Fiskars Splitting Axe

• Powerful splitting axe is a great choice for anyone who needs to split medium- to large-sized logs quickly
• Designed for maximum efficiency to give you more one-strike splits
• Perfected balance and power-to-weight ratio increases swing speed to multiply power, much like an aluminum baseball bat
• Ultra-sharp blade with a low-friction coating and bevel convex blade geometry disperses wood from the blade for clean splits
• Stronger-than-steel FiberComp handle won't break through overstrike, and the PermaHead insert-molded axe head will not loosen or fly off

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 9.4 x 31.5 inches ; 5.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SD7B
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 78546935
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (883 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,965 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)

Product Description

Size: 28-Inch

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Make every swing your best with an axe designed for extreme performance.

Unlike traditional axes that can be heavy, quick to dull and easy to break, X-Series axes combine perfected weight distribution, advanced blade geometry, an ultra-sharp edge and virtually unbreakable design to maximize your performance.

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Note: Image shown is of the Fiskars X25 Splitting Axe.

Proudly made in Finland, the axes are designed to be simple, functional and effective, helping you get more work done in less time. This design earned the X-Series axes the international red dot "best of the best" product design award for the garden category in 2010, recognizing outstanding design quality and trendsetters. A wide range of sizes and styles makes it easy to find the X-Series axe perfect for you, whether you're chopping kindling, chopping logs, splitting logs or felling trees.

The X-Series Advantage

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X-Series axes combine innovative features for chopping axes that chop 3X deeper and splitting axes that offer more one-strike splits.

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More Power at Impact

All X-Series axes feature a smart design that distributes the majority of the weight to the axe head while keeping the stronger-than-steel FiberComp handle lightweight. This perfected weight distribution provides an optimal power-to-weight ratio that increases swing speed to multiply power, much like an aluminum baseball bat. X-Series axes give you more power at impact to help you get more done with every swing.

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Superior Blade Design

The blades of X-Series axes are crafted with a proprietary grinding technique that provides a sharper edge for better contact and cleaner cuts. The hardened, forged steel blades also stay sharp longer than traditional axes, and a low-friction blade coating helps power through the tough logs and prevents the axe head from getting stuck. X-Series Splitting Axes also include advanced bevel convex blade geometry that adds even more power and disperses wood from the blade for cleaner, one-strike splits.

Virtually Unbreakable

X-Series axes don't just outlast other axes--they're virtually impossible to break. A shock-absorbing FiberComp handle is lightweight yet stronger than steel, so it can't be broken through overstrike. The hardened, forged steel blade won't chip or crack, and the innovative PermaHead design is over-molded so the blade can't be separated from the handle.

Note: Images shown are of the Fiskars X25 or X27 Splitting Axe.

Product Description

The X25 Splitting Axe is a great choice for anyone who needs to split medium- to large-sized logs quickly. Like every X-Series Hatchet or Axe, the X25 combines perfected weight distribution, advanced blade geometry, an ultra-sharp edge and virtually unbreakable design to maximize your performance. This combination of features allows the blade to disperse wood more effectively, offering more one-strike splits with each swing. Since you can split wood more easily with the X25, each job requires less time, less effort and less hand strain.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

155 of 159 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Firewood Splitting Hand Tool I've Ever Used March 16, 2011

By T. Baldwin

Size Name:36-Inch

Another 5 star review of the Fiskars 36" Splitting Axe to convince you to definitely buy this great splitting axe. I am 5'10". I did have the 28" Fiskars axe but I knew it was too short and unsafe. After the first swing, I sent it back. I now have the 36" and what a awesome splitting axe. It easily blows away my other splitting axes and mauls - Collins 36" 6 and 8 lbs mauls, Ames True Temper Axe Eye Wood Splitter and Ames True Temper Super Splitter Wood Splitter-Maul. The 36" Fiskars is light - only 4 lbs., important when you hand splitting (and I was definitely grateful for the light weight difference after splitting several cords of wood). Even though it's light, I've had great luck splitting all sorts of hardwoods, red/white oak, black locust, walnut - and those are some of your hardest firewood types. On really tough pieces, I start splitting off the four outer sides where the tree growth rings are the weakest and then I'm left with a sort of square-ish center piece which is usually small enough to burn. This axe has a nice sharp blade and it holds it sharpness pretty long between sharpenings. Another great feature is how the handle is molded up and around the blade. I have really missed my mark and gave this handle a beating and (so far) it's holding up great. I've broke hickory and cracked fiberglass handles before, but this handle is tough. Also, you get a nice little locking blade protector case with a handle on it. So, in conclusion, in my opinion, this is the best splitting axe I've ever used.Plus you'll save $$$ by not buying an electric/gas wood splitter. Also, buy yourself some steel toe boots and eye protection; can't be too careful. Here are some great tips for those just getting into wood burning. For those of you shopping for a wood burner, I have a Lopi Freedom Insert. With Black Locust firewood, I'm getting 12 plus hour burns which is superb. But if you don't have to get an insert and can fit a freestanding stove in your room, get a Blaze King. You'll get up to 40 hour burns (with oak, locust), plus they have a ash pan (unlike most inserts) and an automatic adjustable damper so it'll automatically adjust temperature/heat output. Also, I installed a inline fan and some air duct lines to shoot the heat to my bedrooms and other living room on the far end of the house (ranch homes are the hardest to heat with wood because they're so long) It works like a charm - before it would barely get to 65-67 and now it easily gets to 73 and up. Plus, it really balanced out the heat and pulled it out of the fire place den making it much more tolerable. Also, install ceiling fans in all your major rooms, reverse them (for winter), and leave them on low. They pull the heat off the ceiling and re-circulate it down making it more comfortable. Oh, at night, close doors to unused rooms, basements; it'll help direct heat to your bedrooms. If you just have open doorways, $20 vinyl folding doors are cheap, look good, compact and work great. Sorry, yet another tip, you don't need to pay high prices for oak and ash firewood. I burn with black locust, which I can get much cheaper and I'm getting 12 plus hour burn times with them and with all my above mentioned methods in place, my 1700 + sq ft house stays constant at 72 and up. Buy this axe, and splitting that tough to split locust will be easy for you. Sorry for the long review, but I wanted to include this information for any new comers to the wood burning scene. I found all this information by internet searching, trial and error, and asking everyone I knew - all in all it was a headache until I got my system just right. Hopefully, if you're new and wood-burning uneducated like I was, you'll find this information useful. Good luck and have fun with it while getting good exercise.

