Fiskars

I received my first Fiskars axe, of the splitting variety, a couple years ago for Christmas from a camping buddy of mine. I tend to the firewood needs in camp, and he proudly presented me with this and said "The package says that its unbreakable! If ANYONE can bust it, I imagine you can!" And I've tried like hell, and haven't so much as hurt it. Since then, I've introduced several people these axes, which I consider superb and beyond improvement. I offered it to a homeowner who was splitting wood with her husband while we installed windows in their house. She was using a heavy splitting maul and wearing herself out. When she got her hands on the Fiskars, she began splitting wood like a wild thing, and offered me vast sums of money for this amazing axe, which I told her she could pick up fairly cheaply at the local Home Depot. She got in her car and left RIGHT THEN. A friend is a self employed wood worker and canoe builder, and heats his 19th century farmhouse predominately with wood, and cuts wood to sell. He's a very traditionalist when it comes to tools, very few power tools, and has a penchant for axes, antique axe heads and hand carved wooden handles. He scoffed at my "plastic axe" at first, but as he also does leather work, I left it with him to make a sheath for it, and after a few days in his shop, it was driving him nuts and he had to try it. He allowed in 30 years of woodcutting, he'd never used a finer axe for splitting wood. He'd had mauls that split better, just out of shear weight and brute force, but for a regular weighted axe, this was far and away the best. He's bought several now. I keep adding more of your products to my tool collection as I find them for sale. Unfortunately, the selection around here isn't exactly complete, and I find more products I'd like to get marketed under the Gerber name, but won't buy them for the extra $15 or $20 that Gerber charges to festoon it with their name! Anyway, I was going to suggest a mid-size chopping axe, but now see you already make one. I'll be looking for it. But I'd like to see what you guys and your miracle handles could do with a style of Peavey or Timberjack. There are many companies making knockoffs of the original Peavey designs (LogRite being one I just found recently) but I think it might really be something with your fiber handles and fine steel. I'm sure this is something you've explored before, but would really be a nice addition to the axe line. That and something along the lines of a cross cut saw. I've been looking at your bow saws and might try one if I can find one for sale, but I've hated every bow saw I've ever used. Perhaps your blades are better quality. I would expect so, anyway. Well, I've spouted enough. Thanks for making such a fine product. I'll continue to try to drive your stock price up.

Matt B