Fiskars X27 Super Splitting Axe, 36-Inch

• Ideal for taller users splitting medium- to large-sized logs
• Designed for maximum efficiency to give you more one-strike splits
• Perfected balance and power-to-weight ratio increases swing speed to multiply power, much like an aluminum baseball bat
• Advanced bevel convex blade geometry adds power and makes the blade easier to remove from wood
• Lifetime warranty

Make every swing your best with an axe designed for extreme performance.

Unlike traditional axes that can be heavy, quick to dull and easy to break, X-Series axes combine perfected weight distribution, advanced blade geometry, an ultra-sharp edge and virtually unbreakable design to maximize your performance.

Proudly made in Finland, the axes are designed to be simple, functional and effective, helping you get more work done in less time. This design earned the X-Series axes the international red dot "best of the best" product design award for the garden category in 2010, recognizing outstanding design quality and trendsetters. A wide range of sizes and styles makes it easy to find the X-Series axe perfect for you, whether you're chopping kindling, chopping logs, splitting logs or felling trees.

The X-Series Advantage

X-Series axes combine innovative features for chopping axes that chop 3X deeper and splitting axes that offer more one-strike splits.

More Power at Impact

All X-Series axes feature a smart design that distributes the majority of the weight to the axe head while keeping the stronger-than-steel FiberComp handle lightweight. This perfected weight distribution provides an optimal power-to-weight ratio that increases swing speed to multiply power, much like an aluminum baseball bat. X-Series axes give you more power at impact to help you get more done with every swing.

Superior Blade Design

The blades of X-Series axes are crafted with a proprietary grinding technique that provides a sharper edge for better contact and cleaner cuts. The hardened, forged steel blades also stay sharp longer than traditional axes, and a low-friction blade coating helps power through the tough logs and prevents the axe head from getting stuck. X-Series Splitting Axes also include advanced bevel convex blade geometry that adds even more power and disperses wood from the blade for cleaner, one-strike splits.

Virtually Unbreakable

X-Series axes don't just outlast other axes--they're virtually impossible to break. A shock-absorbing FiberComp handle is lightweight yet stronger than steel, so it can't be broken through overstrike. The hardened, forged steel blade won't chip or crack, and the innovative PermaHead design is over-molded so the blade can't be separated from the handle.

                                    

By RodneyLee

I know I have reviewed this before, its just every time I use this Axe I like it more and more, anyway to I did a quickie unedited video of me splitting a few rounds, I have split Doug Fur, Aspen, Walnut and Hickory, some rounds take several hits, and is still 1/2 the work of using wedges and mauls...

By T. Baldwin

Another 5 star review of the Fiskars 36" Splitting Axe to convince you to definitely buy this great splitting axe. I am 5'10". I did have the 28" Fiskars axe but I knew it was too short and unsafe. After the first swing, I sent it back. I now have the 36" and what a awesome splitting axe. It easily blows away my other splitting axes and mauls - Collins 36" 6 and 8 lbs mauls, Ames True Temper Axe Eye Wood Splitter and Ames True Temper Super Splitter Wood Splitter-Maul. The 36" Fiskars is light - only 4 lbs., important when you hand splitting (and I was definitely grateful for the light weight difference after splitting several cords of wood). Even though it's light, I've had great luck splitting all sorts of hardwoods, red/white oak, black locust, walnut - and those are some of your hardest firewood types. On really tough pieces, I start splitting off the four outer sides where the tree growth rings are the weakest and then I'm left with a sort of square-ish center piece which is usually small enough to burn. This axe has a nice sharp blade and it holds it sharpness pretty long between sharpenings. Another great feature is how the handle is molded up and around the blade. I have really missed my mark and gave this handle a beating and (so far) it's holding up great. I've broke hickory and cracked fiberglass handles before, but this handle is tough. Also, you get a nice little locking blade protector case with a handle on it. So, in conclusion, in my opinion, this is the best splitting axe I've ever used.Plus you'll save $$$ by not buying an electric/gas wood splitter. Also, buy yourself some steel toe boots and eye protection; can't be too careful. Here are some great tips for those just getting into wood burning. For those of you shopping for a wood burner, I have a Lopi Freedom Insert. With Black Locust firewood, I'm getting 12 plus hour burns which is superb. But if you don't have to get an insert and can fit a freestanding stove in your room, get a Blaze King. You'll get up to 40 hour burns (with oak, locust), plus they have a ash pan (unlike most inserts) and an automatic adjustable damper so it'll automatically adjust temperature/heat output. Also, I installed a inline fan and some air duct lines to shoot the heat to my bedrooms and other living room on the far end of the house (ranch homes are the hardest to heat with wood because they're so long) It works like a charm - before it would barely get to 65-67 and now it easily gets to 73 and up. Plus, it really balanced out the heat and pulled it out of the fire place den making it much more tolerable. Also, install ceiling fans in all your major rooms, reverse them (for winter), and leave them on low. They pull the heat off the ceiling and re-circulate it down making it more comfortable. Oh, at night, close doors to unused rooms, basements; it'll help direct heat to your bedrooms. If you just have open doorways, $20 vinyl folding doors are cheap, look good, compact and work great. Sorry, yet another tip, you don't need to pay high prices for oak and ash firewood. I burn with black locust, which I can get much cheaper and I'm getting 12 plus hour burn times with them and with all my above mentioned methods in place, my 1700 + sq ft house stays constant at 72 and up. Buy this axe, and splitting that tough to split locust will be easy for you. Sorry for the long review, but I wanted to include this information for any new comers to the wood burning scene. I found all this information by internet searching, trial and error, and asking everyone I knew - all in all it was a headache until I got my system just right. Hopefully, if you're new and wood-burning uneducated like I was, you'll find this information useful. Good luck and have fun with it while getting good exercise.

