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Expert Review: Gransfors Bruk Axe FileOutdoor Tools
From building shelters to making fire for preparing food, quality outdoor tools that you can rely on are essential for any outdoor adventure.
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Types of Outdoor Axes, Saws and Cutting Tools
Gransfors Bruk Axes
Hand made by professional smiths in a small factory in Sweden, once you use a Gransfors Bruk axe, very few axes will do.
Esker Axes
Esker axes feature hand-forged axe heads crafted by master smiths in Austria (who have been producing axes for over 400 years), combined with a premium hickory handle and full grain leather masks that are designed, made, assembled and packaged in Canada.
Council Tool Axes
Council Tool has been making edged tools in North Carolina, USA since 1886. Lifetime warrantied premium axes. 100% American sourced metals, woods, leather and accessories.
Cutting Tools
For camping, fishing, bushcraft, and more - crafted for your adventures to handle every task nature throws your way. 
Gransfors, Esker and Council Tool Axe Handles
Hickory replacement handles for Gransfors, Esker and Council Tool axes.
Crosscut Saws
For times when an axe isn't the best choice for collecting or processing wood, we offer a variety of saws to suit your purpose.
Log Lifting Tongs & Log Hooks
These handy tools make handling logs and cut wood easier, and quicker than the use of hands alone. Able to facilitate the dragging of downed trees, gripping of timbers, and grasping of firewood, log lifters and log tongs are a must for anyone dealing with bush lots, trails, or cottages, or camps.
Outdoor Tool Maintenance
Heirloom tools require periodic maintenance on the blades and handles - we've got the products you need to keep your tools in A1 condition.
Sharpening Implements
Sharpen your axes, saws and other cutting tools to keep them functioning at their best. Diamond stones, whetstones, strops, hones, steels - we've got your sharpening needs covered.
Axe Sheaths and Holsters
Our replacement axe sheaths and holsters ensure you have a long lasting, dependable method of carrying, housing, and keeping your axe at the ready.
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The Canadian Outdoor Equipment Co. had it's genesis in trying to answer one question while on a canoe trip with lousy gear: if we could have just one piece of kit out here, what would it be? The answer for us, in the boreal forest was an axe. From an axe one can build a shelter, and create fire. An axe is capable of heavy work. It assists in gathering materials, and shaping tools. It allows you to keep a fire fed, and can provide protection from not only the elements, but from other dangers you may encounter.
Saws
Saws are the third member of the “holy trinity” of cutting tools. Useful when using an axe is not practical (in tight spaces, in conditions where their use would be unsafe, or for bucking up large timbers), saws should be matched to the diameter of wood they are cutting to provide quick, effective performance whether you choose a folding pocket saw, a collapsible buck saw, or a two man crosscut saw.
