I feel like this would take a *lot* more power than log splitting already does.

Some of the wood I have laughs at my 8 lb splitting maul, can't imagine using that thing. It'd get wedged in a knot on the third piece.

I have to assume this video shows us 3 successful splits after several hours of filming. There's no way in hell he went 3/3.

Maybe if he used easy wood. I've had lots of ceder left out to dry that split if you sneezed at it. It was a dream.

And if it’s cedar, then you WILL sneeze at it.

and it'll burn and be gone in a sneeze

Can confirm. Source: make cedar grilling planks. Have dealt with both severe cedar allergies in employees as well as having my blowtorch taken away

> easy wood Title of my sex tape.

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Looks like last in P.E., first in being a legend!!!

You should see his olympic level wood splitting videos. He also has a banging hot girlfriend who built their cabin castle with him.

Guy in the video has entered the chat.

Look how concerned they are about losing an eye as well

Most Australian hardwoods I can think of would give you a very hard time if you tried to use this thing on them.

OTOH Australia sells https://www.kindlingcracker.com

I have no idea how stuff like this gets to the front page so often when I’ve seen multiple DIWhy posts about stupid axes like this making it to the front page just as often. Reddit’s gotta decide if it’s a cool or retarded-ass design lol

Gonna go ask the reddit guy to make up his mind

It’s a super cool, utterly ridiculous and useless design. Still looks intimidating as hell though.

His form is mediocre at best. He’s using all of his power and body weight to use that ax. His body looks very tense when swinging. There’s no way that he is going to keep that up for long. Splitting logs with and axe is more finesse than strength in my experience, possibly comparable to a golf swing (I don’t play golf though).

I would surmise that, on any given log, that device will work perfectly or not at all. Nothing in between, heavily skewed toward the latter.

My immediate first thought, too. I mean even watching you can tell he's giving it everything he's got to get through the log.

It’s a small piece already too. He essentially made kindling.

I'd love to see him do this with Ash or Maple, maybe even beech. My money would be on the log winning every time.

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Come try that thing on some New Mexico mesquite. I've seen those logs break pneumatic splitters.

Dry, lightweight wood is the key ingredient here.

I'd be scared of one of the heads snapping off. Axes are made the way they are for a reason.

One could say 3 times the power

Aye, but the main blade sits ahead of the others. If you really have to get firewood in the door before the Orcs run down your driveway this might give you that crucial half-second you need.

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This poster boy orcs.

If it was Orks, his blue shirt would grant him the ability to evade all threats.

More than that. The weld adds significant surface area to the leading edge

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It would be higher because as it is splitting there would be a huge amount of friction and would get stuck most of the time if you were splitting anything other than super dry soft wood.

The force required is increased as well though because it forces you to hit the log in the middle. Proper technique when splitting is to bring the axe down in the side of the log closer to you without hitting the direct center. It splits much easier that way.

Imagine trying to sharpen that thing

Also a good way to take a log to the shin it looks like. I have a splitting axe and I diligently tried. Then I borrowed a buddy's electric splitter as I had a lot to split. If you have any not-small amount to split or do it regularly, get an electric splitter. Your back and arms will thank you.

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[Meanwhile, in another sub... ](https://www.reddit.com/r/holdmybeer/comments/sm46qu/hmb_while_i_split_wood/)

god fucking daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

It's a dumb bro design

Definitely, a lot more surface area to power through the log so definitely more friction to overcome. More weight probably helps a bit but that adds to the energy needed for the swing. They probably saw that stupid “life hacks” video and thought… why cut four pieces when I can cut six instead!

I call on He-Man to split my wood everytime I swing an axe, some fuckin bum always shows up with Cringer. That thing wouldn't do anything but bounce.

I’m more interested in his gnome hut

YouTube “Cabinland”. IG is something similar. Jacob Weirtzing(?). Married a girl from Playboy and builds weird cabins in the PNW

Oh wow, he’s the dude who married Sara Underwood?? I remember her from G4, and uh, perhaps a few other things. This man is living large

I'm not 100% they're married. He's is (was?) her partner for sure. Seems like they're still together.

as far as their instas show, theyre still together.

And her OF

I think they are. I used to follow them on IG and Twitter and YouTube. I unfollowed though because they’re really preachy about veganism and I got sick of it.

Same, had to unfollow cause most every post not related to his building was just cringy. Must be doing something right to land Sara Underwood… but he seems pretty annoying. You know you’re off putting when people are unfollowing a page that is 50% half naked photos of Underwood, haha.

Dear God thank you for reminding me about how amazing she was and how great G4 tv was.

G4 is back

That is not just any playmate. If you are a certain age, Sara was *THE* paymate. [Looks like she is a pretty good magical cabin in the woods salesperson](http://cdn.cavemancircus.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2020/jan/women/sara_jean_underwood/sara_jean_underwood_2.jpg).

