Husqvarna Forest Axe Review 

I bought mine in 2014 and it is my favorite axe. I have a Gransfors Burk small forest axe and usually grab my Husqvarna when I am in a hurry.

I have watched countless axe reviews nd I have to say this was probably the best review out of all of them. As it happens I could never bring myself to spend the money on a Gränsfors Bruk. I opted for the Husqvarna Forest mainly because it too is Swedish steel. For the price I found them I bought 4. One I use around my property and the other 3 are in my vehicles for emergency situations. This review really went a long way to assure me I made the right choice.

The sound you hear from this axe is it’s mythical Scandinavian spirit talking to you

Fantastic review! This is the first time I’ve seen your channel. I’ve been researching several axe manufacturers lately, your review has really helped me in narrowing the field of choices, Thank you! Please keep up the great reviews!

Keep your wood moist boys 😎

Thank you for sharing the video, the axe and your knowledge!

Congrats man. Just happened to see your channel tick over from 9998 to 10k!

Got mine today. A couple of streets away from here there is a Husqvarna dealer. VCS Stabroek Belgium. I bought one of the 2 they had...im so happy with this axe..it is realy good. Thanks for your nice review.

I’m not one to give out praise often but this is by far the best review video I’ve ever watched. I’m definitely going to buy this axe.

Dude, these videos are A+ quality!

Just when I thought I had seen 'enough' ax videos, you came along and showed what others have left out--sizing an ax, trying it out in extended arm positions; then going on to use the product over a good bit of time in a wide variety of ways. 'Trustin' Timber!

I like your axe tune up. It's a good policy to keep in practice. You demonstrated the Husky very well. I own a few of these. They don't really have to take a back seat to the high dollar Swedish steel , I own a few of them too lol. Nice!

Good video, very informative, and I love you not having paid ads to disrupt the flow.

I’ve got mine about 3 1/2 years ago & after 3-4 hours of thinning the handle & head out , it is a nice little axe !

1:50 completely surrounded by water...spits anyway. 🤣

Your channel randomly showed up today. Im now subscribed to one of the best channels ive seen. /from sweden

Another good video. I have been salivating over the Swedish axes for quite some time. Thank you for sharing. I thought I saw a new axe in your last video. Take care

Great review. Thank you for sharing.

I love this Axe. Mine is extremely sharp and cuts thru wood fast. I have a 20 inch Hults Bruks Salen as its companion

A very enjoyable review indeed. You talked me into this axe to compliment my husky carpenters axe, keep up the great vids.

mine arrived today. I`m happy with it. Not bad as some reviews said. The wood came a bit coarse, nothing that just a 180 grit sand paper would not fix in 30 sec. The edge was as you said pretty wiry, tons of burr. But again nothing that a bit of sharpening and/or a strop would not fix in 2 min. After that, my edge was paper and hair cutting. The head looked a bit small, but that`s actually was what I was looking for. The fit of the handle on the head is ok, could be better, but I think its more than ok. blablabla It cost a fraction of what my GB cost me. I`m so happy.

Great job! I love my Husqvarna hatchet, that being said....I’d really love to get my hands on one of those forest axes 😋

Hi, I purchased one the other day I have not used it yet but so glad I watch your video which confirms that I have not wasted my money.

I have a Jonsered ax and it has served me well for many years 👍🏻

Just ordered the 13in Husqvarna camp hatchet and the Helko Werk Rheinland camp axe 20in Great review! ✌

Great review, thank you for sharing your amazing video. God bless you and your family

Great review. Thanks. Going to buy one to add to my husqvarna hatchet

Thank you for review!

I used to co-own a forest maintenance company. I've used saws and axes of all types extensively and yes, of course, your "strange" beaver technique caught my eye immediately. But I also saw that you were paying close attention to that bigger tree trunk barely moving, so I guess you're not that new to this and you know better than we all video watchers, the conditions of your forest. If you say your trees don't fall and you're comfortable leaning over the trunk to deliver your cuts, and you don't have girly hands that can't wrap around that handle properly, who in the world are these guys to question it?!?!? Great video, awesome explanation of the content and a more than useful review!! You've got a new suscriber from down south in Chile!! Regards!!

After a little tlc, this axe is great and priced even better! I’m only 2 years in with mine but very pleased.

