Is that time again. My 15 year lod had the handle give out on my maul. Typically the yellow Fiber glass handle Trumper from real king last me 4 to 6 years before the handle goes from sun and shock. I Like them because they are cheap and last reasonable well. I have 2 2.5lb fiskers boys ax and a nice 3.5 lb long handled one as well. The boys have out grown the boys ax now they are more of a hatchet roll filler.

I have 2.. well actually about 6.. but 2 that I use, the fiskars x27 and their 8 pound maul… nothing beats the fiskars 8 pound maul… absolutely nothing…

I hear ya on the boys out growing the boys ax. I like to start and keep kids on a handle long enough to hit the ground if they miss the mark. Until they get real hand running an ax anyway. As much as I hate an ax head hitting the ground, it’s better than a shin or foot.

I have been looking at whisky river trading out of Escanaba MI , they make wood , I like the feel of wood but yes you end up replacing them.

better practices and oiling them help

I have heard some guys are all about thier Fiskars 27 inch light and they warrantee them when you break them

most of the mauls on the fiberglass handles don't have much of an edge or great geometry just sort of there and not great but heavy

I would probably go with this
https://counciltool.com/shop/other-...ls/7-lbs-axe-eye-splitting-maul-ol-no-7/
if I was looking for a good maul
then order a couple of their replacement handles

remember no beating the pole on a ax
that is how my son broke my last two ax handles

I have a "monster maul" bought 40 years ago, heavy?, yes, but with the right technique you can split a LOT of wood quickly, steel handle is welded to the head, you ain't breaking this one....

Handle donco the head as heavy as I can get, Council makes some.

I wish they would put an oval in the handle for easy alignment. Do you have trouble aligning the splitting edge with the round handle?

Actually, the end of the handle does have a slight oval, This was the original MM, never really had a problem though..once you grab onto that thing you don't change your grip!, lol

I started the oldest boy out with wood handle boys ax(all I could dfind back then) at 6. I could not leave the youngest out but at 4 he could not handle much so gotna hatchet. I would split easy splitting stuff down so it would split very easily for them. intact Wife pointed out she is still cooking on all that cheery wood they split down to kindling all these years later. It's almost gone. For a few years it was part of my wood splitting time. All the easy splitting stuff got busted a bit and sat to the side and the boys would come out and bust it down to tooth picks.

As much as I like wood the last wood handle ax I bought the handle split about 18" long back to front down the grain of the handle about 10" back from the head on around my 3rd swing. When I get several years out of synthetic I now pick them every time

Good stuff PF.

That sounds like how my boy and two girls came up! Still funny to watch people’s faces when one of the girls grab an ax and split a few for the river wood stove. And they both have little ones of their own now. I’m sure the grandkids will learn the same way.

I prefer a wood handle for a maul. I also use fiberglass handle. Some hardware stores sell a plastic sleeve to protect a wooden handle that 3" up from the head.

My axes have wooden handles.

Same here, there is a !earning curve, read instructions, ya, instructions on a splitting maul. lol. They work good if used correctly. Man killer if used like a regular maul.

Mine is powered by Briggs and Stratton

X2

I have one of those needs new seals on the cylinder. . had dit for years put new motor on it 15 years ago and have not ran it 2 hours. always faster with an ax or maul.

add in I have a 2'x 2' door and my wood burner can handle 47 " lengthen i don't split things small only to get them to size the wivf and kids can handle.
IF Tthey don't split easy i will cut them smaller.

I only have one and it's a Craftsman

Wait til youre 70!

Mine is powered by Kubota.. lol

mine is Kohler powered , worst gas cap design I thing I have ever worked with , but since I set it up with an old bottom pan out of a rabbit cage that hooks on and covers the engine , it has started and been fine.

before the engine had a roof , it would collect water in the gas can on any long steady rain.
had to drain the gas a bunch of times , 10mm on the bottom of carb at least wasn't too hard but a pain
the little roof makes the difference , yes I wish I had a good place to put it inside but it lives outside most of the last 11 years I have had it . had to rebuild the ram seal this year other than that , oil and filter changes mainly besides dealing with water in the gas too many times.

I also put a new starter rope on it a couple years ago.



if I was doing a bunch of big wood for a OWB I would probably noodle a lot more of it at least part way through

noodle about 3/4 of the way through and it doesn't take much of a hit to make them halves
then you can stack them so they shed water when stacked

These two 10 year olds know how to use a maul; they both have a pretty good eye too.
[video:youtube]https://youtube.com/shorts/x9lw1UqafRQ?si=HP3GpqKnb8ExxpSP[/video]

Dad may have had his that long

If you can swing it, it will split it

I bought one used at a garage sale
When I get stuff too big to wrestle into the splitter I will use the MM to get them down to manageable size

BTW my splitter will run vertical and that is the primary position it gets run in

This is what I use and I bought it used over 30 years ago. I love it so much I bought a spare but have never needed it.

I also use a 27 ton swisher.

Chopper

We've had 16# and 12# Monster Mauls since the '70s.
Used to pit my son's against each other, got a lot of wood split fast, lol

Maul (mall) is where you go shopping. We call them Go Devils. I use an 8 and 6 lber. I never heard them called maul until I got on TM.

And a Go Devil is something you hang off the back of a boat to go places outboards can't

Never heard that term used for a wood splitting tool. Will have to remember that one

Assuming its a local term?