The Axe Men of Tribeca

Alongside the bankers and yoga moms, a design studio for aspiring lumberjacks.

(Photo: Hannah Whitaker)​

(Photo: Hannah Whitaker)

Peter Buchanan-Smith and Graeme Cameron have opened Best Made Co, an axe company in Tribeca.​

A 100-year-old company in Maine makes them by hand, to our specifications, with Tennessee hickory handles and fine-grained steel heads. We sand, shape, and mask off the handle. Then we prime it and spray on multiple layers of high-quality graffiti paint.