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It’s Our Cyber Week Sale!

By WolfValleyForge Posted on November 29, 2021 No Comments

Happy Monday folks!!

Yep, you read that title right: Our Cyber Monday Sale is a Cyber Week Sale – Monday through Saturday!!!

Here’s the spiff – Everyone who orders a Wolf Valley Forge Axe today (November 29th) through Saturday night (December 4th) will receive a FREE Wolf Valley Forge Axe Puck with their order.

No coupon code needed. We’ll make note of the Free Axe Puck Week on your order card, and you will receive a free Puck with your axe, when it is finished.

You can check out our nine axe models available for ordering over on the Axe Models page. A special THANK YOU to all of our customers!! Thank you for your business in 2021, and we look forward to building your axes in 2022!

Happy Thanksgiving!

By WolfValleyForge Posted on November 25, 2021 No Comments

Hello to everyone!

We want to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving! As we gather with friends and family this day we are reminded of the daily blessings we enjoy – from precious people, to health, to food, to the ability to move around and work, and beyond…

We are thankful for each of YOU! Thank you for being a part of the team here at Wolf Valley Forge. Thank you for your business and for your encouraging support!

We hope your day will be special and blessed – whether spent quietly or with many loved one – and your heart encouraged by the daily gifts we enjoy. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” James 1:17

There’s Still Time To Enter Our Photo Contest!

By WolfValleyForge Posted on November 23, 2021 No Comments

Good evening, folks!

We hope you’re having a really good week. We wanted to pop in and remind you that there’s still time to take photos for our 2021 Wolf Valley Forge Photo Contest!

Here are the details…

This contest is not about photography skills, but it is about sending in your tasteful photos for an entry into our drawing for a Wolf Valley Forge Axe, shipped free to your US address! We’re so excited about seeing your axes and adventure photos coming in, and look forward to sharing them with everyone.

We have several categories for your photos, and we will be the judge of how many entries you receive in the random drawing, based on the type of picture(s) you submit. So, here are your options…

A photo of your Wolf Valley Forge axe. (1 entry)
A photo of your hunting trophy. (1 entry)
A photo of your Wolf Valley Forge axe with its work (examples – a tree it felled, cutting kindling, a camp setting it assisted with, etc.) (2 entries)

Cell phone photos are welcome! Please do try to make them clear, not blurry, but no professional photography skills required. We just want your photos! 🙂

(The fine print…1. Please only send one photo per time/setting/event. You can send multiple pictures, but they need to be from different times. 2. Please specify if you don’t want your picture posted on the Wolf Valley Forge site. We may not post every picture, but we have discloser to, unless otherwise noted. 🙂 3. Preferably trophy photos are fairly recent, within the last couple years or so. 4. International entries are welcome, but shipping charges will apply. Thank you!)

Please email your photos to: ike@wolfvalleyforge.com.

You still have through midnight November 30th, 2021 to enter your photos!! We can hardly wait to see your pictures coming in! Thank you for sharing yours, and for being a part of the team here at Wolf Valley Forge.

New Video Release

By WolfValleyForge Posted on November 18, 2021 No Comments

Hey folks! We’re excited to share a brand-new video release with all of you, giving you a closer look at our new Shoulder Rig-Belt Loop Combo sheath option.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Wolf Valley Forge blog today! Please let us know if we can help you in any way.

Introducing the NEW Shoulder Rig-Belt Loop Combo Option

By WolfValleyForge Posted on November 17, 2021 No Comments

Howdy folks! Today we wanted to let you know about a new sheath option here at Wolf Valley Forge!

Most of you are probably already familiar with our Leather Shoulder Rig and Sheath, but we now have a new, upgraded option – The Shoulder Rig-Belt Loop Combo!

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This new option offers you the normal cross-body carry as a Shoulder Rig, with the added option of putting your axe on your belt as well.