By W. Cullina

I have owned the super splitting axe for close to 4 years now and have split at least 15 cords of oak, maple, ash, hickory, beech, birch and cherry with it so I feel I can safely say it is by far the best splitting tool I have ever used and I have been splitting wood by hand for 30 years. I am 6'2" tall, and I do not find the length of the handle a problem. I split on a stump and let the wedge fall downward so have never come close to winging myself. You need far less momentum with this lightweight wedge than when using a six or eight pound maul, so it is easier to aim and control the trajectory. It really feels more like using a standard axe but with far better splitting power. I can split for 3-4 hours without tiring because the axe is so light. I have just run through about 4.5 cords of green oak in 26 hours over 3 weeks (see image). Though more work physically, this axe is actually faster than homeowner-sized hydraulic wood splitters if you have good technique. It holds an edge very well and the teflon coating still seems to be holding up after all the use I have put it through. The handle is in perfect shape (see image I posted)and I like the axe handle butt as it makes holding on to the tool when my gloves are wet much easier. It may seem like a toy from the pictures, but this is a fantastic, professional-grade tool. I have convinced several folks to buy one after trying out mine!

 

By John R. Phillips Jr.

I can't believe I got this excited over an axe, but, I did. I had some 75' tall oaks that had died cut down in my yard last january due to the fact that they were dead and posed a risk to taking out my house. Instead of choosing to have the cut up trees removed I told the lanscaper to leave the trees in my yard and just cut them up into logs. The logs sat in my yard for the past year and this February I decided to start choping them. I bought a 8lb maul and splitting wedge and split the first cord of wood with a great deal of effort. I split much of the smaller 12-20 inch diameter logs but then came time to split the base of the trees, logs that are 32" in diameter. I split ONE with the wedge and maul, which actually took 2 wedges and a good 20 some strikes to even split in half!!! After that I said screw this and decided to try out the Fiskars x27 36".

Let me say this.....THIS AXE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!! Engineering superiority. I split a 32" log in half with 5 solid blows. This thing weighs less than 5 lbs. It took me 2 splitting wedges, an 8lb maul and 20 or so blows to split the last 30" log. I had the entire log split into multiple pieces in about 5 minutes. With the maul and wedge it would take closer to 15 minutes, and that's if there were no knots in the wood. The Fiskars DOES NOT GET STUCK either! I spent half my time pulling my other axe out of the wood.

Without a doubt, don't even think twice about ordering a fiskars. This thing cuts through wood like butter. There is no point in even getting a log splitter, this will do the trick.

Also, make sure you get the fiskars axe and knive sharpener. Like other reviews have stated the blade my get dings here and there and it needs to stay sharp. The axe sharpener works great and puts a razor sharp edge on the blade.

By sparkybird

Everything written by past reviewers is absolutely true. I've been using 6 and 8lb mauls with an 8lb sledge hammer as necessary to split the 5 cords each year that I need to heat my home. I've used this axe now for two days and it is absolutely incredible. I am 6' tall and about 200lbs and it feels like a surgeon's scalpel in my hands. Easy to aim and swing and more times than not splits the wood on the first swing. It even works on wet, knotty wood with a couple of extra strokes. I almost purchased a power splitter but thought I'd give this a try first. I'm glad I did. Saved hundreds of dollars and since this works so well, it probably takes no longer to use it than a power splitter.

