I had nothing better to do after changing the oil on the wife and I's trucks so decided to make some more kindling for next winter. This was a branch of cedar I cut last year and blocked up and kept inside the unused chicken coop all winter. I got three of these wagons full and put it in a caged and covered area just for kindling at the back of the woodshed. The reason I used the splitter and not a hatchet is that it was pretty knotty and I have enough cuts on the hands without making more. Skin doesn't heal as well as one gets older.
I like to use good straight grain fir, that's pretty dry, i use the splitter as well. Make it about 1/4'' thick and it will just about pop itself apart. I call it slabbing.
