Fiskars X27

[ashy larry]

@svk maybe ease up on advertising spike60's $70 price on s2800's. Thats only in-store and id say the vast majority of us dont live close to that.

 

[Marshy]

I'm not going to turn this into a debate but the reason I would choose the Fiskars X27 over the Husqvarna S2800 is two fold; first, the Fiskars is cheaper and second, the Fiskars has a lifetime warrantee. The latter is why I bought it and the reason I keep using it is because it does all the splitting I want (6-7 cord a year) and it splits as well as our better than my traditional 8 lb maul but with less energy input.

 

[svk]

@svk maybe ease up on advertising spike60's $70 price on s2800's. Thats only in-store and id say the vast majority of us dont live close to that.

Last I heard he ships parts across the country. I bought my last new saw from him and I am in MN and he is in upstate NY.

 

[Idahonative]

Fiskars are way to light to use for beating on a wedge. I use a maul or sledge for that. I do beat on the fiskars with the maul when a split doesn't finish all the way.

It's common knowledge the x27 is NOT made to beat on like a splitting wedge. It's a splitting axe, not a wedge...use it as it was designed and it works great IMO.

I have access to a nice hydro splitter but prefer to split with the x27 (splitting conifer). And I might add how tough the x27 is as well. I've let some newbies around the camp use it and overstrikes were a plenty. I've done it many times as well. Handle is holding up like a champ...far tougher than wood!!! Should it ever break, I have peace of mind knowing that Fiskars will send me a brand new one.

 

[trukn2004]

I don't know what stores you have around you, but I have purchased both of my x27s from BJ's. Get in the right time, and i got them for $35.00 each. I have split everything from ash, maple, oak, hickory, pine and beech with it. the x27 has gone thru roughly 99% of the pieces. Big crotches get noodled in half and then the fiskars does the rest. really stuborn pieces are put aside and given to the MIL. she has a hydro. Every stick in this picture was split with a x27.



I also split on a stump which saves the edge from the rocky ground.

 

[Marshy]

I don't know what stores you have around you, but I have purchased both of my x27s from BJ's. Get in the right time, and i got them for $35.00 each. I have split everything from ash, maple, oak, hickory, pine and beech with it. the x27 has gone thru roughly 99% of the pieces. Big crotches get noodled in half and then the fiskars does the rest. really stuborn pieces are put aside and given to the MIL. she has a hydro. Every stick in this picture was split with a x27.



I also split on a stump which saves the edge from the rocky ground.

I will point out that the axe in your last pic with the all black handle appears to be the same one they sell at Walmart too. I have one that has the orange grip on the handle and they are slightly more expensive (5-10) than yours. I bought mine at Tractor Supply store and it was nearly $50 after tax...

 

[Idahonative]

I don't know what stores you have around you, but I have purchased both of my x27s from BJ's. Get in the right time, and i got them for $35.00 each. I have split everything from ash, maple, oak, hickory, pine and beech with it. the x27 has gone thru roughly 99% of the pieces. Big crotches get noodled in half and then the fiskars does the rest. really stuborn pieces are put aside and given to the MIL. she has a hydro. Every stick in this picture was split with a x27.



I also split on a stump which saves the edge from the rocky ground.

I gotta tell ya...that top pic is just beautiful.

 

[Idahonative]

If there is any doubt what people think of the x27, just look at the 3,058 FIVE STAR reviews on Amazon. Yes, you need to take reviews with a grain of salt but the numbers are simply staggering compared to other splitting tools:
http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-X27-S...id=1450377047&sr=8-1&keywords=fiskars+x27+axe

 

[svk]

If there is any doubt what people think of the x27, just look at the 3,058 FIVE STAR reviews on Amazon. Yes, you need to take reviews with a grain of salt but the numbers are simply staggering compared to other splitting tools:
http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-X27-S...id=1450377047&sr=8-1&keywords=fiskars+x27+axe

We seem to have run out of "Fiskars haters" on this site but I always enjoyed to hear their responses when this stat was presented to them.

