ESTWING Sure Split Wedge - 5-Pound Wood Splitting Tool with Forged Steel Construction & 1-7/8" Cutting Edge - E-5

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Excellent. It was used to split maple logs (3 feet long x 8-12+ inches in diameter). Total of a cord of wood. Worth every dollar for this wedge.

Is holding up to spitting even the hard wood. Storm damaged trees of all sizes and depth. Easy to use an size is great. Splita them well and is very functional.

I had some wood which nearly impossible to split. My estwing wedges made quick work of splitting the logs. This is a well designed tool that gets the job done!

Works great! It was able to drive through a big piece of oak with knots in it. Once you get it started it drives through logs easily. Worth the price!

This wedge does as good a job, better and safer than my axe. I did have to sharpen it, which you want to do before using it. You'll need a heavy one handed mallet or small sledge hammer to use it. I haven't used a maul, but I think for small jobs or occasionally splitting logs this works fine, is safer and spares my shoulders from using an axe or maul. It is a workout to split logs this way.

I have used this wedge on a variety of woods and it works fine with all of them. Would buy again if need were to arise.

This is a simple steel wedge for splitting wood. The splitting edge is conventional, but up the wedge widens by the addition of two flat ridges. These work for seasoned wood to increase the splitting width.I do not know what how the wedges would work with green wood which is softer than what I split.

I bought a Milwaukee 18V Hack Chainsaw which has just an 8" bar. I use the tool to create a slot to place the wedge which works perfectly with my old wedge. Even with the slot, I could not get the Estwing wedge to engage. It kept bounding out after every hit. The bottom width of the wedge is too wide. What the wedge is good for is as a second wedge on a larger 3' dia round, or after a wide split has started. So I give it 3 stars as a SECOND wedge to help open the split created by a different first wedge on larger rounds. Knowing Estwing, I'm sure the wedge is forged well.