[Sherman Logan]

But splitting the larger chunks into pieces that fit the insatiable wood stove—that was a chore without end. Every day after school meant an hour in the woodpile with Dad. I can still hear his voice as I prepared to swing the ax:

That was his problem right there.

You don't split wood with an ax. You split it with a splitting maul.

I ought to know. I heated with wood I cut, hauled and split myself for 11 years.

[Tennessee Nana]

You don’t split wood with an ax. You split it with a splitting maul.

I ought to know. I heated with wood I cut, hauled and split myself for 11 years.
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I dont know what a splitting maul is but maybe you should have been around wood a few years longer...

we used an ax like everyone else did...

It was my brothers chore but sometimes I did it too...

We heated the house, heated our water, and cooked with wood and coal...