The Leveraxe uses lever action requiring less force to split the wood and it features a hook that stops the axe on top of the wood.

With Leveraxe, you don’t have to be built like a lumberjack to split logs. It does the work for you. Its clever engineering and design give it 35 times the hitting force of a traditional axe. The brainchild of Finnish pensioner Heikki Kärnä, Leveraxe is a product conceived out of necessity and needs related to living in wild and inaccessible areas. The Leveraxe provides a safer, easier and faster way of splitting wood.

With Leveraxe, you don’t have to be built like a lumberjack to split logs. It does the work for you. Its clever engineering and design give it 35 times the hitting force of a traditional axe. The brainchild of Finnish pensioner Heikki Kärnä, Leveraxe is a product conceived out of necessity and needs related to living in wild and inaccessible areas. The Leveraxe provides a safer, easier and faster way of splitting wood.

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Start Splitting!

f you've ever tried to split your own firewood, you know it's kind of a pain in the tookus. Swinging the axe with enough force to drive the wedge into the wood and also split said wood (rather than just getting the axe head stuck) is not easy. That's why lumberjacks have big arms. So Finnish inventor Heikki Kärnä redesigned the axe. Instead of working as a wedge, his axe is a lever. And it's sort of mesmerizing to watch.

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