Lever Ax Vipukirves

[WBspectrum]

Interesting ax design, appears to make short work of logs.

http://www.vipukirves.fi/english/index.htm

 

[Admin]

I like it

 

[June4th]

Darn it, just bought my Fiskars last year!

P.S. At 193 euros, I will keep my $50 Fiskars.

 

[P-14]

P.S. At 193 euros, I will keep my $50 Fiskars.

That's $266 US. A nice tool, but too expensive for me.

 

[not new guy]

That's $266 US. A nice tool, but too expensive for me.

It looks like it will last a lifetime. If you chop wood, and if this works as advertised on oak and maple, this probably cuts your time and effort in half. $266 is a small price to pay if you're going to use it more than a few times.

 

[fubar]

Not a General Purpose tool. If you're a guy who has a list : " Axe , one , cool. - check " and moves on to the next thing ; this aint it. but

If you chop enough wood that you have a few different axes for the work , then this one looks awesome as another tool in the box.

 

[not new guy]

I'm not convinced that it's going to work as advertised on some of the dense, twisted stuff we have around here.

 

[Boghog1]

I for once would like to see how it handles some different types of wood. or at least take a regular axe and show the difference on the same wood he was splitting.

 

[Nick Fury]

I for once would like to see how it handles some different types of wood. or at least take a regular axe and show the difference on the same wood he was splitting.

Yeah the conditions in that video were about as optimum as it gets.

 

[MisterHappy]

The idea of it twisting, and stopping more-or-less short on each chop worries me.

I went through 3-4 cords of mostly oak last fall- plenty of the logs were as wide as they were long, and I had to spall off 4-5 outside sections, then split the center. I used a one-piece steel splitting maul, and that worked well.

And yeah, at $200+ that's a lot....

 

[ToddDubya]

So does it twist in your hand? It sounds like you'd end up with a sore wrist or something like tennis elbow.

I love the tire trick. I've never used it but I need to try it out.

 

[Archilochus]

Not a chance that would work as shown on beech, yellow birch, knotty old maple, etc. Maybe on nice dry ash.

Pretty much all the woods that I cut for firewood.

 

[enbloc]

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