SeanKroll
Treehouser
Madsen's flattest wedge is around 9 % slope, something like twice the degrees. That thing will lift some wood.
Making the tip thicker would have the same effect as making the tail thinnerTip shouldn't affect the angle. If it's truly lower than competing wedges, it would be done by making the butt thinner. I think the only way to know for sure is to buy a couple and see what you think. Their current "sale" price isn't ridiculously more expensive than competing wedges.
Yeah…I'd not be averse to having had a couple of those in my kit, back when such things mattered quite a bit to my well-being.
@davidwyby Input from a smaller guy that had to carry his felling gear all over hell and gone (which I know is not your situation) ...any driver head over 5 pounds is superfluous to the job. Head speed is the be-all. You will be more accurate in your driving strikes if the driver is not overly heavy, imo. If you can't hit a wedge square with an axe poll, you need to find another job.
Again, high head speed with a decent amount of weight there, drives wedges to the best effect. Anything much lighter than 5 pounds is too light, and anything much heavier is too slow, besides being too difficult to carry through the woods.
The angle would be the same... the tip should fit the kerf correctly.Making the tip thicker would have the same effect as making the tail thinner