Paint it and then recut when it's dry. Or mills have a waxy coating to achieve the same.
Fiskars X27
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I was wondering the same thing.
If you search the site here you will find plenty of product suggestions. I think the proper term is checkering(when the ends split or crack.
I was also thinking we should call you oaky larry, not ashy, lots of oak in that picture there. Looks beautiful.
Update:
I just searched "log sealing" and came up with a lot of hits that looked should help.
Trx250r180
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A water based spar varnish should help prevent cracks ,and it is clear ,the oil base spar varnish will flake if the wood is wet in my experience ,i have had good luck with varithane products .
ashy larry
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Sweet im gonna go get some.
Yes this is hardwood country and we are rich with oak/hickory/maple.
Yes this is hardwood country and we are rich with oak/hickory/maple.
06switchback
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Do you think this would be covered under warranty?
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What's wrong with it. Does kind of look like you where splitting on top of that vise though
.Doesn't look broken, just used.
Sharpen it up and when the handle breaks get online and set it up to get a new one.
No. What the hell were you splitting?
What happened here TRX250r180(I love those by the way), looks like your photo got swapped out LOL
Here's my last haul with mine just yesterday.
, I'm getting hungry.06switchback
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I have split nothing but wood with it
However last week someone tried to open my gun safe with it after breaking a couple windows and grabbing any cash change and jewelry they could find
They went in my garage and help themselves to my angle grinder pry bars and the x27 witch was sitting next to a 6 lb maul a 8 lb hammer and 3 splitting wedges they must have been to heavy
It did fair better than the safe
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Sorry to hear man!I have split nothing but wood with it
However last week someone tried to open my gun safe with it after breaking a couple windows and grabbing any cash change and jewelry they could find
They went in my garage and help themselves to my angle grinder pry bars and the x27 witch was sitting next to a 6 lb maul a 8 lb hammer and 3 splitting wedges they must have been to heavy
It did fair better than the safe
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Appears they didn't get into the safe?
06switchback
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That stuff really upsets me, the good thing is it will come back around to them. Does your insurance take care of all this.
All in all, the fiskars looks great now that I've seen what was done with/to it. To others it will be a reason not to buy one, I can hear it already "those fiskars won't even split a safe open
Hope your ok with me laughing at the types of response the FHCA(fiskar haters club of america) would make.
I wasn't to far off thinking you were splitting wood on top of the vice.
I have split nothing but wood with it
However last week someone tried to open my gun safe with it after breaking a couple windows and grabbing any cash change and jewelry they could find
They went in my garage and help themselves to my angle grinder pry bars and the x27 witch was sitting next to a 6 lb maul a 8 lb hammer and 3 splitting wedges they must have been to heavy
It did fair better than the safe
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So the X27 WON'T split everything! Amazing that it even survived.
Harry K
blacklocst
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The thief was probably swinging it like a maul if he would have used an overhead swingThat stuff really upsets me, the good thing is it will come back around to them. Does your insurance take care of all this.
All in all, the fiskars looks great now that I've seen what was done with/to it. To others it will be a reason not to buy one, I can hear it already "those fiskars won't even split a safe open
Hope your ok with me laughing at the types of response the FHCA(fiskar haters club of america) would make.
I wasn't to far off thinking you were splitting wood on top of the vice.
it would have cracked the safe.
Hammy
ArboristSite Lurker
Is there a difference between the orange handle and all black handle? Just wondering because Canadian Tire does not list the black ones as an X but the orange handles do. Thanks
That's a great name there blacklocust, my favorite wood to harvest/burn.The thief was probably swinging it like a maul if he would have used an overhead swing
I agree, bad technique. That happens when your high on meth though.
thombat4
ArboristSite Guru
Using my old X27 Fiskars on an unidentified species of wood at the time....
Not sure there Hammy, it has been discussed before i just don't remember. Just use the search feature and search x36 black handle.
Hey can you send me a 10pack of those ames kids shovels, we can't get them here. I should order some right now with the dollar being where it is
The orange handle axes have a rubber material where they are orange. They offer a better grip than the all black axes IMO. Fit/form/function is the same between the two except the orange grip. The all black axes head appears to have a different coating on them but that is unconfirmed and based on looks alone.
