HOLIDAY POST - HOLIDAY POST - GATHER ROUND ALL FOR A HOLIDAY POST! In a not-at-all-surprising move, I've written a generic "get some cheap clicks" post about how you, dear reader, can bring some axe throwing fun into your awkward, overcooked, stressed-out holiday traditions! Yes, Thanksgiving has become a minefield of conversation and appreciation, with the reason for the holiday being at best confusing and at worst a hotbed for conversations with relatives who want to apologize for what...

The Axe Badger has gone from a tiny, little pet project where I satisfy my need to write about everything I'm doing into an internationally-read (cannot believe I'm serious about that) website. And while I'm still notching a lot of readership/getting recognized when I go places/getting awkward when I go places and get recognized, I realize that I've kinda hit...well...I've kinda hit a slump. Okay, maybe not a "slump" but a predictability. Interview, sappy post, junk advice post. Rinse....

The last* Choptober was more than the closing of one tradition and the beginning of the next. Yes, dear reader, I maintained my own tradition of buying an axe at the event, despite my stupid, pointless belief that I wouldn’t. The axe in question was in fact by a maker I didn’t have in my stable yet: Red Beaver Custom Axes —but I couldn’t pass it up. There was just…I dunno…something about it. So, after haggling a little bit on price (because that’s part of the joy), I went home with this cute...