Pioneer Axe
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10mins
Directed by
Peter Vogt,
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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