I decided to get a maul because I was destroying a stump with potassium nitrate, and it was too close to the house to burn. I needed something to break it up.
From there, I decided to pick up a couple of felling axes, because it just seemed weird to live on a farm and not have a real axe.
I bought an old Plumb single-bitted axe on Ebay, and I hung it on a handle from the hardware store. Yesterday I cut a small oak with it to see if the head was secure.
I had forgotten how unpleasant chopping wood (and all other forms of exercise) is. I'm actually considering using the axe in my live oak eradication program simply because of the workout it gives me.
Now I have a question: is a felling axe really good for anything? What can I do with it that a chainsaw won't do better? I know there has to be something.
My work with trees is limited to cutting and burning. I'm not turning my own trees into projects, unless ashes constitute a project.