Designed for splitting chunks of wood, "rounds". The axe head is quite heavy with forged cheeks on both sides of the blade, "splitting wedge shaped crests" which power apart the grain of the wood. A Splitting Axe does not just have to slice into the wood, the thick axe blade pushes apart the wood.
Not for sale to any one under 18 years old.
The poll of this axe, like the poll on most axes, is definitely not designed for heavy pounding on a wedge.
The axe has a 3" face and a 70cm hickory handle and the head weighs 2.4 kg.