Gränsfors Bruk Outdoor Axe
At 500 g, this light axe is not only easy to carry around but immensely versatile. In addition to the weighty head, the handle is long enough for tree felling, if kneeling, as well as limbing trees. It can even be used for light fire wood splitting due to the protective steel band just beneath the head. The axe head, which is hand forged in Sweden, may also be used as a large knife to help you with tasks around your camp.
Product Specs
Length - 37 cm
Weight - 0.5 kg
Axe head - steel
Handle - hickory
Sheath - vegetable-tanned leather
At 500 g, this light axe is not only easy to carry around but immensely versatile. In addition to the weighty head, the handle is long enough for tree felling, if kneeling, as well as limbing trees. It can even be used for light fire wood splitting due to the protective steel band just beneath the head. The axe head, which is hand forged in Sweden, may also be used as a large knife to help you with tasks around your camp.
Product Specs
Length - 37 cm
Weight - 0.5 kg
Axe head - steel
Handle - hickory
Sheath - vegetable-tanned leather
At 500 g, this light axe is not only easy to carry around but immensely versatile. In addition to the weighty head, the handle is long enough for tree felling, if kneeling, as well as limbing trees. It can even be used for light fire wood splitting due to the protective steel band just beneath the head. The axe head, which is hand forged in Sweden, may also be used as a large knife to help you with tasks around your camp.
Product Specs
Length - 37 cm
Weight - 0.5 kg
Axe head - steel
Handle - hickory
Sheath - vegetable-tanned leather
Advantages after testing:
Lightweight
Multi-purpose
Easy to maintain as you can use wood oil to protect the axe head as well as the flexibility of the handle
Disadvantages after testing:
Not suitable for intense wood splitting
Not a full sized handle
Gränsfors Forest Axes are made to be used in the forest for everything from felling large trees to limbing small logs. The distinguishing feature of Forest Axes is a long, rounded edge, with a flat elongated axe head.
Forest Axes are specially designed to cut across the grain of the wood fibres, for example when felling and limbing, in contrast to log splitting, where the axe goes along the grain of the wood fibres.
The various Forest Axes are designed to suit a specific function, and many of the models have been developed in collaboration with specialists and professionals. Hunters, forest workers, fishermen, hikers and survival experts have all had their input into the product development of these axes.
Gränsfors Forest Axes come in different sizes, with a range of axe heads and handles. The smallest, the Gränsfors Mini Hatchet, is only 26 cm long and weighs 0.3 kg. This axe can almost be used as a filleting knife, as it has an extremely thin edge.
The largest, the American Felling axe, is 90 cm long and weighs in at 2.2 kg. This is used to fell really big trees. The choice of Forest Axe depends entirely on what you want to use it for.
All Forest Axes come with a sheath of vegetable-tanned leather and a copy of The Axe Book.