Gransfors Bruk Splitting HatchetIn the UK the axe is mainly a tool we use for processing firewood. Unfortunately, for most of us, that doesn't mean felling trees, that means buying logs and "adjusting" them for either your open fire or log burner. Sometimes size isn't everything. To do that you do need a splitting axe which has more of a wedge shape to the head. Its shape is designed to force apart the wood fibres rather than cut through them. If you are splitting small logs, or