Learn how to split firewood the smart way. Our expert breaks down four proven methods, from axe work to power splitters. Get safety and storage tips for hotter, cleaner burns all winter.

We talked to Nick Zdon of Best Made Co. to find out the right grip, technique and materials needed to successfully split wood with an ax.

Learn how to use an axe from episode 12 of Jim Baird's Côte-Nord's adventure series Lessons from the Trail.

The narrow ax head, designed for cutting fibers, will probably just get stuck in the wood. What you actually need is a steel wedge and a sledge hammer, or better yet, a maul or splitting ax.

Axe heads always outlast their wood handles. Here's how to carve a replacement handle from a dry log.

I love the sound the axe makes splitting the log. This sound varies, depending on your axe, how hard you swing and the size of the log.

Camping axes are all designed to do one thing: make wood smaller. Whether they do it by felling a tree, delimbing, splitting, or shaping, an ax needs to efficiently break down wood. As someone who ...