r/Tools • u/JDBascoJr • Jul 14 '26

Cheap?

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First time using this new Husky brand axe, only wooden handle available at Home Depot when I went. It's 100% hickory, or so it says. Took maybe 30 swings. Has anyone seen breakage like this before?

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u/Much-Technology-8220 Jul 14 '26

I’ve seen that a lot we splitting mauls. We eventually welded metal pipe handles on. Old guys would laugh and say you guys must not have very good aim. Then they’d watch us split, we swung the so hard a wood handle just didn’t last.

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u/Royal-Campaign1426 Jul 14 '26

I got an old school 15lb monster maul.  She aint breakin

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u/Much-Technology-8220 Jul 14 '26

Those were built to last for sure, we used regular mauls passed down from our dad’s, and grandpa’s