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    THE TALL BEAST AND THE BATTLE AXE

    Mar 02, 2018 4 minutes
    BY MIKE FERRENTINO
    PHOTOS: CALEB SMITH

    There is a heft to the tool that implies purposeful brutality. A lopped triangle cut from 6-millimeter-thick CorTen steel, weighing 7.75 pounds with handle, a sharp axe at one end, a sharp shovel face at the other, broad sharpened flat edge on one side, rake teeth along the opposing side, the tool is built to cut, move and shape dirt. Conceptually, it’s a combination of the trailbuilder’s stalwarts; part McCleod, part Pulaski, but built with more heft. It’s called the Warlord Battle Axe, first appearing last year on Instagram of all places, and now being swung into dirt around the world.

    Andrew Durno is the man who brought this imposing piece of metal to life.

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