Vipukirves is an interesting axe design made in Finland. It is a precision-cast product made at Sacotec Components Oy in Riihimäki, southern Finland and the Blade is painted by Lainisalo in Oy, Helsinki. You can read a bit about the precision-cast method here. There you will also find more information about the product. What's really interesting is the short amount of time it will take you to cut through a big block. Check out this quick video here. For those traditionalists out there...be open minded, the Fins know how to keep warm using tools that get the job done.
I've been using this axe for about a year now,takes a little getting used to,but I must say this axe splits wood like a hot knife through butter.I usually bungee three pieces together for a base and bungee three pieces on top and split away.A long time buddy of told his friend that 4 guys on 2 wood splitters couldn;t keep up to me...Go Leveraxe...
ReplyDeleteI'm so intrigued by this design! Glad to hear it is worth it!
Deleteis it available in Australia? and has anyone used it on hardwood?
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with Aussie hardwoods, but I can't imagine that it would work too well to be honest. Because of the turning/lever action needed to pull apart the work after the strike, I'd imagine that the hardwoods would put up a good fight. Using a regular axe splitting green wood is hard enough work on Ash, Oak, or Cherry. Looks like Vipukirves uses a lot of seasoned wood to demonstrate the axe abilities. I could be wrong, just an observation. Someone asked a similar question in this forum: http://www.australianbladeforums.com/vb4/showthread.php?16092-The-Vipukirves-A-Finnish-Lever-Axe
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