Been using the same one for a loooong time, stump of small oak. My processing area is slightly sloped and I can never buck perfectly square so it comes in handy that it is a little slanted. Just spin it around until the round stands up. I've had it soooo long I think it is now petrified. KaptJaq
I have been using a stump from a pretty big pine that I had taken down about three years ago. It is very low to the ground so it’s pretty safe as far as miss-hits. Unfortunately it is finally starting to soften up so I will need a new block soon.
Don't know if these count. Locust round in the driveway for splitting kindling. That whole tree measured under 15% on my mm when I cut it don't know why that round got saved from the fiskars. This apple round had been sitting inside the front door for 25 years or better. I've often thought about taking a swing at it with the fiskars but its probably hard as concrete by now. I'm 5'9 so if I'm making firewood the rounds are on the ground.
Been just spliting on the ground this year, but in years past when I split by the wood stove I have a pine log that I use. Been there for 3-4 years now, it's old, mud and water logged but does not crack.
Not sure what mine is made of. I went through(broke) a few chopping blocks this year. I like them low so that if I miss or get deflected, it’s less likely to test the steel toed shoes out.
I thought I had one or two pictures of the thing but guess not. I had picked up a couple of very large Weyland cypress cuts and these were some of the more harder rounds ever to split. They don’t pop or anything easily so its a matter of using the splitter to simply shear the wood apart, that’s about as good as it gets. Anyways I had help and we lifted some rounds about 18 inches across give or take, about 2 feet or so high. They would be great if they were just cut flatter as the cuts were likely near the base as a felling cut. With cedar being pretty rot resistant, it should hold up a lot longer than my previous doug fir block. I took that one to be made into a Swedish Candle. I’ll take pictures likely when ready to begin splitting again!