Laser engravings of a burning skull are added to both sides of the axe head, offering a unique touch. The handle is shaped and darkened, then treated with Nordic teak oil for added durability.

So, when I bought a house nearly 30 years ago, a wood burning stove ... a heavy head, and a durable leather sheath. Those are the basic requirements for any axe I use to split wood.

While both of these axe types split wood along the grain, they differ in size and design. Mauls have thick, blunt, wedge-shaped heads that weigh upward of seven or eight pounds. The back of a maul ...

A modern splitting axe that has a nicely weighted head that does much of the work for you on tougher jobs. The Scandinavian axe also embodies old world craftsmanship and is an excellent option for ...

Over the course of several months, [Fischer] has been working on adding a dead-blow to a splitting axe. This fifth iteration uses a custom-forged head from blacksmith [Todd Elder] with a dead-blow ...