In the year 1849, Luther Rixford turned 70 years old. Growing old and in need of an exit from a life of manufacturing, he retired from...

The history of the Mack Axe Company is often littered with confusion, especially in its final years, due to corporate switch ups and...

In 1837, Francis Brown Deane Jr. established the Tredegar Iron Works along the banks of the James River in Richmond Virginia. As the...

It’s rare, but on occasion my love of diving finds an intersection with my love of axes, and in this case, that intersection is well...