Best “Made in USA” Axe. Brant & Cochran Dirigo Belt Axe. $299 at Brant & Cochran . Hand-crafted in Maine, the 25-degree, 1050 carbon steel head and 17-inch hickory handle are crafted using ...

It’s still an axe. Best Made has sold a lot of axes, but Buchanan-Smith never had any intention of creating an axe company. “It was to be the next great American outfitter-slash-lifestyle brand,” he ...

If you asked 100 experienced survivalists to name their must-have tools, it’s a safe bet that an axe would be on that list. A standard axe performs a surprising number of tasks around a campsite ...

If you asked 100 experienced survivalists to name their must-have tools, it’s a safe bet that an axe would be on that list. A standard axe performs a surprising number of tasks around a campsite ...

Best Made Co., the New York-based purveyor of haute hardware that made a name for itself as the purveyor of $348 axes, has chosen Los Angeles as the home of its second retail store, a 2,700-square ...

When Manhattan-based designer Peter Buchanan-Smithfounded Best Made Company in 2009, the operation was all about the axes. Carefully handcrafted from steel and Appalachian hickoryby a fourth ...

Best Made axes. (Photo courtesy of Best Made Co.) What led you to launch Best Made? I grew up on a small farm in rural Canada and moved to New York City in my early 20s.

This limited-edition handmade Twibill “National” axe from Manhattan axe-makers Best Made Co. commemorates the Canadian victory… ...

You might know Best Made Co. as the company that makes all of those fancy painted axes, and you’re right — the company’s first product was the axe, which it continues to manufacture in the USA with ...

Meanwhile, Best Made became a sub-brand under a publicly traded company. And that was that. ... a gorgeous hand-forged axe that will be sold in a limited edition of 100 for $450 a piece.

If it can be thrown safely at a target, there is probably a competitive league for it somewhere. A recent addition to that list is growing in popularity: the throwing axe. Often associated with ...

If you live in Idaho, you likely either own or have had occasion to use an axe. You can buy a plain old splitting axe at Home Depot for $35, or you can go in for the kind of heirloom piece of ...