To honor our country's 250th anniversary we dug way back to recreate the trade axes used in the American frontier by hunters, trappers, and Native Americans. These axes were also in the kit of colonial soldiers and their British counterparts.
Made from U.S. 1045 carbon steel, each axe is hand-forged in our shop, then slid onto a Maine ash handle turned in house on our 125+ year old Ober duplicating lathe. The axe head comes in at 1.25 lbs. hung on a 16" friction fit handle. Comes with a Maine-made leather mask.
Not just an accurate reproduction to be collected, but an axe that can be used around camp and home.
And specially priced from now until the 4th of July!
Good Things Take Time: Estimated Delivery 8-12 Weeks
Our Mackinac Trade Axe could also be referred to as a tomahawk. The word first adopted by the Algonquin tribe of Native Americans at Jamestown, Virginia. Captain John Smith's 1609 record refers interchangeably to these tools as axes, "tamahak," hatchet or "tamahaken." For more on the evolution of the trade axe see our blog.
Each Mackinaw Trade Axe comes honed wicked sharp and is protected by a Maine-made leather mask from The Holler Leatherworks in Minot, Maine.
- Manufacturer Brant & Cochran
- Pattern Trade Axe
- Handle Type Ash
- Handle Length 16"
- Weight in Pounds 1.25 lbs.
- Axe Head 1045 U.S. Carbon Tool Steel
- Rockwell Hardness 56-58
