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Cold Steel Trail Boss 

Cold Steel makes a bunch of great knives and cutting products at reasonable prices. Most are marketed as weapons, but the Trail Boss is a bit of an outlier in the Cold Steel catalog. With a European style blade and 4.5″ cutting edge. This tough axe also features a straight grain hickory handle that will last over the years.

Price: $40

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5 Comments

  1. The Estwing small axe is a good general use axe for small stuff.
    I do like the “tire” idea however in the video !!

  2. I used a Council with 26 inch hickory handle .Best would be a Fiskars with 36 inch hickory handle. I’ve used equivalent of TWO Estwing AXE w/MAUL. Used the axe blade as a starter and then the maul to drive the split deeper. That way you do not have to worry about having fragmented chips. Works well where knots in pine tree is a problem.

  3. Just watched the Bahco ruck ax handle fail in several videos. Simple operations with minimal loading saw it break against the head. This could be a safety issue. I’d probably dump this one from the list.

  4. I also want to watch the video dude use his ax on seasoned oak, mesquite, hackberry, or mulberry. I don’t think he would have things his way all the time.
    Steve, I will agree. The tire idea is worth looking into.
    I like the looks of the Eastwing Fireside Friend. I may have to try one out. I usually use a standard hatchet or a roofer’s hatchet to split kindling. To me, this is the way to split wood. Batoning seems like too much work, plus risking a good knife, just my humble opinion though.

  5. Just what kind of wood is he splitting? It looks like maple. I could split clean maple like that without effort, too.

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