Is this a fake Gransfors Bruk(s) hatchet??

Dustin1 said:
Okay thanks for your input. I am starting to think that my GB 410 hatchet is probably genuine 97%. But, could you please explain why the difference between "Gransfors Bruks" and Gransfors Bruk" stamp and why some say "GB" and some say "GBA" Im wondering if that is due to error, origin of production, quality control, counterfeit (starting to believe not the case but who knows)....

This is just like "D'Amico & Sons" and "D'Amico & Son", I have never seen "D'Amico & Son" label.

Why would the company (est1902) not care about how their brand name is written?:confused:
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The difference between the stamps is that one says Gränsfors Bruks and the other says Gränsfors Bruk. They changed the stamp.
That's the only difference. Search the forum on fake Gränsfors and read the thread.
 
From an older thread:
"Got a speedy reply from Mr. Jorgen Westerlund from the Sweden office. And they have indeed changed the stamp, so the new production units come without the "s." The distinction according to him is that the company name is Gransfors Bruks Ab Sweden, but the product name is Gransfors Bruk Sweden. Sent the e-mail this morning and got a reply in less than an hour!"

I think the issue may have to do with exporting. I saw a post on the Gransfors forum that "Bruk" is the proper term, so maybe it was pluralised for export or something. I don't know, seems like a weird decision. But it should be genuine, as another poster mentioned the cost and difficulty of replicas.
 
The one I have is the Wildlife hatchet series. It has a lanyard hole on the handle. Also the name is stamped with Gransfors Bruk Sweden.
 
Ever heard of Colt vs Colts rollmark :)
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Your hatchet is real Dustin, I guarantee it. GB recently changed their stamping to Gransfors Bruk, from the older Gransfors Bruks. You can look at it as a time stamp for older vs/ newer production axes.

As for all the other things mentioned, wood colour etc, it's all normal. Wood is a variable.
 
As an aside, the reference to "Japanese Samurai steel"...

What you are thinking of is called tamahagane, steel which was (is) made from iron sand, and used to craft shinken/nihonto in Japan, both past and present.

Grasnfors axed/hatchets are certainly not made in this manner, nor would you want them to be.

Here is my GB Mini (model 410), after nearly four years of use and maintenance, also made by KS (Kjell-Ake Sjolund).



 
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