Gransfors Bruks Small Forest Axe

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  Feels very light in the hand, paper cutting sharp straight from the box, delighted!  

  Edmund Morton

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  This is my second axe from your site. Fantastic axe but I was splitting small fresh ash logs on first use and noticed a little chip broke off the toe. I am going to take the stone to it and hopefully it will be fine. (did not hit ground with it used a splitting wood block)  

  Alexander O Donoghue.

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  I never saw one of these small forest axes until mine arrived at my door- It is so sweet looking! I put a neck guard on it and it looks so nice I don't want to even use it-but when I did, I was very impressed again. A very powerful tool that digs deep and does a lot of work in a short time.  

  Steve Johnson

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  I bought this Small forest axe as a gift for a friend so sadly didn't get the opportunity to use it. However upon inspection I can confirm that it was of the highest quality. The grain of the handle was perfect, running perfectly straight from the knob to the eye and the Ray Mears logo on the handle was nicely done. The axe head was as impressive with a good grind and a nice leather sheath. Compared to my own older Wetterlings (which I also consider to be very good axes) it is obvious that the slightly higher price of the Gransfors Bruks is well justified and they deserve their reputation as excellent high quality tools. Having previously purchased other items from Ray Mears Woodlore website it was an easy decision to buy this axe from them, the customer service and advice they offer is second to none as is the quality of the products they sell.  

  Steve Ck

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  Item arrived very fast considering I had it shipped to the U.S. The axe appears to be of great quality. I would have preferred the original gb logo on the handle but functionally the axe is exactly what I wanted. I want to mention that for its size and despite a wood handle, it's remarkably light.  

  Christian Espinosa

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  First the axe: 19” is about as perfect camp axe as you could ask for. Big enough to fell trees and buck them, it is compact enough to process it down to small kindling and feather sticks with ease. Shaving razor sharp right out of the box. Don’t let the light weight fool you, it’ll chop! It made real quick work of the small to medium logs and is a kindling monster. Building a bush camp site? Grab this, a small saw, a knife of course, and you’re good to go. Build away! Love the axe, can’t recommend it enough. Everything out of the box speaks of tradition and quality. It is an Heirloom tool to be used and passed down. I spent two months researching and narrowing the selection on which axe would be my first Bushcraft/camp axe. Videos, forums, pages and pictures led me to choose the Small Forest Axe by Gränsfors Bruk. I was surprised to see this site had it in stock. I didn’t notice it was a Ray Mears branded axe and while I would of preferred the original branding, the axe is the very same. Forged by TT Tobias Thelin. The hickory handle is amazing with tight grain going near perfect straight. This will be part of my kit for extended bush trips for a long time to come. Shipping wasn’t bad coming overseas. Woodlore Ltd had a great price on this axe that I couldn’t pass up. Thank you for being involved in this lifelong tool purchase. I will pay closer attention when purchasing a hatchet, possibly soon from here. Feel confident in your purchase through this site. Use google for currency conversion but beware your bank may be a bit different.  

  Shawn Dunn

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  Excellent quality axe made by Gransfors Bruks  

  Eldad Arnon

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  This is a very good Gransfors Small Forest Axe.  

  Zhao

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  Great little light weight axe. Slimmer profile than the wetterlings.  

  David Mackey

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  Should you ever question if you need to invest in a Gransfors axe then don't. This product is a superb tool, perfectly balanced, a pleasure to use and a solid investment that out performs all of the other brands.  

  Andy