Best Made Company: Axe Makers

I love this growing movement among my peers of highlighting and honoring craftsmanship.  I've seen it across the board from farm-to-table food, to eyeglasses, to tools-as in the case of Best Made Company.
 

Best Made Company was founded in 2009 by graphic designer Paul Buchanan-Smith.  As an avid outdoorsman, having worked on cattle farms and paddling and portaging the lakes of his native Northern Canada, Peter saw a need for a better axe.  According to Peter, the axe is the oldest and most invaluable tool known to mankind; he saw it as a window into the wilderness and a way to inspire people to reconnect with their hands, craft, and nature.  The popular Best Made axes are often purchased to be used, but can be seen as objects of art as well.  The axes are painted as a measure of respect, in tradition with their history.

 

 

via  The Makers