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Got an axe to grind?

Last month we took some of the popular choices of firewood and put them to the test to see which burns hotter and longer. To get to that point, though, we first had to split some of the larger stumps from the nine bags of wood we used.

Does that mean we simply chucked the axe back into the shed for use during the next camping trip?

No, because just like any other expensive camping investment, if you look after your axe properly, it’ll look after you.

Abraham Lincoln famously said “Give me

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