Gränsfors Bruk Axes & Hatchets

Every Gränsfors Bruk axe (often spelled Gransfors Bruk) is made by hand in Sweden. The smith who made it stamps their initials in the head. Each comes with a vegetable-tanned leather sheath and Gränsfors' 20-year guarantee. Pick by the job you have in mind:

Pack, kindling and one-handed work

• Mini Hatchet 410 — 10.2 in. The smallest Gränsfors.
• Hand Hatchet 413 — compact, for kindling and light limbing.
• Wildlife Hatchet 415 — 13.8 in. A longer hatchet for camp and trail.
• Outdoor Axe 425 — 14.75 in. Developed with survival expert Lars Fält.

Camp all-rounders

• Small Forest Axe 420 — 19 in. Our best-selling Gränsfors: two hands on small trees and firewood, short enough to strap to a pack.
• Hunter's Axe 418 — 18.5 in, with a rounded poll for skinning.

Felling and bucking

• Scandinavian Forest Axe 430 — 25 in, light head, long reach.
• American Felling Axe 434-1 — 31 in.
• Double Bit Working Axe 490-2 — 35 in, two bits: one fine, one for knots.

Splitting firewood

• Splitting Hatchet 439 — 19 in.
• Small Splitting Axe 441 — for smaller rounds.
• Large Splitting Axe 442 — 27.5 in, 5 lb, concave bit.
• Splitting Maul 450 — 7 lb, with a poll for driving wedges.

Woodworking and throwing

• Broad Axe 1900 — hewing and squaring logs.
• Swedish Drawknife 486 and Froe 487 — debarking, shaping and riving.
• Double Bit Throwing Axe 490-1.

Keeping the edge: the Gränsfors ceramic stone 4034, axe file and diamond file are on this page too.