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The handle is straight and fairly short, around 18 in (460 mm), as the cleaving axe is only held, not swung. [3] As the axe head must penetrate fully into the wood, the poll [ 5 ] is minimal, narrower than the axe cheeks, and is never used for pounding other tools, lest it damage or mushroom the head.
A splitting maul also known as a block buster, block splitter, chop and maul, sledge axe, go-devil or hamaxe is a heavy, long-handled axe used for splitting a piece of wood along its grain. One side of its head is like a sledgehammer , and the other side is like an axe.
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).
Wood splitting, also called riving uses wedges, splitting mauls, and/or froes. Historically most timbers were used green but some went through a process of wood drying using some tools and equipment.
Similar to a cutter mattock, it has a rigid handle of wood, plastic, or fiberglass. The Pulaski was developed for constructing firebreaks , able to both dig soil and chop wood. It is also well adapted for trail construction, and can be used for gardening and other outdoor work for general excavation and digging holes in root-bound or hard soil.
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