Gransfors Bruks Axes are hand forged and each comes with an axe book. Gransfors makes an axe that cannot be matched!
 PIRAGIS NORTHWOODS COMPANY 105 N CENTRAL AVE ELY, MINNESOTA 55731 1-800-223-6565 The Boundary Waters Catalog featuring Gransfors Bruks Axes Gransfors Mini Belt Gransfors Wildlife Hatchet Gransfors Carpenters Axe Gransfors Hunters Axe Gransfors Small Forest Axe Gransfors Scandinavian Forest Axe Gransfors Small Splitting Axe Gransfors Large Splitting Axe Gransfors Splitting Maul Gransfors Splitting Wedge Gransfors American Felling Axe Gransfors Swedish Carving Axe |
Gränsfors Bruks is a small Swedish familiy operated company formed in 1902. Ever since it was founded the company has been making axes and crowbars of the finest quality. The smiths at Gränsfors Bruk are famous for their skill. The axes and the production of axes at Gränsfors Bruks today are based on the following five fundamental theses: 1. An axe becomes as good as its smith. There has to be a craftsman behind every single axe. 2. Unnecessary stoning, grinding, epoxy fixing, painting, and other cosmetics are eliminated. This is good for the environment, inside and outside the factory. 3. More sensible production demands less natural resources at the same time as the quality and durability of the axe increases. Also, increased durability will decrease the total consumption of natural resources and decrease waste. 4. We have an unlimited responsibility for Total Quality. Working conditions, product quality and concern for nature are some parts of the Total; humanity and ethics are as important. 5. High level of knowledge of a product will increase its value. At Piragis Northwoods Company and the Boundary Waters Catalog we depend on the superior craftmanship and field performance of Gransfors Bruks Axes and Camp Hatchets. |
| Gransfors Bruks Mini Belt Hatchet Item #: G4200008 Handy, durable and more versatile than a pocket knife. Cliff Jacobson first introduced us to this mini wonder and we've been in love with it ever since. You can use it for so many camp and everyday tasks that it easily pays for itself. A lightweight wonder! 2 1/2" face, 4 1/2" head, 10 1/4" handle. It comes with a grain-leather sheath. Weighs only 12.1 oz. |
| Gransfors Bruks Wildlife Hatchet Item #: E00409 A small, light axe which can be easily carried, masked with its leather sheath, inside your pack or on your belt. Even with a small axe you can manage much: cut branches in the back-yard or chop and split sticks for a camp fire. This little hatchet awakes in many of us memories and dreams of exciting camps and adventures. The hatchet has a 3" face and a 14" hickory handle and the head weighs 1 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath. |
| Gransfors Bruks Carpenter's Axe Item #: E00413 These axes have a straight edge and thin blade with low angle of the bevel face, suited for work in dry wood. The forged inward curve from the heel to the lip of the head allows your hand to grip almost straight above the center of the edge. This, and the long straight cutting edge, gives rigidity, stability, and control when cutting. Functions like a good heavy knife. The axe poll is ground and can be used as a hammer. The head weighs 11/2 lb and has a 3 1/2" face. The axe has an 18" hickory handle and a grain-leather sheath. |
| Gransfors Bruks Hunters Axe Item #: E00410 Specially made for hunters. The Poll is forged thinner than normal and gently rounded and burnished to a Flay Poll to be used when skinning an animal. Besides that the axe is good for chopping, in wood as well as meat and bones. The grip of the handle has circular grooves which gives a steady grip even if your hands are wet or sticky. This axe has received, as the first and only axe in Sweden, a design award from The Swedish Society of Crafts and Design. The axe has a 3 1/4" face and a 19" hickory handle and the head weighs 1 1/2 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath. |
| Gransfors Bruks Small Forest Axe Item #: E00411 Same size as the Hunters Axe but a more traditional pattern and poll. The blade is thin. The handle is long enough to allow powerful chopping but not too long so it will fit into a rucksack, the back of a car or a boat. Practical for splitting small sticks for the fire or cutting small-diameter limbwood for starter fuel in a fireplace. The axe has a 3 1/4" face and a 19" hickory handle and the head weighs 1 1/2 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath. |
| Gransfors Bruks Scandinavian Forest Axe Item #: E00415 A professional axe for those who want to limb a felled tree in a traditional way. Forged to a thin, curved bit and sharpened to make it suitable for cutting branches in fresh, resinous wood, spruce or pine. The long handle gives extra strength and power to the cut. The axe has a 3 1/2" face and a 25" hickory handle and the head weighs 2 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath. |
| Gransfors Bruks Small Splitting Axe Item #: E00478 Can be managed with one hand. Forged and ground to a concave, quite thin blade at the bit. This design helps the axe to go fast into the wood - and then split efficiently when the thicker part hits and pushes apart the wood. The poll of this axe, like the poll on most axes, is not designed for pounding on a wedge. The head weighs 2 lb. The face is 2 1/2". The 20" hickory handle has circular grooves at the grip and steel collar near the head. It comes with a grain-leather sheath. |
| Gransfors Bruks Large Splitting Axe Item #: E00443 Designed for splitting chunks of wood, "rounds". The axe head is quite heavy with forged cheeks on both sides of the blade, "splitting wedge shaped crests" which power apart the grain of the wood. A Splitting Axe does not just have to slice into the wood the thick axe blade pushes apart the wood. The poll of this axe, like the poll on most axes, is definitely not designed for heavy pounding on a wedge. The axe has a 3" face and a 27" hickory handle and the head weighs 3 1/2 lb. |
| Gransfors Bruks Splitting Maul Item #: E00412 Even named Hammer-poll Axe. Designed for splitting apart large chunks of wood, "rounds". The Maul's head is heavier and the cheek flare far wider behind the cutting edge compared with the Splitting Axes. The poll is designed for pounding on a splitting wedge. The axe has a 2 1/2" face and a 31" hickory handle and the head weighs 5 1/2 lb. Danger: Always wear adequate clothing and protection for your face and eyes. |
| Gransfors Bruks Splitting Wedge Item #: E00472 Forged steel wedge. Twisted for maximum splitting. The poll has ground edges. The wedge has a 1 3/4" face, weighs 4 lb. Danger: Always wear adequate clothing and protection for your face and eyes. |
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| Gransfors Bruks Swedish Carving Axe Item #: E00414 A chop axe for hewing bowls and other wooden objects, artistic wood carving and architectural work. The characteristic curved shape of the cutting edge, carried well above the head's eye, the position of the edge in proportion to the handle, the rather thick bit and the big angle of the wide beveled face makes the axe a good carving tool. You "cut on the beveled face" with curved movements. This new axe pattern, based on old Swedish carving techniques, is developed by Wille Sundqvist, master craftsman and author of Swedish Carving Techniques in cooperation with craftsman adviser Onni Linnanheimo. The handle is "rugged" to give a good grip. The axe has a 4 1/3" face and a 14" hickory handle and the head weighs 2 lb. It comes with a grain-leather sheath. |
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