These removeable belt loops make for easy on and off and handy carry. We are excited to hear what ya’ll think of this new custom sheath option, which can be added to any of our axe models, but we especially suggest it for the Trekker model on down, due to axe size. (though if you would like to tackle carrying your Canoe Axe on your belt, please feel free to add it to your order in the Custom Options section of the order form. 😉 )

You can add this option to your axe order in the order form, or you can check out all of our sheath options and additional costs on the Custom Options page, including our standard Shoulder Rig and Sheath. Thank you so much for checking it out, and please let us know if we can answer any questions!

Happy Hunting Season!

By WolfValleyForge Posted on November 15, 2021 No Comments

Hey there, folks!

With hunting seasons in full swing, we wanted to take a moment to wish you all a very successful season! We hope you have many safe and exciting adventures out in God’s creation, making lots of good hunting memories.

If you happen to be carrying a Wolf Valley Forge Axe along with you this time, please don’t forget to snap a photo and send it to us. We’d love to enter you into our 2021 Photo Contest! Thank you so much for making us a part of your year. Happy Hunting!

Wednesday Spotlight

By WolfValleyForge Posted on November 10, 2021 No Comments

Good morning folks!

We hope you’re all enjoying a wonderful Fall season! It’s been beautiful here, and the colors are showing out for us.

Today we wanted to share a custom axe with you. This little axe is basically a combination our Timber Pup model head with a Carpenter’s Axe style bit.

It has an approximate 14-ounce head, with a 3-inch bit, and a 14-inch straighter handle.

It features a Natural Hickory Handle and a Carpenter’s-Style Leather Sheath.

Thank you so much for letting me work on this project for you, Mr. Bob!

Are You Getting An Axe For Christmas?

By WolfValleyForge Posted on November 1, 2021 No Comments

Howdy folks,

And Happy November!! No, we’re not trying to give away any secrets here, but we are letting you know that you can give the gift of a Wolf Valley Forge Axe this Christmas, just in a different form!

Christmas is fast approaching, and we’re booked up for holiday axe order fulfillment, but…you can still give them an Axe Certificate!

Place your order and contact us, and we will try to get your special certificate made, printed and shipped to your mailbox in time for the holidays, if possible.

Please note that your gift recipient will have to wait (as of November 2021) for approximately 9 months before they receive their axe, but this certificate lets them know the make and model of their custom axe, and when they can expect it to arrive.

Just let us know if you have any questions. Thank you so much to all of our customers! We so appreciate your business and encouraging support.

Horace Kephart’s Mountains

By WolfValleyForge Posted on October 27, 2021 No Comments

Horace Kephart was a famed outdoor writer, who moved to the great Smoky mountains in the early 1900s. He made his home for several years in a little mountain cabin up the Little Fork of the Sugar Fork of Hazel Creek, immersing himself in the culture of the mountain folks there and gaining great understanding of true wilderness treks, and survival and mountain living. He became famous for his writings about the mountain people in Southern Highlanders, as well as his treasured outdoors book Camping and Woodcraft.

“To many a city man, there comes a time, now and then, when the great town wearies him.” Kephart loved the mountains, and through influential articles and his books, he raised awareness of the mountain place and ways that were special to him.

Kephart’s cabin site is reached by a long hike into the remote depths of the mountains. It was here that he could “get away from it all” and learn the ways and trades of a true outdoorsman. The nearby lively Hazel Creek flows through the mountains and later empties into Fontana Lake.

About one year ago, Ike and Karmen had the pleasure of taking a trip up to the mountains of North Carolina and overlooking the valley where Fontana Lake lies nearby.

And on this trip, it only seems fitting that Ike’s Wolf Valley Forge Kephart Reproduction Hatchet and Lucas Forge Vintage Kephart Knife would make the trek to those mountains and overlook the land that Horace Kephart roamed and loved. These two tools pay tribute to the woodcrafting knife and his “Little Trick” hatchet that he used and wrote about.

Truly the mountains and hills and great expanse of God’s creation holds so much beauty and wonder for us to enjoy and discover. As Mr. Kephart said, “There is something hidden: go and find it.”