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All American Axe Hits Outdoor Retailer.

Less than a week after our premier at BladeShow Atlanta we set up shop at the Outdoor Retailer show in Denver, Colorado. The team at...

Liam Hoffman swings by the CastleGate booth at BladeShow.

It is always a pleasure when we get to see Liam Hoffman. Liam makes our AAA+ hand select US grown hickory axe handles. Liam works in his...

We know and axe lover when we see one!

Bart Suggs knows a little bit about keeping things sharp. He is the operations manager for Stroup Knives. Located in Fayetteville, North...

All American Axe Launches at BladeShow 2022

We formally launched our All American Axe line June 2nd, 2022 in Atlanta Georgia, at BladeShow 2022. At the show we featured our US-made...

American Steel

American Steel When one sets out to build the World’s Finest Axe, one does not simply choose just any steel, one chooses the best. In...

Old World Inspiration

Old World Inspiration Early on in our research we decided to get our hands on every axe we could. This meant buying axes from all over...

Know Your Industry

Know Your Industry Company Log | by Hal Van Hercke One piece of business advice that I follow closely is that of “Knowing Your Industry.”...

Making an All American Axe

Making an All American Axe In March 2022 I realized that we had a problem. As the owner of CastleGate Knife & Tool, our current US-made...

Welcome to the blog!

Introduction Company Log | by: Hal Van Hercke My goal for this blog is to show you the inner workings of the company. Not just how we...