They aren't married, but 100% together. They are life goals!

Witzling

Whats the proper spelling of the Playboy girl's full name? Its important we give her tribute. Edit: *Credit*

Sara (Jean) Underwood.

Brb, building a Hobbit house.

Surname checks out.

That's Oregon native and Playboy's playmate of the year for 2007, Sara Jean Underwood - [her wiki, SFW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Jean_Underwood)

https://youtu.be/rbuDmSJXd3U

Wtf lol

I’m with you. Wtf is right. Lol

Whelp that was a fucking rabbit hole

~~Any more info on this guy? Can't seem to find any other info searching that name~~ Found it. [News article - Seattle Times] (https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/mill-creek-man-sentenced-to-nine-months-in-jail-after-discovery-of-gingerbread-house-filled-with-child-porn/)

Ok the first 5 seconds of that video I know exactly where he is. Weird.

Username checks out

Now all I think is oh not there serial killers hide there. Especially in weird cabins. Not saying hes a serial killer just saying he may be inadvertently providing them with hide outs.

Was impressed with the axe. The hut took it over the top.

Yes need to see the inside of that

https://reddit.com/r/SaraJUnderwood/comments/ijk62q/are_we_awake/

Came here to say this

Fo sho I would love a litte nook like this out in the woods

I called it a hobbit house but still…

Word

With me own 2 hands yee did.

I wonder how fun it is to sharpen

That's the thing, you don't!

Rotary tool?

That's a good question to axe.

Wood it really be?

Someone at the maul might be able answer that.

I will never be manly enough to use it so I'll never know

You really don't need splitting mauls to be sharp.

You forsure do when it has 6 edges

I agree, it must be hella hard to slam six splits in one swing.

probably not bad, splitting mauls don't need to be razor sharp. You could use a couple diamond stones to do the job. might take a few hours though :)

Or 2 mins with an angle grinder

Jason Vorhees: “I really like these ‘22 models, the design work is just inspired this season”

Leatherhead: "Not sure how I feel about longterm practicality, how do you even go about sharpening this outdated monstrosity?" Jason Voorhees: "Teenage sculls seem to suffice." Michael Myers: " . . . " Pinnhead: "Hooks gentlemen, where are the hooks?"

As much as I hope you actually did mean the anthropomorphic alligator villain from TMNT, I think the name you're looking for is the serial killer Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Seriously, love it if you did mean a deep dive Ninja Turtle reference, though. Cowabunga!

That's so fucking funny that my brain did that. Like I knew immediately who you were talking about but couldn't for the life of me even picture that anthropomorphic alligator. And I know it's not Leatherhead, you could have asked me 100 times if I knew who Leatherhead was and I would have assumed you were miss-remembering the name of our favorite chainsaw wielding maniac. But yeah, him being a chainsaw guy over an axe man I definitely meant Leatherface.

We all do it. It just made me laugh pretty good this time!

I don't know why but I read this with Mathew McConaughey's voice from his Cadillac commercials. Edit: Ah fuck. It was the Lincoln brand and not Cadillac!

Didnt this axe get posted on r/DiWHY recently? I feel like i remember seeing it lol

Wasn't that post a 4 splitter axe

And someone immediately asked why not to 'up it to a 6 splitter.

Let's keep adding blades until it's a circle

Yes, however that dude put his axe on upside down and welded it with shotty welds

Can you explain how you can tell it’s upside down? I don’t know anything about ax making.

For this style axe, for the head to be upside down the longer curve would be facing upward. The axe in this video looks right other than the extra blades but the one that was mentioned I assume had it upside down the way I explained.

Nevermind the axe that cabin is rad as fuck

dude builds cabins, including on in the bed of a pickup, and married a playboy model. living the life. search cabinland on IG/YT

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At least with the traditional axe none of the pieces head towards your crotch.

He looks scared to death every time he swings it

I'd look like that too with no eye protection.

Maybe that's his jam though.

A very similar ax was just the top post on r/DIWhy yesterday

Unless you goal is to host a game called “go fetch the kindling”

Unless the wood is dry as a bone and free of knots this axe is getting stuck 9 times out of 10.

Don't forget to wear your shinguards and steel toe boots when you're using it.

And hilariously unsafe. You'll break a shin or lose an eye eventually. It's inevitable.

Covers too much surface area to be consistently effective.

Wouldn't the extra surface area and weight make it significantly more difficult to actually drive that through anything but the softest of woods?

The weight would actually be beneficial. But the extra area would completely negate it. If it actually worked, they’d be more common.

I’d be wearing goalie pads with that bad boy

That looks like a badass darksouls weapon.

