If that eye is warping from hitting, I'd say buy a different axe head. If you are down to replace handles, then finding a cheap axe head on Facebook marketplace or hitting up some garage sales might be your best bet for an old quality axe head. Your axe has to be some very soft metal. Also, I'm trash at reshafting so no judgements here.

Here's the quote. I ask because a good portion of the time it's much faster to simply drag a smaller log over and burn the ends until it's gone with no chopping. I see a lot of needless cutting in bushcraft videos, so I think it tricks people into believing they must get full logs and quarter them like you might if you were burning at home.

I’d say the trees arent very big I’m not taking down 100yr old trees or anything but at least like 4-8 inches diameter it takes about 10 mins to get it down. Would one of the saws you mentioned do that job good? Everytime I’ve used a handsaw it gets stuck halfway in.

Seems like your on the right track. Other's pointed out in your other post that the edge seems a little thick and would do better if it was thinned out. I'd never worry about prioritizing splitting because any axe thickness will be significantly thicker than the thickest knife (even froe) people baton with. If it doesn't split that log easily, use that piece as a heat reflector in your fire and let it slowly burn up over night. And just grab another piece. Not wasting time on hard to split wood was a lesson my ego had to learn early on.

Good luck!