During the construction of our second cabin, hand tools have been an integral part of the process. Sledgehammers, wedges, and axes have always remained some of the most used items throughout our ...

At this very moment, you can head over to Duluth Trading Co. and buy a Best Made American Felling Axe with an exquisitely decorated handle for $270. Those painted and varnished helves, elevating the ...

The weight and shape of the axe head, the curve of the bit (blade), the handle shape and length, and other design features help to determine the kinds of tasks for which a particular axe is best ...

The Almike is a throwback of hand tooling in the mass production era, and it shows in one of the highest quality bushcraft axes available today. A modern splitting axe that has a nicely weighted head ...

Before the days of sawmills, table saws and planers, you chopped away with a hewing ax if you wanted flat sides on round wood, says Wood magazine. In the hands of the skilled craftsman, this nearly ...