Cold Steel Trail Boss Camp Axe

Compact Enough to Carry. Powerful Enough to Tackle Serious Work.

The Cold Steel Trail Boss Camp Axe is a versatile outdoor companion designed to bridge the gap between a traditional hatchet and a full-sized felling axe. Compact enough for comfortable all-day use yet powerful enough to handle demanding woodland tasks, the Trail Boss has earned a reputation as one of Cold Steel's most capable and practical camp axes. Whether you're preparing firewood, clearing trails or building camp, it's engineered to deliver dependable performance wherever adventure takes you.

The axe head is drop forged from 1055 high carbon steel and shaped in the classic European pattern, providing exceptional cutting efficiency and long-lasting durability. Featuring a 4.5-inch cutting edge, the broad blade bites deeply into timber while maintaining excellent control. Cold Steel's renowned heat treatment ensures an ideal balance between toughness, edge retention and ease of maintenance, making the Trail Boss well suited to demanding outdoor use.

Fitted with a robust 27-inch straight-grain American hickory handle, the Trail Boss offers excellent leverage without becoming cumbersome. Hickory is prized for its outstanding strength, flexibility and natural shock absorption, providing comfortable handling even during extended periods of chopping. The balanced design makes the axe equally effective for splitting kindling, limbing branches, processing firewood and general woodland maintenance.

The Trail Boss has proven its capabilities in some of the world's harshest environments. During extensive field testing on an expedition through the Australian Outback, it successfully tackled demanding camp duties including chopping kindling, clearing tracks, constructing shelter and even felling large native hardwood trees—demonstrating the impressive performance of its classic design against notoriously tough timber.

Combining proven European axe geometry with premium materials and Cold Steel's renowned craftsmanship, the Cold Steel Trail Boss Camp Axe is an outstanding choice for bushcraft enthusiasts, campers and anyone seeking a reliable, hard-working outdoor axe.

Specs

• Brand: Cold Steel
• Product Type: Camp Axe
• Overall Length: 27" (686 mm)
• Handle Length: 27" (686 mm)
• Cutting Edge Length: 4.5" (114 mm)
• Head Material: 1055 High Carbon Steel
• Advanced Head Material: 1055
• Head Style: European Pattern
• Construction: Drop Forged
• Blade Edge: Plain
• Handle Material: Straight-Grain American Hickory
• Handle Features: Traditional Wooden Haft
• Sheath Included: No
• Weight: 1,170 g

Blade Edge: Sharpened.

Age-restricted item — 18+ only. This is a bladed article. Under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (s141A) and the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 it is an offence to sell or deliver it to anyone under 18. We will not do so.

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