I have a 6 lb. maul with a broken wooden handle, it’s on my to do list.
I wore out the fiberglass handle on my 8 lb. maul this winter, didn’t know you could to that but I got about 50 cords out of it.
I have one of those 12 lb metal monster mauls, the handle is too short and I don’t like the ballance, but I finished the season with it. It makes me tired but I’m a big guy and I went through the last four cords pretty quickly with it.
I also have a 3 lb hammer, 8 and 12 pound sledge hammer with a small collections wedges inclucing a wood grenade, none of them are particularly fun to use.
To sum up, I’m open to a variety of tools. I’ve been looking for a new handle for my 8 lb maul and have been in several hardware stores including HQ and several small mom and pop operations, I’ve never seen a maul like that one. If they’re not too expensive, I would buy one out of curiosity. I wonder how many cords it would last. It may be a little light for my taste, I’m getting older and momentum is easier to generate than speed when your joints start getting less limber.
I wish I could find a 10 to 12 lb. maul with a normal length handle.
Sorry if I’m a little wordy, it’s bedtime and it’s hard to be pithy when drowsy.
BTW, while I was searching for info on my maul, I found this listing for three different fiberglass maul handle replacement kits:
http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Fiberglass-Replacement-Handle-881-43323368
It even has animations of the mechanism and demo movies of it in action.
And, I found a review/test/comparison article. It refers to the weight as "seven pounds"...
Apparently, I was wrong: it comes with a wooden handle. Stupid me -- the one in the picture had a wooden handle... :-(
As on FR -- responses with pros & cons... '-)
G'nite --finally tired and sleepy enough to stop surfin' and try to get some sleep -- even with this gouty foot a-hurtin;...