Love my X27, a joy to use all day. I find using it with White Ox gloves takes the vibe out should I overstrike. Same suggestion as others here, going with the grain and peeling the big rounds I find is easier than trying to split across the centre. I cut them shorter when its tough stuff too. Also I find good roundhouse technique is more efficient. Great day out with the kids, they'll remember these days all of their lives and remind you of how much they enjoyed it when they get older. Subscribed.
Nice video. I'm an x27 convert. I grew up in the uk and used axes mostly (it was mostly pine) but then when I moved to Australia, everyone was using mauls. I tried for a few years before I bought an X27. It's still nice to have a maul on hand for stubborn pieces but I'll get 99% done with the x27 in half the time. Imagine the time difference if you did the same test over several cubic metres!!!!! you'd be way ahead with the x27. With the really wet big logs, I will take the sapwood off one or two sides (it comes off easy with a sharp axe). If you do that, you will find you can split it down the middle fairly easy after that. Wood dries from the inside out so that sapwood is super moist and stretchy. If you strike the middle in a big log, the energy for the blow gets absorbed in that sapwood and the axe bounces. I have to split around 15-20 m3 next week and the site is too steep and muddy to get a log splitter in so I'm doing it by hand. Maybe I'll put up a video and show you what I mean. Follow my channel, please.
Greetings from upstate New York. I like the fact, the kids are outside with dad, the outdoors is a wonderful place to be. I bought the Fiskars X27 splitting axe about four years ago. Its been a great addition to my vintage Plumb and Segar Chemical double bits. I also received the Husqvarna S2800 Splitting axe which I like as well. I'm not a fan of our American traditional mauls. I have a cheaper Mint Craft Pro 6 lb maul, I bought at the local hardware store, years ago. I use it as a sledge hammer and pound wedges in massive rounds once in a blue moon. I'm carious in the Fiskars Iso Core maul, but eight pounds seems very heavy and cumbersome. They had a 6 lb version on amazon but I don't know if Fiskars discontinued it. Its not available anymore. In Europe, they've had the X37 Splitting Maul for years, I currently came across in a video but it never made its way to the states. I like the Fiskars X27 and Husqvarna S2800, they're splitting axes but like a hybrid. In between a felling axe and a maul, without the hefty weight. I just wish the Iso Core maul was more stream lined and less in weight.
Glad to hear you like the x27! My boys love getting outdoors fishing etc. The maul is a weird beast. Good when you need it for those real tough ones but otherwise fairly useless. Then I upgraded to a cheap hydraulic. My poor axes have hardly been used since lol
@@aussiedadlifeUPDATE! I bought the Fiskars 8lb Isocore Splitting Maul. I think its fantastic for quartering rounds and than split the quarters with the X27. I thought the splitting maul maybe too heavy to swing but its really not. Its quite effective and beastly. It could use a little tickle with the bastard file but just a bit to get a little more of a bite on the edge. Don't let those axes and maul sit sir, they were made to swing as our four fathers did years before us. Keep the axe tradition going!
With this gum think might be bluegum I've been splitting,still totally green I've found the bark actually holds it together significantly on some pieces, like a hose clamp basically, so I've found knocking an edge off the round to break the bark helps
Is that northern or central Victoria. Stringybark got me thinking about Stringybark Creek where the Kelly gang had one of their brushes with the troopers.
The fiskars splitting axes and maul are by far my favourites. I mostly use the X25 and I just can't get enough of the feel of it, and you can easily swing it all day. Cheers for the vid, subbed 🤙
With the large green rings it would work better to go round the outsides with the x27 and peel it like an onion. Saying that I bought one and broke it the first day. Took it back and swapped it for the eight pound hart. Its a great tool I have three of them. Only problem with the hart is the soft handle wears out fast
I just call it that when the axe bounces back at me without making a dent. I have mostly Woolybutt, Box, Ironbark and Monkey Gum here 🦘 Very old concrete can be like that as well.. throwing the sledge hammer back from whence it came 😎
Good video. It looks that maul has in short time better results but it is not for the whole day work. Do you have any suggestions when to use x27 and when to use the maul?
