Cherry and apple do smell real nice burning, but edging both those out is Juneberry, some books call it Serviceberry... great heat, really nice aroma ... you never get any in a log truck load as they don't get real big here ... I always bring it home if it is close enough to the truck...
... handle lenght, gets personal ... longer handles give more leverage, shorter handles more accuracy.... as far as splitting surface I am fond of a gnarly dinger four to six inches thick maybe twenty inches across flat and stable ... gives a good smash platform to stand work on and protects...
I hand split w/ maul about Ten Cord per year, after three or four swings if it doesn't pop ... off to the Dinger pile ... where wedge & sledge take over, then if that don't do it it I rip cut it with chainsaw ... super un cooperatives are saved for the annual splitter day
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