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My problem is burying the head, but it isn't wide enough to pass the handle so it barks up the handle. I've never missed with my Ochsenkoph light splitter, but I need a new handle, or will soon. It's taking on more than the axe was meant for.

Those yellow composite handles I mentioned seemed to transmit shock and blisters. The fiskars hollow plastic handles seem alright, but I don't have the hours in that I do with wood. Wood just feels nicer. There's no way I'd trade my wood handle work axe for a fiskars handle.

What don't you like about the axes Andrey? The steel seems to be pretty good. The handle's are admittedly kind of weird, and it looks like you could lose a head with sufficient wear of the plastic, but I have no idea how long that would take if it did happen. If it happened, fixing it would...

I'm pretty brand loyal with Silky. Saws like the Samurai are kind of interesting, but still cost enough money that I wouldn't want to risk it coming up short with the perfection of Silky saws. It isn't worth saving $20-$30 if every time I pull the saw out, I think "Meh...".

I have a Fiskars light splitter, and I like it a good bit. I've always been HIGHLY against synthetic for tool handles, but everyone seemed to like the Fiskars axes, and I gave it a try. The handle's surprisingly comfortable, and as you said, very durable. I was previously only familiar with...

I'm wondering what professionals think of Fiskars. I've been fairly impressed with the tools of theirs I've used. When I helped Mike with some dogwoods, he brought Fiskars loppers. I look at them, and think "Oh, loppers. Probably be easier just to break them by hand", but they worked really...