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Mar 48 min read
Axe thrower(s) interview: the queens of Queensland.
I’m still pretty new to this sport, and very new to tournaments. In the few I’ve been to I’ve been very impressed with the strength of...


Jan 96 min read
Tiny axe thrower interview: Jenny Beams
During the New Year's Day marathon league at Urban Baltimore, I got the chance to hang out with Jenny Beams (a local Baltimore thrower)...


Dec 19, 20243 min read
Tiny Axe Thrower Interview: Axestrator
This interview came from the Harry Potter Marathon that Meduseld Meadery put on a month or two back. It was a blast of a time, made all...


Dec 13, 202411 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 6, 20247 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 26, 20246 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 19, 20244 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 12, 20243 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 7, 20243 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 3, 20243 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 14, 20247 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 11, 20245 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 3, 20243 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 24, 20245 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 21, 20244 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 17, 20244 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 15, 20245 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 13, 20246 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 8, 20241 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 7, 20247 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...
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