Here are the basics on how to split wood with an axe.

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1. Get a good ax and make sure it’s sharp. Having a quality, sharp ax is key to a successful split. Zdon recommends a 36-inch handle with a 4-pound ax head (Zdon used a Best Made Co. Felling Ax for ...

It’s nice to picture yourself chopping firewood like a lumberjack–deftly swinging an axe through log rounds to cut perfectly sized pieces. That said, it's simply not how it happens. For most of us, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s nice to picture yourself chopping firewood like a lumberjack–deftly swinging an axe through log rounds to cut perfectly sized ...

If, like me, your credentials as a woodsman come primarily from watching movies set in the woods, you might think you can just swing any ax down the center of a log to split it. That’s not quite right ...

Wood. Humans have burned it for to heat their homes for thousands of years. It’s truly a renewable source of energy. While it may not be the most efficient or green method to warm a space, it ...

While a short, light hatchet is great for intricate tasks such as making kindling, carving, or clearing trails, nothing beats a long-handled axe for chopping logs into firewood. With its two-part ...

A Finnish woodcutter has designed an axe that could make a significant difference in the lives of some northerners. Many people in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) and the neighbouring Yukon ...

A Finnish wood-cutter has designed an axe that could make a significant difference in the lives of some northerners. Many people in the N.W.T. and Yukon heat their homes year round with wood. Heikki ...