Edward ToolsWood Splitting Maul 17” - 3 lb. Axe and Sledge Combined - Forged Steel Head - Splits Wood Better Than Camp Axe or Hatchet - Kindling Splitter - Rubber Sheath

Just got it but it appears to be well made, has a sharp edge and split a couple of pieces of firewood easily. Good balance.

If you are looking for a tool to make kindling, this is it. It’s not an axe, it’s not a hatchet, and it’s not a full size maul. It’s a small hatchet sized maul and its most appropriate use is for splitting small diameter and already split logs into kindling. Works great. Excellent price.

Great hatchet for making kindling for the wood stove. The large splitting cheeks on the axe head help tremendously and make the logs pop open. Quality is good and it holding an edge very well so far, the balance is very good and helps drive the head through the wood.

Very good splitting axe. Well balanced, feels good in the hand, nice grip. Good for kindling and the smaller stuff.

Looks like well made, heavy camp tool, great at this price point, sharpened, 3 inch cutting edge, fiberglass 14 inch handle, exactly like in picture Five stars on appearance and fast shipping.I was pleased for size, type and cost.

Functional but finish wasn’t smooth and metal had pits

It’s a splitting maul alright, non hydraulic, non pneumatic, non electric , non mechanical and non magical. Batteries not included or needed. No attached power cords. Not foldable or collapsible. No operating instructions included. Why? Because it is a very good splitting maul and only needs “elbow grease” to operate. I love it!A comment to the people who think that a Splitting Maul is supposed to be sharp………. THEY ARE NOT SHARP! None of them are actually sharp. If you want something sharp then purchase an Axe. An Axe, both single and double headed, are very sharp. You CUT TREES DOWN with an Axe, NOT A MAUL! Paul Bunyan carried an Axe (double headed”. A Maul is a “Brute Force Instrument”, made to be heavier than the same size of Axe. Most Mauls have protruding components that are mechanical or forged on the sides of the blade to allow for expansion of the wood being split. Basically a Maul is a dull axe combined with a Splitting Wedge built into it. A Wedge is generally used with a sledgehammer. The Wedge is tapped into place and then with a few mighty swings of the sledgehammer, driving the Wedge into the wood round causing it to split in half. A Maul is a combination of Wedge and Hammer and uses brute force to split wood. A good example of a dull Maul is on a gas or electric Wood-Splitter, commonly sold in hardware stores. The “Wedge is very blunt and the hydraulic pressure of the machine is the brute force that pushes the dull wedge into the wood or the wood onto the stationary wedge causing it to split. Wood splitters are not fast, just powerful.So, let’s see….. you cut trees down with a Sharp Axe or a Sharp Chain Saw and then you Split it with a dull wedge/Maul. Why should you NOT SHARPEN A MAUL? Very simple…… a sharp Maul will weaken the edge and when it encounters a major knot in the middle of the Round it can damage the blade edge by being thinned down by sharpening and ultimately breaking chunks off the blade edge making it useless. Repeating the sharpening of a maul blade will only make it smaller and lighter each time, subsequently making the Maul ineffective for its intended purpose.This splitting Maul is perfect for our use of making kindling from the smaller pieces of the wood that we split with our larger long handled 8lb Splitting Maul. Both are made to split, NOT CUT wood. Like the old saying…. “THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE RIGHT JOB”.Hopefully this review will be read by those who don’t know the difference between CUTTING and SPLITTING and the associated tools necessary for the two very different applications.SO DO NOT SHARPEN YOUR MAUL BUT INSTEAD PURCHASE AN AXE. If you’re a wood stove person you should have BOTH TOOLS available.I highly recommend this Maul and so far it’s been great and exactly what I needed for indoor splitting.

It's an axe. Pretty sturdy. I like how its packaged, and it has removable rubber safety guard on the axe edge, which is a good safety feature to have. It's not a super sized sledgehammer type axe, but it is the perfect size for the person who wants to take an axe camping. You can split smaller pieces of wood say three to five inches diameter but I wouldn't try to chop down an oak tree with this one. Just saying.