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  2. Twybil - Wikipedia

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    The shape of the working edges varies with size and purpose. Large twybils have short straight edges for splitting, like an axe or tomahawk. Small ones have a more curved edge, curving back beneath to a shape that is more like a short knife or oyster knife, another tool used with a similar splitting and prying action. Both styles are forged and ...

  3. Splitting maul - Wikipedia

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    A typical wood splitting maul has a head mass of 6 to 8 lb or approximately 2.7 to 3.6 kg, respectively. Traditionally, mauls have a wedge-shaped head, but some modern versions have conical heads or swiveling sub-wedges. The original maul resembles an axe but with a broader head. For splitting wood, this tool is much better than a typical axe.

  4. Cleaving axe - Wikipedia

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    Splitting is usually done to logs that are already sawn to length and so they may be split vertically. To split longer logs, wedges are driven with the heavy poll of this maul, giving its alternative name of "hammer-poll axe". [9] Splitting axes are inconsistently described. Some are cleaving axes, used for green woodworking. [6]

  5. Axe - Wikipedia

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    Generally, cutting axes have a shallow wedge angle, whereas splitting axes have a deeper angle. Most axes are double bevelled (i.e. symmetrical about the axis of the blade), but some specialist broadaxes have a single bevel blade, and usually an offset handle that allows them to be used for finishing work without putting the user's knuckles at ...

  6. Axe manufacturing in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    A high-quality axe, many Norlund axes and hatchets have a distinctive Hudson Bay ("tomahawk") pattern. These are much prized by collectors. The axes were named in recognition of Olaf A. Norlund (1856-1931) of Williamsport, PA, who made a variety of tools and implements for logging, sawmills, sport fishing, and housewares.

  7. Froe - Wikipedia

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    A froe. A froe (or frow), shake axe or paling knife is a tool for cleaving wood by splitting it along the grain. It is an L-shaped tool, used by hammering one edge of its blade into the end of a piece of wood in the direction of the grain, then twisting the blade in the wood by rotating the haft (handle).

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