Hults Bruk Spika, Stihl MS 212 C-BE, and Fiskars X27 Super Splitting Axe are among the best outdoor tools of 2025. Courtesy Images Axes, saws, and shovels don't get as much pocket time as your trusty ...

Splitting wood for the coming winter isn’t just great exercise. It can be a time for reflection and even meditation. There is something deeply satisfying in seeing the pile of split wood grow larger ...

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While a short, light hatchet is great for intricate tasks such as making kindling, carving, or clearing trails, nothing beats a long-handled axe for chopping logs into firewood. With its two-part ...

Even if you aren’t trekking deep into the backcountry, a hatchet is always a good tool to have around for camping. They makes easy work of tasks like splitting wood, driving tent stakes into the ...

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The sounds of my attempt to chop the long log in half echoed off the canyon’s rock cliffs like gunfire. I wasn’t having success because I was using a smaller axe with a narrow head. It was the wrong ...

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 ...