fails to split.
using this on popler or birch or even pine is overkill and just makes the log halves fly across the yard
source: my childhood job
Cool video. The ax looks heavy.
A personal question ????
How did you get such Sculpted Arms. Keep showing the power and grace wood cutting takes.
I’m always in awe of the precision you swing the axe.
Keep making videos.
Thank You
If you look very closely, she has an entire youtube channel revolving mainly around chopping wood. This is pure speculation, but maybe - just maybe - this intensive manual labour could perhaps somehow be related to her having strong arms?
It’s surprising how much that little spring helps. I’ve never seen an axe like this. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Apparently the spring isn't pushing the wood apart, downforce is doing that- the springs just hold everything in place.
clicked for the cool axe, stayed for the... uh, stayed for... um, uh, stayed... for the- oh man, uh, the wood?
Yes, lots of wood 🪵 isn't nature wonderful...
Nice technique. The wood split so cleanly. 😊
It was the video I was waiting for haha, as soon as I saw that they gave it to you I knew you were going to make a video of it 😊
Back in 1975 I bought two of these because I liked them so much. I still have both, one is fiber handle, and one is wood handle. Word of caution, pieces can fly off to the side 40 ft. Enjoy.
That wood would have split just as well with a standard maul. I have one of those spring loaded gimmicks and if the wood isn’t ready to split, the pawls prevent it from penetrating as deep as a regular maul would 😐
We had one growing up...not sure it worked better than a standard maul...but I split a ton of wood with it when I was a kid...gave me a work out for sure.
Been using one of these axes since I was a kid. Works like a charm.
Thanks for the test I was always curious about those. I think my dad has one somewhere now I’ve got a find it. Keep up the good work thanks for chopping wood for folks.
I used one of these through my teens, worked great.
I grew up with one of these. they work quite well, especially when your a kid. Mine had a fiberglass handle.
Own one. Unique sound of the two splitting cams “clink”. It will split elm and red oak, however there is a noticeable thud of resistance until you find the sweet spot and a small split occurs. Those cams certainly make the pieces fly. Well designed and beefy handle.
Is it possible to see a super slow-mo close up of the springs in action? I can’t quite wrap my head around it 🫠. And whao! I dunno what I was expecting but it wasn’t that. That’s pretty awesome how they just flew apart 😯.
Always fun to watch this young lady at work.
I used to see those in the store and always wondered how well they worked. This is the first time I have seen one in use.
Finally someone on the internet who knows how to chop wood without messing up their back and tiring themselves out after 2 swings!!! Keep having fun!!!
Had one of those in early 80s . Best splitting axe ever. Hard to get one these days but worthwhile if you can.
Damn effective! And you look fabulous weilding it. Bravo!
I've got one and lost a spring. You found one. I've been looking for 15 years. So I use it with a missing spring. But I've got all the other wood splitting stuff...including a generator running a log splitter. And wedges and a double bit axe. Cheers from the Bruce Peninsula...
I have one of those at the family cabin. Works great and the guy who invented it is still selling the replacement spring kits online. Ships from New Jersey. Like $15. Great tool.
That brings back great memories. My dad had one of those in the early '80s.
My father used this exact axe model when I was growing up to split fir and pine logs for our wood stove to help heat the house in the winter. For logs with knots, he would bring out the splitting wedge and the 8 pound sledge hammer since this kind of axe didn't do too well with knots.
A friend brought one of those around. It did work for a few hours. A heavy maul is the best splitter I found.
I have one of these axes, its in better shape. My dad bought it. It works great. I used it yesterday. Try it on smaller diameter wood, the stuff explodes apart. I have sent one half 10-12 feet. Kinda fun actually, any spectators really need to pay attention. I would like to get another one for home, to match the one at the cabin.
I love these axes. It doesn’t make it easy, but it does make it easier.
I've always wondered how well that type of axe would work. Thanks for the video!!!
sweet girl, just an incredible combination of cuteness and strength
Good Morning, many years ago I heated my home with wood. I used a chopper 1 to split all my wood. It was the best splitting axe i used. A bit of a tip, don’t sharpen it, it seems to work better with very little edge.