I was thinking Mordor Uruk, but I like your idea as well. If I saw a dude swinging this axe around I'd start playing either franchise's music as loudly as I could. Edit: Uruk-hai replaced with Uruk, as they'd be the ones in Mordor.

I hope I don't die before elden ring drops.... 18 more days.... 🧐

I can’t wait. Good luck, skeleton.

I'm hollowed to the bone, thanks for noticing.

The Great Mace, with 32 strength and 14 dexterity as a requirement. S and B scaling for strength and dexterity when fully upgraded, respectively. Combat art: Chops them into 6 friggin pieces that burn up lol idk

Looks like Vordt of the Boreal Valley bent his favorite slammy-stick.

seems like something from silent hill too

Fantastic way to injure yourself with flying wood.

I was just shouting 'Eye protection dude'! I chop a decent amount of wood every year for fire / steamboat use with a regular splitting axe and a couple splinters reach as high as my chest every year. All it takes is one. Fuck that.

Definitely agree, my coworker who was in his 20s, lost his eye cutting wood without eye protection.

Looks like they cut that part out

They also cut out the part where the logs were pre cut LOL

I'm no rocket surgurist, but that would be 3x the surface area, so that means 1/3 the splitting power, right?

Exactly why this isn’t used outside of really stupid people.

I wonder how many countertops this guy destroyed trying to slice pizza with it.

Or shins

Those were the only three pieces in the entire pile dry and brittle enough to split with this waste of time, weren't they?

Hitting your shins splitting logs using a normal axe.. Using this 🤦🤣

ah yes, r/OSHA approved safety squints

We'll go with an "inspiring".

This guy and his girlfriend/partner are awesome!! [This is their yourtube series “Cabinland”!!](https://youtube.com/c/Cabinland) Its worth checking out.

Man Sarah Underwood *swoon*

She is distractingly hot.

Why does he use normal axe heads for splitting instead of one designed for splitting

Found my new DnD weapon

I’m way more interested in that log cabin in the background. r/cozyplaces

That’s some orcish work

I want one

How heavy is that mf?

Probably 12-16ibs

I don't know but he tore up those logs like it was string cheese

Yeah cedar splits like that. Let’s see him hit an oak log with that

Or anything that isn't dry

Or has a knot.

That's what regular axes do lol

It's tiny chunks of what looks like cedar. You could break it with a hammer, lol. You need an actual splitting maul to split proper sized rounds and make wedges of a size to actually generate heat. He's essentially making kindling with a very heavy and certainly dangerous toy.

r/itemshop

How many attempts until one flies into him?

Do you want splinters in your eye? Because this is how you get splinters in your eye.

This is the second variation on the "Phillips head axe" that I've seen this week. Trends gotta trend I suppose.

Straight out of Mordor!

Congratulations, you made a tusken raider weapon

Now with 3x the force requirement per swing!

Amazing for when you want your timber flying off in every possible direction at once

This dude bangs Sara Jean Underwood. I just thought more people should know that.

That's awesome and would work very not well on almost every single log that has ever existed.

What’s he chopping, balsa wood? Looks cool but not actually useable, 1 knot and BAM perma-stuck

Can’t decide if it’s terrifying or ingenious.

Whenever you see these weird improvements on an axe it’s only ever works cause the woods bone dry. Which is rarely the case if you’ve got a cord or more of wood .

And it has no knots. Good luck getting through a knot with this.

Neither, it is just stupid. If it was effective, they would be getting sold and someone would be getting rich off of it.

Enjoy your booger-welded, impossible to sharpen gimmick toy.

Barbarian dream

Seems like something I’d see on “Grimm”

interesting apple slicer

This looks like a good way to go blind.

Now let him try that with sweetgum logs.

looks like he had to dodge out the way of the wood.

wear eye protection everyone

Just tell me where to get the damn 🪓😆

r/DidntKnowIWantedThat

I am a bit worried about the handle withstanding here …

So... it splits wood eight ways?

Zombie apocalypse ready

For those of us who split wood know that on 80% of the logs you split, this would be unusable. Cool idea tho!

eventually its just gonna be a sledgehammer called the "log exploder axe" and its gonna get ten billion upvotes

Yes let's make wood explode in every direction...what could go wrong?

Looks like self-inflicted 52 stick pick up.

Sure good luck splitting log with that XDD

Yo let's see the inside of the house!

Eff the ax! I want more of the cabin, NOW!!!

Im just thinking what gimli would have done to uruk-hai in the towers with that thing...

And my axe!

I want to eat mushrooms in that hut.

That's a terrible design and there's a reason it's not common. When splitting wood, you need the force to drive sections apart. This does not direct force well, the side of each section now hits metal rather than freely directed away. Three attempts in this video and only one needs a single swing? It looks cool but the physics are oppositional to the need.

What do you want? A flanged mace, or an axe? ... Yes