Bargain!!! Wetterlings Small Axe

[Mesquite]

Rutlands have the Wetterlings small axe at under half price if you fancy getting one

 

[Jared]

Expect more Wetterlings bargains to appear. The brand is going to disappear.

 

[sunndog]

Expect more Wetterlings bargains to appear. The brand is going to disappear.

Any more info on that mate?
I assume being swallowed up by gransfors

 

[boney gumbo mcgee]

Wow, they flew out the store quick, showing as out of stock now. What a bargain price though.

 

[Jared]

Any more info on that mate?
I assume being swallowed up by gransfors

Yeah, the site is switching to the Gransfors brand, and way of doing things.

http://www.wetterlings.com/information-about-wetterlings/

 

[Allans865]

Great little axe, mine goes everywhere with me (bushcrafting!) 😊


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[Barney Rubble]

While it's not tragic news for the staff, it's such a shame that the Wetterlings brand will disappear. I've been very pleased with my outdoor axe and having compared it side by side with the GB Small Forest Axe, I have struggled to see any marked difference in quality.

I wonder if they might release occasional limited edition runs of Wetterlings branded axes just to keep the name alive?

 

[Guzzi Goose]

I've just bought a Wetterlings 104 Compact, it took a bit of finding and I had a few conversations with retailers.

A couple said that the prices of Axes were going up now Wetterlings had gone and the Hultafors Mini was going to be over £70 (you can find it for £50 at the moment) and the GB would only affordable for Russian Oligarchs.

Some of this was sales patter (I work in sales) one tried to close on me on a Hultafors at £70 saying the price might go up further.

 

[petrochemicals]

personally i blame all of these new forges opening up for the demise of wetterlings, theres people doing instructionals on youtube, people opening up forges in there back garden, supply and demand my friends.

 

[Guzzi Goose]

Maybe If Ray Mears had used a Wetterlings it might have been GB who were taken over and closed

 

[Muskett]

Maybe If Ray Mears had used a Wetterlings it might have been GB who were taken over and closed

Very possibly true. The companies had different marketing strategies. Wetterlings are the right price for a premium work too, and GB a super premium. There are other good makers of axes, Italy, Germany, don't think anyone makes axes in the UK any more though happy to be proved wrong?? Some made in the US too. Chinese are rubbish and just break.
Certainly there has been a renewed interest in axes. Most work is still done with a chainsaw but a good axe has its place.

Anyhow, good luck to the new venture. Maybe sometime in the future the Wetterling will be a line in the GB mix. Only time will tell.

 

[Samon]

Did anyone actually manage to buy one.. or two, three??

If so I'd be interested in a fair price deal.