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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Although the gb sheath is a bit cheap, compared to condor tool sheath's great quality. The only issue i have is that whoever packaged it sent me the german language copy of the axe book.

The axe is still sharp as ever without sharpening it. The edge is so easy to bring back to razor sharpness even after much use and *. Have not had to sharpen yet.

Handle curvature is amazing in the hand, well, as comfy as if gets for a tool. Makers stamp on handle and head (mf).



Cons

I know its not made for clearing the pacific northwest, but this thing was worthless on any and all hard woods. My emails was ignored. No axe maker, no matter how good, produces a desirable product when customer service does not exist.

Crooked head (blade misaligned with handle and canted off at an angle). Fitment couldn't be any worse, it also appears that they put a tac weld in the top of the axe to hold the handle down. The blade edge is constantly chipping and is a chore to keep...  Read More

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Highlights

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Quality


I couldnt be more happy with the quality of this axe


I took it out gave it a test run and was so happy with the results


I really struggled with the thought of paying this much money for this item


Be sure that you are getting a real granfors they come in a yellow plastic bag with the axe handbook and a warranty card mine did not

Shipping


My axe is still in japan after i ordered it on the 21st and payed for expedited shipping

Packaging/appearance


Was razor sharp out of the box


Ive watched videos of their manufacturing process as well as read the entire booklet sent in the packaging


Product has a 20 year warranty with warranty card stapled into the back of the booklet

Competitiveness


It is the real ax and fireside is a real distributor of gransfors bruk axes


You need to know that after speaking to an authorized dealer and reviewing gransfors site that any axe purchased on amazon has ...  Read More


No gransfors axes on amazon are from authorized dealers just stealers


Go to the gransfors website to find an authorized dealer

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    sharp, quality, made, great and small.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 53.
  • Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 76.2% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 786 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 29 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I spotted a photo with a tuft of hair on the ax edge


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A friend of mine has this same ax as well


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You cannot be clumsy like you can with a massproduced ax


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Handle could use a quick oiling


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ad says that it comes with the manual


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Of course the manual is in japanese as well and other than a few pictures is totally useless to me


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Otherwise it was sharp and ready to go out of the box


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its as much art as it is a functional tool

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