Off-center lightweight cleaver that won't get stuck
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It would seem that what can be changed in the design of a cleaver or a simple ax? Unless just make them geometry with curves, add aesthetics. But there are attempts to facilitate the work of chopping wood. I wrote about cleavers with rollers and levers pushing the logs apart in this article
Somehow on the Internet I came across a photo of an ax or rather a cleaver with unusual geometries:
Cleaver with an offset center. The handle is not located along the axis of the piercing part, but is shifted to the side. The piercing part itself is also asymmetrical. And there is a bend on the side.
This geometry of the cleaver works as follows: upon impact due to the shifted center and asymmetry, the inertial force pushes the cleaver to the side and the part that has entered the wood, the cleaver splits the log like a lever. Whereas an ordinary cleaver splits a tree with a wedge-shaped geometry and impact inertia.
The cleaver is made in Finland and has a name: Leveraxe lever ax. There are many private houses heated with wood. But is this cleaver as effective as compared to a regular cleaver?
You can evaluate their work in the video: https://youtu.be/mNKDL7uDPzw
The manufacturer also has a second type of thick steel cleaver:
Here, in general, the piercing part is strongly bent.
As a person who grew up in a village and chopped more than one machine of firewood, I will express my opinion: due to the fact that the cleaver constantly overturns upon impact, it is possible to work with only two hands.
We need sliding gloves, tops. In rubberized ones, this ax will twist your arms. Or the grip on impact will need to be weakened as much as possible. It is better to inject in a car tire. And the Leveraxe cleaver is best used on difficult wood with knots or when chopping wood in the summer. But on simple firewood, it will be inferior in speed to an ordinary cleaver. The latter can be operated with one hand (if the mass is not too large).
The main advantage of the Leveraxe cleaver is that it does not get stuck. And also its low weight can be noted. But because of the cost, the cleaver will not be of interest to everyone: 6490 rubles. (Source: https://vk.com/leveraxe).
If someone uses such a cleaver, write your review in the comments.