Gransfors Bruk Small Splitting AxeAlthough I grew up reading Lofty Wiseman's SAS Survival Handbook, in 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. 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