94 of 96 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Initally Skeptical... May 31, 2011

By Timothy A. Doyle

Size Name:36-Inch|Amazon Verified Purchase

I've been reading about others who have been using various Fiskars splitting tools over the last few years, always treating them with some skepticism and never really feeling the need to get one of the 28" short handled versions. With the release of teh 36" X27 splitting axe however I decided it was time to try it for myself and see what all the fus was about. Got my new X27 when I came home from owork one night and I was unable to resist, immediately unboxed it, went outside and gave a hard maple round (about 14" across and 20" long, no branches or knots) and good solid whack. The head bounced right off the thing. Hit it again, same result. No split, no cracks, no nothing. Curious, I grabbed my trusly old fiberglass handled 8lb maul and blew the round into 2 equal sized chunks on the first hit. Thinking I must have gotten it started with the X27 I grabbed another round, smacked it with the old maul and WHAM! popped it on the first hit. I took one of the halves and again, the X27 disappointed.

Figuring I had a problem here because there is just no way THAT many people reviewing this thing could possibly not have used a standard 8lb splitting maul similar to mine, I did some hunting and even contacted Fiskars tech support. I was able to trace my problem back to the cutting edge on the axe. The Fiskars needs a shapr cutting edge in order to work right and while they're supposed to be nice and sharp right from the factory, for whatever reason, mine was very dull...it could be that the supplier that ships them for Amazon levaes them dull to avoid lawsuits, or my particualr axe wound up with an extraordinarliy thick coating of the non stick application on the head...but whatever the reason, my thumb was in no danger of being cut by running it over the edge. Fortunately I purchased the Fiskars sharpener with the axe, so I took that out of the package, ran the axe back and forth over the sharpening wheel about 10x and now the thing is so sharp it can cut paper like a good chef's knife.

Armed with a now seriously dangerously sharp aplitting axe I went back to my woodpile. One hit, and POW! the hard maple rounds stand no chance. Now the thing is, I was able to split these same rounds with my old maul, but I'm not applying anywhere near as much force to the X27 and because the head is barely half the weight of the maul, its not as tiring a process with the Fiskars as with the maul.

Bottom line, this product really does work the way people describe it, but the thing has got to have an edge on it...if you don't keep it sharp, its going to disappoint. For this reason I recommend people use a splitting stump or other hard wood surface and maybe avoid splitting on the ground, otherwise you're going to be sharpening the edge a couple times a day.

51 of 54 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Axe September 22, 2006

By El

Size Name:28-Inch

After buying the Fiskars standard 2.5 lb splitter and 2.25 lb. chopping axes I decided to buy the heavier 4.5 lb maul (Power Axe 7854) for the harder oak wood and I was not disappointed. I also got the Fiskars sharpening tool (10 dollars) and it works great with all of the Fiskars axes.

One possible problem for some people: The handle could have been about 3 to 4 inches longer on the Power Axe but if one uses good form it works great as a medium weight maul.

As with swinging ANY sharp tool good form and some common sense are a must to avoid injury.

These axes are sharp from the factory but they will not shave hair until you use the sharpener. A few passes with the sharpener and these axes will shave your arm or anything else you want to.

The design of the blade and the teflon coating on it prevents the axe from sticking to the wood. If it fails to split in the first swing just pull it out and take another swing. The light handle keeps the weight up front where it belongs. Also don't forget to lightly oil the blades when done or they will rust in a humid environment. After slicing my finger oiling the camp axe I spray WD-40 on them now.

My old cheap wood handled axe was not very sharp and it kept sticking to the wood so bad that I sometimes needed to hammer it out. Once the handle started to come loose I just gave the thing away

I bought the 14 inch camp axe (20 dollars at Home Depot) but it's too light for all but the smallest chores. Probably will be called on to help butcher deer and wild hogs.

PRO: Great handling, good looking, really sharp tough blades, your gonna love it.

CON: Short handle: watch your form or you will be taking off some toes or worse.