Halder’s all-round product range has everything to make forest workers’ hearts beat faster

9 oktober 2023

From the sharp axe to the hard-hitting soft-face mallet

Quality forestry tools for splitting wood with convenience, speed and safety

Driving in stakes, splitting softwood, hardwood, 1-metre logs or kindling, wedging wood open, tree inspections – jobs in the farming and forestry sector, but also chopping wood for private use, are many-sided and arduous. Unless you rely on quality tools in the forest or at home, you will not have fun for long and may, in the worst case, even seriously injure yourself. This is where Halder comes into play - as the experts from Achstetten-Bronnen provide the right tool for each and everyone of these jobs.

Motor manual wood harvesting, secure driving of steel wedges with soft-mallet inserts, splitting 1-metre logs, splitting felled timber with a wedge, gentle driving of wooden stakes – whether at home for your private stove or during use in horticulture or forestry work – good and reliable tools are the be-all and end-all. "And those are exactly the tools Halder provides to professionals and private users alike," declares Volker Gernth, Sales Hand Tools at Erwin Halder KG. "We score high marks with our standard to exclusively make products that offer extremely high product quality, safety and an excellent price-performance ratio. Especially our proven SIMPLEX principle - allowing for all individual parts to be changed separately - always meets with great enthusiasm. No wonder that our products, for instance, our SIMPLEX splitting axe or our SIMPLEX splitting maul, have earned distinction with awards, including the Forest Technology Award bestowed by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection.”

Softwood or hardwood: Tackling wood with minimum expenditure of force

A sharp axe that fits well in the hand is crucial for splitting wood in a way that feels good and does not require a lot of force. This is the world of the SIMPLEX splitting axe: Whether you opt for the thin shape for pinewood or the hardwood model with additionally optimized wedge ribs - the ground and polished axe blade made of drop-forged and hardened steel will impress you with its effortless splitting performance. The extremely stable handle made of long-fibre hickory wood fits well in the hand. "When splitting dense hardwood, you often experience the nuisance of the axe becoming stuck in the trunk. Anyone who has ever broken a sweat chopping wood will attest to that. This is why our special hardwood model boasts an axe blade with wedge ribs. These increase the splitting effect and keep the blade from becoming stuck in the wood," adds Volker Gernth. Better yet, the insert made of superplastic turns the splitting axe into a soft-face mallet, allowing for safe and gentle wedge work if the log refuses to tear right away.

A hammer like no other: Split metre by metre in a snap

The protective insert also converts the SIMPLEX splitting maul into a two-in-one tool, making it the perfect choice for splitting 1-metre logs as well as for safe and gentle wedge work - without the need for a second tool. Made from high-grade carbon steel, the drop-forged splitting insert delivers extremely high splitting action thanks to its turned nose.

These hammers are ideally complemented by the Halder hand axe, which is designed for splitting smaller logs and kindling and for sharpening wooden stakes. Perfectly balanced and equipped with a non-slip leather handle, it also serves as a useful outdoor tool that is appreciated by campers, hunter, off-roaders, etc.

Every strike will hit the mark with the Halder forestry sledge

Those working a lot with wedges will find that the non-rebound Halder forestry sledge is the right soft-face mallet for their purposes. The steel shot filling in the tubular head makes sure the rebound is minimised and the impact energy is utilised to maximum effect. The wear-resistant and splinter-free inserts made of special nylon even hold up to sub-zero temperatures. The flat striking surface even allows for the gentle driving of wooden stakes without damaging them. The vibration-dampening and ergonomically shaped hickory handle is optimally protected by the integrated handle protection sleeve of the robot-welded hammer head.

Tree inspections made easy with the Halder diagnostic mallet

With the diagnostic mallet, Halder has designed the perfect equipment for forestry experts that need to examine trees for damage. This light soft-face mallet lets them carefully tap potentially damaged areas and thus identify heart rot by a dull-sounding tone. The extra light aluminium housing with built-in handle protection sleeve allows the user to easily apply and control the right amount of impact force. Made of rubber and superplastic, the inserts ensure the required flexibility by offering different degrees of hardness.

Incredibly versatile – the SIMPLEX splitting axe with soft-face mallet insert for work with wedges, tapers and stakes. The thin axe blade is ideally suited for the splitting of pinewood ...