I think after about 3 years Holzspalterei with the thing I try me once on a review ... In general: to turn "firewood", "kindling", this Cleaver m. E. somewhere between good and very good to classify. I have quite a lot of different woods and so "smaller" made, either because the logs were too thick for the oven or my kindling ran out. Luftgetrockene oak (Red) Beech without road splits the thing easily. Branches / branches bringing the thing to its limits - it is missing because of "weight", but what the ax must not be negative chalked! Also, chamber dried hornbeam designed as very wiederborstig and "tough". Only after (felt) a dozen bilateral bats (there were actually about 6) was made from a piece of wood two. The cutting edge is sharpened several times and still no "quirks". It is advisable for a grindstone with coarse and fine grain. A 1000s ceramic stone "polished" to me the cutting then on final sharpness. All in all there is not much at fault X11. Me "bothers" only the relatively smooth plastic handle - a naturally laden channels hickory almost to grip on!