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tutor

Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 13

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 10 7:46 am Post subject:

camaro wrote:

tutor wrote:

That is the whole idea. Even such a person who have never used any kind of axe can now split the firewood without the fear that he/she might hurt him/her self. First time in the human history the safety elements are built into the Axe blade. If we compare the use of the conventional axe to car driving, it is like driving the car without brakes and safety belts. When using the Leveraxe you do not have to worry about the blade. It will NOT hurt yourself.

So it's a "beginner's axe" then? I think I'll stick with my faster, higher quality Fiskars...

Thinking is not knowing.
Obviously my English is not good enough to to make myself understandable. I fully allow you to remain in your opinion, though it is based to your "thinking"
Here again are some FACTS.
https://www.vipukirves.fi/Testilausunto_0001.pdf
https://www.vipukirves.fi/english/email.htm
https://www.vipukirves.fi/english/recommendations.htm

tutor

Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 13

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 11 9:10 am Post subject:

LETTER FROM SOUTH AFRICA

Hello Heikki,

My sister E----h finally arrived from Switzerland yesterday morning with my new Leveraxe. After a bit of a wait she finally checked through customs and I finally got to see my new axe all wrapped up in bubble wrap.

I took the day off work as I wanted to spend the day testing my new axe. The week before I went to the forest to cut some nice round blue gum logs that would give the axe a good work out.

After coffee and cake at my mom’s house the time had finally come to find out what Vipukirves was all about and to see if I could chop wood just like Heikki. When I unwrapped the axe I could immediately see that I had a product that was made to the highest standard. The axe looked and felt like the real deal. The next step was to see how it worked and to make sure that I used the correct technique.

The first strike was the most difficult – what if I missed the log and damaged the handle? I put a medium sized log into the chopping block (with car tyre) and let fly with the first strike.

The minute the axe hit the log I knew that this was no ordinary axe. There was no wasted energy and the axe was ready for the next strike. After 15 minutes I felt like I had the correct technique and decided to spend the rest of the day splitting the big pieces of wood. I put a huge bluegum into the tyre, remembered the technique you used and let fly.

Wam, bam,bam went the axe as I raced through the log chopping it into pieces – I could not believe it - I was finally chopping wood just like Heikki Kärnä thanks to my new Vipukirves.

I spent the entire day splitting wood trying the axe on different pieces, some with knots, others that had a nice straight grain. As long as you know how to “read” the wood there is nothing that this axe cannot handle.

I have no more wood left to chop and either need to visit the forest to saw more wood or volunteer to chop my friends wood. At the end of the evening I relaxed in front of the fire after a day at the chopping block.

I received a few calls from friends, they all wanted to know how my new Vipukirves performed. The story above is what I told them.

Thanks for designing a great axe. I look forward my next outing with Vipukirves and cannot wait to see the look on my friends faces when they see what this axe is capable of.

Parhaiten toivottu.

Ben Schlacher

Cape Town South Africa

tutor

Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 13

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 11 8:23 am Post subject:
In the next video can be seen how the axe blade stops on the block. Because the axe blade penetrates into the block only 5 millimetres on an optimum strike, the friction is almost non existent. The leverage multiplies the power of the axe even 30 time stronger than the conventional axe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqKgCUZ8PbQ

Kenworth

Joined: 04 Apr 2011
Posts: 855
Location: Michigan

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 11 3:09 am Post subject:
22.1940 BPS/35 US Rent a splitter for the day.

tutor

Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 13

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 12 9:37 pm Post subject:

Kenworth wrote:

22.1940 BPS/35 US

Rent a splitter for the day.

And waist your time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTag8CLWeqw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jDR_2Zsr40

tutor

Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 13

Posted: Fri Dec 20, 13 4:49 pm Post subject: Comparison
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Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4563
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Fri Dec 20, 13 5:04 pm Post subject:
Why do they always compare idiots to the Axe they are trying to sell, Do they really think everyone is so gullible.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Fri Dec 20, 13 5:41 pm Post subject:

RichardW wrote:

You need to find a sweat shop to knock em out cheaper. I would sort it soon cos the far east WILL copy it if they think they can make enough sales. They will not care about copyright.

He is not wrong...

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15600

Posted: Sat Dec 21, 13 8:23 am Post subject:

It may be a brilliant axe, but sooner or later someone will be injured by one; human beings seem to have an infinite capacity for doing stupid things.

As a beginners axe, I am concerned about the need to wear gloves. This gives all the wrong messages about using tools. We have any number of half pairs of gloves knocking around in the truck because we use one on our non-working hand, but never wear one on the hand using the tool.

Must say I have never got on with a felling axe because I am ambidextrous and have never worked out which way to use it. I also have awful aim. My job is to pick up the bits when someone else has done the chopping.

Not convinced it would chop all wood. We get some lovely knotty specimens of hardwood that will only break up in a log splitter.

tutor

Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 13

Posted: Sat Dec 21, 13 11:25 am Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

It is very obvious that you haven't red the whole story from the beginning, or if you have, you haven't understood your readings. Sorry about my pure English, but please, try again.
Vipukirves/Leveraxe is the very first axe-like tool in the human history where are in build safety elements that stop the blade on top of the block. During over eight years existent there has happened NO ACCIDENT. Safety was one of the main features what I wanted to have to this invention. Friction is an other thing that is nearly fully eliminated in this invention. Leverage multiplies the slitting force many times bigger. The new splitting mechanism allows hitting to such places in the block which earlier were not reasonable because of danger. Hardwood and knotty blocks are not any problem as long as you know something about the structure of the wood. This can also be called as a beginner's Axe, because even a child can split the wood with this Axe safely. There has never been any safety elements in the conventional axes or mauls before.
That is why the number of accidents have been extremely high.
Safety has always been number one in my life because of my previous occupation, air traffic controller and pilot.
My experience in firewood splitting is during 67 years. After my retirement I invented this safe, efficient new type of splitting tool.
In fact this is not really an axe in it's historical meaning, because this functions totally differently.
I'm getting excellent feed back from all around the world.
Check these information.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=leveraxe&sm=12

https://www.google.fi/search?q=leveraxe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:fi:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&ei=hXe1Urpes9vKA-qHgOgH

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15600

Posted: Sun Dec 22, 13 9:51 am Post subject:
I did understand what I had read, but if nobody has an accident from using it as an axe, I am sure sooner or later someone will drop one on their foot or something. While I am sure it is safer than most axes, nothing is completely safe, and I would never boast that it is impossible to have an accident. I wish you well with it, but still stand by my concerns.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Dec 22, 13 1:11 pm Post subject:
When designing something to be idiot proof you can never overestimate the ingenuity or persistence of idiots.

Mr O

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 5512
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Sun Dec 22, 13 2:09 pm Post subject:
I have watched the videos and read the blurb, but all I can see is an axe making kindling, and not splitting logs at all. Perhaps I am wrong, but for the time being I will stick to the use of my 8lb maul, it really splits logs rather than taking sticks off the sides of a log.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15600

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 13 7:32 am Post subject:
Posted on another forum. This may demonstrate why I don't think nobody could ever have an accident with it. https://jdgroover.wordpress.com/20...0/the-2013-darwin-awards-are-out/

tutor

Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 13

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 14 9:59 am Post subject:
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