Velvicut Premium Axes

Council Tool's production and toolmaking expertise gained over three centuries is combined with contemporary technology and superlative materials to produce axes for those who simply want the ultimate in an axe!  Traditional North American patterns are featured in this product line.

How to produce the ultimate?

Start with 5160 alloy as the steel grade choice.  Velvicut heads are dropped forged at around 2000 degrees Fahrenheit, after which a punch pierces the still-red hot metal.   In addition to steel grade and head pattern, crucial characteristics of an axe head are proper heat treating and sharpness.  Velvicut heads are shot blasted and then touched by different abrasives.  However it is never a goal to remove all forging marks.  Therein lies the character.  No two Velvicut axes will ever look exactly the same.  Each is unique ... a thing of beauty.