The best kindling splitter should be extremely rugged and sized so it can handle all the logs in your woodpile.

Few methods of home heating are as iconic and rewarding as burning wood—especially if you cut and split it yourself. The hard physical work of splitting firewood is missing from most other heating ...

Wetherbee prefers a splitting maul to an axe, on account of its heavier, less tapered head — it’s less likely to get stuck in knotty wood, she says. Also: a chopping block, and she recommends eye ...

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Technically, the term “log splitter” refers to any tool that helps you split wood into smaller segments. They include simple manual tools you can bang with a sledgehammer or maul, as well as large ...