5# Single bit Splitting axe with 36″ or 28" straight handle. This thing is a laser beam through firewood rounds. When turning large chunks of wood into smaller chunks of wood is the task at hand... this is the one you want! The cutting edge is approximately 4.5″ of overall length.
This axe comes in both 36" and 28" handle lengths. Choose which length you'd like when you go to checkout.
The 28" Handle makes a GREAT Fallers Axe!
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Here are what a few other customers had to say:
- Forged steel head. Made in USA.
- Hand sharpened, tapered bit for cutting and splitting.
- ANSI Standards call for bit hardness of Rc 45-60, at least ½ inch back from the cutting edge. Council Tool internal standards call for tempered bit hardness of Rc 48-55 and we target 1-1/4 inches from the cutting edge. The poll and eye walls are not hardened and remain in the as forged condition.
- Head coated with boiled Linseed Oil over the as forged finish.
- 36″ straight American hickory handle. Eye section is dried to below 10% moisture content to minimize shrinkage and help prevent loosening.
- Axe head is hydraulically seated onto handle and secured with a wooden wedge.
- The interior detail of the eye is tapered and allows for a strong mechanical bond. Approximately 1/2″ of the overall length of the handle is removed during assembly.
** This is a standard axe so grain orientation is not guaranteed. **
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Customer Reviews
Council Tool - 5 lbs Splitting Axe
Love the new axe as well as the 7# splitting axe I bought. Great people to deal with.
I've done a good amount of splitting with this axe in the nearly 3 weeks I've had it. So , I like the length of the handle , it's perfect for me I'm 6'2". I like the weight of the head , it's a good weight for splitting work, it feels very nice in the hand. The head is hafted rock solid, no gaps around the axe eye whatsoever. However I do wish the cheeks were a little bit more beefy or thicker, I was getting it stuck on a few knotty rounds of ash, but that is the only improvement I could possibly ask for.
Works good splitting oak and beech. Hang was a little rough on the shoulder and the handle is all heart wood... but its beautiful and the grain is going the right way! Made it through a couple cord of hardwood so far without a hitch!
Look, if you want to split wood you want either a maul or a purpose-built splitting axe. The benefit of the splitting axe is it can do other axe duties in a pinch. Great handle, good grain alignment. Sharp (for splitting) out of the box. After two rounds, the wood just split when I approached the anvil. It was so scared of this guy. (Truth be told, it was well seasoned, and merely dropping the head straight down split all but the 12" plus logs.
Keep the head oiled as it will rust. And be careful with the cover. The material is fine but the button doesn't want to stay buttoned on mine. Othwise this price makes it a steal. Feel free to buy a $400 splitting axe if that's something you want to do. But this is a tool and it should tool not beauty pagent. Would buy again.