 

[chipper1]

It's common knowledge the x27 is NOT made to beat on like a splitting wedge. It's a splitting axe, not a wedge...use it as it was designed and it works great IMO.

I have access to a nice hydro splitter but prefer to split with the x27 (splitting conifer). And I might add how tough the x27 is as well. I've let some newbies around the camp use it and overstrikes were a plenty. I've done it many times as well. Handle is holding up like a champ...far tougher than wood!!! Should it ever break, I have peace of mind knowing that Fiskars will send me a brand new one.

Ok, lots of info in this thread, but here's a couple more cents since you asked(also you did read all the other threads on this right.

First off do not hit the back side of the head, they even asked me if I did when I called for a replacement.

Second don't miss when driving a wedge, guess that's what the bottom right picture is showing.

This is not a magic tool as stated above, but does what it is intended to do well. I don't use a baseball cap as a hard hat and I wouldn't use the fiskars to split the nastiest rounds as even a hydro splitter has difficulty with that. So if you can only afford one splitting tool this may not be for you.

The warranty is a part of the cost of the tool and part of the price you pay upfront. I calculate this into the overall cost of ownership, people like svk have more money than I do and can throw their's around more. In all seriousness there is always a cost for tools and sometimes our time outweighs the value of a warranty, I get that. Kinda like driving 10 miles out of route to save .02 on gas(better be filling the tanker). Splitting on the ground fits into this category I would guess also. I always try to split on another piece of wood as it give me more confidence I'm not sticking the ground or hitting a rock(I don't cut the dirt with my saws either if I can help it). It also gives more power as the log does not sink into the ground.

I mentioned the warranty because I have already used it. Fiskars sent me out one and in like 5 days it arrived. they had told me like 10-15 business days and it was there in 5 actual days and I was right back in bus..
I see that Idahonative said that his has had many overstrikes, mine had one and done. Not sure if it was a bad axe, but a friends son took one swing and I just stood there looking. Just glad I saw what happened as I may have gotten upset if not.
I got mine as partial payment in a trade deal and really like it. I would buy one if I had to replace it, but I'm cheap and would wait for a deal.
Besides I have enough split for the next three seasons an can wait for a deal.

 

[chipper1]

I gotta tell ya...that top pic is just beautiful.

I love that picture also.

 

[trukn2004]

I gotta tell ya...that top pic is just beautiful.

Thanks! I love looking out and seeing those stacks. I try to keep adding to them every couple of weeks. Just getting ahead.

And I have a orange handle one too. Same price.


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[svk]

From all of the posts on this site that I have read, I have only heard of a couple of Fiskars breaking (yours being one of them). At least three but definitely five or less in total. Fiskars replaced every single one of them.

I am not sure what it takes to break one but it must need to have some kind of exact hit on a certain point in the handle to do it. I have had several severe overstrikes that would have ended a wood handled tool right then and there. And I have split in subzero weather which normally is a bugaboo for most types of plastic/composite.

 

[turnkey4099]

The instructions for the X27 specifically advise against that. Just don't be surprised if/when it breaks or complain that the quality of the tool is inferior. If the instructions say don't do that, but you do that and it breaks then that is abusig the tool and not the tools fault.

I am well aware of that and also of all the warnings not to hit the back of a maul with a sledge. BS all the way and if one breaks (never has) I'll buy a new one.

Harry K

 

[chipper1]

From all of the posts on this site that I have read, I have only heard of a couple of Fiskars breaking (yours being one of them). At least three but definitely five or less in total. Fiskars replaced every single one of them.

I am not sure what it takes to break one but it must need to have some kind of exact hit on a certain point in the handle to do it. I have had several severe overstrikes that would have ended a wood handled tool right then and there. And I have split in subzero weather which normally is a bugaboo for most types of plastic/composite.

