Pioneer Axe

Name: Pioneer Axe
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1965-01-01
Duration: 10 min

1965•0h 10m0

A short film about axe making in Oakland, Maine. It documents the process of creating fine axes in the Emerson Stevens shop -- the last axe factory to operate in Oakland. Oakland was once a world-famous center of quality blade-making.

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