To prepare for this method, you will need:

Protective clothes – e., safety glasses, long sleeves top and trousers, hard-toed boots and durable gloves

– e., safety glasses, long sleeves top and trousers, hard-toed boots and durable gloves A chopping block – this can be a wide section of tree trunk

– this can be a wide section of tree trunk A set up in a safe location – flat ground, no rain, ice or mud and free from obstacles

You are probably already familiar with what an axe is, and a splitting maul is a specific type of axe that has a long handle. One half of the head of a splitting maul is an axe while the other half is a sledgehammer.