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The secret to splitting wood with an axe safely

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

A metal splitting maul head. The maul head is roughly wedge-shaped. One side of the maul is an axe blade and the other is a butt that doubles as a hammer. The hammer has eight (8) sides and a smooth ...