Straight Grain Supply makes premium American axe accessories from Asheville, North Carolina, a fitting home: the region once ran a bustling timber industry and hosted the first forestry school in the United States. The company was born at the woodpile, where its founder started out stacking wood before ever being handed an axe, learning firsthand that sharp bits make short work of the pile, and everything it makes, stone, band, pouch, and box, is manufactured in the USA.
The sharpening pucks are the heart of the line: 3-inch, 5-ounce discs of evenly graded vitrified aluminum oxide that cut fast with plain water, no oil required. The 80/220 grit brings well-worn bits back to life, repairing chips and reshaping edges by hand without the temper-killing heat of a bench grinder, while the 220/400 refines a working edge to razor territory, a progression Outdoor Life's own axe-sharpening guide runs on these exact stones. Recessed finger grooves and an included American-made EDPM rubber band keep your grip well above the cutting plane, and both pucks earn a permanent spot among our sharpening stones for field and bench alike.
The Axe & Utility Bag in field tan carries the philosophy into organization: 510-gram duck canvas with YKK zippers and a leather pull, its split-pocket design purpose-built to hold sharpening pucks, axe balm, and maintenance gear at the ready, or to convert into an everyday organizer when chores are done. Simple tools, honestly made, for people who believe an axe deserves the same care as any blade in the kit.