Arguments with a friend over axes and trees

So im having an argument with a friend of mine and truth is, we figured out we both have no clues what were talking about so here I am.

We are trying to figure how many trees could be chopped down with an average quality axe from home depot.

That dum-dum thinks the axe would break around 50 trees. Im thinking it could go on for quite a while possibly 500+ trees.