World's toughest maul?

jargo432 · May 16, 2014, 10:46:11 PM

B.A.S.H. claims to have the worlds toughest maul. I saw on t.v. how good their sledge hammers were and was impressed. Here's the link....

http://www.wiltonbash.com/products/splitting-mauls/

Does anyone have any experience with these?

den · May 23, 2014, 10:42:04 PM

Here all the time I thought it was the Sotz M-20 20lb. Monster Maul

SLawyer Dave · May 24, 2014, 03:11:27 AM

The only weakness I have ever found with the monster mauls is that the head can break off right at the weld to the handle due to metal fatigue. So I put both horizontal and vertical welds to stop that. Haven't had a problem since.

drobertson · May 24, 2014, 05:29:39 PM

It has been years ago now, but I did modify the original 16lb monster maul, step drilled it out, filled it with 7-1/2 shot, capped it with a 5/8" plate, finish weight was 17.4 lbs, I loved this maul, someone loved it more, never a bad weld in this one, it would bust the big ones for sure, straight up, straight down, no swinging this one, no need to. A good maul is worth its weight for sure,

CTYank · May 24, 2014, 07:52:44 PM

FRom what I've used, Mueller 3 kg maul is made of the toughest steel. I'm guessing about Rc 48. Very hard, not brittle, extremely tough stuff. Could be from the base alloy and/or heat-treating.

After about 3 years, the main change to the head has been to polish the cheeks farther back from the edge, wearing off the "foundry finish". After many hits with the poll, there are no tell-tale marks on the surface.

At 3 kg (6.6 lb) the head is about as heavy as is practical for me. Twenty lb.? No chance.

Wetterlings 2.5 kg maul rcvd about a year back is also made from excellent steel. Both these mauls are made of much better metal than fiskars- no chipping or flaking, and the polls can be used to strike metal.