Exactly what's in our founder's own toolbox.
Every item below is already reviewed on our Tools & Hardware page. This is just the short list — the six we actually reach for, pulled out so you don't have to dig.
19" one-piece forged axe, Rockford, Illinois. Same forging as our hatchet pick, just bigger.
9" aluminum torpedo level, Mukwonago, Wisconsin — in the toolbox since 1919.
Aluminum rafter & speed square, same Mukwonago, Wisconsin line as the level above — our founder's exact 2990 model.
Marked "Made in USA" right on the case. Ours is the 16' — linked here is the 25' in the same line.
Seamless cowhide, made in the USA — worn in by our founder's own hands.
17 tools, built in Portland, Oregon — the one actually in his bag day to day.
22 verified American-made tool brands, filterable by type and price.
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