I guess many axe lovers know the name --- Northmen or John Neeman. (Current name and their old name)
A very high end brand of axes and knives from Latvia. Very expensive and long waiting time. They made the very best pictures & videos you can find from a website.
I started notice this brand since 2011, while they had very limited products and price was much lower.
I got my first John Neeman axe in 2015 after around 6 months waiting. It's so beautiful. Rustic surface finishing, very distinct handmade looking.
I noticed they have changed their axe surface finishing since 2017, in the year they changed to the new name Northmen.
From those standard working axes I don't see the "hand forging traces", instead I see sort of inerratic patterns on surface from kind of forging tools.
However, from high-end articles like some expensive battleaxes the "hand forging traces" were kept.
Finally, since 2019 all Northmen axes were made at the same looking of very inerratic patterns on the surface. And I found that some models were made much thicker and heavier than 2 to 3 years ago. Not the way I would like to see for such an expensive brand. I would say it's kind of retrograde sign of commercial compromise.
Any one of you have the same feeling? Do you know the reason behind?
Sorry I can't attach pics here, otherwise they can speak more than I do.
A very high end brand of axes and knives from Latvia. Very expensive and long waiting time. They made the very best pictures & videos you can find from a website.
I started notice this brand since 2011, while they had very limited products and price was much lower.
I got my first John Neeman axe in 2015 after around 6 months waiting. It's so beautiful. Rustic surface finishing, very distinct handmade looking.
I noticed they have changed their axe surface finishing since 2017, in the year they changed to the new name Northmen.
From those standard working axes I don't see the "hand forging traces", instead I see sort of inerratic patterns on surface from kind of forging tools.
However, from high-end articles like some expensive battleaxes the "hand forging traces" were kept.
Finally, since 2019 all Northmen axes were made at the same looking of very inerratic patterns on the surface. And I found that some models were made much thicker and heavier than 2 to 3 years ago. Not the way I would like to see for such an expensive brand. I would say it's kind of retrograde sign of commercial compromise.
Any one of you have the same feeling? Do you know the reason behind?
Sorry I can't attach pics here, otherwise they can speak more than I do.