Very good demonstration/comparison video! Thanks for sharing.

Mr. Oz...I recently purchased the STIHL universal forestry axe..this has been a most enjoyable watch for me...your skills "on the block" were most enjoyable to observe and both tools were depicted in a favorable yet factual way by a well-demonstrated and practiced axeman...very well done sir..

It definitely seemed as though the Husky was sticking more. Its amazing how much energy is expended trying to unstick an axe from the wood. Great video.

Thnx for this 💯

Cheers for the vid. I've got the chopping 2400 and it goes pretty well for a light splitter, but as you said they have their limits, good tool overall though. I've looked at the Stihl for a few years but never seen one used on gum so that was cool to see. Gotta love grey box haha👍👍

I just bought both the Stihl splitting axe in this video as well as a Stihl maul splitter. The maul is night vs day better than the axe for splitting up logs, but I expected as much. An axe is still needed when you get blocks split down and you want something slightly lighter with a sharper head profile for cutting your small pieces and kindling. I personally don't like hatchets much.

The Husqvarna axe is more suited to be your felling axe in conjunction with a chainsaw saw. Use the axe to strip dirty bark and drive wedges.

I have the ochsenkopf and I like it a lot. By far the most popular splitter in my area of Canada had long been a 6 or 8lb American pattern maul but I haven’t noticed any appear in any Aussie videos. Do you guys use them?

I have a go devil 16 lbs. That bust's anything with just a couple swings! I have that Stihl axe too, haven't used it yet

Great video, nice to see some Aussie hardwood being split. I’ve not tried these 2 axes, my fiskars gets some use though and I find it great. Chris TheRuralProject

One Design Flaw i can not understand why they oversaw it! I use my Splitting Maul ("Müller Tiroler Schlegelaxt") mostly for driving Wedges of Aluminium, Steel and with a Beech Wood Insert. It doesnt have a Steel Collar (another thing that helps so much!) so trough incompetence the Handle did the Wedge driving sometimes. xP The Front is much less damaged, when overstrike it gets less damaged: it hits Spruce, Larch or Pine in my Case and is a bit wider than the back. Also when i make a glancing Blow it glances. I made a glancing Blow also with the Hammerside on a Aluminium Wedge...it ripped a whole chunk of Handle out... Its just a weird Decision placing the Steel behind the Edge and not at the other side! But certainly they think it will be used more for splitting with the the edge. On YT theres a Guy, AustriaForst who used it as a Wedgehammer so its not like the People will use it in its probable intended Role... But i still think its better to have both sides protected or if only 1, the backside.

The Husqvarna's head weighs five and a half pounds, not "4 pounds". May I suggest starting with a lighter axe for starting, the small logs that you were having a hard time splitting will fly in two halves with a lighter head. Bend your knees so you do not come close to your shins or feet as you did @ 8.10 and so that the handle is more parallel to the ground at the end of the stroke.

Aussie wood is so tough to chop. I tend to use a typical splitter and sometimes an axe and the back of the splitter if the axe gets stuck for tough ones. Unjamming the axe gets pretty tiring!

How long are the handles???

what a wood... looks like knoty oak with the hardness of dry beech. how ever, I think a better ChoppingBlock would do you extremly good. these stagged ones do wiggle alot and absorb some of your energy. I would go for a heavy sigle piece that is a bit lower than your double stagg. No Energy to spare if you are dealing with wood like this haha greeting from where both axes were produced haha

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Id have bought the S2800 'if' it just had 4 more inches or more handle. I need that bit more length in aussie hardwoods.

Come on brother hit the bloody thing. That Axe us designed for large-sized timbers as well.

I have the Stihl and like most splitting axes they have the wrong angle on them. I refaced mine to 35° works much better as it gets into the wood better. www.youtube.com/@ChainsawUsers

Sekyrky obě moc pěkný,ale ten špalek na kterém to sekáte to, je ostuda.

n this video you can see the difference between 30 and 33 degree wedge cleavers... you can see how the 30 degree cleaver gets stuck kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJ1dbNCUzNylnn0.html

You need to build up your chi force man, try some chinese herbs for strength and vitality.

not a very good cleaver... while making homemade cleavers, I experimentally came to the conclusion that the wedge angle of the cleaver should be 33-37 degrees in pedels... less than 33 it gets stuck and you have to spend time and effort removing it.. .. and more than 37 loses its penetration and gives into the hands

A good axe is nothing, if you cannot hit the same place twice 😂

На мою думкуштиль набагато краще розколює і не застрягає в деревині😊

Which one will be better ? Gardena 2800s Dewalt 2kg

The joke is the price for the husquarna Australian 150ausd. The Germany 130€ the stihl 117€.😅😅

your block is way too high ,you robbing yourself of half of the power and half of the movement,if you really want to use a chopping block use a 5 inch high block the best splitters only chop on the ground

I have Stihl. It's really great axe. I have 2 axes🪓 fiskars, but Stihl is the best one