Warwood Splitting Maul Released

[Butterknife enthusiast]

Looks like Warwood released a new splitting maul a couple days ago. As far as I'm aware, this makes Warwood and Council Tool the only Made in USA splitting mauls. Thought you folks who are into American made tools might be interested.Warwood Splitting Maul Link

 

[rrrgcy]

Brent Bailey Forge makes a splitting maul. Pricey. Estwing still makes the 4.5lb splitting maul. Inexpensive. Is Griffon Ames True Temper still around and making its Toughstrike splitting mail (if so, is the head made here or outsourced)? Inexpensive.

 

[Butterknife enthusiast]

Brent Bailey Forge makes a splitting maul. Pricey. Estwing still makes the 4.5lb splitting maul. Inexpensive. Is Griffon Ames True Temper still around and making its Toughstrike splitting mail (if so, is the head made here or outsourced)? Inexpensive.

Thanks for that info. I wasn't aware of Brent Bailey making a splitter.
I believe all the full size Estwing splitters are made in India. Their mini maul Fireside friend and new Timber Titan are made in USA though.
Vaughan (marshaltown owned) is still selling USA made hatchets but that's it.
Snow and Nealley seemed to have discontinued their mini maul which is unfortunate. It was only $60. Not having a website probably doesn't help

Chopper 1 is making new production axes in the USA for $139. Only thing I don't love is the head is cast not forged.

A company called Firemaul is making a splitting maul Mjolnir at a pricy $275. Cool to see though

Ames True Temper has been outsourcing stuff left and right. I was in a hardware store with some old stock and you could literally see the stages of outsourcing of their heads. No new production is done in the USA of axes if I'm not mistaken. They've outsourced nearly all shovel production including Razor Back to China in the past couple of years. Can't say I feel bad for them if that bites them in the ass. Id rather support companies like Council Tool personally.

 

[Butterknife enthusiast]

Oh hardcore hammers makes a USA made splitting maul at $280 too.
Nupla and Leatherhead make affordable USA made axes but are focused heavily on firefighting. No splitters I'm aware of.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Ames True Temper has been outsourcing stuff left and right. I was in a hardware store with some old stock and you could literally see the stages of outsourcing of their heads. No new production is done in the USA of axes if I'm not mistaken.

As far as I know/ have seen many of the Ames, the True Temper, and the Jackson branded shovels are still American made. They don't list the COO on their website but you can see the USA label and stamping on them in the pictures, they could have failed to update their stock photo's I suppose.
It's such a shame about Razorback,
I bought an American made Razorback a couple years ago and while not quite what they used to be it's still a pretty good tool.
I also bought a couple new Jackson's a year ago that are American made except for the D grip on the handle that's stamped Taiwan.

I thought Razorback was supposed to be their top tier professional line, but it seems like the True Temper & Ames lines have surpassed it.

 

[dhwfd46]

Looks like Warwood released a new splitting maul a couple days ago. As far as I'm aware, this makes Warwood and Council Tool the only Made in USA splitting mauls. Thought you folks who are into American made tools might be interested.Warwood Splitting Maul Link

Live about 10 minutes from Warwood; good stuff. Nice to be able to walk into the office and pick up what you want.

 

[Butterknife enthusiast]

Live about 10 minutes from Warwood; good stuff. Nice to be able to walk into the office and pick up what you want.

That's pretty darn sweet, good to hear from someone who lives close. How big of a place is it?
I just bought on of their splitting mauls this week. They use an interesting round steel wedge with teeth in it I don't think I've seen. Fiberglass might have made the most sense but it looks better in wood.

 

[Butterknife enthusiast]

As far as I know/ have seen many of the Ames, the True Temper, and the Jackson branded shovels are still American made. They don't list the COO on their website but you can see the USA label and stamping on them in the pictures, they could have failed to update their stock photo's I suppose.
It's such a shame about Razorback,
I bought an American made Razorback a couple years ago and while not quite what they used to be it's still a pretty good tool.
I also bought a couple new Jackson's a year ago that are American made except for the D grip on the handle that's stamped Taiwan.

I thought Razorback was supposed to be their top tier professional line, but it seems like the True Temper & Ames lines have surpassed it.

Also, I checked on the splitting mauls you mentioned specifically and they're assembled in USA with an India forged head unfortunately. I did manage to find a local store selling some old Verona woodlings era splitting mauls that are USA made. Pretty surprised considering they were bought by Ames True Temper a while ago. You can actually see the process of outsourcing in some of their other stock as they rebranded it to razor back. I'd attach a photo if I could

 

[dhwfd46]

That's pretty darn sweet, good to hear from someone who lives close. How big of a place is it?
I just bought on of their splitting mauls this week. They use an interesting round steel wedge with teeth in it I don't think I've seen. Fiberglass might have made the most sense but it looks better in wood.

Pretty good size building; about 3 city blocks long. Warwood is the northern most neighborhood in Wheeling, WV. I’m retired from Wheeling FD. We got a bunch of stuff from Warwood tool. Anytime I worked at Station 9 in Warwood, a few blocks away, you could hear the hammering when they were forging.