Swedish steel baby! 😁 The ammount of content you have just don't justify the low sub count you have, you are infomative and knowledgeable and hillarious at times just, just found your channel and after this video I'm subscribing directley. I'm from Sweden and have both Huswvarna and Gränsfors axes, personally I have a Hults Bruks axe in my camping backpack at all times, it is a superb little axe and has never let me down, I also carry it for sentimentsl values aswell, got it for my fifth borthday by my father who had it himself for 15 years or so before me so the axe itself is bushing 40+ years and is as sharp as ever. Used it growing up on weekends and holidays cutting branches of trees when my fsther took me out in the woods gsthering timber for him and his fsthers furniture making. A good quality axe will serve you for life and will most certainly be inherited by the ones who come after. Keep it up man I love your videos😁

Great to see an honest review as always from you Bro😉👌 and the axe looks fantastic too😀 might have to check them out if I have room in the "collection" 😂

Great video and review too! The axe sure looks Nice aswell;)

Cracking review and a really nice axe.

Great review brother. Just like knives a good geometry and good steel is all you need... Yes the expensive ones are nice but if you work with your tools for many years ya move past the snobby opinions. Eventually in the end most honest people will admit its a 90% the same materials but that extra 10% is way cool and totally brand pride. Some folks get so snobby that they refuse to even look at a budget brand let alone use one and openly review it . You answered a huge question I had about the axe heads breaking THANK YOU ! I now can buy one and make it my own they look cool. After having a butt load of knives I ended up selling them all and I now use a $50 Gerber and $100 Ontario both are excellent. I will never spend $200 on a knife heck over $100 is even somewhat silly now to me. There is this all knives must be "super steel " club of folks who will never use their knives enough for that $300 to ever pay off BUT they feel good and own their cool knife LOL its cool i know that feeling well😂 I get it, ....brand pride is normal but it works with budget stuff to...I have pride in owning a Gerber Prodigy I've used it enough years to know its trustworthy and dang near unbreakable. A $45 knife with the right geometry and good heat treat will work just fine in my hands and I can sharpen it if it gets damaged with ease, but 99% of the time it only needs a good stropping on my belt. I do still think about buying a nice $200 LT Wright knife and I know those $200-$300 axes are no different for you axe loving folks. If ya can buy one I say have at it, cause its your money ain't nothing wrong with that. I just wish more people would stop being so dang brand blind and snobby to folks in the outdoor bush crafting community.

Great review - also my favorite axe. I just don't think you can beat it for the money. New sub - great channel!!!!

Nice little axe. I was pleased to see that our methods of prep are very similar. I just rehandled a 2 1/2 lb Swedish made axe in a video that I have had for well over 20 years (maybe over 30 years) and I agree that the Swedes really know their stuff when it comes to this tool. There is something intrinsically pleasing about the song of the axe. Though I must admit, my Husqvarna 450e chain saw is a bit faster....lol.

This took me back to when I was a boy scout, around 1964.

I am on my 2nd year with this ax. I concur, best ax for the money and so glad I did not spend much more for the same quality steel with a little more tic finish. Swing on bro!

Great review! Looks like husqvarna has another winner.

I told you not to bother me when I'm waxing my axe 😂🤣😂

Wonderful review. FYI, these axes are made by Hults Bruk. So they are definitely handmade. So you were getting a top of the line axe for a third to a half of what you would normally pay. I like your idea of the wax. I do exactly the same thing to my blades. I also use an orbital sander at about 240 grit paper and I sand down the handle a bit as well as the top part of the cut so it doesn’t chip. However I use a fantastic tongue oil by milk paint company. Are use their outdoor defense tongue oil which has some nice natural additives which not only treat the wood, but protected from the elements. Again great video. Thank you.

Good find. Actually we got like 2-3 major (very old) "bruk" left here in Sweden - and i have, too found the Husqvarna as a very good alternative to Gränsfors. It is significally more affordable. VERY hard to find for the public citizen though, as they dont tend to advertise, or be known in the same way. It is commonly found at speciality hardware stores here. At least that is where i found it. I think it is Gränsfors major competitor, "Hultafors Bruk" who makes the Husqvarnas. I live ~45 minutes away from Gränsfors bruk. I went to visit last year in one of their open house/guided tour days. It is a beautiful place next to a creek. They also hold courses in smithing and is selling special models at site. All sorts of styles. Viking bearded and artful pieces. Amongst other things. You can smith an axe of your own in one of their several furnaces, but the regular ones is made with semi-modern machines. They sharpened my tomahawk i brought to their shop. Very impressed with its design, they were :) (CRKT Hogan Hawk) I am thinking of attending on one of their courses.... hmmm Beautiful cafe just nearby too... loved it. One of the last remaining bruks. Legacy ! But i think the Husqvarna is a superb bargain. Look up Hultafors if it is news to you. I got some really old axe from another really old Swedish bruk. Good stuff.

