If, like me, your credentials as a woodsman come primarily from watching movies set in the woods, you might think you can just swing any ax down the center of a log to split it. That’s not quite right ...

Even if you aren’t trekking deep into the backcountry, a hatchet is always a good tool to have around for camping. They makes easy work of tasks like splitting wood, driving tent stakes into the ...

Using a log splitter makes things much easier. Technically, the term “log splitter” refers to any tool that helps you split wood into smaller segments. They include simple manual tools you can bang ...