Never had to chop firewood (I live in Brazil) but I just thought it was very satisfying... ✌😆
The moment she stands surrounded by the spoils of her victory.. this young lady is awesome.
We had one of these when I was growing up. It always felt like hitting the wood with a sledge. I usually went for the double bit instead
Ngl, it's pretty satisfying hearing the little jingle of the pushers and watching the wood fly out of view.
The sound that spring makes in the silence of the forest is nice.
Dang I wonder why these aren't more popular. That axe looks like it's doing WORK.
That's a pretty neat piece. It seems to me you could probably blast logs apart across the yard with a sock full of quarters, but so what a cool gift. 🙂
Fascinating!
I'm surprised there's no need to "reload" the springs back into position between strikes. I'm curious to learn more about the mechanism that gets it to work every time like this. Time to Google! Thanks for sharing this neat tool and blowing my mind!
The springs don't push the tines out, but rather, bring them back in to reset for the next strike.
@@luvnotvideos ohhh neat! Thanks, internet stranger!
That was really impressive but, l don't know if it was because of your skill or the fandangled axe. I'd love to have seen a comparison with a normal axe. Also super excited to see you use string to hook up that spring. I have a "Dosa caffè" that l brought back from ltaly in the 90s. It lost its return spring decades ago and, as l still use it daily, l have sacrificed many pens and had countless attempts at attaching a replacement spring. Your string trick gives me new hope or, at least a new idea of what to try. For anyone wondering why l don't just replace it, l'm in Aotearoa/ New Zealand and, with the cost of shipping from ltaly, a replacement would cost me more than 140NZD (about a weeks worth of groceries). 😊
Okie doki 😮I’ve never seen an ax head like that 😮interesting could be valuable 50 yrs old just curious cool find 😊
Some older friends had an axe like that they bought it at Home Hardware in the 1980s. I spilt a lot of wood for them with it, (and earned myself a few suppers as well) It worked quite well in straight grained wood.
used one for years along with our double bite with a warped handle , sledges wedges and mauls . We got ours in 78
We had one of these in our woodshed, when I was growing up! I preferred the maul by a mile. I'm sure the mechanism wasn't in the best of shape with ours, though.
*WOW SO NICE* to see someone who knows how to use an axe, swing it up high, bring it down FAST and let the head do the work, your hands are just guiding it gently at the point of imapct.
I never knew I needed one of these axe swinging humans!
The axe is nice too!
I've used one of these axes before.
I thoroughly enjoyed splitting wood with the Chopoper One.
The wood exploded apart with a good hit.
We had one of those fifty years ago. They work ok, but a splitting maul works as well and more durable.
We use to have one of these splitting axes when I was a teenager in the eighties. Worked great! If my dad had a stump or chunk that wouldn't split, he would say put it aside until wintertime until it froze good and hard! Then he'd go and split it quite easily!
Nicole, you are wonderful individual.
Keep it real & ROCK IT!
When we were cutting up wood for the winter, we had the choice of the chopping maul, the mechanical axe, and the regular axe - and my favourite was always the mech. axe.
We had one of those back in the day. No idea what happened to it. If I was splitting smaller pieces with it, they'd really fly!
I came across one of these years ago. I ended up giving it to a neighbor. It can twist your wrist up if you hit a knot just right. Really sends the wood flying though.
I split many cords of wood as a wee lad with an ax just like that. Works great, better than the sledge and wedge we did previously.
I've seen those never tried one! Looks like it works great!!
Nicole has the cutest, most cherubic smile ever. You’d never knew rust underneath that beautiful face and cheery attitude beats the heart of a warrior with a deadly swing.
That's a very nice gift. I think a few good treatments with Linseed Oil will extend the life of the handle
Because of a certain Irish woodworking creator, it appears I can’t read the phrase “Linseed Oil” anymore without my inner voice saying it in an Irish accent. 😂
i've found with these axes I never end up with a stuck head. the wedge shape and springs always mean the piece splits or it pops out easily. Big fan of them