The Scandinavian Forest Axe is Gransfors Bruk's professional-grade tool for real forestry work: felling smaller trees and limbing them once they are down. Each one is hand-forged by a smith in Gransfors' small Swedish factory, stamped with his initials, and hung on a 25-in hickory handle that gives two-handed reach without the weight of a full felling axe.

The face is thin and curved, ground specifically for cutting fresh, resinous wood like spruce and pine, and at 2.6 lb all-in it carries the bite that serious tree work demands. This is the axe for the woodlot, not the campsite.

Specifications:

• Model: 430, Scandinavian forest axe
• Overall length: 25 in (64 cm)
• Total weight: 1.2 kg (2.6 lb)
• Bit: forged curved face for fresh, resinous wood like spruce and pine
• Handle: long hickory for power and leverage
• Includes: vegetable-tanned leather sheath and the Gransfors Axe Book
• Made in: Gransfors, Sweden by Gransfors Bruk