Keenso Wood Cracker, Wood Splitting Wedge, Firewood Splitter, Wood Log Cutter, Wall Mounted Firewood Splitter High Carbon Steel Wood Log Cutter with Accessories for Indoor Outdoor

Hello,I need to cleare up a false statement that I read in this product description, this splitter is not for all types of wood. The following is a list of firewood stock I have on hand and tried to split. It will not split Oak, Popular, Maple, or Bradford Pear woods.Now I will submit a fair objective product review to help others make an informed decision on this product.It did split pine wood from lumber scrap I had on hand. I was skeptical so I bought this one used and with a few prime points I only had a little over $20.00 all in because I doubted it could split wood at all.I received the used unit and it had all the mounting hardware, came in used but good condition with no damages. You could see on the blade someone had tried to split wood with it. After trying to use it I can understand why it was returned and resold as a used unit for less money because it does not work as advertised.I mounted it verticle on a 4 x 4 post so it is sturdy enough to handle splitting wood and it is high enough so I can get correct leverage. We are to load wood into the bottom tooth to begin the split and advance up one tooth until it is split and repeat until you have enough kindling to start a fire. I liked the concept of what this could do. I had seen video of a more expensive Swedish version that appears to split wood great nut I doubted the Swedish would split wood either, however this one just does not cut it. Pun intended.Things I observed that limit its performance is the blade can flex a bit sideways, by that I mean the blade is not thick enough nor is it wide enough to do this task just by leverage alone.Next the blade will slightly enter the wood to begin the split but you cannot get the blade to penetrate as you climb the steps up for the split process. I think that may be in part because the hand handle combined with the length of the blade does not allow enough leverage for this to work correctly.The blade is not razor sharp but it comes with an edge that could cut your hand if you do not have a glove on. I don't think edge is an issue. Next is the handle for your hand is in a downward position rather than in an upward direction which looses leverage to be effective.I have two hydrayulic log splitters, wedges, and maul axes that all split wood better with a dull blade over a sharp blade.I sharpen axe blades to fell trees, lop branches but not to split wood. In my experience a sharp blade to split wood sinks into the wood and gets stuck where a dull blade with force sort of pops the wood apart way better.I shapren my axes to fell treees to a razor edge and that works great for cutting trees down but not for splitting.I have a few days before sending it back for full refund so I will try a few things like orentating the wood grain to see if that would help. For only twenty bucks I might keep it just to split up scrap lumber boards for kindling.My advice is to pass on these styles of splitters because this one just does not perform on all woods.I do recommend buying a good quality Froe that is used to split wood shingles when used with a wood mallet works great for kindling. I also use a 12 inch field knife with a wood batton to split wood for kindling and both the Froe and field knife used with a wood batton will split any wood type into kindling.Now to explain my background, I am 66 years old and have heated with wood all my life, cut trees down, seasoned firewood, camped, hiked, and I am a hunter so I do know a thing or twelve about wood and wood tools. I own a double billy axe that was my Grandfathers axe and it is still in use today, it is older than I am. In my life I have replaced the handle in it twice just to give an example that I do know what I am talking about. That blade will shave hair off of your arm.In theory this product should have worked right out of the box but it failed. I was curious if this had merit or not which is why I bought it on the cheap to try it.Final verdict: Pass on this product and get something else. I give it zero thumbs up and two thumbs down.Kind Regards,Doug