A bushcraft axe is the one that goes in the pack rather than on the wall. It splits kindling, limbs a fallen branch and drives a tent peg without complaint, then takes an edge back from a stone in ten minutes. All of these are plain 1095 at 54 to 58 HRC, which is soft enough to sharpen in camp and hard enough to hold through a day.
Hand axes and felling heads
The hand axes come first. Birchbite runs a 14 inch hickory handle with a Celtic knotwork etched cheek and a leather blade mask. Ashbite is 15 inches on ash with struck rune marks and a polished bearded head, and ships with a sheath and pouch. Notchcrown is 16 inches on ash with a chevron etched cheek and a hammer poll, which is the detail that makes it useful for pegs. On the felling side, Barkbiter is a 20 inch hickory handle under a knotwork engraved head. Timberrune carries a 4 inch bit with a chased knotwork cheek on hickory. Ashfell is the largest, a single bit forest head on an American ash handle with knotwork engraving and a leather edge cover.
The full spread is in Viking axes, with the long hafts in splitting and felling axes. Keep the head oiled and read our axe care guide before winter.
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Hand Forged
Heated, hammered and ground by hand.
Engraving available
Names, dates or Norse runes on most pieces.
