All the hardhead wedges I bought over the years the steel caps have broke off. There is a 2 or 3"X 1/4" X a few inches longsteel plate molded into the center of the wedge. The caps were welded to the inserts but not a srong union.
They are actually a better wedge without the caps because the...
The trick with this cast steel wedge working so good is the teeth on one side , ridges on the other plus a ridge along the cutting edge to also give grip. When you hammer it in the backcut with a 4lb axe it only goes one direction...forward.
Wooden wedges couldn't do this with any durability...
I bought this little firewood splitting steel wedge from a local hardware store a while back just for the purpose of wedging over smaller trees. Its a Fiskars 16460 made in Finland. Its 6 inches long weighs about 2 lbs or more and damn it works really good in small trees. Real nice sharp edge...
Sorry to derail the derail guys. My experience falling small timber when I was logging on piecework was alot of backleaners could be pushed over by hand. You just get them rocking a few times and over they go. If that wasn't possible, then go cut a 20 foot long pole and push it over with that...
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