Introducing the Splitting Maul and the Log Splitter These two new tools came into the ‘armoury’ this week and not before time because I always end up with 2 or 3 big logs that laugh at my normal axe (as it bounces off). But now I have two sure fire ways of splitting those difficult to break logs. Logs become difficult to split usually because there was a large branch joining the main trunk, which makes the grain real gnarly. No1: The Splitting Maul OK, tool No.1: the splitting maul. Now I’ve been hanging my …