Yangtou Axe

Yangtou Axe

　　The Yangtou Axe

　　In 1920, Liang Quanshou from Zhangqiu County fled to Yangtou Henan Village (now part of the Economic Development Zone) during a famine and taught some villagers how to forge axes. The Yangtou Axe is made from premium steel, forged and quenched to perfection. With an elegant design, appropriate thickness, and especially well-controlled quenching, the axe head neither chips nor collapses, and the blade remains sharp without curling. As a result, the Yangtou Axe gained fame throughout the region and became a traditional handicraft product of the village. It comes in a full range of types and sizes, including single-edged axes, double-edged axes, and long-handled mountain-splitting axes (for tree felling). The products are sold not only across the province but also as far as Zhejiang and the three northeastern provinces. There is a local saying: “The knives of Sanli Village and the axes of Yangtou—unbreakable and uncurling, use them with confidence.”