BSA Small ax with sheath

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Adair

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There is a nice-looking ax with sheath on the Boy Scout merchandise site, Scout Stuff http://www.scoutstuff.org/bsa/camping/camp-equipment/axes.html.

The price is only 19.99. I wrote to them and asked who makes the ax and where, but they replied that they were not authorized to give out that information. I pressed them on the origin and they replied only that the ax is not made in the USA.

Does anyone know anything more about it? Has anyone tried it? Is it a usable ax? I really like the sheath with the BSA logo.
 
Adair said:
There is a nice-looking ax with sheath on the Boy Scout merchandise site, Scout Stuff http://www.scoutstuff.org/bsa/camping/camp-equipment/axes.html.

The price is only 19.99. I wrote to them and asked who makes the ax and where, but they replied that they were not authorized to give out that information. I pressed them on the origin and they replied only that the ax is not made in the USA.

Does anyone know anything more about it? Has anyone tried it? Is it a usable ax? I really like the sheath with the BSA logo.
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The logo doesn't matter if your gonna use it because it seems to just be printed on. And for that price ( and seeing as you don't care if it's a cheap import ) you could just go pick through the 11$ hatchets at harbor freight ( I've had mine for 4yrs and the steel really surprised me ) and buy the best one. Then take the leftover money and buy a 5lb bag of scrap leather at Michael's,hobby lobby...ect for around 6$ and make a sheath .or buy a leather hatchet sheath for cheap on Amazon.
 
If it's imported, it is required by federal law to have a country of origin marking. I'll be in a Scout Shop tomorrow and take a look. I suspect its made by CHINA, whoever that is.
 
I thought somewhat hopefully it might be made by Vaughan, but I guess not.
What a shame. Scout equipment used to be of excellent quality, like the Camillus Scout knife.
I'll be interested to hear what you think of the axe, Thomas, if you see it in the shop tomorrow.
 
Adair said:
I thought somewhat hopefully it might be made by Vaughan, but I guess not.
What a shame. Scout equipment used to be of excellent quality, like the Camillus Scout knife.
I'll be interested to hear what you think of the axe, Thomas, if you see it in the shop tomorrow.
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You can get a Vaughan made craftsman hatchet at Sears for 17$ ( my grandma bought one last month and I worked on it for here, she needed something for kindling and will probably have my brother do the kindling )
 
Hacked said:
Or just get a Vaughan if the profile and steel is anything like it's little brother it's certainly worth it. Don't know anyone who has one though.
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The craftsman looks identical to the Vaughan, and it doesn't have convex cheeks ( and since craftsman just uses the standard Vaughan line for the wood handle tools ) I'm fairly positive that they both have flat cheeks. Also the craftsman simply has an easily removed varnish on the head instead of the thick blue stuff on the Vaughan.
 
Hickory n steel said:
The craftsman looks identical to the Vaughan, and it doesn't have convex cheeks ( and since craftsman just uses the standard Vaughan line for the wood handle tools ) I'm fairly positive that they both have flat cheeks. Also the craftsman simply has an easily removed varnish on the head instead of the thick blue stuff on the Vaughan.
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That would certainly be disappointing, I've been thinking of picking one up to see if it would make a good budget option. If it had the high centerline like the Sportsman's Axe, it would be an awesome deal.
 
Hickory n steel said:
You can get a Vaughan made craftsman hatchet at Sears for 17$ ( my grandma bought one last month and I worked on it for here, she needed something for kindling and will probably have my brother do the kindling )
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Actually, the only reason I would consider this BSA axe is because of the Boy Scout association, of which I am very fond. I do like the BSA logo stamped on the leather sheath. I don't expect it to be a first rate axe, but at the same time, if it is a complete piece of junk, it becomes unsafe and I'll have no truck with it. I'm very curious to see what Thomas thinks of it when he sees it live in person at the Scout shop!
 
Adair said:
Actually, the only reason I would consider this BSA axe is because of the Boy Scout association, of which I am very fond. I do like the BSA logo stamped on the leather sheath. I don't expect it to be a first rate axe, but at the same time, if it is a complete piece of junk, it becomes unsafe and I'll have no truck with it. I'm very curious to see what Thomas thinks of it when he sees it live in person at the Scout shop!
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Maybe they sell the sheaths ?
 
Wife bought me one
Maybe nostalgia, but I'll use till it breaks if the opportunity arises
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What can you tell us about it? Is there anything good about it besides the cool sheath?
 
I went and ordered one. Not a huge investment, about the same as a Craftsman hatchet from Sears Roebuck. Worse case scenario, the axe breaks but I keep the neat leather sheath with the BSA logo. It probably fits the Craftsman!
 
I forgot to report that my local Scout Shop had no axes and the catalog contains no information about the origin of the axes/
 
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