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		 If you're using wedges, make sure you have 2.  If you bury one in a knot, you have the second one to bail you out. (if it's really knotty, get 3 or 4) 
Also, don't smack a stuck axe with the sledge, you can easily distort the eye.  The sides on an axe are much thinner than on a maul. 
I don't weigh much more than you (165) and I use the maul as well as the wedge and sledge. 
 
Wheelbuilder - also upstate NY 
		
		
		
		
		
			
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