Blog | ExploringAxeHistory

Feb 25 min read

A visit to Hoffman Blacksmithing: modern axe makers with historic foundations

Dec 5, 20244 min read

Seth Silsby, an early axe manufacturing technique pioneer.

Oct 25, 20246 min read

Historical Mistakes Made by Axe Counterfeiters

Oct 20, 20247 min read

The "Tomahawk" of Clinton, Massachusetts

Jul 6, 20248 min read

Counterfeit Axes: Acid Etching versus modern CNC/Lasering

May 31, 20244 min read

The Haines Pattern of trade hatchets

May 5, 20246 min read

The Barney and Berry Hatchet

Apr 5, 20244 min read

The Van Doren origin of Kelly Vanadium Hatchets

Mar 16, 20248 min read

The Hub Axe

Feb 23, 20245 min read

eBay and the Complacency of Fraudulently Altered Collectible Axes

Jan 28, 20246 min read

The Importance of the Skelton Shovel Company

Jan 12, 20245 min read

The Seagrave Company of Columbus, Ohio, and the axe made for them by the Collins Company

Nov 30, 20236 min read

The "Lakeside" Axe of Montgomery Ward and Co.

Oct 29, 20234 min read

"Sounding Axe" or "Sportsman's Axe"?

Sep 9, 20234 min read

Stephen G. Mann and the Howell Edge Tool Works

Sep 1, 20234 min read

The Mishawaka Axe and Windmills

Aug 12, 20235 min read

The Bronson & Townsend Company

Aug 4, 20233 min read

Shipping a Single Bit Axe Head via USPS

Jul 17, 20237 min read

The Birth of the Kelly Perfect Axe

Jul 4, 20237 min read