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 ...

But that’s just not how it happens. For most of us, manually breaking down whole or bisected logs into usable firewood is hard work and takes a lot of practice. Using a log splitter makes things much ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? No matter how you slice it, chopping up firewood isn’t easy, but a good splitting axe ...

If you don’t camp or have a fireplace, then you probably don’t know this, but ... making kindling can be darn difficult. A simple-but-clever new device known as Mr. Quicksplit, however, looks like it ...

Another reliable method for starting fires is to begin with two parallel logs. To build a fire this way, just place two split logs in the firebox and put some twisted newspaper between them. Add some ...