Anyone try one of these?

[infinitymike]

I read a lot of the posts but not all of them.
It seems it's twisting action of the handle would cause more blisters than I would care to have.

But, What really impresses me is that Finland has been a member for 7 years and only has 67 posts, most of which are from this thread, but the second his axe is brought up for discussion he knows it!
He must have something that tracks views of his product and can trace it in cyber space. Talk about big brother

 

[FINLAND]

Apparently you are unable to grasp the idea that, considering the asking price, the quality and efficacy of the unit are entirely irrelevant.

Luckily we both live in free country where we can do our own decisions to a certain point. One thing to which we cannot effect is the value of USD. It is not very favourable against the EUR. in these days. That is why your price is 1.3703 times higher http://easyconverter.net/currency/

 

[infinitymike]

Maybe the reason man has been using the same tool for splitting wood for millennia is because it works well with out need for improvement.

I've been framing houses for close to 30 years and having been swinging the same style hammer.
There have been many attempts to change the shape, size and weight and quite honestly I've fallen for a few of these so called improvements only to pull out my trusty old style hammer in regret of spending the money.

Right now Milwaukee has a titanium hammer that is selling for $200
http://www.amazon.com/Stiletto-TB15MC-15-Ounce-Titanium-Milled-Face/dp/B00079R1YM
What in the world good be that much better to warrant that kinda money.

 

[FINLAND]

I read a lot of the posts but not all of them.
It seems it's twisting action of the handle would cause more blisters than I would care to have.

But, What really impresses me is that Finland has been a member for 7 years and only has 67 posts, most of which are from this thread, but the second his axe is brought up for discussion he knows it!
He must have something that tracks views of his product and can trace it in cyber space. Talk about big brother

Please, read the rest of the posts, You'll find the answer. No problems.

 

[jatoxico]

I haven't found any "gnarly stuff" for the Leveraxe, but I clearly remember the times, when I had to use the conventional axes and mauls. That is why I created the Leveraxe.
How come, I have a feeling, that we are talking more about money than the Leveraxe?
Buying a Leveraxe is not compulsory, it is an alternative.

I posted I'd like to see it split something "gnarly" or as others have said some of the typical eastern hardwood I deal with since only a small fraction of what I split is straight and clean and did not require limbing during bucking. But I want to be fair, I'm interested to see how it would work on rounds that I would consider using other hand tools like my Fiskar's.

No doubt rounds can be found that will defy splitting w/ the Leveraxe just like anything else. So I'm not expecting it to magically split a large crotch of red oak (although I can usually whittle them down pretty good w/ the Fiskars). The question I have is does it out perform the tools I already have in terms of speed and or effort required.

 

[FINLAND]

Maybe the reason man has been using the same tool for splitting wood for millennia is because it works well with out need for improvement.

I've been framing houses for close to 30 years and having been swinging the same style hammer.
There have been many attempts to change the shape, size and weight and quite honestly I've fallen for a few of these so called improvements only to pull out my trusty old style hammer in regret of spending the money.

Right now Milwaukee has a titanium hammer that is selling for $200
http://www.amazon.com/Stiletto-TB15MC-15-Ounce-Titanium-Milled-Face/dp/B00079R1YM
What in the world good be that much better to warrant that kinda money.

You are anyway using a computer. Obviously it is better than your typewriter.
The Leveraxe is the first real improvement among the hand operational wood splitting apparatuses, because it uses totally different technique comparing to the axes and mauls which are originated from the stone age.

 

[FINLAND]

I posted I'd like to see it split something "gnarly" or as others have said some of the typical eastern hardwood I deal with since only a small fraction of what I split is straight and clean and did not require limbing during bucking. But I want to be fair, I'm interested to see how it would work on rounds that I would consider using other hand tools like my Fiskar's.

No doubt rounds can be found that will defy splitting w/ the Leveraxe just like anything else. So I'm not expecting it to magically split a large crotch of red oak (although I can usually whittle them down pretty good w/ the Fiskars). The question I have is does it out perform the tools I already have in terms of speed and or effort required.

I have many of your mentioned axes, but they DID NOT please me, because of the danger, an efficiency and hard work with sore hands. That is why created the Vipukirves/Leveraxe. I have experience during 67 years of all kind of axes, but there is no need to touch them any more.

 

[smokeater]

It looks like a great tool who sells them in Canada?

 

[FINLAND]

It looks like a great tool who sells them in Canada?

Sorry. No one yet. I'm working hard to find an appropriate. agent. So far the only possibility via on line shop.

 

[smokeater]

Thanks I will check it out

 

[ewdudley]

You are anyway using a computer. Obviously it is better than your typewriter.

The comparison is not similar to that of a computer to a typewriter. It is similar to a comparison between a $400 computer that can do the job and a $4000 computer that can do the job.

I have a $400 computer that -- thanks to the GNU project and Finnish inventor Mr. Torvalds -- can do the job easily and I am not willing even to spend time reading about a $4000 computer that merely claims to do the same job more easily.

Likewise I have a $40 ax that does the job easily and I am not willing even to spend time reading about a $300 ax that merely claims to to the same job more easily. Don't want it, don't need it, even if all the claims are completely true.

 

[FINLAND]

The comparison is not similar to that of a computer to a typewriter. It is similar to a comparison between a $400 computer that can do the job and a $4000 computer that can do the job.

I have a $400 computer that -- thanks to the GNU project and Finnish inventor Mr. Torvalds -- can do the job easily and I am not willing even to spend time reading about a $4000 computer that merely claims to do the same job more easily.

Likewise I have a $40 ax that does the job easily and I am not willing even to spend time reading about a $300 ax that merely claims to to the same job more easily. Don't want it, don't need it, even if all the claims are completely true.

I took the example of the development aspects. I see the other values except money.
You do not have to buy. Don't worry, be happy.