Maurice Sendak’s stories inspired us to follow our own internal compasses when our parents told us to stop wasting our time skateboarding or making movies or playing with gadgets. In an unhappy coincidence, we visited Best Made Co’s New York City workshop on the day of Sendak’s death. They were pretty broken up about it.
When guns came along and became mankind’s primary weapon, axes were relegated to chopping firewood and other mundane tasks — ending the medieval golden age of axe design. But thanks to a recent spike in zombie popularity, designer axes have enjoyed a renaissance.
I don’t know where that lovebird got his axe. I don’t know why. But I’ve decided to name him Conan. And Conan abides no fools… Plus he’s too cute.
We love axes. We love gorgeously shot videos. We love American flags. So it’s no surprise that we’re positively drooling over this beautiful introduction to Best Made’s new American Felling Axe. 1.8kg of steel, 1m of hickory, a lifetime of patriotic chopping.
Just how skinny are the new MacBook Airs? Thanks to this photographic evidence from Best Made Co, we can definitively say they’re thinner than an axe blade. Even the sharp end; see for yourself:
