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4 days ago11 min read

Axe Thrower Interview: Tristan Campbell (Part 2)

Hello and welcome to part 2 of the definitely NOT a “tiny interview” ™ with Tristan Campbell. This piece is a little longer than the...

Dec 67 min read

Axe Thrower Interview: Tristan Campbell, Part 1

IS STAT ALL? (OR: I'D TAP THAT) Interview by RYODHAI I bumped into Tristan at APATC, after the briefest of chats he struck me as good...

Nov 266 min read

An Axe Thrower Interview: Noz and Snodders

Choptober 24, for me, was a nearly 100% magical experience. I managed to avoid (most) of my social anxiety, I got to meet people from all...

Nov 194 min read

Tiny Axemaker Interview: James Coverdale of Northern Axe Works

Nice axes are nice. We all know that pull when coming across a truly beautiful axe and feeling our hands, unwittingly, reaching for our...

Nov 123 min read

Tiny Axe Thrower Interview: Stephen Haldis aka Heavin' Stephen

Stephen is a longtime friend of this blog. He sent me a few messages here and there when I first started the thing, and I had the good...

Nov 73 min read

Axe Thrower (Slash Photographer) Interview: Matt Traino

For this interview, I wanted to get a perspective I hadn't yet encountered: the photographer. Now, obviously chances are fairly high that...

Nov 33 min read

Through Fire and Brimstone: An Axe Thrower Interview with Elvar

Hello dear reader, C-man here back again with a red-hot interview from the destructive but surprisingly green land of Iceland! Today we...

Oct 147 min read

The Voice of the North: An Axe Thrower Interview with Kooks

Hello friends! C-man coming at you as we enter the changing of the seasons here in the UK with another thrower interview, from the frosty...

Oct 115 min read

APATC Wrap Up #2 - Interview with a Valkyrie

Howdy all, Aussie Badger back with an interview of a top Australian thrower - a valkyrie in fact. This is something of an interview in 2...

Oct 33 min read

UK Axe Thrower Interview: Tora The Axeplora

Hello friends! It's the Man with the most C’s coming at you live and direct with the first interview of my blogging career. We are tuning...

Sep 245 min read

Aussie Axe Thrower Interview: DOZER

Howdy, Aussie Badger back with the second interview in our series shining a light on the top throwers from the Pacific region. This time...

Sep 214 min read

Aussie Axe Thrower Interview: Tex

Howdy, Aussie Badger again, I'm going be really quick with this intro bit and let the interview below do all the talking. Because we're...

Sep 174 min read

Introducing: RYODHAI, a new Axe Badger correspondent from Australia

It was the beginning of September. Still very hot, still very much summer here in Lancaster, PA. I was dillying. Dallying. Then I got an...

Aug 155 min read

IATF Secrets: REVEALED VIA INSIDER INFORMANT

I don't talk about it much, but I have a pretty storied past as an investigative journalist. The McCarthy report? Who stole the Lindbergh...

Aug 136 min read

Axe Maker Interview: Woosiie

I had the opportunity to spend a little bit of time with Woosiie, the man behind some of the most creative, boldly-designed axe handles...

Aug 81 min read

A Tiny Axe(?) Thrower Interview: Darla The Dog

While the heat was oppressive, I found myself venturing out to the (sometimes) rainy, (always) too hot parking lot of Urban Axes...

Aug 77 min read

The IATF Panel of Throwers: How, and Where, It's Going - with Christina DeGraft-Johnson

The IATF Panel of Throwers is approaching its one-year marker, and in that time it has had some growing pains in relation to how it...

Aug 64 min read

Axe Thrower Interview: Myself.

Dear reader, this is my 100th post. It's been an unexpected journey getting to this point, and frankly I'm still kind of amazed that...

Jul 302 min read

Tiny AITC Axe Thrower Interview: Baby Deer Ankles (Katelyn Causey)

I'd seen Katelyn around at Urban Baltimore a few times, but never got a chance to sit down (in this case, stand around) and interview...

Jul 23 min read

Tiny IATC Interview: Kevin Bradley

There are people in the axe throwing world that I kinda see as pillars in the sport. And it's rare that I build up enough gumption to...