Collins Axe

[Operator1975]

So I saw my first Collins Axe (new) for sale today in an old time hardware store I hadnt visited for years. Michigan style head, either wood or fiberglass handle. I stood there looking at the big yellow sticker that read "Collins Axe". I thought back to a time when a maybe someone that used an axe everyday would come in to a hardware store and be looking for an axe, and might see a similar product.

Then I saw it was of pretty s****y quality and made in mexico by some Truper company I think. I then went home and drank some beer.

So much for my saturday awesome find. Oh well. In the back of my mind I knew it all along, but sometimes you have to hold out hope.

 

[killa_concept]

So I saw my first Collins Axe (new) for sale today in an old time hardware store I hadnt visited for years. Michigan style head, either wood or fiberglass handle. I stood there looking at the big yellow sticker that read "Collins Axe". I thought back to a time when a maybe someone that used an axe everyday would come in to a hardware store and be looking for an axe, and might see a similar product.

Then I saw it was of pretty s****y quality and made in mexico by some Truper company I think. I then went home and drank some beer.

So much for my saturday awesome find. Oh well. In the back of my mind I knew it all along, but sometimes you have to hold out hope.

Yep - sadly, gone are the days of being able to find good quality, made-in-the-USA axes in local hardware stores...

I guess that also goes for a number of other things that used to be produced domestically aside from axes - gotta love outsourcing

 

[rg598]

Yeah, since 2004 Collins axe are made by a Mexican Company-Truper Herramientas: http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2010/12/brief-history-of-collins-axe-company.html

The curent Collins axes tend to be of very low quality. Here is an example of the Collins Hunter's axe: http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2010/11/collins-hunters-axe-review.html

It's a shame!

http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/

 

[warman]

Well that just sucks! No wonder Bailey's don't carry them anymore.

 

[warman]

Yeah, since 2004 Collins axe are made by a Mexican Company-Truper Herramientas: http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2010/12/brief-history-of-collins-axe-company.html

The curent Collins axes tend to be of very low quality. Here is an example of the Collins Hunter's axe: http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2010/11/collins-hunters-axe-review.html

It's a shame!

http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/

I saw a vintage one at an old hardware store here a couple months ago and I'm heading to see if it's still there.