Bad Axe Tool Works
Henry Disston posted a motto throughout his Philadelphia plant stipulating—'Quality Sells.' Likewise, the NCOs bringing me up in Special Forces when I was a young Captain use to drill into my head that 'excellence is not an option with anything you do. Do it right, do it on time, and do it better than anyone else.' This is the philosophy I bring to the table with the Bad Axe products I offer to you.
— Mark Harrell
That's me in the middle with my crew in Afghanistan in 2007, where we ran a special training program for the Afghan National Army. It was a great assignment, fantastic bunch of guys to work with, and a meaningful deployment. After 28 years of bouncing around the planet with the U.S. Army, I retired and am now living in Southwest Wisconsin, where I once ran the ROTC department for University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Restoring vintage hand tools and working on my environmental home in Bad Axe feed my passion and underscore my philosophy that the progressive Luddite does not have to reject the new to embrace the old.
Want to restore or buy a great saw you'll find excuses to use? Contact me!
Afghan Carpenter, Kabul, 2007
