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This is Josh Clarke's "Outfitters Axe". It was designed as the big brother to his popular Riflemans belt Axe .
The idea for these started last Fall when one of his customers who is a registered Guide asked if he could make a larger version of the Belt axe for saddle use.

This axe is one of a handfull that Josh made with a hand ground octagonal hammer poll. The standard shap is round. Less than five of these were made.

The Axe is 34 oz and is 18 nches long. The head is an Iroquois style with a fully hardened flat hammer poll . The Axe head is about 6 oz heavier than the Belt axes . The bit has agressively flared cheeks for full splitting capabilites. The neutrally balanced head along with the straight handle provides a lot of blade speed and striking accuracy. Testing has proven these to be wicked little choppers and splitters, as good of a 2lb axe as you can buy.

Made from US made Vaughan Axe forgings ,the head is reshaped and the edge is hand ground ,and given a razor sharp 25 degree inclusive cuttng bevel. The performance rivals anything coming out of Sweden these days and I believe these heads are actually a bit tougher and less prone to chipping.

The Handle is hand shaped, sanded and torched .Then it's given six coats of pure Tung oil .The resulting finish is smooth but still grippy. The Axe comes with one of Josh's hand sewn Vegetable tanned leather masks (shown in the second pic) and heavy duty leather throat collar.

The Axe ,Leather Mask and Collar is $129 shipped.

PayPal or USPS MO as payment.

Outfitters Axe-





Polished and hardened poll-




Leather edge mask & Throat collar-


Standard Outfitter vs Belt axe-

I will take one.

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It is yours BW- PM sent..

I would like one 2 if there where multiples.

Craig,

PM sent about a possible 2nd axe..

I want one as well please

I would like one as well
please send payment info

To be clear, the ones for sale are the shorter one in the picture?

The picture is only for comparison. The outfitters axe (this post) is the tallest one.
The shorter (rifleman’s axe) was/is offered in another post by the OP.

I really like the work you do on these axes and hatchets.