The "Scandinavian Forest Axe" is a professional axe made of the highest quality Swedish steel available. This beauty of an axe has a larger 3-1/2" head face & is excellent for felling larger trees & limbing felled trees. The axe is forged to a curved bit & sharpened, making it ideal for cutting into fresh resinous wood such as spruce or pine. The extra long hickory handle lends the axe great power when swung. Handle is 25" long, the head weighs 2-1/2 lb., & the axe includes a grain leather sheath.,Each axe head is hand-forged from special Swedish steel which is then honed, tempered, & annealed to the perfect hardness by the experienced Gränsfors Bruk Swedish smiths who stamp their initials on the head, creating a one-of-a-kind masterpiece you'll treasure for years to come. Gränsfors Bruk Scandinavian Forest Axe ~ No. 430