I agree, thats why I said I may have had a bad one. Mine was used when I got it so I did not know the history of it. The guy I got it from is rough on equipment for sure so that may have been part of it. When mine broke it was hit just inside of the head and the weather was 70's. I could have hit it as hard as he did with one hand and I'm not some tough man guy.
Like you said though they had no problem sending me a new one. They asked me if I ever struck the back side of the head and I said no. She said this voids the warranty!
I was told to go to the website and start the process. Part of the process was including a picture which is why I have it.
Next time if there is a next time I will go right to the site and post my picture.
Let this be a lesson, listen up everyone who likes a deal, they never requested a receipt or if I was the original owner.
So anyone who has a broken one I'll take it.
I have hit many pieces that did not split the way I thought it would go and the handle hit the wood and none caused it to break yet.

 

[turnkey4099]

I love mine. Been using it for five years. Unlike most people I prefer the shorter handled x25 although I have and use the x27. I also have the lighter weight splitting axe (which is severely underrated IMO) and the x7 hatchet. If I lost or broke any of them I would immediately replace them.

I have said this before. If you don't think this tool is magic then you are swinging it wrong. It requires a finesse swing. One of my friends who became a fiskars convert likens it to swinging a baseball bat or golf club. The technique that works best for me is to bring it straight down and just as the head is about to hit you snap your wrist and bend your knees slightly. This is different from a heavy maul swing that is all upper arms, roundhouse, swing as hard as you can. I think I prefer the shorter handle because it is easier to keep good form.

With straight grained wood the maul technique works fine. With the knotty stuff the technique matters. I have not come across anything that I could not split with the fiskars that i could split by switching to a maul. Matter of fact, I have not used my heavy maul in about 4 years. If it doesn't split with the fiskars I either noodle, sledge and wedge, or kick it aside for the hydro splitter.

Will the fiskars split everything? No. Are ther better designed heads out there? Maybe. Is there better metallurgy? Sure. But not anywhere near this price point. I would feel bad about leaving a 200$ splitting axe rattle around on my truck floor or sitting out in the woodpile in the rain, or driving it into the dirt splitting on the ground. I just use the fiskars.

Yep. My maul has not been used for anything since getting the fiskaars except tapping on the back of the fiskasrs occasionally or as a wedge to be pounded by the sledge. I prefer that as I can keep the round from falling off the splitting block, one hand the 10lb sledge other hand holding the maul handle.

Harry K

 

[turnkey4099]

From all of the posts on this site that I have read, I have only heard of a couple of Fiskars breaking (yours being one of them). At least three but definitely five or less in total. Fiskars replaced every single one of them.

I am not sure what it takes to break one but it must need to have some kind of exact hit on a certain point in the handle to do it. I have had several severe overstrikes that would have ended a wood handled tool right then and there. And I have split in subzero weather which normally is a bugaboo for most types of plastic/composite.

Same here

 

[turnkey4099]

It's common knowledge the x27 is NOT made to beat on like a splitting wedge. It's a splitting axe, not a wedge...use it as it was designed and it works great IMO.

I have access to a nice hydro splitter but prefer to split with the x27 (splitting conifer). And I might add how tough the x27 is as well. I've let some newbies around the camp use it and overstrikes were a plenty. I've done it many times as well. Handle is holding up like a champ...far tougher than wood!!! Should it ever break, I have peace of mind knowing that Fiskars will send me a brand new one.

True but show me someone who has a split that didn't quite finish on the second try who HASN'T spicked up the maul and given the fiskars a tap.

Yeah, I know, you have never done that. Worry about breaking one voiding the warrantee? Not hardly. I wouldn't request a replacement if it did break...which in my experience (many years) doesn't happen. Handles yes, the splitting part? no.

Harry K

 

[ashy larry]

Last I heard he ships parts across the country. I bought my last new saw from him and I am in MN and he is in upstate NY.

$30 shipping makes it a cool $100. Same as everyone else.

 

[svk]

$30 shipping makes it a cool $100. Same as everyone else.

Did he quote you that? We shipped the traveling leveraxe all over the country and it was always 15-20 bucks.