Good review mate

Thanks for sharing !

I own this axe and it is a great all purpose small axe. It holds a great edge and is light enough to use for hours if you had to. Pair this with a good bow saw and you're set.

Love the husqvarna product

Wow! The swedish makes really great axes

I love mine too, great affordable axe!

I just learned so much. Thank you.

Cheers Mate!

Very good review..... thanks

Really interesting video, great to see the axe in action, although I'll admit, it's made me wish I could afford to buy one of my mentors Wilderness Axes to send to you to try out, I think you'd love it. I'll be sending him the link to this video right away! Also it was interesting to hear your thoughts of the "zing" of European axes compared to US axes, we've found a very similar thing with the US made hammers, a much duller THUD as opposed to the ring of a European hammer.. but actually they seem to move metal and hold up better! You can't beat Swedish steel for an axe though!

Watching this at 3am. Now i want this X.

Wow i subrscribed on the spot. Im 12 and i love the outdoors. I live in the city but every sunday my fam goes to the beach or the woods and he make a fire and roast marshmallows. I just came back from a trip to my aunts house in a rural area for a week and when i came back the streets looked disgusting an everything looked ugly and dirty. The outdoors is fun and so buitiful. Lol i cant afford a good ax. Awsome review.

I own one and will never need to own another make of axe ever again by far the nicest allround axe i have ever used and the price vs quality you can not go wrong

That sound you're hearing, and the difference between an axe like this (or a Gransfors Bruks or Hults Bruks axe) and most axes sold in the US, is the hardness and thickness differences. If you go to the hardware store and pick out an axe to use, most likely it's going to be very cheaply manufactured in China out of steel that's fairly soft. As a result, it's made very thick. If it were ground nice and lean like one of these axes, even a cheaper axe like the Husqvarna, it would deform or break when used. So, they tend to be great fat wedges, which gives them that dull sound, as does the softness of the metal. Everyone on youtube will give you a different opinion on which of these axes are better, and while the Gransfors Bruks and Hults Bruks will be ground more consistently, and the handles will be installed generally better, they're all miles better than what you could pick up at a hardware store in the states. With the Husqvarna, you just need to put in a bit of work to get the edge in good shape. You can get it all polished and consistent like a Gransfors axe, if you put in the time.

Great work on video mate greetings from spain

You're in the snow and you still use spit?... that's the manliest thing ever.

The Swedes definitely have the upper hand on steel. I was just looking at the Husqvarna axes last week. I think I'm leaning towards the Husqvarna carpenter axe for camp and bushcraft. Might get both. Great review 👍

I own this axe and must say it arrived with the bit damaged from the sheath rivets. The sheath has no welt and where the leather is folded it cracked apart, all the way through, so I could poke my finger through the sheath. I tossed the sheath in the garbage and was able to fix the bit. I would like this axe much better with a decent sheath and 2"-4" longer handle. I always find myself grabbing the knob, wanting a bit more.

I'm using the same axe for about 6 months. Its generally good. Mine had a problem of loose head that I had to seat deeper on the shaft, and the edge wasn't so great as seen in this video so that I had to regrind. I just dont mind as these kind of jobs are part of using these tools.

Nice video, I have the same ax and also had to sharpen it, but it's perfect after sharpening : )))

Swedish traditional axes are the very best in the world. Also try out the Gränsfors Bruks wilderness hatchet, you will fall in love with it

Awesome review. Just bought one for 45 USD. I’m pretty sure that this is literary the same axe as Hultafors “Qvarfot”/Hults Bruk “the Kisa”witch is prized two and a half what I payed. Locking forward to take it to action

They gave you an axe that went through 7 rounds of quality control. 😁

17:00 thats a new one for me ... thanks !

Great information . I am buying my first axe and appreciate you sharing this information. Thank you !

Just bought one. For anyone interested, apparently there was a hold up at the factory, I had to wait about 2 months for them to arrive. So from about Oct 2019 until I'm guessing about Oct 2020 the in-store stock is probably finished in a rush. The grind on mine is extremely rough and uneven, I don't mind but a lot of people would. Still a beautiful axe and nice to hold and swing.

