Design your own Viking axe – The axe configurator

Create your own Viking axe – handmade, authentic, battle-ready, and built to last for decades, forged in the 512-year-old castle. 🏰 🔥

If you want a Viking axe that is not just a product, but a part of your history, then you've come to the right place.

With the NORDSKULLS Viking axe configurator, you can create your own axe – just as the old blacksmiths in the north would have done: with real materials, real craftsmanship and real character.

No mass production, no serial numbers from some factory, but a unique piece forged just for you.

In this blog post you'll get everything: insight into the manufacturing process, information on the materials, the importance of ash wood, the advantages of carbon steel, details on the handle wrappings, and the possibilities to design your own axe step by step.

You will also learn why this particular configurator is something that practically doesn't exist in Europe – and why it is currently exploding in rankings, sales and general interest.

The axe configurator – freedom like a blacksmith of the North

The NORDSKULLS axe configurator was created so you can design your axe the way you want it. Not the way a manufacturer dictates. Not the way a brand makes it "standard-compliant." But the way YOU want your axe.

You can:

Choose the axe head (different designs, surfaces, runes, shapes)

Select the axe handle (natural ash, brown, coffee, black, even the "Warrior" version with scratches, burn marks, bloodstains)

Add a leather wrap – genuine cowhide, black or brown

Choose runes that suit you or your story.

Decide how raw, rustic, or refined your axe should look.

• The customer becomes the blacksmith.
• The blacksmith becomes an artist.
• And the axe becomes a unique item.

Production in the 512-year-old castle – genuine handwork, no factory waste.

Every NORDSKULLS Viking axe is crafted in the historic castle, a building that has stood for over 500 years. The forge there is small, cramped, rustic – and that's precisely what gives each axe its character.

Nothing is automated. Nothing moves on assembly lines. No robots, no CNC mass production, no Asian imports with hidden factories.

What you are buying here is a piece of genuine handcrafted work:

Forged. Ground. Oiled. Wrapped. Tested.

Every blow on the anvil counts. Every heat phase in the coal fire determines the eventual hardness. Every handle shaping is unique.

You'll notice it when you hold it in your hand. A NORDSKULLS axe feels different. It sounds different. It smells different. It has a different character.

Why ash wood has been THE wood for axe handles for centuries

Many modern manufacturers use cheaper woods or lacquered quick-release handles that are neither robust nor traditional.

Not us.

NORDSKULLS uses genuine European ash wood – the very same wood that the Vikings used.

Why ash?

1. Extremely robust

Ash wood absorbs shocks perfectly. It doesn't break easily.

2. Flexible enough

Ash is hard but not brittle – ideal for combat and work axes.

3. Tradition & History

It has been used for weapons and tools for centuries.

4. Visually unique

Each piece has its own unique grain.

In the configurator you can choose:

• Ash natural
• Ash Brown
• Ash Coffee
• Ash Black
• Warrior Edition (scratches, burn marks, patina)

Axe heads made of carbon steel – 55 to 60 HRC, as with the Ragnar axe.

An axe is only as good as its axe head.

Therefore, Nordskulls uses only high-quality carbon steel.

Why carbon steel?

• Hard, but not brittle
• Perfectly sharpenable
• Long sharp
• Traditional, just like real Vikings.

The hardness is 55–60 HRC , perfect for robust, durable axe heads.

Genuine leather wrapping – cowhide, black or brown

An axe handle is only complete once it is wrapped.

In the axe configurator you can add genuine cowhide leather wrappings.

Why genuine cowhide leather?

• improved grip
• beautiful patina
• natural, warm touch
• hardly slips
• reinforces the grip

Colors:

• Black
• Brown

Each winding is firmly worked in by hand.

Runes – Meaning, Power, History

A Viking axe without runes is like a ship without a name.

You can choose:

• Protective runes
• Power & Courage Runes
• Family runes
• Personal initials in the Elder Futhark

The runes are burned in with a glowing wood-burning tool – true tradition, not a laser line.

Why this configurator is unique

Most shops sell mass-produced goods from China.

Not Nordskulls.

Here you will receive:

✔ genuine handmade work
✔ genuine materials
✔ Each piece is unique
✔ Production in the small castle
✔ free design
✔ Runes of your choice
✔ genuine ash wood
✔ Carbon steel

You are not creating a product. You are creating a symbol.

The manufacturing process – explained in a nutshell

1. Heat the axe head in a coal fire.

2. Shaping, hardening, grinding

3. Prepare the handle, oil it

4. Burn or stamp runes into the wood

5. Wrap the leather tightly by hand.

6. Check the axe

7. Prepare for shipping

All purely handmade.

Suitable for staged combat – if you want

Our axe heads:

• carbon steel
• 55–60 HRC
• Ash wood handle
• hand-wrapped leather

Not a toy axe. A real tool.

Conclusion – Your axe awaits

With the NORDSKULLS axe configurator you can create:

• genuine carbon steel tool
• genuine ash wood handle
• genuine leather wrapping (cowhide)
• real runes
• genuine handmade work
• true story

An axe, a unique piece, a one-of-a-kind item - that belongs only to you.