Got some Aussie wood here in Cali. River Red Gum just got dropped off in the woodyard.. Tried my luck with the fiskars... Hydraulics it is for me xD hahah you are a BEAST
Hi, I've never had to split wet stringy, the X27 works great with dry stringy which usually split like a dream. I have both fiskars too and between them you can usually get through anything. great vid just subscribed. Chris VIC TheRuralProject
Split about 10m2 of that wood the other day with a husqvana axe you must go around the out side of the wood the wetter the log the easier to split :) on the edge of the log
Good form in ya swings, plenty of power. Just remember to split it as ya cut the blocks off otherwise the ends dry out and the axe or maul wont do much. And for big blocks dont forget to go with the grain, there are no awards for being able to split big 20" blocks in half apart from a broken back 🤟
Cheers mate ! I have been cheeky and got myself a hydraulic splitter. It's amazing and super fast ! The old x27 is waiting for this year's duty on the side !
Young dad swinging an axe with two little boys standing by... What could possibly go wrong? It reminds me of the US in the 60s. Only the smart kids survived. Now, we are so safety conscious, this would never be acceptable.
Good Ozzie hard wood mate lol. I’ve just put my maul’s aside and have purchased a petrol driven 30 ton log splitter. At 63 I think I’ve earned it lol…. Keep on bouncing old mate.
New subscriber here. Cheers for posting up. I have both too. The maul has its place but yeah, wears you out pretty quick. It stays at home most wood runs. X27 is my go to splitter too 🪓🪵 On stubborn coins it’s easier to rip into the sides a little way with a saw to get the split started. Makes for much lighter work 👌
Stringybark is atrocious when wet . Mechanical splitter for stuff like that . The X27 had met it's limit . You gave those tools a heck of a swinging mate . Well done :-)
You want to try the hart 8lb block splitter. It is a beast. With the face cutouts it's almost impossible to get it stuck. If it does get jammed I just kick the handle or knock it with a heavy piece of wood
That's some tough wood mate. I haven't used the x27 before but I couldn't imagine anything but a maul getting through a stack of woolybutt/stringybark.
good work buddy, try placing the logs on top of a big peice of log as a base. should help with the bouncing a bit.
Love my X27, a joy to use all day. I find using it with White Ox gloves takes the vibe out should I overstrike. Same suggestion as others here, going with the grain and peeling the big rounds I find is easier than trying to split across the centre. I cut them shorter when its tough stuff too. Also I find good roundhouse technique is more efficient. Great day out with the kids, they'll remember these days all of their lives and remind you of how much they enjoyed it when they get older. Subscribed.
Usually when I split chips & chunks go flying really hard & fast. That little fella will find this out the hard way that close with no sunnies on
Nice video. I'm an x27 convert. I grew up in the uk and used axes mostly (it was mostly pine) but then when I moved to Australia, everyone was using mauls. I tried for a few years before I bought an X27. It's still nice to have a maul on hand for stubborn pieces but I'll get 99% done with the x27 in half the time.
Imagine the time difference if you did the same test over several cubic metres!!!!! you'd be way ahead with the x27. With the really wet big logs, I will take the sapwood off one or two sides (it comes off easy with a sharp axe). If you do that, you will find you can split it down the middle fairly easy after that. Wood dries from the inside out so that sapwood is super moist and stretchy. If you strike the middle in a big log, the energy for the blow gets absorbed in that sapwood and the axe bounces.
I have to split around 15-20 m3 next week and the site is too steep and muddy to get a log splitter in so I'm doing it by hand. Maybe I'll put up a video and show you what I mean. Follow my channel, please.