These are made by Hults Bruk. The same group that owns them also owns Husqvarna. That’s why it feels so good. Hults Bruk and Grandfors bruk are arguably the top two swedish axe makers

U got a new sub, I hope I see another video soon👍

Take a guess who makes this axe? The grind is basic, this cuts the cost. £40.00 in the UK. Sand the top of the handle and finish the edge. The grain orientation is perfect. Wetterlings made some of the Gransfors bruks axes. Who bought them out. The same firm own Hultafors/Hults bruks and this axe is exactly the same as the Hultafors. I can buy 3 of these to the price of the Gransfors bruks. This has the same steel as all the axes mentioned. So why pay more for the name. I looked at a Hultafors axe 4 months ago and it has gone from £36 to £ 80. Husqvarna have stayed the same price. It is a brilliant axe. And if you flatten the top of the axe head guess what it looks like! Better edge shape for slicing into the wood. They leave enough timber in the handle so you can shape it to fit your hand. These are made for professionals in the trade. Not for posing on RU-vid. These are made to use!

wow ...very very good ...

I just bought one today

Some questions: What specific kind of wax did you use? What about using boiled linseed oil for both the handle, the eye, and the metal axe head itself? Also, how would you compare this to the Gransfors Bruks Scandinavian Axe?

How long is the ax handle

Where did you buy that wool pullover? I have been looking for somethiing like that

Good review on that axe, might be good to have something between the GB wildlife hatchet I use for canoe camping and the felling axe I use for car camping. By the way, your video for some reason isn't showing up for me on RU-vid under your channel or just on my home page like usual. I found it by following the link in the email youtube sends me to notify of new videos from my subscriptions. Maybe it's set to private?

I wonder who makes them, Hults?

I visited my uncle in Paraguay, he was leaving in the forest, in a tiny house and he chopped 4 hectares of that rain forest in 2 weeks, he was 56 years old, with a old axe and just charped it in the mornings, I think with a good chain saw I will take 6 months, some of those trees you hit and the axe just bauce back its hard wood.

It looks just like my hults bruk axe.looks like a nice axe

Great video! I didn't hear whether you use linseed oil on the axe handles or not.

Does Husqvarna come with 20 year warranty ?

Finally I see someone using spit on the stone 💎 That axe is awesome...

FYI Try the husquvana carpenters axe for processing lumber! You will love the speed upgrade ;-)

What are those pants you are wearing? Are they leather on the front?

Which one of the forest axes is it? There's one bigger and one smaller of these..

What kind of pants are those?

Is this the 19” ?

I bought a 13in or 15in Husqvarna around 2010-11 maybe and this is by no means a felling axe but I was just splitting rounds for a fire and the head snapped right off and was still lodged into the round which I was splitting a soft maple from my backyard tree, who knows maybe I had just gotten an older one that was still not sold prior to them resolving this issue or maybe some of them still do have this issue 🤷‍♂️ no way of knowing for sure but I will say that I had already put so much work into refining that little axe that it really was disappointing to say the least yet I found myself buying another one and it still is going strong today! For the $40 you spend you just simply cannot beat them and where else will you find a Swedish made axe so cheap?

Could you explain who's puck you're using and the grit either fine course etc. Thanks again. Also watched the update on this axe. Mark

You said that you contacted husqvarna about the breaking issues and they said they solved it but I saw some recent reviews on Amazon about still breaking the head . Do your axe have the logo deep or a bit less please answer

I've seen pics where these axes have broken at the stamped area. Has that weak spot been fixed

Thank you, for this video! You just saved me $100 in the cost of an axe. Would you mind telling me where you got that hat? Thanks again Sir!

Hello from Serbia. Great video. I want to buy Husqvarna axe, but I can't decidw what to buy. This axe or smaller garden axe. I need universal axe for beginner.

Who makes that pullover that you’re wearing? I need one! I have that axe, it’s sharp, tough and rivals the Gransfors at a much more reasonable price.

An beautiful axe made by Hults Bruk.

Hey bro just wondering the name of your jacket and where you got it. If you could let me know that would be awesome. Thanks

If I could only have one axe I'd choose my Council Tool 2 ¹/⁴ lb boys axe. Good compromise for just about any general purpose axe work. 👍

If I was walking up behind you when you were waxing that handle I would've of turned around and quietly walked away