Update - 1 year later. I ended up splitting 7 cords of reasonably dry wood during the summer and the fall and then about 2 cords of fresh cut Ponderosa Pine as soon as the snow melted off of them this spring. The rounds averaged about 20" in diameter. Once again amazing. Even though I was being splashed by wetness of the wood, the tool did the job. I needed to sharpen it about once an hour, but that was fine since it was good to take a rest each hour as well. I can not recommend this product strongly enough - it still is amazing.

By A customer

I bought this axe for my husband for Christmas. He has split many a log over the years and this is by far the best axe he has ever used. He said it split the logs like a knife through butter! He also said it was extremely light weight and comfortable to use.

By A customer

I have been splitting wood for a number of years and it is hard work for a woman. Recently, a friend let me borrow his power axe by Fiskars. It is a wonderful tool. I can split twice the wood with less effort than when I use a traditional wood splitter. The price is right since a heavy wood handled splitter costs $25 to $40, and often the wooden handles crack and break after a season or two. 5 stars, plus for this tool.

By LEB

You can pay $40 for a standard maul, or pay $20 more and get this. The difference is beyond comparison, but I'd say a bit like putting a Model T next to a modern Ferrari.

This series of splitting axes has been reviewed all over the place, so you don't have to take my word for it--have a look. The only negative thing ever said was that the old model, at 28 inches long, was too short. This is the newly available in Canada X27, not the x25. If you buy it from Canadian tire, as I did for $60, be careful, as the picture, if you zoom in, is wrong--they show the x25 (28 inches long), not the x27 at 36 inches. Be sure to get the long one, unless you are under 5'4. So the only criticism of this axe has been put to rest by the introduction of this new model.

I am a homeowner with a fireplace, not a lumberjack or homesteader who heats his house with 5 cords a year. But I've used plenty of splitting tools, so I do have something to compare.

For your back, years of use, effort, and ease of splitting, this is well worth every penny. It is very light for a splitting axe, but the design does the work, so you don't have to grunt it through each piece. Since I'm getting older I need to keep my back and knees for future use, and this does most of the work for me.

I got it home, had some lunch and went out to the woodpile to split some of my larger pieces. It was so easy and I was having so much fun that I couldn't stop, but in an hour I was running out of wood and the splitting block was buried so I had to stop. Still, split a half cord of wood easily in that much time. Though I never got to test it on a full-round, 2ft diameter trunk, I split some pretty big, knotty, though dry, logs and it was a hot knife through butter every time. I rarely put any downward force on it whatsoever--just toss it up a little ways and let it drop by gravity alone and it goes right through. I was in danger of turning my splitting stump into kindling if I put any downward force on the axe.

I can't vouch for personally for its durability because I've only had it for 3 hours, but my research online is that they don't break.

Comes with a very decent carrier/cover.

A precision made, quality piece that is well worth the price.

By El

After buying the Fiskars standard 2.5 lb splitter and 2.25 lb. chopping axes I decided to buy the heavier 4.5 lb maul (Power Axe 7854) for the harder oak wood and I was not disappointed. I also got the Fiskars sharpening tool (10 dollars) and it works great with all of the Fiskars axes.

One possible problem for some people: The handle could have been about 3 to 4 inches longer on the Power Axe but if one uses good form it works great as a medium weight maul.

As with swinging ANY sharp tool good form and some common sense are a must to avoid injury.

These axes are sharp from the factory but they will not shave hair until you use the sharpener. A few passes with the sharpener and these axes will shave your arm or anything else you want to.

The design of the blade and the teflon coating on it prevents the axe from sticking to the wood. If it fails to split in the first swing just pull it out and take another swing. The light handle keeps the weight up front where it belongs. Also don't forget to lightly oil the blades when done or they will rust in a humid environment. After slicing my finger oiling the camp axe I spray WD-40 on them now.

My old cheap wood handled axe was not very sharp and it kept sticking to the wood so bad that I sometimes needed to hammer it out. Once the handle started to come loose I just gave the thing away

I bought the 14 inch camp axe (20 dollars at Home Depot) but it's too light for all but the smallest chores. Probably will be called on to help butcher deer and wild hogs.

PRO: Great handling, good looking, really sharp tough blades, your gonna love it.

CON: Short handle: watch your form or you will be taking off some toes or worse.

By Barry L. Harkness

I have had this axe for 2 years now, it's never been sharpened, and it still cuts better than any other axe i've ever used. I have used it for chopping and splitting, and it's great for both. When chopping, each swing drives deeper than I expect. And splitting with this axe is almost fun. I looked at a Gerber axe that looked like this one, but the Gerber was not as heavy - the Fiskars seemed much bigger and better.

I have had three friends come to Amazon and purchase this axe after borrowing mine - how's that for testimony? I even bought a second one just in case they discontinue making it...