Cheers mate will follow for sure ! When I get a big load I will do a comparison with both :)
Legendary input thank you :)
Greetings from upstate New York. I like the fact, the kids are outside with dad, the outdoors is a wonderful place to be. I bought the Fiskars X27 splitting axe about four years ago. Its been a great addition to my vintage Plumb and Segar Chemical double bits. I also received the Husqvarna S2800 Splitting axe which I like as well. I'm not a fan of our American traditional mauls. I have a cheaper Mint Craft Pro 6 lb maul, I bought at the local hardware store, years ago. I use it as a sledge hammer and pound wedges in massive rounds once in a blue moon. I'm carious in the Fiskars Iso Core maul, but eight pounds seems very heavy and cumbersome. They had a 6 lb version on amazon but I don't know if Fiskars discontinued it. Its not available anymore. In Europe, they've had the X37 Splitting Maul for years, I currently came across in a video but it never made its way to the states. I like the Fiskars X27 and Husqvarna S2800, they're splitting axes but like a hybrid. In between a felling axe and a maul, without the hefty weight. I just wish the Iso Core maul was more stream lined and less in weight.
Glad to hear you like the x27! My boys love getting outdoors fishing etc. The maul is a weird beast. Good when you need it for those real tough ones but otherwise fairly useless. Then I upgraded to a cheap hydraulic. My poor axes have hardly been used since lol
@@aussiedadlifeUPDATE! I bought the Fiskars 8lb Isocore Splitting Maul. I think its fantastic for quartering rounds and than split the quarters with the X27. I thought the splitting maul maybe too heavy to swing but its really not. Its quite effective and beastly. It could use a little tickle with the bastard file but just a bit to get a little more of a bite on the edge. Don't let those axes and maul sit sir, they were made to swing as our four fathers did years before us. Keep the axe tradition going!
It makes a good sledge hammer. Could use a face cut out as it gets stuck to easily
With this gum think might be bluegum I've been splitting,still totally green I've found the bark actually holds it together significantly on some pieces, like a hose clamp basically, so I've found knocking an edge off the round to break the bark helps
Yeah your probably right, there are so many different varieties down here in Vic
Is that northern or central Victoria.
Stringybark got me thinking about Stringybark Creek where the Kelly gang had one of their brushes with the troopers.
The fiskars splitting axes and maul are by far my favourites. I mostly use the X25 and I just can't get enough of the feel of it, and you can easily swing it all day. Cheers for the vid, subbed 🤙
Thanks for the sub mate! They sure are light axes and easy to swing
The firewood must be split from the roots to the top. If you cut from the top towards the roots, then the lighter block will be difficult to split.
With the large green rings it would work better to go round the outsides with the x27 and peel it like an onion. Saying that I bought one and broke it the first day. Took it back and swapped it for the eight pound hart. Its a great tool I have three of them. Only problem with the hart is the soft handle wears out fast
Yeah edging it from the outside has made it heaps easier !
@@aussiedadlife I used to get truck loads of green rings. Had lots of fun splitting that but the man was unreliable
@@leonrive9276 my hydraulic splitter makes life easy :)
Wauw, thats some tough wood!😳 They sure aren't kidding when they speak of Australien hardwood! Well done👍
Yeah it can be hard, we got lots of different varieties over here
Split around the rings not straight across will split easier
Have your kids stand behind you, some pieces can fly off 10m+. Split along the growth rings and is easier to split when green.
He'll learn, kids r a bit of a worry being so close!
Australian rubberwood 😎
Those make great garden seats. I trim around the top with a router 🦘😎
I dont think stringybark is rubber wood ? It's just a hardwood as far as I'm aware.
I just call it that when the axe bounces back at me without making a dent. I have mostly Woolybutt, Box, Ironbark and Monkey Gum here 🦘 Very old concrete can be like that as well.. throwing the sledge hammer back from whence it came 😎
Good video. It looks that maul has in short time better results but it is not for the whole day work. Do you have any suggestions when to use x27 and when to use the maul?
