Tufx Striking Tools

Striking tools are designed to perform specific hitting or striking tasks, it's important to select the right tools to get your job efficiently.

• Handle Length: If you work in a large space and do heavy-duty jobs, the long handle would be the first choice. If your work requires more precise chopping such as in a workshop, a shorter tool will perform better than a longer one.

• Handle Materials: The wood handle is environmentally friendly, however, it’s subject to weather and climate. While fiberglass handles are more resistant to bugs, heat, and weathering. If you use the striking tool for outside work, a fiberglass handle may be a better option.

• Safety: The connection of head and handle is a very important factor for safety. You should study the design of the connection part, to ensure the head could not fall off under the heavy-duty job operating. 

• Felling axe is designed for felling trees. The long handle gives the users the leverage to generate the force needed to cut down trees. A sharp, thin blade helps to cut across the grain of the wood.

• Splitting maul is built to split logs. It is similar to a felling axe, but much heavier, giving you added strength when splitting a piece of wood, one end of the axe looks like a sledgehammer.

• Michigan axe has a curved head and is ideal for felling large trees and dense wood types. The back of the axe is small and has no practical effect. A heavier axe helps bring more weight to the entire axe, allowing it to bite deeper into the wood.

• An hatchet is a small axe that can be used for several different purposes. They are great for quickly chopping down some firewood for a fire in camping. It can also be a handy tool when you need to cut through anything.

With proper care, an axe can last for generations.

• Don’t leave your axe outside and exposed to the elements. When you’re done with your axe, keep your axe sheathed and store it in a dry place like your garage or shed.

• Keep your axe sharp. As old sayings said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” It shows how essential it is to study how to sharpen an axe blade.

• Never use an axe as a hammer. Even though the butt end of an axe head makes for a convenient and tempting hammer. An axe is not a hammer, use it for driving in nails or stakes is not safe.

• Axes should be checked regularly. If they show signs of dents, cracks, chips, deformation, or excessive wear, they should be discarded rather than reworked.