Davy wrote:
"Guy Dawson" wrote in message
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Davy wrote:
I've just bought a rather nice 2kg hand axe which is very efficient
for cutting small logs for kindling. But it is very sharp and I
would like to keep all my fingers. Anybody recommend a way of
holding the log steady whilst I take a swing at it with the axe?

With a piece of kindling. You just have to cut the first piece
carefully...

thanks guys, your suggestion does have the advantage that if I
accidentally hit the piece of kindling that I am using to steady the
log then no harm is done to the axe. Not true of my first attempt
when I used bbq tongs!
I have just had a log burning stove installed so I'm suddenly needing
to learn new skills - including how to use a 6lb log-splitting maul.
That is some animal!

Easy peasy. Get a big wide bit of log to use as a block, and swing it like a
sledgehammer.