- Forged tool steel head
- Larger poll, balanced head, and wedge shaped blade
- Wedge-shaped blade, with a high centerline, to help keep it from sticking while splitting
- Council Tool internal standards call for tempered bit hardness of Rc 48-55
- Head coated with boiled linseed oil to deter rust with Sport Utility forged finish
- 36 in. straight American hickory handle
- Eye section is dried to below 10% moisture content to minimize shrinkage and help prevent loosening
- Axe head is hydraulically seated onto handle, hung proud with a traditional wood and steel wedge
- Doubles as a faller’s axe, with chamfered poll corners and radius corners all around the outer poll face, so that it does not cause excessive damage while driving HDPE plastic felling wedges
Council Tool’s 5 lb Dayton Splitting Axe with a 36″ straight hickory handle is a single bit axe with a larger poll, balanced head, and wedge shaped blade. The axe head is hydraulically seated onto handle, hung proud with a traditional wood and steel wedge.
