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		 <b><font color=FFFF00 face="comic sans ms">I've used all of the above.  Sometimes my 16lb "Monster Maul" is preferable depending on the type of wood and it's seasoning.  I took a splitting maul and had a friend at the foundry fit and press a steel pipe into the head.  I split a rubber hosr and put it on the handle.  When the going got tough I had my wife hold the spliting maul, after I set it, then beat it through with a 12lb maul. Whatever works.</font></b> 
		
		
		
		
		
		
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