I used to be pretty handy with an ax(e)
Then I had a mastectomy which ruined my swing ;
so I taught the SO about swing and grain and all the usual Secret Wisdom and he does all the firewood now. He got real into it and is our kibbutz chain-saw expert as well now
DS #1 we started to train with a tomahawk to do the kindling when he was 12 or 13 and then at about 16 he graduated to The Big Ax(e). Little DS just started last winter. I bought him a brand new tomahawk and wrote his name on the handle. He loves it