Leveraxe Splitting Axe, Vipukirves 36-inch

This is a great product. I've been chopping wood since I was a kid in Boy Scouts. I've helped friends clear lots with an axe and chainsaw. But splitting logs for firewood has always been a pain. Propping up the log, splitting it and then repositioning it. And if you've got a full log, it's almost impossible. Just after I ordered this axe, my furnace died and it was getting pretty cold. I had a tree cut down but it was in logs. Chopping it up with a normal axe wouldn't have worked (2' diameter sections). But with this axe, I just setup the section and split out wood in minutes. I could reduce a whole piece into 20-30 splits in less than 20 minutes. It took longer to haul them back to the house than it took to split them!If you're looking for a tool to make firewood fast, this is a fantastic choice. Get an old tire and a stump and you're ready to make a ton of firewood. You'll still need an axe or chainsaw to cut down trees or make logs, but this will turn it into firewood fast.

Bad AXE. Phenomenal marketing. With two other experienced wood splitters we tested the Leveraxe against a six lb. splitting maul, wedges, and a eight lb. splitting maul. We were splitting oak and hickory. For the Leveraxe we constructed a splitting block with a 15" tire and one with a 20" tire. No contest, even after some practice with a lose grip the Leveraxe could not keep up with the splitting mauls. The Leveraxe had trouble with the hardwood so we tried some ash and some holly, much better performance but still no match for the mauls. Within thee hours the head on the Leveraxe was loose! Had to get handle wedges to tighten. The painted handle seems cheap for almost $350.00 worth of axe. I anticipate their will lot of Leveraxe bargains on Craig's List and E Bay.

Does what it says it will do and is one of many tools you may choose to have depending on your situation.My situation is that we had several huge trees taken down in our backyard - some were 4 feet in diameter - so once they were cut down to 3 foot sections, they were very heavy and hard to move. Buying or renting a splitter were options - but I would have had to get the thing in the back yard, and if renting it, would have had to work quickly to work through the huge volume of wood. Moving these large sections would have been back-breaking - so I opted to give this axe a try as it seemed that is was worth trying.It does what it claimes to do - I was able to take the large sections, turn them face up and cleave away at their outside knocking off pieces as I went around with the axe until I got the piece down to a 2 ft diameter section so that I could then lift it into the "tire" holder and finish the job.It works best with dry wood without knots (as does every splitter) - it is not hard to use and get the hang of, and I will note that the technique is actually a lot less "damaging" to your forearms/wrists as you essentiall let it go as it is falling and you quickly learn not to absorb all the impact through your arms - but the axe does its job. So, I spit about a cord with this the first weekend out - and used both it and my maul axe. There are times where the maul is the right tool and there were times where this was the right tool - I was glad I had both.The nice thing is I can take my time with all this wood in the backyard. I don't have to rush to get it done so I can return the rented splitter, and I don't have to plan the day around starting up a splitter I own and rolling the heavy logs over to it ... so I can get it done at my own paceThe downside - it is way too expensive - I get it that it is a unique design, but the price is outrageous - I only bought it because I thought it would be worth trying instead of renting a splitter for the weekend and getting very little done or buying one at 5-6 times the cost - but at the end of the day - this is a piece of steel on the end of a handle - it shouldn't cost this much. So, happy with the tool in its performance, but feel like the price is highway robbery

It did not live up to its hype.

interesting piece thank goodness i did not have to pay for need show it to my blacksmith 150 or so possibly but dbl that no siree ..

This axe is worth the money. It's not a cure all end all. But it will split knotty pine and oak with much more ease than an traditional axe or maul. So in my opinion, it's fantastic because it saves your back, and splits better than other hand tools.

Bought this to use while camping in the high Sierras, so no old tires around. Everyone was required to read the manual before trying to use it. My weight lifting teens could do little with it. [we were a family group of 25] The men even took turns and not much. Back to our normal axes. THEN, I had purchased it early to be sure it arrived before we left. The handle of this axe split long-wise around the fourth day. We returned home the day after it could be returned. So now I am stuck with very expensive trash.