Before you begin splitting, ensure your axe blade is sharp – it should bite into wood easily on contact without bouncing. If ...

Splitting wood for the coming winter isn’t just great exercise. It can be a time for reflection and even meditation. There is something deeply satisfying in seeing the pile of split wood grow larger ...

A sharp long-handled axe is a necessity for any outdoorsman. When the blade gets dull, well, you can fix that: A bench grinder can be used to sharpen a dull axe head, and some rust soak will have it ...

The Almike is a throwback of hand tooling in the mass production era, and it shows in one of the highest quality bushcraft axes available today. A modern splitting axe that has a nicely weighted head ...

The axe is among the oldest tools that humans created. Although simple in design — a metal blade (these were originally stone) joined to a wooden handle — an axe has remained unchanged due to its ...

There’s nothing cozier than a fireplace or wood-burning stove in the winter. Yes, it can be a pain to chop all that wood, but think about it like this: you’ll get ripped and cut your heating bill at ...