New axe design uses lever action to make splitting wood easier

Re:New axe design uses lever action to make splitting wood e... by vanderZwan on Friday April 18, 2014 @03:02PM (#7610703)

As a left-handed person: great, another lethal tool optimised for right-handed people and therefore more unwieldy and dangerous for us.

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Re:New axe design uses lever action to make splitting wood e... by rubberbandage on Friday April 18, 2014 @03:07PM (#7610722)

No, they address that in their FAQ. They found no difference in use for right or left-handed people. Hooray from a fellow leftie!

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Re:New axe design uses lever action to make splitting wood e... by vanderZwan on Friday April 18, 2014 @03:15PM (#7610765)

Oh, that's good to hear! A quick CTRL+F for "left-handed" did not give any results, but I should have just looked for "left"

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Re:New axe design uses lever action to make splitting wood e... by jeffbarr on Saturday April 19, 2014 @01:04AM (#7612643)

I should have mentioned this in my original comment. I am left-handed and this axe, unlike the vast majority of hand and power tools, works just fine for me and doesn't emit those all too familiar lethal vibes.

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Re:New axe design uses lever action to make splitting wood e... by kaib on Friday April 18, 2014 @03:14PM (#7610758)

Can you elaborate on this? Having split a lot of wood it's not clear this design is affected by handedness.

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Re:New axe design uses lever action to make splitting wood e... by vanderZwan on Friday April 18, 2014 @03:20PM (#7610792)

My immediate and apparently wrong assumption was that since it is asymmetrical, the improvement of the design was somehow tied to an optimisation for handedness, which in practice is always for right-handedness.

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