Anything under 14" in diameter the x27 would be perfect. Over thst would depend if dry or wet and how thick etc.
Got some Aussie wood here in Cali. River Red Gum just got dropped off in the woodyard.. Tried my luck with the fiskars... Hydraulics it is for me xD hahah you are a BEAST
Hi, I've never had to split wet stringy, the X27 works great with dry stringy which usually split like a dream. I have both fiskars too and between them you can usually get through anything. great vid just subscribed. Chris VIC TheRuralProject
Thanks mate, I take what I can get off this property! It's burning pretty good right now !
Are you left handed? Because for my part I am right-handed and I go up the iron with the left hand, am I wrong?
Bit of ambidextrous. My dad is left handed so copying him growing up I do some things a bit different lol
how does the collar of the handle hold up?
Pretty well. Hasn't broken and I have miss hit it many many times.
Split about 10m2 of that wood the other day with a husqvana axe you must go around the out side of the wood the wetter the log the easier to split :) on the edge of the log
Or use my hydraulic splitter hahaha
The goats sound like they are mocking you. You have the patience of a Saint. I would have lost my cool in that situation.
Yeah mate they can be trying at times lol !!
Good form in ya swings, plenty of power. Just remember to split it as ya cut the blocks off otherwise the ends dry out and the axe or maul wont do much.
And for big blocks dont forget to go with the grain, there are no awards for being able to split big 20" blocks in half apart from a broken back 🤟
Cheers mate ! I have been cheeky and got myself a hydraulic splitter. It's amazing and super fast ! The old x27 is waiting for this year's duty on the side !
Young dad swinging an axe with two little boys standing by... What could possibly go wrong?
It reminds me of the US in the 60s. Only the smart kids survived.
Now, we are so safety conscious, this would never be acceptable.
Good Ozzie hard wood mate lol. I’ve just put my maul’s aside and have purchased a petrol driven 30 ton log splitter. At 63 I think I’ve earned it lol…. Keep on bouncing old mate.
Cheers mate I got a hydraulic one as well! Hardly picked up the axes after that lol
@@aussiedadlife cheers 🍻 mate. Have a good one and keep the videos coming.
New subscriber here.
Cheers for posting up.
I have both too. The maul has its place but yeah, wears you out pretty quick. It stays at home most wood runs.
X27 is my go to splitter too 🪓🪵
On stubborn coins it’s easier to rip into the sides a little way with a saw to get the split started. Makes for much lighter work 👌
Sure does mate ! Thanks for the sub !
Yeah Aussie timber is super tough..I just did some york gum with the x25.Good effort mate.
Cheers mate, I upgraded and got a hydraulic splitter as well!
Stringybark is atrocious when wet . Mechanical splitter for stuff like that . The X27 had met it's limit . You gave those tools a heck of a swinging mate . Well done :-)
Been doing a few more vids of the axes. Fun times!
You want to try the hart 8lb block splitter. It is a beast. With the face cutouts it's almost impossible to get it stuck. If it does get jammed I just kick the handle or knock it with a heavy piece of wood
Dude those kids way too close 😂
Gotta be the meanest wood i've ever seen
This is some of our easiest hardwood variety to split!
Yer id be rippin it by now. Good effort
Keeps me sorry of fit ha ha
That's some tough wood mate. I haven't used the x27 before but I couldn't imagine anything but a maul getting through a stack of woolybutt/stringybark.
If it's dry the x27 works a treat, also taking off edges first helps as I'm learning
Your boys were getting way too close
Ya need a drolic one boss🤷🏻♂️
Maybe a few hits in the sides more and rip em once👌🏻🤘🏻
Hehe I upgrade to one of them last year ! Best thing ever !
Shit fire wood
No such thing as shit free wood lol
@@aussiedadlife that not firewood it shit